Important Details about India's Mars Orbiter Mission / Mangalyaan

Important Details about India's Mars Orbiter Mission / Mangalyaan1.The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), also called as Mangalyaan (Mangalyan is an unofficial name)2.This program is run by ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization)3.Manufactured by Indian Space Research Organisation Satellite Centre (ISAC)4.Launched into Earth orbit on 5th November 20135.It was launched from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.6.This...

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Daily GK Updates: 31 Aug- 1st Sept 2014

Daily GK Updates: 31 Aug- 1st Sept 2014 1.    PM proposes online Japanese language courses in India i. India needs to learn from Japan in order to modernise its primary education system, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said during a visit to the Taimei elementary school on Monday morning. ii. Also, India needed to learn “moral education” and “discipline” from the...

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Daily GK Updates: 30th August 2014

Daily GK Updates: 30th August 2014 1.    India, Japan sign MoU to develop Varanasi into ‘smart city’ i. Varanasi, which Prime Minister Narendra Modi represents in the Lok Sabha, will be developed into a ‘smart city’ by using the experience of Kyoto, the ’smart city’ of Japan, under a pact signed b/w India & Japan. ii. A Partner City MoU was signed by Indian...

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Daily GK Updates: 29th August 2014

Daily GK Updates: 29th August 2014 1.    National Sports Day was celebrated on the 29 August i. National Sports Day was celebrated on the 29 August throughout the country. ii. National Sports Day is celebrated to mark the birth anniversary of hockey player Dhyan Chand. This day is celebrated by organizing friendly matches between different Indian hockey teams at...

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Daily GK Updates: 28 th August 2014

Daily GK Updates: 28 th August 2014 1.    Prime Minister launches 'Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana i. The 'Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana', an ambitious financial inclusion scheme under which the government intends to provide every household with a bank account and insurance cover, was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday. ii. The scheme, about which...

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Daily GK Updates: 27th August 2014

Daily GK Updates: 27th August 2014 1.    Supreme court: People facing criminal, corruption charges shouldn't be made ministers i. Sending a strong message that people against whom criminal and corruption charges have been framed be not inducted as ministers, the Supreme Court today said Prime Minister and Chief Ministers should desist from making such appointments and act in “national...

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Daily GK Updates: 26th August 2014

Daily GK Updates: 26th August 2014 1.    Four new Governors appointed i. Kalyan Singh has been appointed Governor of Rajasthan ii. Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala appointed Governor of Karnataka iii. Chennamaneni Vidyasagar Rao has been appointed Governor of Maharashtra and iv. Mridula Sinha appointed Governor of Goa. ii. Maharashtra Governor's post fell vacant yesterday when incumbent K Sankaranarayanan...

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Important Banking Awareness Topics for IBPS PO IV and Clerks IV Online Exams

Important Banking Awareness Topics for IBPS PO IV and Clerks IV Online Exams Here are some Important Basics you should know about Banking Awareness for upcoming IBPS PO and Clerks Online Exams. In this, we tried to cover almost all the basic terminology of banking awareness in simple language so that you can pick the synopsis in a single glance. It hardly will take 15...

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Daily GK Updates: 24 - 25th August 2014

Daily GK Updates: 24 - 25th August 2014 1.    Textiles Ministry, Flipkart join hands for handloom weavers  Textiles Ministry today inked a pact with homegrown e-retailing major Flipkart to provide an online marketing platform to handloom weavers across the country, an initiative to boost the handloom sector, empower the weavers and uplift manufacturing...

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Daily GK Updates: 23rd August 2014

Daily GK Updates: 23rd August 2014 1.    T M Bhasin elected as Chairman of Indian Banks Association i. T M Bhasin was elected as Chairman of Indian Banks Association (IBA) . He will be the Chairman of IBA for 2014-15.T M Bhasin is the chairman and managing director of Indian Bank. He replace KR Kamath. ii. Besides, Chanda Kochhar who is ICICI Bank's managing...

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