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Sunrisers Hyderbad wins IPL 2016
Sunrisers Hyderbad beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by eight runs to clinch their maiden IPL title at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. David Warner led Sunrisers Hyderabad to a maiden Indian Premier League title on Sunday after the bowlers derailed Royal Challengers...
Lakshadweep signs 24x7 ‘Power for All’ document
Lakshadweep became first Union Territory (UT) to sign “24x7 Power for All” document. Representative of Government of India and the Administration of Lakshadweep signed the document in presence of Shri P.K. Pujari, Secretary, Ministry of Power here today. The document chalks out a plan to increase solar capacity of the region from 2.15 MW to 8.45...
Rail Humsafar Saptaah
Union Ministry of Railways has launched Rail Humsafar Saptaah, a week-long initiative to highlight significant achievements made by Indian Railways in all spheres. The Rail Humsafar Saptaah starting on 26th May 2016 will conclude on 1st June 2016. The week-long initiative coincides with completion of two years of NDA Government at Centre. Each day...
Pinarayi Vijayan to be sworn-in as Kerala CM today
Veteran CPI-M leader Pinarayi Vijayan will be sworn-in as Chief Minister of Kerala on Wednesday. Governor P Sathasivam will also administer the oath of office and secrecy to 18 ministers in Thiruvananthapuram at 4 PM.
Most of the ministers to be sworn-in this evening...
India successfully launches its own 'Reusable Launch Vehicle-Technology Demonstrator (RLV-TD)
ISRO successfully flight tested India’s first winged body aerospace vehicle operating in hypersonic flight regime. In this experimental mission, the HS9 solid rocket booster carrying RLV-TD lifted off from the First Launch Pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota at 07:00 hr IST. After a successful flight of 91.1 second, HS9 burn out...
President signs NEET ordinance
President Pranab Mukherjee has signed the ordinance amends the Indian Medical Council Act 1956 and says that NEET will be universal from 2017-18 for both undergraduate and postgraduate admissions. A year's relaxation is being granted only to state governments to address their concerns over variance in CBSE and state board syllabi, and difference...
Man Booker Prize 2016 Winner - Han Kang for ‘The Vegetarian’
South Korean author Han Kang won the Man Booker Prize for 2016 for her novel ‘The Vegetarian’. She shared the prize with her translator Deborah Smith, who had translated her novel from Korean to English. With this Han became the first South Korean to win this prestigious literary prize. Han Kang and Deborah Smith, who only began learning Korean seven...
Former ISRO Chief UR Rao to be honored with ‘Hall of Fame’ award
Former ISRO Chairman UR Rao will become the first Indian to be inducted into the 'International Astronautical Federation (IAF) Hall of Fame'. Eminent space scientist Prof UR Rao will be honoured by the International Astronautical Federation (IAF) with the 2016 'IAF Hall of Fame Award" for his outstanding contribution to the progress of astronautics...
India successfully test fires supersonic Prithvi-II missile
India has successfully test-fired its indigenously developed supersonic interceptor missile Prithvi-II from a test range off Odisha coast. The missile was launched at 11.15 a.m. from the launching complex off the coast of Odisha. With a strike range of 350 km, the surface-to-surface Prithvi-II is capable of carrying 500 kg to 1,000 kg of warheads...
Women Economic Forum (WEF) from 16 to 21 May 2016 in New Delhi
A six-day Women Economic Forum (WEF) conference themed on economic empowerment of women to foster leadership and entrepreneurship among them will be held here on May 16. The Women Economic Forum is being hosted by All Ladies League with a theme 'Women: Uplifting and Uniting The World'. "Women from various countries and all walks of life will meet...
Wrestlers Babita Kumari and Ravinder Khatri qualify for Rio Olympics
Wrestlers Babita Kumari and Ravinder Khatri qualified for the upcoming Olympics in Rio de Janiero in the women's 53 kg freestyle and the 85 kg Greco-Roman style categories respectively.
This was after United World Wrestling banned athletes who had finished above them for doping violations. The two join Sandeep Tomar, Yogeshwar Dutt, Hardeep...
Shashank Manohar elected New ICC chairman
Shashank Manohar has been unanimously been appointed as unopposed Chairman of the International Cricket Council ( ICC ), the body said in an official statement. He received total approval of constitutional amendments which were proposed during ICC's meeting in April. Manohar,...
UPSC Cut Off 2016 for Prelims, Mains
UPSC Cut Off 2016 for Prelims, Mains results declared on 10th May 2016. In the Civil Services Examination, 2015 the minimum qualifying standards (marks)/marks secured by the last recommended candidate in various categories at various stages are as under:
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Harish Rawat back as Uttarakhand CM
Cabinet has recommended revocation of President's rule in Uttarakhand. The decision was taken after the Supreme Court declared the result of the Trust vote in the Uttarkhand assembly, paving the way for Harish Rawat to return as Chief Minister of the state. Now as per procedure, the cabinet recommendation will go to the President.
The...
Sunil Lanba to be new Indian Navy chief
Government has appointed Vice Admiral Sunil Lanba, presently Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief (FOC-in-C) Western Naval Command as the next Chief of the Naval Staff with effect from the afternoon of May 31, 2016. The present Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral RK Dhowan will...
SBI has highest number of wilful defaulters
State Bank of India (SBI) has ranked Number 1 in the list of public sector banks with the highest number of wilful defaulters stood at 1164. Total amount outstanding in the bank was INR 11,705 crore according to the Finance Ministry. PNB came in second with 904 defaulters...
