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Saturday, December 19, 2015

Economy: Guillotine

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Each year, after the Budget is presented in the floor of the Lok Sabha by the Finance Minister, the House has the opportunity to discuss th...
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Economy: Demographic Dividend

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One of India’s competitive advantages is its demographic dividend.  Demographic dividend occurs when the proportion of working people in t...
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Economy: Consumer Food Price Index

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Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI): It is a measure of change in retail prices of food products consumed by a defined population group in a...
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Economy: GST

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Goods and Services Tax (GST):  It refers to the single unified tax created by amalgamating a large number of Central and State taxes pres...
Friday, December 18, 2015

Current Affairs - Awards

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Itzhak Perlman: Israeli-American violinist Itzhak Perlman has been awarded 2016 Genesis Prize . This is also known as the Jewish Nobel pri...
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Current Affairs- Business

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India International Trade Fair (IITF): Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the 35th edition of the IITF at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi. Partner ...
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Current Affairs - General

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Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal (BBIN) Friendship Motor Car: The rally was flagged off from Silchar in Assam. This rally aims at highl...
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Current Affairs - Sports

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Davis Cup:  Great Britain has won the 2015 Davis Cup. The last time they won it was in 1936. This is their 10th victory in the competition...
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Monday, December 14, 2015

Portfolios - Prime Minister

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As on December 14th 2015 The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, also holds a few porfolios in his charge: Personnel, Public Grievances and P...
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Sunday, December 13, 2015

Union Territories and Capitals

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Andaman & Nicobar Islands Capital: Port Blair Principal Languages: Hindi, Nicobarese, Bengali, Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu Daman and D...
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State Governors - II

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This is the list of the governors of various states as on December 13, 2015 Maharashtra Shri Chennamaneni Vidyasagar Rao Manipur S...
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State Governors - I

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This is the list of the governors of various states as on December 13, 2015 Andhra Pradesh Shri E.S Lakshmi Narasimhan Arunachal Prad...
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Indian Parliament - Basic Facts

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Parliament is the supreme legislative body of India.  The Indian Parliament comprises of the President and the two Houses - Rajya Sabh...

Union Cabinet - III

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List of Union Cabinet Ministers as on December 13, 2015 Food Processing Industries Harsimrat Kaur Badal Mines Steel Narendra Singh T...

Union Cabinet - II

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List of Union Cabinet Ministers as on December 13, 2015 Science and Technology Earth Sciences Dr Harsh Vardhan Consumer Affairs, Food...
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Union Cabinet - I

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List of Union Cabinet Ministers as on December 13, 2015 Home Affairs Raj Nath Singh External Affairs Overseas Indian Affairs Sushma ...
Friday, November 20, 2015

The Bihar Debacle - The Best Thing to Have Happened to the BJP

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Now that Nitish Kumar has been sworn in for another term of office and two of the Lalu brood are in the cabinet it is possibly the right t...
Thursday, November 19, 2015

General Knowledge - 5

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Zaheer Abbas: A former Pakistan cricket captain, has been appointed as the new president of the  International Cricket Council (ICC). ...

General Knowledge - 4

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Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB): HQ: Beijing Jin Liqun: First president of AIIB. Sponsor country:  China Largest share...
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General Knowledge - 3

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Ashwini Nachappa Committee: The committee was constituted to study the status of Sports Authority of India training centers. She is a f...

General Knowledge - 2

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Amitabh Bachchan: New ambassador for the Tiger Conservation Project in Maharashtra. Cochin International Airport Ltd: The first ...

General Knowledge - 1

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Hero Cycles: The World’s largest bicycle manufacturer. Acquired majority stake in Avocet Sports (UK based) Alphabet Inc : The new hol...
Saturday, August 29, 2015

Aurangzeb - The Other Side

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Yet another Twitter storm! Me thinks the twitterati outrages a bit too much and this time the outrage has arisen due to the renaming of ...
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Thursday, August 27, 2015

Reservations - A Solution

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The Hardik Patel led agitation in Gujarat has once again brought the Reservation issue onto the centre-stage. However the problem with di...
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Saturday, August 22, 2015

Quiz: Visual

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Identify the first three gentlemen (from Left to Rigth) in the photo. The two gentlemen sitting in the middle should be quite easy. It is...

Reading Comprehension - Canaries in the Coal Mine

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Here is a slightly off-beat topic from Proceedings B (a publication of the Royal Society) I have just discovered this website and at first...

Quiz: Brands & Co-ops

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How many of these brands have you heard of? And more importantly can you link these brands to their parent co-operatives.  The Brands ar...
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Monuments - I

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Agra Fort Red Fort of Agra is situated near the gardens of Taj Mahal. Some of the buildings inside it are:   Moti Masjid - a white ma...