2015: Point-Wise Current-Affairs/GS Articles

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May 15, 2015

Writer Neel Mukherjee Wins 10,000 Encore Award for Year 2015 

Eminent writer Neel Mukherjee՚s novel “The Lives of Others” has won the United Kingdom՚s Encore Award 2015 for the best second novel. The novel The Lives of Others based upon story of one family living in Calcutta in 1960s and this novel reflect the political and social convuls…

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Awards

Indian President Pranab Mukherjee Appoints New Governors in Six States 

Indian President Pranab Mukherjee appointed Governors for six states, bringing down the number of governors who had been holding the additional charge of more than two sates for the past few months. According to the constitutional provisions of Governor Article 153, it says that …

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Government Schemes/Projects

Deepak Iyer Appointed as CEO and MD of Bharti AXA General Insurance 

Deepak Iyer was selected for the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Managing Director (MD) of Bharti AXA General Insurance company. Deepak Iyer succeeds the CEO and MD Milind Chalisgaonkar and he will join the board of company by end of June 2015.

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Government Schemes/Projects

Telangana Government Inks MoU with Google to Build Biggest Campus Outside US in Hyderabad 

Telangana Government K. Chandrasekhar Rao has inked a Memorandum of understanding (MoU) with tech giant Google Inc to build biggest campus outside US in Hyderabad. Telangana Secretary of IT Jayesh Ranjan and Google՚s global head David Redcliffe signed between MoU in Google headqu…

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Government Schemes/Projects

May 14, 2015

India & Iran Signed Inter-Governmental MoU for Development of Chabahar Port 

India and Iran signed an inter-Governmental Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the development of the important Chabahar Port in Iran and this will be used to ship crude oil and urea, saving India transportation costs. Shipping and Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari and…

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Government Schemes/Projects

Indian Army and BOI Ink MoU on Defence Salary Package 

Indian Army and commercial Bank of India (BOI) signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the Defence Salary Package. The signed MoU is a revised version of previous and first MoU which was signed in 2011 between both parties and was valid for a period of three years.

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Defense

Veteran Actor Shashi Kapoor Conferred with Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2014 

Veteran actor- film producer Shashi Kapoor who received the prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke Award 2014 from Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Arun Jaitley at a special function held in Prithvi Theatre in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Shashi Kapoor is the 46th film personality to r…

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Awards

British PM David Cameron Who Swept Back in Power 

Conservative Party led by British Prime Minister David Cameron who swept back in power to govern the United Kingdom for another five years with a convincing majority. Conservative Party by winning 331 seats out of total 650 seats in House of Commons has emerged single largest par…

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Government Schemes/Projects

SBI Launches RuPay Platinum Debit Card 

India՚s largest commercial bank State Bank of India (SBI) has launched a RuPay Platinum debit card with the help of National Payment Corporation of India (NPCI) . The RuPay Platinum debit card initially would be issued free to customers maintaining a quarterly balance of 50,000 r…

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Government Schemes/Projects

KV Thomas Renominated as Chairman of Public Accounts Committee 

Prof. Kuruppassery Varkey Thomas (KV Thomas) renominated as Chairman of Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan for a second term of one year. KV Thomas was first nominated as Public Accounts Committee (PAC) in August 2014 and he is the senior Congress P…

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Committees & Govt. Bodies