Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis has inaugurated the state’s first automatic weather station at Dongargaon in Nagpur.
Two Indian-origin women veterans of the freedom struggle in South African were conferred the highest National Order awards by President Jacob Zuma on 28th April 2017.
Fatima Meer posthumously received the Order of Luthuli in Silver; while Shantie Naidoo joined 21 others to receive the same award at the Presidential Guest House in Pretoria.
India is expected to clock 7.1 per cent growth this year before edging up to 7.5 per cent in 2018, according to a UN report
Geologists have finally uncovered the truth behind the seemingly mysterious ‘Blood Falls’ of Antarctica.
Located in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, the falls were discovered by researchers in 1911 when it poured off the cliff in the Great Taylor glacier.
India’s GDP to grow at 7.5% in FY18: Moody’s
The US-India Business Council (USIBC) has selected Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Chandrababu Naidu for the ‘Transformative Chief Minister Award.'
REIT main 10% of unit capital hai, 20 % Net owned fund... koi jaankar jara explain kre.. abhi tak 20% hi dikha hai questions main...
Dubai has become the first city in the world to have its own Microsoft font.
The font will have typeface both in Latin and Arabic script.
It will be made available in 23 languages - Afrikaans, Arabic, Basque, Britannic, Catalan, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, Gaelic, German, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Norwegian, Farsi, Portuguese, Sami, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish and Urdu.
The Microsoft font was launched by the Crown Prince of Dubai Shaikh Hamdan Bin Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum.
Madhya Pradesh has become the first state to adopt a January to December fiscal year. The decision was made in a cabinet meeting led by chief minister Shivraj Singh.
The Minister of Communications Shri Manoj Sinha launched Tarang Sanchar, a web portal for Information sharing on Mobile Towers and EMF Emission Compliances .
The portal will allow users to get a tower or base station checked for radiation emission, for a fee of INR 4,000.
Shri Prakash Javadekar and Minister of State for Defence Dr. Subhash Bhamre jointly launched a campaign to have a ‘Wall of Valour’ in 1,000 educational institutions across the country. Portraits of Param Vir Chakra (PVC) decorated soldiers will be displayed at designated places on educational campuses to instil sense of nationalism among the students.
This is part of a nationwide ‘Vidya Veerta Abhiyan’, initiated by writer and former Rajya Sabha member Shri Tarun Vijay.
- Asset reconstruction companies ARCs is a company registered under Section 3 of the Securitisation and reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest (SARFAESI) Act, 2002.
- ARCs are regulated by the RBI.
- They are the specialised agencies with a main role of resolving the stressed assets issue of the Indian banking system.
- They are involved in buying bad loans from Indian banks to turn them around.
- The Narsimham Committee –2 (1998) proposed establishment of ARCs on the similar lines with that of asset management companies present globally.
- ARCs help the banks to concentrate on normal banking operations rather than dealing with stressed assets.
The apex bank of India, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has asked all the existing asset reconstruction companies (ARCs) to have a minimum net owned fund (NOF) of INR 100 crore by March 2019.
RERA stand for Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act in the context of real estate regulation law
1. China has successfully conducted the maiden test glide of its first amphibious aircraft said to be the largest in the world, from the southern Chinese city of Zhuhai. 2.The government of India aims to bring down to “zero” thermal coal imports of power PSUs like NTPC in the current fiscal, a move that would reduce the country’s import bill by around INR 17,000 crore. 3. China and Europe are planning to build the first-ever “moon village” that could serve as a launching pad for deep space missions such as one to Mars, or even as a spot for space tourism and lunar mining.
Scientists at IIT Roorkee have used the juicy, delectable Indian summer fruit Jamun to create inexpensive and more efficient solar cells.
Researchers used naturally occurring pigment found in jamun as an inexpensive photosensitizer for Dye Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSCs) or Gratzel cells.
Gratzel cells are thin film solar cells.
These composed of a porous layer of titanium dioxide (TiO2) coated photoanode.
Vani Jairam, the versatile playback singer in the South Indian film industry, was presented with the Ghantasala national award on 23 April 2017 at a function held in Andhra Pradesh. Vani Jairam is fondly called as Meera of modern India.
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Second time revise kar raha hun CA aur abhi bhi aisa lag raha ki first time padh raha hun. Bheje mein ghus kyun nahi raha mere? Yeh exam se 2 din pehle frustrate kar raha hai.
Bollywood star Aamir Khan broke his record of not being part of any awards functions when he attended the Master Dinananth Mangeshkar Awards ceremony in Mumbai on 23rd April, 2017.
He received a special award given to the city’s eminent personalities in various fields from RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat.
Aamir was selected for the recognition for the success of his film Dangal, one of the biggest hits of 2016.
Kapil Dev was given the award for his outstanding contribution to the Indian cricket.
Legendary actress Vyjayanthimala Bali was honoured with Master Dinanath Vishesh Puraskar for her achievements in Hindi cinema.