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Badshah of Bollywood Shah Rukh Khan is set to receive an honorary doctorate degree from Melbourne-based La Trobe University for his contributions and efforts towards underprivileged children, women’s empowerment through Meer Foundation and his achievements in the Indian entertainment industry. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 He will be visiting Australia to attend the 10th edition […]
England won the World Cup 2019 final by 0 runs, screamed a newspaper headline ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 final at Lord’s. England were crowned world champions in one of the most dramatic cricket matches the sport has ever witnessed. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 There were so many variables that went England’s way. Lady
Delhi cabinet decided that Rajghat thermal power plant will be officially shut and turned into a solar park. Deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia said 5,000KW of solar power will be produced at the 45-acre plant site. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 The coal-based plant, whose current units were commissioned in 1989, has been lying in
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Governor of West Bengal Kesri Nath Tripthi released the Bengali version of the famous book “Great Minds of India” penned by an acclaimed author Salil Gewali of Shillong on July 7, 2019, at an impressive ceremony held at Raj Bhavan, Kolkata. Daily Current affairs Quiz 2019 The special function organized for the book release was
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The bilateral trade between United States and India could reach USD 238 billion by 2025 from the current USD 143 billion given the present dynamics of the commercial engagement, a US-based India centric advocacy group. This growth will occur if trade grows by 7.5 per cent each year, as has been the trend for the
US India Strategic and Partnership Forum decided the bilateral trade Read More »
A technical snag detected in the GSLV-MkIII rocket, less than an hour ahead of the scheduled launch aborted the planned flight of Chandrayaan-2, India’s first attempt at landing a spacecraft on the moon. “Revised launch date would be announced later,” ISRO said in a statement without giving any details of the problem that had been
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Kerala’s Of women – By women – For women Scheme is now available for women’s startups from across the country and to give it a wider canvas, the Kerala Startup Mission (KSUM) is hosting a women startup summit 2019 on August 1 in Kochi. KSUM is the nodal agency of the state government for entrepreneurship
Women Startup Summit 2019 will be hosted on August 1 in Kochi Read More »
The 11th Mekong Ganga Cooperation Senior Officials’ Meeting was held in New Delhi on 9 July 2019. The meeting, which was attended by Senior Officials from all 6 MGC Member States, was co-chaired by Ms. Vijay Thakur Singh, Secretary (East), Ministry of External Affairs and H.E. Ms. Doan Phuong Lan, Deputy Director General, Department of
11th Mekong Ganga Cooperation Senior Officials’ Meeting held in New Delhi Read More »
India lifted 271 million people out of poverty between 2006 and 2016, recording the fastest reductions in the multidimensional poverty index values during the period with strong improvements in areas such as “assets, cooking fuel, sanitation and nutrition,” a report by the United Nations said. The 2019 global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) from the UN
UNDP released its Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2019. Read More »
Shelving its previous plan to convert it into a waste-to-energy plant, the Delhi government announced that a solar park — of 5,000 KW capacity — will come up in the spot of the defunct Rajghat thermal power plant. In October, 2016, Delhi Power Minister Satyendar Jain had announced that a waste-to-energy plant will replace the
