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Agni V missile expected to be operational by 2015
According to Tessy Thomas, director, Agni Missile Project, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), two or three more successful test firings, the Agni V missile is likely to be operational by 2015. Salient features of Agni V Intercontinental ballistic missile developed by the Defence Research ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2013
Category: Awards, Honours & Persons in News
India to launch indigenous Aircraft Carrier project
India will launch its biggest ever Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC) project, in terms of size and complexity of design, on August 12 at Kochi. Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC) project: It will be India’s biggest Indigenous Aircraft Carrier warship with a ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2013
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
British government to go ahead with Rs 2.7 lakh visa bond
The British government decided to go ahead with Rs 2.7 lakh Visa bond despite Prime Minister David Cameron’s gave assurance to exempt India from the controversial visa bond scheme though the Home Office insisted that it was meant to target ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2013
Category: International / World Current Affairs
WikiLeaks party launched by Julian Assange to contest Australia polls
Julian Assange (42), an Australian citizen and founder of WikiLeaks has launched his Australian political party WikiLeaks via a video link from the Ecuadorian embassy in London. The party was created in part to support Julian Assange’s bid for a Senate seat ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2013
Category: Awards, Honours & Persons in News
“George Alexander Louis”- Duchess of Cambridge gives birth to baby boy
Britain has a new future king after the Duchess of Cambridge gave birth to a baby boy. Britain’s Prince William and his wife Kate have named their son as “George Alexander Louis”. He will be known as Royal Highness Prince ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2013
Category: Awards, Honours & Persons in News
Aussie Spinner Shane Warne included in ICC Hall of Fame
Legendary leg spinner, Australia’s Shane Warne was inducted into the International Cricket Council (ICC) Hall of Fame at Lord’s, England. Shane Warne’s Achievements: He represented Australia in 145 tests between 1992 and 2007. He took 708 test wickets at an ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2013
Category: Sports Current Affairs
Hezbollah's military wing added terrorist list by EU
The EU has decided to put the armed wing of Hezbollah on its list of terrorist organizations. It was made clear that it would maintain contact with all political parties in Lebanon, including the Hezbollah party, which is part of the country’s ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2013
Category: International / World Current Affairs
India emerges as the 2nd largest investor in London
India has come up as the 2nd largest investor in the city of London with Indian companies led by software major Infosys with the investment eagerness generated by the 2012 Olympic Games in the British capital. Infosys leads the inward Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) made ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2013
India and ADB Sign an Agreement for Gujarat Solar Power Transmission System
With the rapid growing electricity demand, and increasing reliance on imported sources of fossil fuel the Government of India and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed an agreement for a $100 million ADB loan (A LIBOR based loan from ADB’s ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2013
British Government decorates Krishna Menon’s London home with blue plaque
In commemoration to V.K. Krishna Menon’s long and eventful association with London, the British government has decided to put up an English Heritage blue plaque at the house where he lived when he first moved to the city. Mahatma Gandhi, ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2013
Category: Awards, Honours & Persons in News