GK Quiz for the week: 15 Feb to 21 Feb
This test is based on the daily GK capsules posted through this week. The test has 10 questions to be answered within 10 minutes. Click on read more to take the test. […]
GK OF THE DAY (22 & 23 Feb )
Nitish Kumar sworn in as CM of Bihar for 4th time Nitish Kumar has sworn in as the Chief Minister (CM) of Bihar for the 4th time. Governor of Bihar Keshri Nath Tripathi administered the oath of office and secrecy to him at the oath taking ceremony held at Raj Bhawan in Patna. Along with Nitish Kumar, 22 Janta Dal United (JDU) Party legislators, including three women were also sworn in as Cabinet Ministers. Earlier on 20 February 2015, Jitan Ram Manjhi had resigned as CM ending a month long political turmoil in Bihar. Environmental loss in Sundarbans worth Rs 1290 crore: World Bank […]
Oscar Awards: 87th Academy Awards
The 87th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) was held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles. The Academy Awards (commonly referred as Oscars) were presented in twenty four categories. […]
GK OF THE DAY (21 Feb )
Tapan Misra to head Isro’s Space Applications Centre Scientist Tapan Misra Friday took over as director of the Indian space agency’s application centre at Ahmedabad in Gujarat. He will succeed A S Kiran Kumar, who was appointed as the Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) in January 2015. Later, he became the lead member of the team which designed and developed C-band Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR). Two tropical cyclones Marcia and Lam hit Australia […]
GK OF THE DAY (20th Feb)
PM Modi launches Soil Health Card Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch a nationwide scheme to analyse the soil of farms in the country scientifically. The’ Soil Health Card’ scheme will be launched at a rally in Suratgarh town in Sriganganagar district of Rajasthan. Under the scheme, farmers will be issued a card after scientific analysis of the soil of their farms. It will carry crop-wise recommendation of fertilisers required for farm lands and other inputs to increase the productivity of individual farmer. Rashad Hussain appointed as US Special Envoy and Coordinator […]
GK OF THE DAY (18-19 Feb)
Airtel, UNICEF pact to provide education content in Africa Bharti Airtel has partnered with United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to provide health, education and youth-focussed content to its customers in 17 African countries. The agreement allows UNICEF to tap into Airtel’s mobile services to make health, education and youth-focused content available to Airtel customers across the 17 African countries, the company said in a statement. Through improved connectivity, more Africans will have free access to mobile applications and services developed by UNICEF, such as eduTrac, mTrac and U-report. Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic sworn in as first woman President of Croatia […]
GK OF THE DAY (17 Feb )
India-born Punit Renjen to be Deloitte Global CEO Punit Renjen was appointed as the Chief executive officer (CEO) of accounting giant Deloitte’s global operations. He will succeed Barry Salzberg and assume his new role of Deloitte Global CEO from 1 June 2015. Currently he is serving as US business Chairman and CEO of the Deloitte group. Deloitte is U.S. based accounting giant which is present across 150 countries including India and employs over two lakh people. It is one of the four largest audit firms in the world and competes with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), KPMG and Ernst & Young (EY). Infosys acquires automation tech firm Panaya for $200 million […]
GK QUIZ: 7 Feb to 14 Feb
This test is based on the daily GK capsules posted through this week. The test has 10 questions to be answered within 10 minutes. Click on read more to take the test. […]
GK OF THE DAY (15th & 16th Feb)
India signs $8 million loan agreement with World Bank India signed a loan agreement worth USD 8 million with World Bank for sustainable livelihoods and adaption to climate change(SLACC) Project. The agreement was signed by Joint Secretary in Union Ministry of Finance Tarun Bajaj and World Bank’s India Country Director Onno Ruhl. India successfully test-fires BrahMos missile from INS Kolkata […]
GK OF THE DAY (14th Feb )
India ranks lowly 136 in World Press Freedom Index 2015 The Reporters Without Borders (RWB) on 12 February 2015 released the World Press Freedom Index (WPFI) 2015. In the WPFI 2015, India was placed at 136th position out of 180 nations that were surveyed worldwide in terms of press freedom. In the top of the list were three Scandinavian countries: Finland on the 1st position followed by Norway and Denmark. At the other end of the scale, Turkmenistan, North Korea and Eritrea were the worst performers securing the last places in the index. India’s Neighbours rank: Sri Lanka (165th), Pakistan (159th), Afghanistan (122th), China (176th), Bangladesh (146th), Nepal (105 ). FMCG major ITC has purchased two famous brands of Johnson & Johnson (J&J) […]