June 13th, 2009 | by Amit Sahrawat | published in General Awareness
In a recent development, the tall Eucalyptus trees, spread all over the city are being chopped of at a rapid pace. The reasons for this are diverse and not many seem to be complaining about the chopping. Eucalyptus trees can be seen along the main roads, highways and in many parks. With the coming up […]
June 1st, 2009 | by Amit Sahrawat | published in General Awareness
BIG TV, the DTH service from Reliance, has expanded its channel offering by adding 10 new channels which will be made available from today. The 10 new channels include Korea’s KBS (international offering) and WB – the English entertainment channel from the broadcasting major, Turner Intl. in association with their sister company Warner Bros. The […]
May 31st, 2009 | by Amit Sahrawat | published in General Awareness, Health
Swine Influenza, the latest disease to spread panic amongst people, can be described as respiratory disease of pigs. Popularly known as swine flu, it is caused by type-A influenza virus and is characterized by high levels of illness in pigs. However, the disease does not result in too many deaths, in other words it has […]
May 31st, 2009 | by Amit Sahrawat | published in General Awareness
Big Ben, London’s one of the most famous attractions is celebrating 150 years of keeping time. The clock tower in Parliament Square, is being cleaned after a year of activities for the landmark, which started ticking on 31 May 1959. Big Ben is the nickname for the great bell of the clock in St. Stephen’s […]
May 29th, 2009 | by Amit Sahrawat | published in General Awareness
There is some good news for all the telephone users. New IT and Telecom minister A. Raja has announced that his department would be slashing the STD and Local telephone call rates soon. Now you would be able to do STD and Local telephone call at a rate of 25 Paise and 10 paise per […]
May 29th, 2009 | by Amit Sahrawat | published in General Awareness
Another doubles partnership is on the cards for Sania Mirza, this time off the tennis court. Sania Mirza is set to engage to long time fried Sohrab Mirza on July 10 in her hometown, Hyderabad. They are supposed to know each other from the School days. Sohrab Mirza is a businessman from Hyderabad. Sania burst […]
May 28th, 2009 | by Amit Sahrawat | published in General Awareness
The Combined Aptitude Test for English (CATE) for admission to the B.A. English (Honours) course offered by Delhi University will be conducted on June 17 at 1 p.m. The test will be held under the aegis of the English Department on behalf of 12 colleges who have signed up for it. Sale and receipt of […]
May 27th, 2009 | by Amit Sahrawat | published in General Awareness
Canadian short story writer Alice Munro on Wednesday beat Mahasweta Devi and a host of other literary heavyweights, including Nobel laureate V.S. Naipaul and Mario Vargas Llosa, to win the £60,000 Man Booker International Prize. The prize, different from the annual Booker Prize for Fiction, is awarded once every two years to a living author […]
May 27th, 2009 | by Amit Sahrawat | published in General Awareness
Government of India has an online Grievance forum at http://www.pgportal.gov.in Can you imagine this is happening in INDIA ? The govt. wants people to use this tool to highlight the problems they faced while dealing with Government officials or departments like 1) Railways 2) Posts 3) Telecom (incl. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) & Mahanagar […]