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Sikkim becomes most favoured destination of foreign tourists in northeast India
Foreign tourists visiting the north-eastern (NE) states of India are choosing Sikkim as their most favored destination in NE region of the country. As per figures released by the Tourism Ministry, while the state received 23,602 tourists in 2011, it was ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2014
Category: Places in News Current Affairs
Rejig of Governors: Kamla Beniwal sent to Mizoram, Margaret Alva given additional charge of Gujarat
The arrival of the new government at Centre has also led to the removal and shuffling of Governors appointed by the previous UPA led government. In continuance of the same, the President of India Pranab Mukherjee has announced three major ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2014
Category: Awards, Honours & Persons in News
Itanagar becomes the 2nd state capital amongst the capitals in NE India to be put on Rail Map of India
Itanagar (Capital of Arunachal Pradesh) became the 2nd state capital after the Capital of Assam: Dispur (whose nearest Railway Station is Guwahati, distance: 5-7 km only), amongst the capitals in NE India to be put on Rail Map of India. The first ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2014
Category: Places in News Current Affairs
Mizoram clinched 68th Santosh Trophy 2013-14
Mizoram clinched the 68th Santosh Trophy for Football by defeating Railways by 3-0 at Siliguri ,West Bengal and won Rs.5 lakh prize money, while the runners up Railways received Rs.3 lakh. This is the maiden Santosh Trophy for Mizoram and ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2014
Category: Sports Current Affairs
Bezbaruah Committee: To address concerns of Northeastern people
The Union Government set up a Bezbaruah panel to propose remedial measures to address concerns of people from the Northeast following outrage over the death in Delhi of a 19-year-old student from Arunachal Pradesh. The Bezbaruah Committee: A six-member panel ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2014
Category: Awards, Honours & Persons in News
Congress victorious in Mizoram Assembly polls 2013
Mizoram Assembly poll results are out and Congress has defeated its main rival Mizo National Front (MNF) by a huge margin. Although Congress faced debacle in the assembly elections in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Delhi, it has managed to save face in ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2013
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
Union Government denies introduction of ILP in Meghalaya
The demand to create Inner Line Permit (ILP) system in Meghalaya has been rejected by the Union Government on grounds that the Constitution does not provide for extending the special provision to new areas. The Government clarified that it was bound ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2013
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
Political uncertainties are among the factors impacting capital markets: RBI
The RBI in its Macroeconomic and Monetary Developments Second Quarter Review 2013-14 said that markets in India face domestic uncertainties arsing from prolonged slowdown, falling corporate earnings and rising leverage, besides risks of political uncertainties associated with the electoral cycle. Elections ..