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World's Oldest surviving Test cricketer Norman Gordon passes away
Oldest surviving Test cricketer, South African fast bowler Norman Gordon (103), passed away after a year long illness due to renal complications. Gordon played 5 Tests against England in 1939 taking 20 wickets in all before World War cut short his international career.He ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2014
Japan’s decides to remove several Indian entities from the Foreign End Users List
Japan has decided to remove 6 Indian Space and Defence linked bodies from its end-user list. PM Modi welcomed the announcement by Japanese Government to remove 6 of India’s space and defence related entities from its Foreign End User List ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2014
Nalanda University in Bihar reopens after 800 years
Approximately 800 years after the ancient education institution was ruined, on September 1, 2014, Nalanda University (also known as University of Nalanda), in Bihar’s Rajgir district, commenced its first academic session. Nalanda is a Central University in Rajgir, about 55 ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2014
BSNL and MTNL to be merged by July 2015
In its presentation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Department of Telecommunications(DoT), Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, has set a cutoff date: July 31, 2015, for closing the much debated merger of stressed state-run telecom companies, BSNL (Bharat Sanchar ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2014
Global Competitiveness List 2014-15: India slides down to 71st rank
Challenging economic environment for most of the last year has pushed India down to 71st position in an yearly Global Competitiveness List 2014-15, released by the Geneva-based World Economic Forum (WEF). India has the lowest position amongst the 5 BRICS ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2014
Disposal of loan proposals should be time-bound: RBI
In order to speed up the process of credit decision, the RBI has asked banks to set up a timeline for clearance of loan proposals, but did not assign a specific time frame for the same. RBI in its notification ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2014
PM Modi's Japan visit: Kyoto-Varanasi partnership agreement inked
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his maiden bilateral visit outside the Indian subcontinent to Japan, inked the cultural agreement of Varanasi-Kyoto which spotlights on how to preserve heritage while building Smart Cities. PM Modi visited Kyoto the ‘smart city’ ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2014
Baba Kalyani re-nominated as Co-Chairman of Indo-Japan Business Leader’s Forum
Baba Kalyani has been re-nominated as the Co-Chairman of the India-Japan Business Leader’s Forum (IJBLF). The Ministry of Commerce and Industry appointed Kalyani as chairman of IJBLF. Kalyani is Chairman and Managing Director of Bharat Forge Ltd. The members of ..