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• Aug 4, 2015

•  New frog species named ‘Indirana Salelkari’ discovered in Goa [ Government Schemes/Projects ]

  About New species of Frog: Wildlife researchers have discovered new frog species in Netravali forest sanctuary of Goa. The discovered species has been named as ‘Indirana Salelkari’ after Netravali Range Forest Officer Prakash Salelkar for his contribution to conservation of wildl…

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• Aug 3, 2015

•  Spices Board launches Subsidy Scheme to boost production and export [ Government Schemes/Projects ]

  About Spices Board of India: The Spices Board is the Indian government monitoring and advertising agency for Indian spices. it՚s headquarter is in Kochi. Chairman of Spices Board is Dr. Jayathilak, who is an IAS officer .

  • At its headquarters in Kochi the board has a state-of-the-a…

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•  India will host 2nd Forum for Indian-Pacific Islands Cooperation (FIPIC) [ Government Schemes/Projects ]

  About FIPIC: The Pacific Islands Forum is an inter-governmental organization. It aims to increase cooperation between the self-governing countries of the Pacific Ocean. It was founded in 1971 as the South Pacific Forum .

  • The name was changed in 1999 as Pacific Island forum.
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•  India’s first Harbour Defense System commissioned in Kochi [ Government Schemes/Projects ]

  IUHDSS (Integrated Underwater Harbour Defense and Surveillance System) was commissioned in Kochi, Kerala. First of its kind system in the country is part of initiatives to strengthen and beef up coastal security in the western coastline.

  About (IUHDSS) :

  • IUHDSS is designed by Israe…

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•  Uber plans $1 billion to invest into India, tastes 1 million daily rides [ Government Schemes/Projects ]

  About Uber: Uber Technologies is an American international transportation network company. it՚s headquarter is in San Francisco, California of United States. The company՚s main focus is to provide transportation to people over a city by using its online service.

  • The person can use…

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•  US provide CSF tranche of $336 million dollars to Pakistan [ Government Schemes/Projects ]

  About CSF: CSF stands for Currency Stabilization Fund and also Coalition Support Funds. It is considered only in cases of high inflation. It is planned to increase a member՚s resources temporarily in support of a wide-ranging exchange-rate-based balance strategy aimed for reducin…

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•  Kotak bank launches mobile banking app named as ‘Kotak Bharat’ for ‘un-banked’ regions [ Government Schemes/Projects ]

  About Kotak Mahindra bank: Kotak Mahindra Bank is the fourth largest private sector bank of India. The bank՚s headquarter is located at 27BKC (Bandra Kurla Complex) , Bandra East, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

  • Kotak Mahindra Finance Ltd was the group՚s flagship company.
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•  US country singer Lynn Anderson passed away [ Government Schemes/Projects ]

  United States country singer Lynn Anderson passed away at age of 67 after suffered with a heart attack in Nashville, US. About Lynn Anderson: Lynn Rene Anderson born on September 26 in 1947 in North Dakota and was raised in Sacramento, California.

  • She was daughter of …

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•  CERN legally consults its Associate Membership to Pakistan [ Government Schemes/Projects ]

  About CERN: The European Organization for Nuclear Research known as CERN (European Council for Nuclear Research) is a European research organization. Its work is to operate the largest particle physics laboratory in the world.

  • It was established in 1954, the organization is in a n…

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•  Russia’s Rosneft acquire 49% stake in Essar Oil [ Government Schemes/Projects ]

  About Rosneft: Rosneft is an united oil company majority owned by the Government of Russia. Rosneft՚s headquarter is in Moscow՚s Balchug district near the Kremlin, across the Moskva River.

  • After purchasing assets of former oil giant Yukos at state-run auctions, Rosneft became Russ…

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