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Which film has been chosen to represent India in the Best Foreign Language Film category at Oscars 2018?
Hindi film "Newton", a black comedy on the foibles of democracy, has been chosen to represent India in the Best Foreign Language category at the 90th Academy Awards next year.
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Which state became the first state to introduce Electric buses?
The Himachal Road Transport Corporation launched its electric bus service. Himachal became the first hill state to do so.
To run the electric buses, charging points have been installed at Manali and Marhi. At first, two mid-size buses will be introduced that have a seating capacity of 27 and 32 respectively.
3
India’s First indigenously built Scorpene submarine, recently delivered to Navy is
Chetan Sharma was first Indian and third overall bowler to take a hat-trick in one day international cricket. Sharma bowled Ken Rutherford, Ian Smith and E Chatfield at Nagpur back on 31 October 1987.
Kuldeep Yadav became the third Indian after Chetan Sharma and Kapil Dev to bag an ODI hat-trick during the second match of the ongoing series against Australia at Eden Gardens, Kolkata.
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The Union Cabinet extended the time period for Udaan - the Special Industry Initiative (SII) till 31 December 2018 for which of the following states?
Udaan is a centrally funded skill enhancement scheme for J&K youth implemented by National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC).
It is a special initiative to address the needs of the educated unemployed in the state who are graduate, post graduate and three year diploma engineers.
The aim of the scheme is to provide skills and job opportunities to the J&K youth and simultaneously provide exposure to corporate India towards the rich talented pool available in the State.
The target is to reach out to 40000 youth in J&K over a period of 5 years. The Udaan programme is designed to encourage corporates to travel to J&K meet with the youth and hire aspiring youth who wish to explore the opportunity to work with corporates. Udaan provides a framework of support to the youth to travel, undergo training in firms and transit to work.
Under UDAAN scheme, the selected candidates undergo rigorous training, ideally between 3 to 6 months, for a defined program. Travel, boarding and lodging costs are reimbursed.
A stipend is also provided to the candidate during the training period. At the end of training, candidates are assessed based on their training for a job position.
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The Puducherry government on September 21, 2017 banned plastic bags below ____ microns.
State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) has made a significant oil discovery to the west of its prime Mumbai High fields in the Arabian sea. The discovery in the well WO-24-3 is estimated to hold an in-place reserve of about 20 million tonnes.
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India is collaborating with ______ to build the Rooppur nuclear power plant in Bangladesh.
India is collaborating with Russia to build the Rooppur nuclear power plant in Bangladesh, the first initiative under an Indo-Russia deal to undertake atomic energy projects in third countries. This will also be India’s first atomic energy venture abroad.
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Which company to acquire HTC's Pixel smartphone division in USD 1.1 billion deal?
Bollywood actress Shakila, best known for her roles in ‘Aar Par’ and ‘CID’, passed away on 21st September evening after a massive heart attack. She was 82.
