Name of the Battle Year Countries involved BattleofMarathon 490 BC Athenians and Persians. King Darius ofPersiadefeated. Battleof Thermoplaye 480 BC Spartans led by Leonidas and Persians led by Xerexes. Greeks defeated. BattleofSalamis 480 BC Athenian fleet and Persian fleet inbayofSalamis; Persian fleet defeated. Battleof Platae 479 BC Greek and Persians forces defeated. BattleofMycale 479 BC [...]
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Google appears to have stolen the title of ‘the best place to work’ from Facebook this year, according to a survey on employee satisfaction. India is making “good progress” in establishing a Global Centre for Nuclear Energy Partnership with off-campus courses being conducted even as the physical infrastructure is being put in place, Prime Minister [...]
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The top ten highest run scorers (total runs) in the tournament are included in this table. Player Team Runs Matches Inns Avg S/R HS 100s 50s 4s 6s Yuvraj Singh India 362 9 8 90.5 86.19 113 1 4 37 3 Virender Sehwag India 380 8 8 47.5 122.58 175 1 1 49 7 Upul [...]
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Qatar will host this year`s Asian Champions Trophy featuring India, Pakistan, Malaysia, South Korea, China and Japan. A Russian rocket carrying a US telecommunications satellite blasted off from the Baikonur space centre in Kazakhstan on march 25. China has launched a website that will help grassroots organisations promoting innovative agricultural technologies among farmers. A touch [...]
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S.No. Role Miscellaneous 1 First country to contribute to Yasuni-ITT initiative Chile 2 First country to receive translated software Brazil 3 First country to ban plastic bags Bangladesh 4 First country to use social media to increse its country’s international export opportunities Denmark 5 First country to stop food importation fromJapan U.S. 6 First country [...]
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A high-profile consortium led by Japanese multinational firm Hitachi on March 22 signed an agreement with the Gujarat government to set up Asia‘s biggest desalination plant in Dahej special economic zone (SEZ) inSouth Gujarat. The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has conducted a major ‘live fire’ exercise, testing its J-10 fighters armed with laser-guided and other bombs, in the high-altitude Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. [...]
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S.No. Book Author 1 Death Of A City Amrita Pritam 2 Death Of A Patriot R. E. Harrington 3 Death Of A President William Manchester 4 Death On TheNile Agatha Christie 5 Death Under Sail C. P. Snow 6 Death- The Supreme Friend Kakasaheb Kalelkar 7 Debacle Emile Zola 8 Decameron Giovanni Boccaccio 9 Decline [...]
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Ambarish Chandra Sharma has been appointed new Director General of Police in Uttar Pradesh. The Economic Survey projects a 7.6 per cent growth for the next fiscal. The Survey tabled by the Finance Minister. The Tripura government has extended the Special powers Act for another six months the operation of a stringent law that gives sweeping powers [...]
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The common oat (Avena sativa) is a species of cereal grain grown for its seed, which is known by the same name (usually in the plural, unlike other grains). The list of Top 10 Countries By Oats Import as per US Department of Agriculture, 2011: S.No. Country Imports (1000 MT) 1 United States 1,551.00 2 Mexico 75.00 3 Japan 60.00 4 [...]
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[alert]This a note.[/alert] [info]This is info[/info] Abbreviations Full Form APECF AsiaPacific Exchange and Cooperation Foundation EGoM Empowered Group of Ministers NEERI National Environment Engineering Research Institute SRS Sample Registration System CRIDA Central Research Institute for Dry Land Agriculture COSC Chiefs of Staff Committee FSSAI Food Safety and Standards Authority ofIndia NHEC National Health Entitlement Card [...]
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The Congress-led UDF Government in Kerala raised the retirement age of state government employees to 56 years from the existing 55 on March 19 2012. A woman named Anita Bai Narre from Madhya Pradesh, who left her marital home within days of her wedding to protest lack of toilet facilities, has been awarded Rs 5 [...]
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Though old, this Eastern tradition has also incorporated modern values as India became a modern nation state. As the country became more integrated with the world’s economy, traditional Vastu Shastra remains influential in India‘s architecture during the contemporary era Indian architecture is that vast tapestry of production of the Indian Subcontinent that encompasses a multitude of expressions over space and time, [...]
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On 15 March 2012, The Times Higher Education released its 2012 Reputation Rankings for universities across the world. Only three countries, the United States, the United Kingdom and Japan could make it to top 10 list. Harvard University tops the list followed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Cambridge. Following is the list of top [...]
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2011 Rank 2010 Rank 2009 rank 2008 rank Country / Territory 1 1 3 4 New Zealand 2 1 1 1 Denmark 2 4 3 1 Finland 4 4 8 9 Sweden 5 1 6 5 Singapore 6 10 8 7 Norway 7 7 8 9 Netherlands 8 8 5 5 Australia 8 8 11 [...]
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Following is the sequence of Sachin Tendulkar’s 100 international hundreds since his debut against Pakistan back in December, 1989. 1) 119 no vs England at Old Trafford on Aug 14, ‘90 2) 148 no India vs Australia at SCG on Jan 6,’92 3) 114 vs Australia at WACA, Perth on Feb 3, ‘92 4) 111 [...]
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