Page-3 of Current Affairs - May, 2014

India Infrastructure Index launched by Asia Index

May 29, 2014

Anticipating investment boom in infrastructure sector as the government re-starts stalled projects, Asia Index, a joint venture of BSE and S&P Dow Jones Indices, launched India Infrastructure Index that comprises the top 30 companies based on market capitalisation from five ..

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Pinaka rockets test-fired successfully

May 29, 2014

India’s Multi-Barrel Rocket Launcher (MBRL)–Pinaka rockets, capable of decimating hostile targets at 40kms-range with rapid salvos, successfully test- fired thrice at an armament base in Chandipur, Odisha. The rockets, which have been subjected to several tough tests since 1995, have ..

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Sushma Swaraj -The first woman to head MEA

May 29, 2014

In yet another first for BJP leader Sushma Swaraj (62), she has become the first woman External Affairs Minister of India. She is the country’s first woman to be appointed as a full-time Cabinet minister with the external affairs portfolio. Indira Gandhi ..

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Justice MB Shah Committtee: SIT to probe black money

May 29, 2014

In its first major step after assuming charge, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has ordered the formation of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to investigate black money, mostly hoarded abroad. Composition of SIT The SIT will be headed by retired ..

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Malavath Purna- Girl from Andhra becomes youngest woman to climb Everest

May 28, 2014

In a historic achievement, Malavath Purna (13) became the youngest female mountaineer to scale the Mount Everest. Purna was accompanied by Sadhanapalli Anand Kumar (16), a Class IX student from the Khammam district of Andhra Pradesh. Anand and Purna are ..

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T.R Zeliang take oath as Nagaland CM

May 28, 2014

T.R. Zeliang, leader of Naga Peoples Front (NPF), was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Nagaland following the resignation of Neiphio Rio, who has been elected to Lok Sabha. The NDF-led ruling Democratic Alliance of Nagaland (DAN-III) government was ..

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ONGC starts drilling in Palar basin in Tamil Nadu

May 28, 2014

The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has begun drilling its first-ever well in the Palar basin at Chinnapuliyur village near Gummidipoondi, about 55 km from Chennai. ONGC had already started exploration in six out of seven sedimentary basins in ..

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India’s OVL and Russia’s Rosneft ink pact to explore hydrocarbons

May 28, 2014

The overseas subsidiary of the state-owned explorer ONGC- ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL), has struck a deal with Russia’s largest oil and gas producer Rosneft to jointly explore hydrocarbons in the offshore Arctic. The agreement will facilitate the OVL’s cooperation in ..

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