Category: Current Affairs

  • 16 Indian institutes among Top 200 in Times Higher Education ranking for emerging economies

     Indian educational institutes occupy 16 places among top 200 universities in Times Higher Education BRICS and Emerging Economies rankings for 2016. At 16th place, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore is the only Indian institute to feature in the top 20. China, on the other hand, has five institutes among top 10 followed by two from…

  • Southeastern presents program at National Indian Education conference

    The trip was sponsored by the Native American Institute at Southeastern. The theme of this year’s conference was “Building Education Nations through Traditional Foundations.” In keeping with this theme, Southeastern’s group submitted a workshop proposal and presented, “Teaching Space, Place, & Identity: Mapping and Counter-mapping Native America’’ — a workshop based on curriculum, instruction, and…

  • Current Affairs -CWE-V IBPS Clerk Prelims Bits

    1. What was India’s rank in the Commonwealth Youth Games overall medal tally? (4) (1) Second (2) Third (3) Fourth (4) Fifth (5) None of these 2. Which of the following is the guided missile destroyer of Indian Navy? (2) (1) INS Shivalik (2) INS Ranvijay (3) INS Shakti (4) INS Sindhudurg (5) None of…

  • Over 75 per cent of Wakf properties encroached

    In Telangana, the Wakf Board has 33,929 properties under it, which include dargahs, graveyards, mosques, ashoorkhanas, chillas (flag posts), takias (sarcophagus), among others, all of which combine an area of 77,538.07 acres. However, the flipside is that over 75 per cent of these lands have been encroached upon. In Hyderabad, there are 542 dargahs, 513…

  • Bharat Forge to build Rs 500-cr defence hub in Telangana

     Close on the heels of the Tata-Boeing joint venture, the next high-profile company that is set to invest in Telangana’s booming defence and aerospace manufacturing sector is Pune-based multi-national conglomerate Bharat Forge Limited. Telangana industries secretary Arvind Kumar revealed this on Friday while speaking at the curtain-raiser event of the second edition of Defence &…

  • Current Affairs Quiz

    1. Currently (September 2015), which of the following states have fixed minimum educational qualifications for those contesting panchayat polls? (4) (A) Rajasthan    (B) Madhya Pradesh     (C) Haryana (1) Only A (2) Only A & B (3) Only A & C (4) A, B & C (5) None of these 2. Inter Globe Aviation is…