China’s President Xi Jinping can now serve as President indefinitely as China’ s parliament National Peoples Congress (NPC) on March 11, 2018 abolished decades-old practice of two-term limits for the president and endorsed changes in country’s Constitution that would empower President Xi Jinping to weather headwinds - that challenge China’s new stage of transition, which the ruling Communist Par...
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Ways to Expand Your General Knowledge
General Knowledge and Current Affairs are an integral part of our daily lives. Besides improving your personality and making you a better conversationalist, General Knowledge (GK) is also an important component of various prestigious competitive exams. Thus improving your GK and Current Affairs goes a long way in your life. These days there are numerous ways that can help you boost your GK.
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Varanasi Is Now Seeing Transformation Never Envisioned Before
Varanasi emerging as the gateway to east India will soon be a reality with model national highways construction, waterways development, air connectivity, rail network and freight corridor; as stated by the President Ram Nath Kovind while addressing a function hosted by National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) and Skill Development Department of Uttar Pradesh at Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Trade Facil...
To Mitigate Damage by Forest Fires Cut Down Response Time
Forest fires are a global challenge. Sporadic and widespread forest fires happen during summer season in the dry Western Ghats, especially in the Theni and Palani hills. Recently 39 trekkers, on their way back on expedition from Kurangani to Bodi in the Western Ghats were trapped in a raging forest fire of March 11, 2018 that broke out deep in Kurangani hills reserve near Theni District in Tamil...
Symphony of the Seas – Largest Cruise Ship is Tallest Slide at Sea
Symphony of the Seas, tallest slide at sea - the Ultimate Abyss; is now the Guinness World Record holder for Largest Passenger Cruise Ship, having 16-deck - 72 metres tall, 362 metres long and 66 metres wide - just 20 metres shorter than the Empire State Building, at 228081 gross registered tons (GRT), with a capacity of 6680 total passengers and 2200 crewmembers (Total capacity...
Putin the Longest-Serving Leader in Modern Russia to Focus on Domestic Matters
Russian President Vladimir Putin winning his biggest ever election victory with 76.69% votes on March 19, 2018 will extend his political dominance of Russia by six years to 2024. If his term as prime minister is counted, Putin surpasses Leonid Brezhnev - whose 18-year reign ended in 1982, as the longest-serving leader in Russia's modern history. And that will also make Putin the...
Offshore Wind Energy to Help India Attain Energy Security
Offshore Wind Energy, better than onshore wind in terms of efficiency that is becoming competitive and comparable in terms of tariffs at the global level, could be available in India by 2022 with at least 5 GW of offshore wind capacity, as of National Institute of Wind Energy (NIWE), has initiated on April 11, 2018 the process installing a 1000 MW offshore wind energy project in Gulf of ...
NIRF India Rankings 2018
National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) India Rankings 2018on the basis of performance of Higher Educational Institutions were released in New Delhi on April 3, 2018 by Union Minister of Human Resource Development, PrakashJavadekar and 69 top institutions in 9 categories were given awards with an idea to promote quality in education and encourage competition to perform b...
Last Minute Preparation Tips for Competitive Exams
Any competitive exam can be a nerve wrecking experience for the students. Once you are all set and the exam is just a few hours away, it is the most stressful time for you. First thing first, do not panic. You have been preparing for your exam so you need to be fully confident.
Here we are providing a few last minute tips for competitive exams.
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ISA for Affordable Solar Power & Raising its Share in Energy Mix
International Solar Alliance Founding Conference co-chaired by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron was attended by 23 Heads of States besides other dignitaries from all over the world in New Delhi on March 11, 2018, where Modi offered $1.4 billion line of credit, one of the world’s largest investment plans in solar energy that will cover 27 projects in 15 cou...