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Feb 28, 2016

Ex-DRDO DG Dr Avinash Chander awarded Aryabhata Award

Former DRDO Director-General (DG) Dr Avinash Chander has been awarded prestigious Aryabhata Award of Astronautical Society of India.

Feb 27, 2016

Current Affairs Questions and Answers (27th February, 2016)

Feb 27, 2016

Current affairs 27th February, 2016

Daily Current affairs for IBPS, Banking, IAS on 27th February, 2016

Feb 27, 2016

Legendary pre-independence cricketer Garudachar passes away

B.K. Garudachar, the legendary pre-independence cricketer and skipper of Mysore (as Karnataka was known then), passed away. He was 99.

Feb 27, 2016

Ranji Trophy: Mumbai accomplishes Mission 41 in style

Mumbai stamped its authority in the domestic cricket circuit yet again with an exceptional performance in two sessions that turned the Ranji Trophy final against Saurashtra on its head and handed it a deserving 41st title, with a victory by an innings and 21 runs on the third day itself.

Feb 27, 2016

Gianni Infantino of Switzerland wins FIFA presidential election with 115 votes

Gianni Infantino pulled off a stunning victory to take over as FIFA president.

Feb 27, 2016

New BRICS bank set to fund green energy projects

The New Development Bank (NDB) — a multilateral lender with a focus on the Global South of the of the Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa(BRICS) grouping — is all set to fund more than a dozen projects this year, which will focus on renewable energy.

Feb 27, 2016

Govt’s LED drive to save over Rs 45,000 crore says Economic Survey

Government’s plan to change 77 crore conventional bulbs and 3.5 crore conventional streetlights with LED range would save Rs 45,500 crore by reducing 21,500 MW electricity demand.

Feb 27, 2016

Rich feed off subsidies worth over Rs. 1 lakh crore: Economic Survey

India’s rich feed off subsidies worth over Rs. 1 lakh crore a year that are meant for the poor, according to the Economic Survey titled Bounties for the Well-off. </p><p>And this figure only considers the subsidies on six commodities, two public utilities — the Railways and electricity — and one small savings scheme, the Public Provident Fund.

Feb 26, 2016

RBI extends Currency Swap Arrangement with SAARC nations

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has extended currency swap arrangement to South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) nations till mid-November 2017.