May 2014 Flashcards

(14 cards)

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First Asian Pacific American federal judge in Massachusetts

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Indira Talwani

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RuPay

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India s payment gateway which will work on ATMs and March and outlets and help in reducing cash transactions

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SC allowed the raising of water level in

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Mullaperiyar dam by 142 feet

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3
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Five major and nuclear weapon states

Signed treaty to Establish

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Britain China France Russia and United States

To establish nuclear free zone in central Asia

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Sc upheld the validity of 15(5) and 21A in so far as it relates to

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Unaided educational institutions to provide compulsory education for children in the age group of 6 to 14 years

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International telecommunications union ITU of UN says tha

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3 billion internet users by 2014 end

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Astra

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First indigenously developed air to air missile

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61 national film awards

Dadasaheb award

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Ship of Theseus

Gulzar

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Press freedom index relieved by freedom house an American ngo

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Top Netherlands

India at 78

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World highest Turnell for high speed trains

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North West China at 3607 meters

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First S. Asian federal judge in Illinois

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Manish Shah

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Regions all eastern Ukraine declared independence and willingness to join Russia

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Donetsk

Luhansk

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P j Nayak committee

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Constituted by RBI for improving the governance structure of state owned banks and also to help private sector banks attract more capital

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US energy information Administration EIA said that India will overtake Japan to become

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Third largest consumer of oil after US and China by 2025

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