Union Home Ministry on 17 October 2014 announced to rename 12 cities and towns of Karnataka. The proposal was made on 27 October 2006 to change the names of the 12 towns and cities in consonance with their pronunciation in Kannada language by the Karnataka Government. The State Revenue DepartmentContinue Reading
Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan on 4 October 2014 received Global Diversity Award 2014 at the Britain’s House of Commons. He was conferred the award by House of Commons speaker John Bercow for his outstanding achievements in the field of cinema and his involvement in philanthropic endevours. Earlier, Shah RukhContinue Reading
Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar and Steve Waugh of Australia were selected as Bradman Honouree 2014. It was announced by The Bradman Foundation. They will be honoured at the Gala Dinner of the Bradman Foundation on 29 October 2014 in Sydney.It was announced by the Bradman Foundation on 22 September 2014.It wasContinue Reading
1. Who is the Chairperson of the 7th Pay Commission of India? (a) Sushil Bhardwaj (b) Ashok K. Mathur (c) Vijay Bhan (d) Ranjan Srivastava 2. Who among the following was a cultural theorist, teacher and writer of UK who died in February 2014? (a) George McGill (b) Lord MichaelContinue Reading
India on 11 July 2013 won the West Indies Tri-Nation Series 2013 – Final after defeating Sri Lanka with 1 wicket at Queen’s Park Oval, Port of Spain in Trinidad. Mahendra Singh Dhoni captained the Indian Side in the tri-nation series, whereas, AD Mathews was the captain of the SriContinue Reading
Federal Space Agency Roscosmos, Russia launched the world’s only returnable satellite called Bion-M1 on 20 April 2013. The satellite is aimed at biological research in space and for interplanetary flights in future. The Bion-1M satellite was separated from the Soyuz carrier rocket and entered an elliptic orbit at 575 kilometersContinue Reading
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