India’s Mars Orbiter spacecraft has started sending its first set of pictures of the Red Planet’s surface late on Wednesday night, confirmed ISRO. India has successfully put a satellite into orbit around Mars, becoming the fourth nation or geo-bloc to do so. The Mangalyaan robotic probe, one of the cheapestContinue Reading
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 28 August 2014 launched the ambitious Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY). It is a dream project of NDA govt. to open at least one bank account to every household. Following are the salient features of PMJDY: The main objective of PMJDY : – TheContinue Reading
To make Goa a permanent venue for IFFI, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between Information and Broadcasting Secretary Bimal Julka and Chief Secretary of Goa State B. Vijayan. The MoU was signed in the presence of Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar and Goa Chief Minister ManoharContinue Reading
International Boxing Association (AIBA) on 16 September 2014 permitted Indian boxers (pugilists) to take part in the 17th Asian Games 2014 under the national tricolor. This permission was given by AIBA after it gave provisional recognition to Boxing India on 15 September. This action of AIBA means that national anthemContinue Reading
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launched the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV-C23 on 30 June 2014, from the first launch pad of Sriharikota space station, situated about 100 km north of Chennai. Prime Minister Narendra Modi witnessed the launch at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre. The launch vehicleContinue Reading
India’s first indigenously-built anti submarine warfare corvette INS Kamorta has been built by the Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd (GRSE), Kolkata. It is the first warship to be armed with an indigenous rocket launcher for anti submarine warfare. The sophisticated front line warship with stealth features is also theContinue Reading
Rajiv Mathur is New Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) Former Intelligence Bureau (IB) chief Rajiv Mathur was sworn-in today as the new chief information commissioner (CIC) in the Central Information Commission. The oath was administered to Mr Mathur by President Pranab Mukherjee, said a statement. 64-year-old Mr. Mathur succeeds Sushma Singh,Continue Reading
Roberto Azevedo: Chief of World Trade Organisation (WTO). Syed Ibne Abbas: He has been appointed as Pakistan’s High Commissioner to India. Chief Ministers : State Chief Minister Andhra Pradesh Shri Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy Arunachal Pradesh Shri Nabam Tuki Assam Shri Tarun Gogoi Bihar Shri Nitish Kumar Chhattisgarh Dr. RamanContinue Reading
Air Marshal Arup Raha has been appointed the next Chief of the Indian Air Force. He will succeed Air Chief Marshal N.A.K. Browne, also a fighter pilot, on 31 December 2013.He was commissioned into the IAF on 14 December 1974, in the fighter stream of the flying branch. In hisContinue Reading
International Men’s Day is an annual international event celebrated on 19 November. Inaugurated in 1999 in Trinidad and Tobago, the day and its events find support from a variety of individuals and groups in India,Australia, the Caribbean, North America, Asia, Europe and Africa. The objectives The objectives of celebrating anContinue Reading
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