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Telangana’s Bhadrachalam added as destination in IRCTC’s Ramayana Circuit train

The Indian Railways has added Bhadrachalam in Telangana as one of the destinations in its Ramayana circuit of the pilgrim special train. Union Minister for Culture G Kishan Reddy on Thursday (11 November) expressed gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the inclusion of Bhadarchalam as one of the destinations in the Ramayana Circuit of […]

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Defence Secretary releases a book titled ‘FORCE IN STATECRAFT’

Defence Secretary Dr. Ajay Kumar released a book titled ‘FORCE IN STATECRAFT’, an edited volume by Commandant of National Defence College (NDC) Air Marshal Diptendu Choudhury and President’s Chair of Excellence at NDC Air Vice Marshal (Dr) Arjun Subramaniam (Retd) in New Delhi on November 13, 2021. The book is a compilation of essays on

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RBI projects CPI inflation at 5.3% for 2021-22

India’s retail inflation rate, measured by the Consumer Price Index or CPI, rose mildly in October to 4.48% year-on-year from 4.35% in September due to an uptick in food prices. The inflation was 7.61% in October last year. For the fourth month in a row, CPI has been below the Reserve Bank of India’s six

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Salman Khurshid authored the book Sunrise over Ayodhya: Nationhood in our Times

Former union minister and Congress leader Salman Khurshid, who recently launched his book on the Ayodhya verdict named “Sunrise over Ayodhya – Nationhood in our Times”. Book states about unity between Hindus & Muslims and about creating an awareness that the Supreme Court verdict on Ayodhya was a good one. On 9 November 2019, the Supreme Court, in a unanimous verdict, cleared the way

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Neeraj Chopra receives Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna award

Tokyo Olympics gold medal-winning javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, along with eleven other athletes, received the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna award from President Ram Nath Kovind at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi. He became the only second individual gold medalist from India at the Olympics and the first in athletics. The awards are given every

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Railway Board issues order to drop ‘special train’ tag

The Indian Railways has issued an order to discontinue the ‘special’ tag for mail and express trains and to revert to pre-pandemic ticket prices with immediate effect. Since the coronavirus-triggered lockdown was eased, the Railways has only been running special trains. It started with long-distance trains and now even short-distance passenger services are being run as special trains with “slightly higher

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Myntra appoints Nandita Sinha as CEO

Fashion and lifestyle e-commerce platform Myntra have named Nandita Sinha as its Chief Executive Officer. Ms. Sinha succeeds Amar Nagaram, who quit Myntra last month after leading the company as the CEO for nearly three years. She will join Myntra from group company Flipkart, where, as Vice President, Customer Growth and Marketing, she is currently leading the

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Daily Current Affairs – 13 November 2021 | Gkseries

Current Affairs is the most important area in all competitive exams. But the difficulty level is very high. That’s why; many aspirants get confused, how to select Current Affairs for Preparation of Competitive Examination? In this Post, Daily Current Affairs 13 November 2021, we have tried to cover each and every point and also included

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World Antimicrobial Awareness Week: 18-24 November

World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (WAAW) is celebrated from 18-24 November each year. The WAAW aims to increase awareness of global antimicrobial resistance and to encourage best practices among the general public, health workers, and policymakers to avoid the further emergence and spread of drug-resistant infections. The 2021 theme, Spread Awareness, Stop Resistance, calls on One Health stakeholders, policymakers, health care providers,

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New RBI scheme to enable retail investors to invest in government securitie

The central bank of India is all set to unveil RBI Retail Direct scheme through which retail investors can easily access the government securities market, both primary and secondary online. It will also allow the investors to open and maintain their gilt securities accounts online with the RBI without any extra charges. (G-sec). G-secs are the debt instruments (bonds and

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