Q.3 What was ‘Word of the Year-2017’ according to the Oxford Dictionaries? (A) Youthquake (B) Youth (C) Passion (D) dictionary Ans . A Q.4 NASA launched the ‘OSIRIS-REx’ Mission to collect samples from which asteroid? (A) Asteroid Benn (B) (C) (D) Ans . A Q.5 In Bihar, UNESCO has declaredContinue Reading
(‘h’ stands for height above sea level) Almora: h 1676 metres in Kumaon hills (Uttarkhand); nearest railway station is Kathgodam. Cheerapunji: h 1358 metres—48 km south of Shillong; place of heaviest rainfall in the world (average 1182 cm annually). Coonoor: h 2054 metres on the Nilgiri Hills in Tamil Nadu;Continue Reading
Bastille: a castle or fortress in Paris built in 14th century and used as State Prison for political offenders. Demolished on 14 July 1789 at the beginning of the revolution by the French. Bethlehem: Palestine; about 9 km South of Jerusalem; birth-place of Jesus and King David; Church of Nativity.Continue Reading
Infosys co-founder N R Narayana Murthy and Mumbai-born scientist Veena Sahajwalla have been conferred the PLuS Alliance Prize – a prestigious honour that recognises Research Innovation, Education Innovation, Global Leadership and Global Innovation. The Prize of $ 50,000 was awarded in two categories; Education Innovation and Research Innovation. Both winnersContinue Reading
BERLIN — The only televised debate between Chancellor Angela Merkel and her main challenger, Martin Schulz, before German elections later this month appeared not to sway many undecided voters on Sunday about who should be their next leader. Mrs. Merkel and Mr. Schulz clashed in the 97-minute exchange on refugeeContinue Reading
GST is the biggest tax reform in India, tremendously improving ease of doing business and increasing the taxpayer base in India by bringing in millions of small businesses in India. By abolishing and subsuming multiple taxes into a single system, tax complexities would be reduced while tax base is increasedContinue Reading
India ranked at 122 out of 155 countries in the World Happiness Report 2017 published by the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network on the eve of International Day of Happiness (20 March). The rankings are based factors such as inequality, life expectancy, GDP per capita, public trust (i.e. a lackContinue Reading
California :The special edition phone will help benefit (PRODUCT)RED, the AIDS charity. Apple has worked with the charity a number of times in the past, creating red products and supporting it in a range of different ways. It was unveiled alongside an update version of the smaller iPad Pro, andContinue Reading
The Bharatvani project is set to be launched by the University Grants Commission (UGC). The main objective of the project is delivering knowledge in and about all languages in India using multimedia such as text, audio, video, images formats through a website. The website is proposed to be all inclusive,Continue Reading
ICICI Bank ICICI bank has become the first bank to launch the countries first contactless debit and credit cards. The cards use the near-field communication technology, enabling one to make payments by just waving the card near merchant terminals instead of swiping the same. The bank has introduced these twoContinue Reading
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