Current Affairs : April 15, 2010

Events, Happenings & Observances:4th IBSA Summit:The 4th IBSA summit took place in Brasilia, Brazil on April 15, 2010.Read HereUttarakhand: Century’s First MahakumbhaAt Haridwar, century’s first Mahakumbha comes to an end after last Shahi Snan of Mesh Sankranti. Over 1.45 crore ..

Month: Current Affairs - April, 2010

Current Affairs January 26 & 27, 2010

Abbreviations:WADR : Weighted Average Discount RateWCTL : Working Capital Term LoanWEO : World Economic OutlookWGRFIS : Working Group on Future Role of Financial InstitutionsXBRL : Extensible Business Reporting LanguageXML : Extensible Markup LanguageYTM : Yield to Maturity National Updates:Padma Awards ..

Month: Current Affairs - January, 2010

Current Affairs : Awards : December 6-15, 2009

December 6, 2009: Grawemeyer Award : Eboo PatelIndia-born Eboo Patel who is a member of President Barack Obama’s faith advisory council, has become the first Muslim to win the prestigious Grawemeyer Award in Religion from the Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary ..

Month: Current Affairs - December, 2009

Current Affairs Current Affairs : Awards November12-17, 2009

November 12, 2009: K R Narayanan award : N Ram of HinduN Ram, Editor-in-Chief, The HINDU newspaper will get this year’s K R Narayanan award. November 12, 2009: Pravasi Ratna Award: M A Yousaf AliPravasi ratna award will go to ..

Month: Current Affairs - December, 2009

Current Affairs Awards October 25-31

October 25, 2009: CDAC-ACCS Foundation AwardsCDAC-ACCS Foundation Award were instituted by the Advance Computing and Communications Society. The 2009 winner of this award are Dr Raj Jain of Washington University and Dr Anurag Kumar of Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore ..

Month: Current Affairs - November, 2009

Current Affairs Business & Economy : November 12-20 , 2009

November 12, 2009: Forbes Power listPrime Minister Manmohan Singh and only three Indian businessmen feature in Forbes magazine’s first-ever World’s Most Powerful People list. Read about this list here: November 13, 2009: 50 new public sector undertakings (PSUs) to be ..

Month: Current Affairs - November, 2009

Current Affairs Current Affairs October 30, 2009

India- Bosnia-Herzegovina Treaty on Criminal MattersIndia and Bosnia-Herzegovina today signed the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty in Criminal Matters. Aims of This treaty is to improve effectiveness in investigation and prosecution of crime, including those related to terrorism, and confiscation of ..

Month: Current Affairs - October, 2009

Industrial growth 10.4 % in August

India’s Industrial growth has soared to a 22-month high of 10.4 per cent in August.Manufacturing output grew by 10.2 per cent in August, mining by 12.9 per cent and electricity production by 10.6 per cent. Of 17 industry groups, 14 ..

Month: Current Affairs - October, 2009

Current Affairs Current Affairs : Awards September October 2009

October 9, 2009: Jamnalal Bajaj Awards 2009:The Jamnalal Bajaj awards which are given by Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation every year, were declared recently.Read Here October 2, 2009: Dhoni declared ICC ODI Cricketer of the YearMahendra Singh Dhoni has been named “One ..

Month: Current Affairs - October, 2009

Current Affairs Current Affairs: Awards : July 25, 2009

July 25, 2009: Save the World’ Awards dedicated to Michael Jackson: ‘Heal the World’July 24, 2009: Indira peace prize for Gates foundationJuly 25, 2009: Shahid Kapur gets prestigious Rajiv Gandhi awardJuly 25, 2009 : Lord Swraj Paul honoured with ‘Pride ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2009