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Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis win 2015 Guangzhou Open women's doubles title
Indo-Swiss tennis pair of Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis have won women’s doubles title of 2015 Guangzhou Open Tennis Tournament. In the final match they defeated Chisese pair of Shilin Xu and Xiaodi You by 6-3, 6-1 score. It was ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2015
WADA inks MoU with China's Sports Ministry to crack down on supply of PEDS
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Sports Ministry of China to crack down on the supply and manufacture of performance-enhancing drugs (PEDS) in the country. Singing of MoU will help in exchange information ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2015
China launches newly-developed smaller version Long March-6 carrier rocket
China has successfully launched a newly-developed smaller version of carrier rocket Long March-6 as part of the country’s space program. It was launched from the base in the Northern Province of Shanxi and was carrying 20 micro satellites into the ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2015
Hangzhou City of China chosen to host 2022 Asian Games
Capital city of Zhejiang Province Hangzhou in East China has been chosen by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) to host the 2022 Asian Games. Hangzhou was the only candidate city for the 2022 Asian Games i.e. XIX edition of ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2015
Ethiopia's Mare Dibaba wins women's marathon at World Athletics Championships
Ethiopia’s Mare Dibaba has won the gold medal in the women’s marathon event at the World Athletics Championships 2015 held in Beijing, China. She won the women’s marathon by finishing it in two hours, 27 minutes and 35 seconds. Kenya’s ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2015
Usain Bolt wins world 100m title at World Athletics Championships
Jamaican athlete Usain Bolt has won world 100 metre title in the World Athletics Championships held in Beijing, China. With this victory he retained his 100 metre title which was won earlier in 2009. In the blue riband event, Bolt ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2015
India imposed Anti-dumping duty on Linen imports from China and Hong Kong
On 17 August the Finance Ministry has imposed definitive anti-dumping duty on ‘flax’ or ‘linen’ fabric imports from China and Hong Kong for period of five years. Accordingly the revenue department has imposed anti-dumping duty of 0.75 US dollars per ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2015
China successfully tests power system for largest space rocket
China successfully tested the power system (engines) of its stated to be the largest space launch vehicle viz. Long March-5 carrier. In the test engines of the rocket were successfully fired on the ground. This power system will be used ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2015
China devaluated Yuan by 2 per cent largest since 1994
In line with economic slowdown in China, the People’s Banks of China devalued yuan by 2 per cent against the US dollar. Devaluation was done based on a new way of managing the exchange rate that better reflected market forces ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2015
China’s Phicomm to invest $1 billion to set up India units
Phicomm, a Shanghai-based smartphone maker has announced to invest around 6400 crore rupees in India by 2017. The company has decided to set up five business units in phased manner which includes units of – Mobile phones, Cloud services, Enterprise, ..