101. Tajikistan has become 159th member of the World Trade Organisation.
102. A Nepalese presenter Rabi Lamichhane has set the world record for the longest television talk show “Lord Buddha Was Born in Nepal” by staying on air for 62 hours and 12 minutes, organisers said.
103. Venezuela’s acting President Nicolas Maduro was declared winner of the election.
104. Supreme Court said that some of the Asiatic lions currently found only in the famed Gir sanctuary must be shifted to Kuno sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh within six months.
105. Wholesale Price Index (WPI)-based inflation eased to 5.96 per cent in March.
106. Russia will spend more than $50 billion on space research in coming years to reassert its leading positions in the field, said President Vladimir Putin.
107. China’s economic growth slowed to 7.7 per cent in the first quarter, the government said.
108. Thailand and Cambodia took their dispute around ancient temple Preah Vihear to the UN Hague-based International Court of Justice (ICJ).
109. Greece has secured an aid package worth €8.8billion from the European Union.
110. Telugu novelist Ravuri Bharadwaja was selected for the prestigious Jnanpith award for the year 2012.
111. Odiya novelist Pratibha Ray was also selected for the same award.
112. India had launched a new initiative to double the renewable energy capacity to 55,000 MW by 2017 by exploiting non-conventional energy sources such as solar, wind power and energy from biomass.
113. United Nations Special Rapporteur on violence against women, Rashida Manjoo, will visit India from April 22 to May 1. This will be the first visit to assess the overall situation of violence against women in the country.
114. A letter addressed to U.S. President Barack Obama contained a substance that preliminarily tested positive for the deadly poison ricin.
115. The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) will soon pass a law regulating foreign labour in its member countries. The GCC is a six-member group withBahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates (UAE) as its members.
116. The Tripura government has proposed to hold the ‘Beating Retreat’ ceremony at the Akhaura border, as was conducted at the Wagah border in Punjab.
117. Senior IPS officer Aruna Bahuguna will be the new Special Director General of the CRPF, the country’s largest paramilitary force. Ms. Bahuguna will be the first ever woman to occupy the post, which is second only to force’s chief in hierarchy.
118. Commerce and Industry Minister, Anand Sharma announced a set of reforms for Special Economic Zones (SEZ), including relaxation of land requirement norms.
119. A Reserve Bank of India audit has found certain ‘aberrations’ at ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank and Axis Bank, which were accused of money-laundering by an online portal, but no risk of systemic failure was discovered, Banking Secretary Rajiv Takru said.
120. Former President Pervez Musharraf was formally arrested by the Pakistani investigators over the murder of Benazir Bhutto after an Anti-terrorism court directed them to include him in the probe into the 2007 assassination.
121. In a deep incursion, Chinese troops have entered the Indian territory in the Daulat Beg Oldi (DBO) sector in eastern Ladakh and erected a tented post, setting the stage for a face-off with Indian troops.
122. Russia launched an ‘orbital Noah’s Ark’ to space — a bio-satellite packed with an array of mice and other small creatures to study the effects of long flights on living organisms.
123. The State Human Rights Commission of Kerala has registered a case against State Bank of India (SBI) in connection with the publication of photo and addresses of those who had taken loan from the bank and had failed to repay it.
124. India is the largest recipient of remittances in the world, receiving $69 billion in 2012, the World Bank has said.
125. The former Chief Justice of India, J.S. Verma, who recently chaired the panel that came out with recommendations on improving women’s security, died following multiple organ failure.
126. An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team said Japan may need longer than the projected 40 years to decommission its tsunami-crippled nuclear plant and urged its operator to improve plant stability.
127. N. Ravi, publisher of The Hindu, and a former Editor of the paper, was unanimously elected president of the Editors Guild of India.
128. Colorado Party millionaire Horacio Cartes (56) won Paraguay’s presidential race.
129. NASA has successfully launched three smartphones into space to snap images of Earth, and the handsets may prove to be the lowest-cost satellites ever flown into space.
130. Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC) pegged the GDP (gross domestic product) growth rate for the current fiscal year at a realistic 6.4 per cent.
131. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has ordered Saradha Realty India Ltd. to wind-up all its collective investment schemes.
132. Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways will pick up a 24 per cent stake in Jet Airways, at a cost of Rs. 2,058 crore ($379 million).
133. Shamshad Begum, one of the earliest and most versatile playback singers from the golden age of Bollywood music, died.
134. Italy’s President appointed Enrico Letta as Prime minister.
135. United Bank of India (UBI) said Archana Bhargava has been appointed Chairman and Managing Director of the bank.
136. The Railways have cut by half to 60 days, the maximum period for advanced reservation of tickets with effect from May 1.
