January First Half Of 2015 and rest by gktoday Flashcards

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British empire medal

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Fauja Singh

Marathon runner

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Knighthood to Indian

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Nilesh Jayantilal samani
Prof at university of Leicester
Contribution to cardiovascular science

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Commander of the British empire

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Meera syal… Comedy roles
Shakuntala Michaela ghosh
Uma Mehta

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Vasant Gowarikar

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Former ISRO chairman and scientific advisor to pm passed away

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New governing body for boxing

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Boxing India

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Icici bank digital village

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Akodara in Gujarat

Cashless banking to digitised school teaching

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Bridge fed of India to hold

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World bridge championship in October 2015
Bermuda bowl for men
Venice cup for women

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Free trade lpg scheme

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Under it

Sale of subsidised 5 kg cooking gas cylinders launched

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To reduce energy consumption

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National program for street lighting and LED home lighting launched

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Tencent holdings ltd , a Chinese investment holding co. Launched

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China’s first online private bank named webank to finance small sector borrowers

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Ecitizenship ordinance amending the Indian citizenship act

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To merge the person of Indian origin and overseas citizenship of India schemes

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Seventh chennai international open grandmaster chess

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Won by popov Ivan of Russia by super tie breaker

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Fortune business person of the year

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Larry page of Google

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Government allowed fertiliser firms to produce 100% neem coated urea aiming

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Help farmers boost income

Reduce subsidy bill by 6500 cr

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Theme of 102 Indian science congress held in Mumbai

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Science and technology for human development

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Atul Khare

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Under Sec Gen for field support in Department of field support

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Deven Parekh

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Member of The board of directors of the overseas private investment corp in USA

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Jharkhand assembly urges centre to

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Open bench of high court in Dumka its sub capital

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Ordinance to amend motor vehicles act 1988

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Article 123 of constitution

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India to give 69 million RS to Nepal for

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Launch an iodine deficiency program across the country

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Sixty million dollar line of credit to Guyana for

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Road infrastructure project

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Indian Parliament a critical appraisal

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Book by Sudha Pai and Avinash kumar

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Jonodev Osceola Chaudhari

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Chairman of national Indian gaming commission

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13th pravasi bharatiya diwas in Gandhinagar

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Marked 100th year of Gandhi s return from South Africa

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CEO of NITI aayog
Sindhushree khullar
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Federation cup football tournament
Bangalore FC
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Chennai open
Warri ka
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Vikram Sarabhai memorial award
MYS PRASAD OF Satish Dhawan space Center
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Golden globe
Boyhood Richard link later best dir Patricia arquette best supporting actress
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Croatia s first female president
Kolinda grabar kitarovic
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Rbi signs mou with European Central Bank
Cooperation in area of central banking
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Dima hasao dist
Newly constructed broad gauge track in assam
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First high speed rural broadband of India
Kerala high range idukki district
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First Hindu chief justice of Bangladesh
S K sinha
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Governors of the year award
Raghuram rajan
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Ballon d or footballer of the year
Second time consecutive to ronaldo
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Fifa women's player of the year
Na dine kessler of Wolfsburg and germany
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Fifa goal of the year award
Colombias James Rodriguez for strike against Uruguay
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Players player of the year in Asian tour
Anirban lahiri
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India s first CNG powered train
On rewar rohtak line
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Space pioneer award 2015
Isro Mars mission team
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Vice chairman of nitin aayog
Arvind panagariya
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NFL. EIL. FCIL... Formed a JVC for What?
National fertilizers limited Engineers India limited Fertilizer corporation of India Set up new ammonia and urea plants at existing ramagundam Fertilizer plant in karimnagar district of telangana
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Social media person of the year by Internet and mobile association of India
Amitabh bachchan
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World record by swimming 1.4 miles in 52 minutes in one degree temperature in antarctic ocean
Bhakti sharma
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Two schemes launched by social justice and empowerment ministry
Venture capital fund for SC | Green business scheme
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13 th parsvnath international grandmasters chess tournamemt
Andrew baryshpolets of ukraine
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Missing Mars probe discovered after 11 years
Beagle 2
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Tribal food festival Organised by Objective
TRIFED tribal cooperative marketing development federation of India Create awareness on varieties of ethnic tribal foods
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E auction of FM Phase 3
839 fm channels in 294 cities Fee for migration from phase two to three
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``` Venture capital fund for SC initial capital Sponsor Nodal agency to operate the scheme Assistance by Mistry of social justice and empowerment ```
200 cr IFCI settler and asset management company AMC 15 cr to 30 persons a year
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National immunisation day PPI INDIA AND 7 other Asian nations declared poli free by WHO
18 jan Pulse polio immunisation program Bangladesh Bhutan Maldives Myanmar Indonesia Thailand North Korea
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``` Polio tech name Type Attack on Transmission Symptoms ```
``` Poliomyelitis Viral Below 5 Contaminated water and food . Multiplies in intestine Fever fatigue headache . No cure . ```
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LCA Tejas
First indigenously built Aim to replace mig 21 in 1983 Built by HAL
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IRENA 5 th general assembly AT ABU DHABI What is it HQ MEMBERS
International renewable energy agency Into governmental organisation to promote adoption and sustainable use of renewable energy Abu Dhabi 138 members . India one of the 33 permanent
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To boost sustainable farming in the state Andhra has signed pact with ICRISAT
International crop research Institute for the semi arid tropics Increase productivity
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Hottest year since 1880 10 hottest years
2014 Since 1997
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Martin Luther king jr award Annual award since 1991
Frank Islam of Indian origin in US
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Word future energy summit At Aim
Abu Dhabi | Discuss the future of renewable energy and how to overcome the challenges in tapping potential of it
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``` CBFC type Appointed by HQ CATEGORIES IT GRANTS ```
``` Central board of film certification Statutory body under IB ministry Union govt Mumbai U. unrestricted public exhibition UA. Same but parental discretion required for children below 12 A. S. Restricted to any special class of persons ```