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May 21: Anti-Terrorism Day Observed
May 21, the death anniversary of ex-PM of India, Shri Rajiv Gandhi is also observed as Anti Terrorism Day all over the country. It was on May 21, 1991 that former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi fell to the designs of ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2012
Current Affairs: January 11, 2012
EC asks Government to withhold 4.5% minorities sub quota The Election Commission asks the government to withhold the 4.5 per cent sub-quota for minorities in the five poll bound states for now. The direction will remain in force till the ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2012
Current Affairs : January 6, 2012
Election Commission takes various steps for effective implementation of Model Code of Conduct The Uttar Pradesh Government has been asked to transfer 259 Block Development Officers in view of their over stay in the same districts Setting up communication centres ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2012
ICC rejected Sachin Tendulkar’s proposal for changes to ODI format
Sachin Tendulkar had suggested to split the ODI match into two innings per team of 25 overs each. This is because, the emergence of T20 cricket as a global draw had cast the future of one-day cricket into doubt. ODIs ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2011
Current Affairs : November 21, 2011
Malaysia’s ENMAC launches Quran Mobile in India Malaysian firm ENMAC Engineering Ltd today launched a dual-sim mobile handset MQ 3500 , an innovative product catering to the Islamic community s needs of daily prayers and timely information on important dates ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2011
Postage Stamp on Surendra Nath Jauhar released by Kapil Sibal
Kapil Sibal, Minister for Communications & IT and HRD, released a commemorative Postage Stamp on Surendra Nath Jauhar Surendra Nath Jauhar was a noted freedom fighter social worker, industrialist and philanthropist Jauhar born in 1903 joined the freedom struggle at ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2011
Obituary : P C Alexander
P C Alexander, former Maharashtra governor recently died at 90. An IAS officer of the 1948 batch, Alexander was in the running for president in 2002 after K R Narayan’s term got over. He was initially approached by the NDA, ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2011
Current Affairs : October 10, 2011
CL-T20: Mumbai Indians the Champions Mumbai Indians won the CL (Champions League) Twenty20 cricket tournament thrashing Royal Challengers Bangalore in the finale In order to counterpunch Euro Zone debt crisis, Angela & Nicolas suggest all-inclusive packages Angela Merkel (German Chancellor) ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2011
Current Affairs : October 2, 2011
October 2, 2011: Nation pays homage to Mahatma Gandhi Nation paid homage to Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi on his 142nd birth anniversary October 2, 2011: The nation also remembers Lal Bahadur Shastri Nation paid homage to the ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2011
Current Affairs : September 23, 2011
“SLINEX 2011”: Indo-Sri Lanka Naval Exercise SLINEX 2011: Code named SLINEX 2011, it was the 5 day Joint Naval Exercise b/w India and Sri Lanka, in the seas off Trincomalee Started on September 19, 2011 it concluded on September 23, ..