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Dronacharya Awards – 2011
Boxing – Inukurthi Venkateshwara Rao Gymnastics – Devender Kumar Rathore Wrestling – Ramphal Athletics – Kuntal Roy Hockey – Rajinder Singh
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2011
Arjuna Awards – 2011
Normally not more than 15 Arjuna awards are given in a calendar year. But the scheme of Arjuna Awards also provides that keeping in view the performance of Indian sportspersons in the Commonwealth, Asian Games and Olympic Games during a ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2011
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award- Gagan Narang
Gagan Narang , who notched up 4 Gold Medals at last year’s Commonwealth Games was conferred “Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award” – 2011. 28-year-old Gagan Narang was also the first Indian to qualify for the 2012 London Olympics.
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2011
Nuclear Safety and Regulatory Authority Bill Approved by Cabinet
The Union Cabinet has approved the setting up of a new independent nuclear safety regulatory authority which will report to the Parliament and will be headed by a professional with extensive experience in atomic energy. The Nuclear Safety and Regulatory ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2011
Combating of Funding of Terrorist (CFT)
Combating of Funding of Terrorist (CFT) is a new cell formed by Union home ministry to focus on effectively dealing with funding of terrorist activities in the country. A Terror Funding and Fake Currency Cell in National Investigation Agency has ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2011
Lifestyle-related diseases largest cause of death in India
A recent study by World Health Organisation (WHO) has pointed out that out of every 10 deaths in India, eight are caused by non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as cardiovascular diseases, cancers, chronic respiratory diseases and diabetes in urban India. In ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2011
12th Plan: Full Chapter on Governance
There is a full chapter on governance that has a section on corruption in the Approach Paper to the 12th Five-Year Plan , which says: Measures should be taken to set up new institutions like the Lokpal and Lokayukta, which ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2011
Controversy on ultra-light howitzers acquisition through FMS
In 2010, the Government of India had authorised an outright purchase of 145 ultra-light howitzers from the US. The ultra-light howitzers are for the mountain artillery divisions of the Indian Army to be used in high-altitude frontiers opposite Pakistan and ..