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Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958(AFSPA)

November 5, 2011

Union Home Minister P Chidambaram recently said that a consensus is being built to amend Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 (AFSPA). The minister said that the Act can be amended only after a consensus is built among the government.Regarding ..

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Indian Community Welfare Fund

November 4, 2011

Indian Community Welfare Fund, ICWF has been set up in all Indian missions by the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs. The Fund has become operational at Indian Missions in all the 17 Emigration Clearance Required (ECR) Countries from 1st of ..

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Only Bengal campaign

October 30, 2011

Only Bengal campaign has been recently launched by Times Of India to catalyse the process of dropping the “West” from the name of the state. They point out – Residents of West Bengal are called Bengalis and not West Bengalis; ..

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Disagreement in Panel of 3 Interlocutors in Jammu & Kashmir

October 30, 2011

In October 2010, Government of India had appointed a group of three interlocutors to hold sustained dialogue with all sections of the people in Jammu and Kashmir. They were: Dr. Dileep Padgaonkar: Shri Dileep Padgaonkar is a journalist, editor and ..

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Current Affairs: October 4, 2011

October 4, 2011

ADB extends $200 million loan to Assam for urban improvement Asian Development Bank (ADB) extends $200 million loan in order to develop water supply and other urban services in two key cities of Assam: Guwahati and Dibrugarh Projects are to ..

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Current Affairs : July 23, 2011

July 23, 2011

Polio campaign: International experts exalts India International experts have praised India for having just one case of polio in the first 6 months of 2011 As per them, India has run very high quality vaccination campaigns They, however, added that ..

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Current Affairs : June 28, 2011

June 29, 2011

ADB to render grant of $ 25.1 million to Nepal ADB: The Asian Development Bank ADB to provide a render assistance of $25.1 million to Nepal Govt for the execution of HIMALI (High Mountain Agri-business and Livelihood Improvement) project and ..

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Current Affairs : June 15, 2011

June 20, 2011

Total Lunar Eclipse: Century’s Longest and darkest   Century’s longest and darkest lunar eclipse Total phase lasted over hundred minutes The moon completely covered by Earth’s shadow at 11.52 p.m. and eclipse continued till 2.32 a.m. New Skill Policy introduced ..

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Current Affairs Current Affairs : March 25, 2010

March 27, 2010

Appointments:Chief Maharastra Anti-Terrorist Squad: Rakesh MariaRakesh Maria has been appointed by the state government of Maharastra as new chief of the state Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS). He takes over from the ATS chief K.P. Raghuvanshi, who has been transferred as additional ..

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Current Affairs : March 23, 2010

March 24, 2010

Events, Happenings & Observances:Remembering Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and SukhdevMarch 23, 2010 marked the 79th martyrdom anniversary of Shaheed-e-azam Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev. Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru were hanged to death on March 23, 1931. World Meteorological DayEach year, ..

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