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Rajiv Gandhi National Quality Awards for 2012 declared
Rajiv Gandhi National Quality Awards for the year 2012 were declared by Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Ram Vilas Paswan. The awards are awarded by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS). BEST OF ALL AWARD Rail ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2014
Yoga exponent B.K.S. Iyengar passed away
Globally acclaimed yoga exponent B.K.S. Iyengar (95) passed away in Pune. Born in Karnataka’s Kolar district in 1918 and enervated by maladies since his childhood, he codified Patanjali’s yoga sutras in an ingeniously dynamic yoga style which came to be ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2014
Category: Awards, Honours & Persons in News
Pay MGNREGA workers wages commensurate with minimum wages fixed by State: SC asks Government
As per the direction of the Supreme Court, Government must implement its February 2014 notification fixing higher average daily wages to workers of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS). The order came a day after the proposed ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2014
Category: Legal & Constitution Current Affairs
Environment clearance to Navy’s Project Seabird (Karwar naval base)
The new Government of India has given environmental clearance to Indian Navy’s ambitious naval infrastructure project — Seabird in Karwar (Phase-II). Project Seabird (Karwar naval base) The Western Fleet of Indian Navy in Mumbai faced security challenges during the Indo-Pakistan ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2014
Category: Places in News Current Affairs
India test-fires BrahMos from indigenous warship INS Kolkata successfully
The 290 km-range BrahMos supersonic anti-ship cruise missile was successfully test- fired from country’s largest indigenous warship INS Kolkata off the coast of Karwar in Karnataka. The combat ship is yet to be formally inducted into the Indian Navy. The ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2014
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Modi is not the first instance when CM becomes PM
Prime Minister-to-be Narendra Modi is not the first Chief Minister to ascend to the seat of the head of Government of India. The distinction goes to former Karnataka CM H.D. Deve Gowda, who, moved to the post of Prime Minister ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2014
Category: Awards, Honours & Persons in News
Indian Navy operationally deploys INS Vikramaditya
As per the announcement made by Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Robin Kumar Dhowan, the newly inducted aircraft carrier, INS Vikramaditya, is now operationally deployed and its integral MiG-29K fighters have been fully integrated with the carrier. The 44,500-tonne aircraft ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2014
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Polo, India's only gorilla, breaths his last
Polo (43), India’s only gorilla, listed as one of the world’ s critically endangered species, passed away at the Mysore Zoo (Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens), Karnataka. The male Western Lowland Gorilla, which was gifted to Mysore zoo by Dublin zoo ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2014
Category: Awards, Honours & Persons in News