Page-22 of Current Affairs - September, 2015
South African city Durban to host 2022 Commonwealth Games
South African city of Durban has been selected as the host for the 22nd edition of Commonwealth Games to be held in 2022. For the first time in the history of Commonwealth Games, African nation has been chosen as host ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2015
Tallest mountain in North America, Mount McKinley renamed as Denali
United States has changed the name of tallest mountain in North America Mount McKinley to its original native name Denali. It was announced by US President Barack Obama ahead of his three-day visit to Alaska to highlight the issue of ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2015
Union Cabinet approves reimbursement to 4 government agencies for import of pulses
The Union Cabinet has approved reimbursement of 113 crore rupees for incurring losses on pulses imported by four government agencies between 2006- 2011 period. These four government agencies are National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED), Metals and Minerals ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2015
Union Cabinet approves MFP for Development of Hydrocarbon discoveries
Union Cabinet has approved Marginal Fields Policy (MFP) to aunction small and marginal unexploited hydrocarbon discoveries by state owned oil companies. Decision in this regard was taken by Union Cabinet Meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi. Key ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2015
Canada’s economy falls into a recession
Canada’s economy has fallen into a recession for first time after global financial crisis of 2009. Statistics Canada, nodal national statistical agency of Canada has reported that its economy i.e. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has retreated at an annual pace ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2015
NASA’s SERVIR-Mekong project to help monitor environment in Southeast Asia
NASA and US Agency for International Development (USAID) have started the SERVIR-Mekong project, to strengthen the environmental monitoring in Southeast Asia region. It has been launched in the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center in Bangkok, Thailand to serve the 5 countries ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2015
India wins UNESCO Award for conserving Sree Vadakkunnathan Temple in Kerala
India has won the UNESCO prize ‘Award of Excellence’ 2015 for the conservation efforts of the Sree Vadakkunnathan Temple in Kerala. The top award was given in the Asia Pacific Heritage Award for Cultural Heritage Conservation. This award recognises the ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2015
Union Government frames Smart National Common Mobility Card Model to enable metro travel, shopping
Union Ministry of Urban Development has come out with a Smart National Common Mobility Card (NCMC) model to enable seamless metro travel, shopping, In this regard, Union Minister of Urban Development Venkaiah Naidu has approved the EMV Open Loop Card ..