150th Birth Anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore

A yearlong Joint Indo-Bangla Celebrations to commemorate the 150th Birth Anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore concluded in New Delhi on May 7, 2012. Bangladesh held that it will celebrate the 100th year of Tagore getting the Nobel Prize for Gitanjali in ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2012

Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs

Navy to commission hi-tech warship INS Teg in Russia

Armed with the surface-to-surface BrahMos supersonic cruise missile, a medium range gun and anti-submarine rockets, guided missile frigate INS Teg will be commissioned into the Indian Navy today at the Yantar shipyard in Russia. INS Teg: It is a modern ..

Month: Current Affairs - April, 2012

Brahmos Cruise Missile: Second Unit Inducted into Indian Army

Second BrahMos cruise missile unit inducted into Indian Army close to Pakistan border The second BrahMos supersonic cruise missile regiment was inducted into the Indian Army in the western sector bordering Pakistan. A successful test of the 290 Km range ..

Month: Current Affairs - March, 2012

BATL set to make BrahMos engines

BATL (BrahMos Aerospace Thiruvananthapuram Limited) has commenced its 2nd phase of development to put in place a full-fledged missile integration complex. BATL, a wholly-owned subsidiary of BrahMos Aerospace that caters to product requirements in the India’s defence, aerospace and nuclear ..

Month: Current Affairs - December, 2011

Current Affairs : November 10, 2011

Wangala dance begins in Meghalaya The Hundred Drums or Wangala Festival of the tribal Garos began at Asanang village in Meghalaya’s West Garo Hills district .The Wangala is the most important post-harvest festival of the Garos and is a thanksgiving ..

Month: Current Affairs - November, 2011

Dr Binayak Sen on plan panel’s committee on health

Naxal sympathizer Dr Binayak Sen was recently nominated in the Planning Commission’s committee on health. After spending months in custody on charges of sedition, award winning civil rights activist Sen was released recently after Supreme Court granted him bail. On ..

Month: Current Affairs - November, 2011

Current Affairs : August 13, 2011

Austerity measures approved by ITALY to improve public finance The Italian cabinet approved austerity measures to improve public finances and reduce the nation’s budget deficit € 20 bn to be cut from government’s spending next year and another € 25 ..

Month: Current Affairs - August, 2011

Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs

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1. Harold Pinter , a Nobel Prize-winning eminent British Playwright died on Dec24,2008 2. Eartha Kitt died on dec.26, 2008 was an American singer. 3. Somali Prime Minister Hassan Hussein Nur was sacked from his post on December 14, 2008. ..