137. In the wake of an alleged fraud involving thousands of crores by Kolkata-based Saradha group, the Centre ordered a SFIO (Serious Fraud InvestigationOffice) probe into suspected misuse of the public money by various chit fund companies.
138. Indian death-row prisoner Sarabjit Singh sustained serious head injuries and went into coma when he was attacked in Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat Jail.
139. The India Meteorological Department forecast normal rainfall — at 98 per cent of the long period average of 89 cm, with a model error of plus or minus five per cent — during the coming south monsoon season.
140. Anil Goswami has been appointed Union Home Secretary.
141. After a gap of over 20 months, India, Brazil and South Africa (IBSA) will meet at the summit level in New Delhi on June 6.
142. The International Association of Women in Radio and Television (IAWRT) conferred its lifetime achievement award on Jai Chandiram, former Deputy Director-General of Doordarshan.
143. Narinder Nath Vohra, Governor of Jammu and Kashmir appointed Governor of the State for a second five-year term. In his capacity as Governor, he also heads Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board and Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board.
144. The rates of Goods and Services Tax (GST) will be a median 11 per cent for the Centre and 13 per cent by the states, according to a sub-committee of states and Central government officials working on the subject.
145. Nearly half of India's population would have the Aadhaar card by 2014 and nearly one in three Indians by the end of this year, Chairman of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) Nandan Nilekani said. Nilekani said. "we have enrolled 380 million of the 1.2 billion people. Our daily processing is about a million people a day.”
146. Wall Street brokerage Goldman Sachs projected an 'above-consensus' growth of 6.4 per cent for the current fiscal.
147. UN pegged the calender 2013 growth at 6.4 per cent.
148. In the budget, the government had pegged growth at between 6.1 and 6.7 per cent.
149. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has lowered its outlook for the world economy this year to 3.3
per cent this year, down from its forecast in January of 3.5 per cent. India is projected to expand 5.7 per cent this year and 6.2 per cent in 2014.
150. With the loading target exceeding 1007 million tonnes (MT) by the end of March, Railways entered the select group of billion plus club in freight movement with China, Russia and USA.
151. India's total external debt was USD 376.3 billion as of December end, up 8.9 per cent from March, on account of long-term and short-term components.
152. A new virus 'Win32/Ramnit' has been found to be "spreading widely" in the Indian cyberspace which cleverly steals bank account details and passwords of the user once it is clicked.
153. The Reserve Bank of India will shortly cancel licences of 26 loss-making cooperative banks.
102. A Nepalese presenter Rabi Lamichhane has set the world record for the longest television talk show “Lord Buddha Was Born in Nepal” by staying on air for 62 hours and 12 minutes, organisers said.
103. Venezuela’s acting President Nicolas Maduro was declared winner of the election.
104. Supreme Court said that some of the Asiatic lions currently found only in the famed Gir sanctuary must be shifted to Kuno sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh within six months.
105. Wholesale Price Index (WPI)-based inflation eased to 5.96 per cent in March.
106. Russia will spend more than $50 billion on space research in coming years to reassert its leading positions in the field, said President Vladimir Putin.
107. China’s economic growth slowed to 7.7 per cent in the first quarter, the government said.
108. Thailand and Cambodia took their dispute around ancient temple Preah Vihear to the UN Hague-based International Court of Justice (ICJ).
109. Greece has secured an aid package worth €8.8billion from the European Union.
110. Telugu novelist Ravuri Bharadwaja was selected for the prestigious Jnanpith award for the year 2012.
111. Odiya novelist Pratibha Ray was also selected for the same award.
112. India had launched a new initiative to double the renewable energy capacity to 55,000 MW by 2017 by exploiting non-conventional energy sources such as solar, wind power and energy from biomass.
113. United Nations Special Rapporteur on violence against women, Rashida Manjoo, will visit India from April 22 to May 1. This will be the first visit to assess the overall situation of violence against women in the country.
114. A letter addressed to U.S. President Barack Obama contained a substance that preliminarily tested positive for the deadly poison ricin.
115. The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) will soon pass a law regulating foreign labour in its member countries. The GCC is a six-member group withBahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates (UAE) as its members.
116. The Tripura government has proposed to hold the ‘Beating Retreat’ ceremony at the Akhaura border, as was conducted at the Wagah border in Punjab.
117. Senior IPS officer Aruna Bahuguna will be the new Special Director General of the CRPF, the country’s largest paramilitary force. Ms. Bahuguna will be the first ever woman to occupy the post, which is second only to force’s chief in hierarchy.
118. Commerce and Industry Minister, Anand Sharma announced a set of reforms for Special Economic Zones (SEZ), including relaxation of land requirement norms.
119. A Reserve Bank of India audit has found certain ‘aberrations’ at ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank and Axis Bank, which were accused of money-laundering by an online portal, but no risk of systemic failure was discovered, Banking Secretary Rajiv Takru said.
