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• Jun 24, 2015

•  Sunil Chhetri becomes first Indian footballer to score 50 international goals [ Government Schemes/Projects ]

  Sunil Chhetri has become the first Indian footballer to score 50 international goals. He achieved this target in his 87^th match who held between match between India and Guam for 2018 world cup qualifying. India lost this match to Guam by 1 - 2 goals. It was India՚s second success…

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•  Denmark’s Mogens Lykketoft elected as President of UN General Assembly [ Government Schemes/Projects ]

  Mogens Lykketoft from Denmark was elected as President of United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) . Lykketoft was only the nominee put forward by the WEOG (Western Europe and other group) .

  • Lykketoft replaces Sam Kutesa from Uganda who was President of 69^th session of UNGA. Lykketo…

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•  Historian-writer Ramachandra Guha selected for Japan’s Fukuoka Prize June 20, 2015 [ Government Schemes/Projects ]

  Eminent Historian-writer Ramachandra Guha has been selected for Japan՚s Fukuoka Prize 2015 in the Academic category. He has been selected for their outstanding contributions to academia, arts and culture across Asia. Apart from him, Thant Myint-U also selected for Grand Prize cat…

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• Jun 23, 2015

•  US becomes world’s largest oil producer, surpasses Saudi Arabia: BP Report [ Government Schemes/Projects ]

  The United States (US) became the world՚s largest oil producer in 2014 surpassing Saudi Arabia which released by British Petroleum (BP) Energy Company. Ranking by Oil producer country-

  • US had produced 11.6 million barrels of oil per day (bpd) i.e.. 15.9 % more oil in 2014.
  • Saudi Ar…

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•  Government launches Migrant Resource Centre in Chennai [ Government Schemes/Projects ]

  The Union Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs (MOIA) along with Tamil Nadu state government was set up Migrant Resource Centre (MRC) in Chennai. The MRC (Migrant Resource Centre) will provide migrants service and information of overseas Indian workers other than advice, counselin…

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•  United Kingdom celebrates 800 years of Magna Carta [ Government Schemes/Projects ]

  United Kingdom (UK) celebrated 800 years of signing of Magna Carta which is a Latin word which in English means Great Charter and also present UK Prime Minister David Cameron in the celebrations. The celebrations to observe signing of 8 century year old historic document which ha…

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•  Union Government sacks Dr Bimal K Roy Director of Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) [ Government Schemes/Projects ]

  The Indian Statistical Institute Union Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation (MOSPI) has dismissed Dr Bimal K Roy as the Director of Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) . Dr Bimal K Roy who is a renowned cryptologist was appointed Director of ISI in August 2010 and he …

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•  Legendary actor Sir Christopher Lee passed away [ Government Schemes/Projects ]

  Sir Christopher Lee who was Legendary English actor, singer and writer passed away in London, United Kingdom at the age of 93. Lee was famously known as the master of horror for his famous villainy acting roles in numerous movies such as Dracula, The Wicker Man, James Bond, Lord …

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•  Former Union Minister Sheila Kaul passed away [ Government Schemes/Projects ]

  Sheila Kaul who was former Himachal Pradesh governor and ex-union minister passed away in New Delhi at the age 101. Sheila Kaul was a sister-in-law of India՚s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi՚s maternal aunt.

  • In 1971, Sheila Kaul was elected as Member of Par…

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•  Twitter Inc CEO Dick Costolo resigns June 13, 2015 [ Government Schemes/Projects ]

  Dick Costolo has resigned as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Twitter Inc after leading the company for five. He plain to step down on 1 July 2015. Twitter co-founder and Square Inc՚s CEO will take over as the Interim CEO place of his replacement.

  • He was also had pioneered for…

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