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Andaman’s first feature film to be shown on DD-I
‘Gandhi The Mahatma’: A feature film, shot and produced in islands. It will be the first time in the history of Andaman and Nicobar Islands that a feature film, shot and produced in islands, will be telecast by Doordarshan’s National ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2012
Myanmar: UN to assist in Population Census
UN to assist Myanmar in its process to conduct population census The United Nations will assist Myanmar in conducting its population census by 2014, the first population census in 30 years. The population ministry of Myanmar has essayed an advice ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2012
South China Sea Controversy
During the recent visit of Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang to India, the countries had inked 6 agreements as following: India and Vietnam signed an extradition treaty Oil exploration agreement in South China Sea: Under this, ONGC signed an agreement ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2012
Current Affairs : January 8, 2012
The growth in current fiscal may be 7.0-7.5% says Government Government to introduce Pension and Life Insurance Fund for overseas Indian workers Pakistan releases Indian nationals and fishermen as goodwill gesture Carnic Fest inaugurated at Car Nicobar Milos Raonic wins ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2012
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Pakistan: Pak wins UNSC Non-permanent seat
129 out of 193 votes in the UN General Assembly, exactly the two-third majority required to win the seat and India voted in favour of Pakistan. Thus, this would be the seventh time Pakistan would serve on the Security Council, ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2011
Palestine:195th member of UNESCO
The United Nations’ cultural agency UNESCO has recently granted the Palestinians full membership. This is being considered to be an important step forward in their long-running efforts to achieve recognition before the world as an independent state. Now, UNESCO has ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2011
Government’s plans to recruit 90,000 soldiers for China border
As per the news published in Newspapers, ministry of defence (MoD) has approved a ` 64,000 crore military modernization plan that would include raising four new divisions along the India-China border. Two of these would be part of a Mountain ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2011
Kurdistan Workers Party
The Kurds live mainly in Turkey, Iran and Iraq and probably number about 25-35 million worldwide. They are the most important ethnic group without a state of their own. They are mostly Sunni Muslims and have their own languages. About ..