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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">1. The abbreviation of UNRISD is<br /> 2. The Headquarters of International Maritime Organization (IMO) is in<br /> 3. The Smallest Planet of our Solar System is<br /> 4. ‘God of Small Things’ is the famous book written by<br /> 5. This Place is called ‘The Island of Pearls’<br /> 6. Under this Council, the National Food Security Mission (NFSM) was launched<br /> 7. Theyyam, is the dance of this Indian State<br /> 8. Gyaku, is the term associated with this game<br /> 9. Val Baker Trophy is associated with this game<br /> 10. The Indian Nobel Laureate who got in the field of Medicine is<br /> <br /> <strong>ANSWERS </strong><br /> <br /> 1. United Nations Research Institute for Social Development<br /> 2. London<br /> 3. Mercury<br /> 4. Arundhathi Roy<br /> 5. Bahrain<br /> 6. National Development Council (NDC)<br /> 7. Kerala<br /> 8. Judo<br /> 9. Boxing<br /> 10. Hargobind Khorana</div>

RAPID GK SERIES 1

1. The abbreviation of UNRISD is 2. The Headquarters of International Maritime Organization (IMO) is in 3. The Smallest Planet of our Sola...

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Yemen unity govt sworn in, soldier killed

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Yemen's new unity government, formed to try and avert civil war, met for the first time on Saturday, hours after a soldier was killed in continuing violence between supporters and opponents of outgoing president Ali Abdullah Saleh.</span></span></li> </ul><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">State news agency Saba said Vice President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, to whom Saleh transferred his powers under a deal brokered by Yemen's Gulf neighbors, chaired the meeting of the newly sworn-in cabinet, which includes members of the opposition.</span></span></li> </ul></div>

Yemen unity govt sworn in, soldier killed

Yemen's new unity government, formed to try and avert civil war, met for the first time on Saturday, hours after a soldier was killed ...

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China to set up military base in Indian Ocean

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">China on Monday announced that it will set up its first military base abroad in the Indian Ocean island of Seychelles to "seek supplies and recuperate" facilities for its Navy.</span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li> <li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">China has already cemented its foothold in the Indian Ocean by signing contract with the UN backed International Seabed Authority to gain rights to explore polymetallic sulphide ore deposit in Indian Ocean over the next 15 years.</span></span><br /> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><br /> </span></span><br /> </li> <li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva; text-align: justify;">The base in Seychelles is regarded significant by analysts as China is about to launch its first aircraft carrier. It is currently undergoing final trials</span></span></li> </ul></div>

China to set up military base in Indian Ocean

China on Monday announced that it will set up its first military base abroad in the Indian Ocean island of Seychelles to "seek suppl...

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National capital Delhi celebrates 100th birthday

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">National capital Delhi has completed 100 years</span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li> <li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">A book on the history of seven cities of Delhi and detailing the account of how the present city was constructed will be released by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on the occasion.</span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li> <li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">on 12th December, 1911 the National Capital of the colonized India was shifted by the British from Kolkata to Delhi by the Emperor of India George V.</span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li> <li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Between the 12th and the 19th century AD, Delhi was the capital for many rulers. Siri, Tughlakabad, Jahanapanah, Ferozabad, Dinpanah, Shergarh and Shahajahanabad are the historic seven cities that took shape in Delhi. </span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li> <li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">The eighth city, or the present New Delhi, was built by the British Empire</span></span><br /> </li> </ul></div>

National capital Delhi celebrates 100th birthday

National capital Delhi has completed 100 years A book on the history of seven cities of Delhi and detailing the account of how the p...

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‘1300MW Solar Power will be generated under JLN Solar Mission’

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Government says that 1300 Megawatt of Solar Power will be generated under Jawahar Lal Nehru Solar mission in the country. Inaugurating a programme to promote Research and Produce Quality man power in the field of Solar Energy in New Delhi the Minister of New and Renewable energy Dr. Farooq Abdullah said that the target of producing 20,000 megawatt of solar power under the mission will be achieved in three phases by 2022.</span></span></li> </ul></div>

‘1300MW Solar Power will be generated under JLN Solar Mission’

Government says that 1300 Megawatt of Solar Power will be generated under Jawahar Lal Nehru Solar mission in the country. Inaugurating a p...

