While preparing for competitive exams like UPSC Exam, GMAT and so on most aspirants are well aware of the fact that the section of general knowledge fetches them the greatest share of marks. Hence they have to strategize their preparation in such a way that they would not be ableContinue Reading
The Times of India (TOI) is an Indian English-language daily newspaper. It is the third-largest newspaper in India by circulation and largest selling English-language daily in the world according to Audit Bureau of Circulations (India). It is the oldest English-language newspaper in India still in circulation, with its first editionContinue Reading
Pushkalavati was capital of which of the following acient Kingdoms? Ans: Gandhara Pushkalavati was capital of ancient Kingdom of Gandhara. Its ruins are currently located in Charsadda, Pakistan, located in Peshawar valley in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province (formerly NWFP). Pushkalavati was home of the Sanskrit grammarian Panini. Which of theContinue Reading
The annual “Flamingo Festival” began at Sullurpeta near the Pulicat lake bird sanctuary in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh. The festival was being held every year to bring together the people and various departments in the task of preserving the Pulicat Lake and surroundings. Every year approximately 15,000 Greater FlamingosContinue Reading
The Supreme Court has scrapped a contentious law that was seen as a major infringement of the freedom of speech on-line as it allowed the arrest of a person for posting offensive content. Section 66A of the information Technology Act, introduced in 2000, has been declared unconstitutional. Describing the lawContinue Reading
Solar Impulse is the name of a Swiss long-range experimental solar-powered aircraft project, and also the name of the project’s two operational aircraft. The privately-financed project is led by Swiss businessman André Borschberg and Swiss psychiatrist and aeronaut Bertrand Piccard, who co-piloted the first balloon to circle the worldContinue Reading
First World Soil Day was observed by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on 5 December 2014. On eve of the first World Soil Day, UNFAO along with Global Soil Parternership (GSP) declared the year of 2015 as UN International Year of Soils. On this day, events tookContinue Reading
India took its first formal step to recapture its erstwhile glory as an international knowledge destination with the opening of the new Nalanda University (NU) on 1 September 2014, 12 km from where the ruins of the ancient university are located. The 11-member governing board of the university isContinue 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
Bomb detection kit developed by DRDO to unveil in the US The bomb detection kit which appears somewhat like a small cigar box will be unveiled in the US now, India’s Defence Research & Development Organization (DRDO) developed this powerful tool which is very useful for anti-terror operations and isContinue Reading
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