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Today’s News Updates – 15.october.2014

GS Paper II Malnourishment declined sharply among children in India: survey     – Ques. India’s ‘hunger’ status no longer ranks as “alarming” in the International Food Policy Research Institute’s (IFPRI) Global Hunger Index, but has instead been reclassified as “serious”,…

Mock Test 16

Mock Test 16 syllabus is given below: GS paper I Table No. 1 Summary Total Marks 100 No. of questions 50 Marks per questions 2 No. of options 4 Negative Marking 1/3 of the allotted marks Table No. 2 Subject…

Human beings should live in harmony with nature

Appropriate measures would be taken by the National Zoological Park to ensure that unfortunate incidents did not take place in future. The proposed measure would include precautions, appropriate signages, information nuggets for visitors and necessary security measures to ensure protection…

SCI Launches India-Myanmar Service (IMS)

India Myanmar Service (IMS) Container service was launched at Chennai, to link South & East India to Myanmar. This service has actively been promoted by the Ministry of Shipping, Ministry of External Affairs, Ministry of Commerce, Government of India in…

National Rail Museum

The National Rail Museum is a museum in Chanakyapuri, New Delhi which focuses on the rail heritage of India it opened on the 1 February 1977. It is located in over 10 acres (40,000 m2) of land with both indoor and…

Birth Centenary Commemoration of Begum Akhtar

Ques for Mains – Describe briefly about the noted classical singer Begum Akhtar. Akhtar Bai Faizabadi, popularly called Begum Akhtar (October 07, 1914 –October 30,1974) was a famous Indian singer of Ghazal, Dadra and Thumri. She received the Sangeet Natak…

Rashtrapati Bhavan Museum

Shri Pranab Mukherjee today (October 7, 2014) laid the foundation stone of Rashtrapati Bhavan Museum. The Museum will showcase past, current and future Presidencies as well as life in Rashtrapati Bhavan, its ceremonies and rich flora and fauna. It is…