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National Unity Day is celebrated every year on 31st October to commemorate the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. It is also known as...
31 Oct 2019 Quick Facts For Prelims
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Recently, the Bhaona performers made a foreign debut in Abu Dhabi. The initiative is supported by the Assam’s Department of Culture to...
30 Oct 2019 Quick Facts For Prelims
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Goura - Gauri festival is celebrated in Chhattisgarh. It is celebrated on the day after Diwali. Goura stands for Lord Shiva and Gauri, for...
30 Oct 2019 Quick Facts For Prelims
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Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde, has been appointed as the 47th Chief Justice of India (CJI), by the President. He will take oath as the CJI on 18th...
30 Oct 2019 Quick Facts For Prelims
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'Hori Habba', is a popular bull-catching event in Karnataka. It is held during the harvest season. It is an ancient folk game native to Haveri...
30 Oct 2019 Quick Facts For Prelims
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Scientists at the Natural History Museum in London have officially named a tiny species of beetle Nelloptodes gretae. It has been named after the...
29 Oct 2019 Quick Facts For Prelims
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Indo-French Joint Exercise Shakti-2019
'Exercise SHAKTI' is a biennial exercise which is conducted alternately in India and France.The 2019 edition will be conducted from 31 October 2019...
29 Oct 2019 Quick Facts For Prelims
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Australia’s giant Red Monolith- Uluru (Also known as Ayers Rock) has been permanently closed for trekking by the Australian government. The...
26 Oct 2019 Quick Facts For Prelims
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Recently the Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas has visited Sakhalin oil field in Russia. Exxon Mobil (US), Rosneft (Russia), Japanese SODECO...
26 Oct 2019 Quick Facts For Prelims
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Excavation Sites of Sangam Age
The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has approved the Tamil Nadu’s request to continue excavations at four locations including...
26 Oct 2019 Quick Facts For Prelims
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Thotlakonda Buddhist Monastery
Mahastupa of the Buddhist heritage site of Thotlakonda, which was reconstructed in 2016 by the State Archaeology department, collapsed...
25 Oct 2019 Quick Facts For Prelims
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2000 Years Old Trade Centre Unearthed in Andhra Pradesh
Recently, the possible presence of maritime trade centre near the banks of the Swarnamukhi river in Andhra Pradesh around 2,000 years ago has been...
25 Oct 2019 Quick Facts For Prelims
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World Polio Day was established by Rotary International on 24th October to celebrate the birth of Jonas Salk, who developed a vaccine against...
25 Oct 2019 Quick Facts For Prelims
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The Indian Air Force (IAF), recently, carried out successful firing of BrahMos surface-to-surface missiles from a mobile platform at Trak Island in...
24 Oct 2019 Quick Facts For Prelims
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Massive Galaxy Found in Cosmic Dust
A massive galaxy, dating back to the early universe, has been spotted in cosmic dust clouds. The found galaxy has almost equal numbers of stars as...
24 Oct 2019 Quick Facts For Prelims
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Smallest Ozone Hole in Decades
During September and October months of 2019, the ozone hole over the Antarctic has been the smallest observed since 1982. The presence of...
24 Oct 2019 Quick Facts For Prelims
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Mole Day is an unofficial holiday celebrated among chemists, chemistry students and chemistry enthusiasts on October 23, between 6:02 AM and 6:02 PM,...
24 Oct 2019 Quick Facts For Prelims
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Each year on 24 October, the United Nations (UN) celebrates its anniversary. UN Day marks the anniversary of the entry into force of the UN Charter...
24 Oct 2019 Quick Facts For Prelims
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The Ramgarh dam, located in the state of Rajasthan, which earlier supplied drinking water to the city of Jaipur has dried completely in the last...
23 Oct 2019 Quick Facts For Prelims
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According to a study, published in the journal ‘Current Biology’, the male white bellbird’s mating call is about three times louder...
23 Oct 2019 Quick Facts For Prelims
