All eyes are on Saturday’s vote count. A glance at the arrangements the Election Commission has made for the mammoth exercise across the country: Total counting centres: 1,080 Total counting halls: 4,260 Counting staff deployed: approximately 60,000
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Vote counting on Saturday,16May – Election 2009
May 15th, 2009 | by Amit Sahrawat | published in General Awareness
Provident Fund Settlement in one week
May 15th, 2009 | by Amit Sahrawat | published in General Awareness
Speedy settlements into PF claims Although the current provident fund settlement period is marked to be one month but still it takes around 3-4 months and sometimes even more, for some others its even worse and had to contact an agent to settle their PF. According to latest developments, by November 2009 you would see […]
ISRO gets green signal for manned space mission
May 14th, 2009 | by Amit Sahrawat | published in General Awareness, Technology
Rs.12,400-crore manned space mission to the moon of Indian Space Research Organisation(ISRO) got green signal from the Planning Commission. The mission to moon is likely to launch by 2015 by ISRO. The decision has been taken after a meeting of Planning Commission and ISRO officials. Speaking about the decision Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman, Planning […]
The 14 Indras
May 10th, 2009 | by Amit Sahrawat | published in General Awareness
Each Manu rules during an eon called a Manvantara. 14 Manvantaras make up a Kalpa, a period corresponding to a day in the life of Brahma. Every Manvantara has 1 Indra that means with every Kalpa 14 Indras changes. Thae Markandye Rishi is said to have a complete age of one Kalpa and in a […]
Delhi Metro Extends Line 3
May 9th, 2009 | by Amit Sahrawat | published in General Awareness
From Sunday, 10 May 2009, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation will extend Line 3 (Dwarka Sector 9 – Indraprastha) upto Yamuna Bank – an increase of 2.1 kilometers. This development promises to bring about a paradigm shift in the travel habits of almost 40 lakh trans-Yamuna commuters. The opening of this section is likely to […]