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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