120. Former President Pervez Musharraf was formally arrested by the Pakistani investigators over the murder of Benazir Bhutto after an Anti-terrorism court directed them to include him in the probe into the 2007 assassination.
121. In a deep incursion, Chinese troops have entered the Indian territory in the Daulat Beg Oldi (DBO) sector in eastern Ladakh and erected a tented post, setting the stage for a face-off with Indian troops.
122. Russia launched an ‘orbital Noah’s Ark’ to space — a bio-satellite packed with an array of mice and other small creatures to study the effects of long flights on living organisms.
123. The State Human Rights Commission of Kerala has registered a case against State Bank of India (SBI) in connection with the publication of photo and addresses of those who had taken loan from the bank and had failed to repay it.
124. India is the largest recipient of remittances in the world, receiving $69 billion in 2012, the World Bank has said.
125. The former Chief Justice of India, J.S. Verma, who recently chaired the panel that came out with recommendations on improving women’s security, died following multiple organ failure.
126. An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team said Japan may need longer than the projected 40 years to decommission its tsunami-crippled nuclear plant and urged its operator to improve plant stability.
127. N. Ravi, publisher of The Hindu, and a former Editor of the paper, was unanimously elected president of the Editors Guild of India.
128. Colorado Party millionaire Horacio Cartes (56) won Paraguay’s presidential race.
129. NASA has successfully launched three smartphones into space to snap images of Earth, and the handsets may prove to be the lowest-cost satellites ever flown into space.
130. Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC) pegged the GDP (gross domestic product) growth rate for the current fiscal year at a realistic 6.4 per cent.
131. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has ordered Saradha Realty India Ltd. to wind-up all its collective investment schemes.
132. Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways will pick up a 24 per cent stake in Jet Airways, at a cost of Rs. 2,058 crore ($379 million).
133. Shamshad Begum, one of the earliest and most versatile playback singers from the golden age of Bollywood music, died.
134. Italy’s President appointed Enrico Letta as Prime minister.
135. United Bank of India (UBI) said Archana Bhargava has been appointed Chairman and Managing Director of the bank.
136. The Railways have cut by half to 60 days, the maximum period for advanced reservation of tickets with effect from May 1.
137. In the wake of an alleged fraud involving thousands of crores by Kolkata-based Saradha group, the Centre ordered a SFIO (Serious Fraud InvestigationOffice) probe into suspected misuse of the public money by various chit fund companies.
138. Indian death-row prisoner Sarabjit Singh sustained serious head injuries and went into coma when he was attacked in Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat Jail.
139. The India Meteorological Department forecast normal rainfall — at 98 per cent of the long period average of 89 cm, with a model error of plus or minus five per cent — during the coming south monsoon season.
140. Anil Goswami has been appointed Union Home Secretary.
141. After a gap of over 20 months, India, Brazil and South Africa (IBSA) will meet at the summit level in New Delhi on June 6.
142. The International Association of Women in Radio and Television (IAWRT) conferred its lifetime achievement award on Jai Chandiram, former Deputy Director-General of Doordarshan.
143. Narinder Nath Vohra, Governor of Jammu and Kashmir appointed Governor of the State for a second five-year term. In his capacity as Governor, he also heads Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board and Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board.
144. The rates of Goods and Services Tax (GST) will be a median 11 per cent for the Centre and 13 per cent by the states, according to a sub-committee of states and Central government officials working on the subject.
145. Nearly half of India's population would have the Aadhaar card by 2014 and nearly one in three Indians by the end of this year, Chairman of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) Nandan Nilekani said. Nilekani said. "we have enrolled 380 million of the 1.2 billion people. Our daily processing is about a million people a day.”
146. Wall Street brokerage Goldman Sachs projected an 'above-consensus' growth of 6.4 per cent for the current fiscal.
147. UN pegged the calender 2013 growth at 6.4 per cent.
148. In the budget, the government had pegged growth at between 6.1 and 6.7 per cent.
149. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has lowered its outlook for the world economy this year to 3.3
per cent this year, down from its forecast in January of 3.5 per cent. India is projected to expand 5.7 per cent this year and 6.2 per cent in 2014.
150. With the loading target exceeding 1007 million tonnes (MT) by the end of March, Railways entered the select group of billion plus club in freight movement with China, Russia and USA.
151. India's total external debt was USD 376.3 billion as of December end, up 8.9 per cent from March, on account of long-term and short-term components.
152. A new virus 'Win32/Ramnit' has been found to be "spreading widely" in the Indian cyberspace which cleverly steals bank account details and passwords of the user once it is clicked.
153. The Reserve Bank of India will shortly cancel licences of 26 loss-making cooperative banks.
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