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Israel calls for crippling sanctions against Iran

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Israeli Defence Minister Yehud Barak has called for crippling sanctions against Iran to prevent it from building nuclear weapons.</span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li> <li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">it was time for urgent and coherent action to impose punitive sanctions targeting Iranian oil trade and its central bank.</span></span><br /> </li> </ul></div>

Israel calls for crippling sanctions against Iran

Israeli Defence Minister Yehud Barak has called for crippling sanctions against Iran to prevent it from building nuclear weapons. it...

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US claims to have secured 5 thousand surface-to-air missiles in Libya

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">The United States has claimed that a team of its officials and Libyan bomb disposal experts has secured about 5,000 surface-to-air missiles stockpiled during the regime of Muammar al-Gaddafi.</span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li> <li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">they had identified, disbanded and secured Man-Portable Air Defence Systems, while thousands more have been destroyed during NATO bombing.</span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li> <li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Dozens of these missiles were detonated along the shore facing Sidi Bin Nur village, east of Tripoli, as Shapiro, on a one-day visit to Libya. MANPADS are perceived as potential weapons which can be used by militant groups against commercial airliners and helicopters. These missiles have been widely used in military conflicts.</span></span><br /> </li> </ul></div>

US claims to have secured 5 thousand surface-to-air missiles in Libya

The United States has claimed that a team of its officials and Libyan bomb disposal experts has secured about 5,000 surface-to-air missil...

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A package of pacts approved to combat climate change at UN Conference in Durban

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Negotiators at the UN climate conference in Durban, South Africa, have approved a package of agreements to combat global climate change.</span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li> <li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">The biggest achievements was the approval of a European Union plan to negotiate a future legal deal to combat climate change.</span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li> <li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">The agreement calls for parties to end negotiations on a future pact to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 2015 and to implement the new regime no later than 2020.</span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li> <li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">The future deal will replace the Kyoto Protocol, an existing legal framework that was enacted in 2007 and was due to expire next year. </span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li> <li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Governments that are part of Kyoto, including the EU, agreed in Durban to a second commitment period to the protocol that will last five to eight years, though Russia, Japan and Canada have said they will not take part.</span></span><br /> </li> </ul></div>

A package of pacts approved to combat climate change at UN Conference in Durban

Negotiators at the UN climate conference in Durban, South Africa, have approved a package of agreements to combat global climate change. ...

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NATO to withdraw its Iraq training mission by Dec end

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div id="5107" style="display: block;"> <ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">NATO has announced that it will withdraw its Iraq training mission by the end of this year. </span></span></li> <li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"> </span></span></li> <li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">The decision follows a nearly complete pullout of US troops from Iraq. Meanwhile the Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Malki left for the United States to hold talks on ties between the two countries after the withdrawal of the American military troops by the end of this month</span></span></li> </ul></div></div>

NATO to withdraw its Iraq training mission by Dec end

NATO has announced that it will withdraw its Iraq training mission by the end of this year.    T...

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Grandmaster Abhijeet Gupta wins London Chess Classic’s open section

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><img src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/video_object.png" style="background-color: #b2b2b2; " class="BLOGGER-object-element tr_noresize tr_placeholder" id="ieooui" data-original-id="ieooui" /> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt;">Indian Grandmaster Abhijeet Gupta has won the London Chess Classic's open section, with a hard-earned victory over Grandmaster Keith Arkell of England. Abhijeet, a former world junior champion and reigning national champion,</span></li> </ul></div>

Grandmaster Abhijeet Gupta wins London Chess Classic’s open section

  Indian Grandmaster Abhijeet Gupta has won the London Chess Classic's open section, with a hard-earned victory over Grandmaster Keith...

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