General Knowledge and Current Affairs - 15

• Indian Registration Act - 1908

• Powers- Of- Attorney Act - 1882

• Indian Stamp Act - 1899

• Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act - 1976.

• UNICEF (United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund) was created by the United Nations General Assembly on December 11, 1946. Headquarters - New York, USA.

• The National research centre on plant Biotechnology was established at Dehradum in 1985.

• BCCI suspends five cricketers for IPL spot fixing.

• Infosys Chief Mentor Narayana Murthy has been felicitated with the Global Leadership and Free Enterprise awards by the University of South Florida (USF) in recognition of his entrepreneurial spirit.

• In 1912, Anna Jarvis trademarked the phrases "second Sunday in May" and "Mother's Day".

• INS Vindhyagiri, stuck with ammunition, to be destroyed.

• The anti-corruption Lokpal Bill will be brought to the Rajya Sabha again next week.

• The first session of the Indian National Congress (INC) was held at Bombay (Mumbai) in 1885 under the Presidentship of Womesh Chandra Banerjee.

• On Nov 15, 1995 the country's 1st elevated multi crore suburban railway scheme known as Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS), was opened in Chennai.

• Jackie Chan retires as action hero after 100th film.

• Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg marries Priscilla Chan.

• May 21 - Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated in 1991, is also observed as Anti Terrorism Day in India.

• Now, yoga, sports part of MBBS curriculum.

• Deficiency of insulin causes Diabetes mellitus.

• Controlled dose of insulin & sugar free diet are best preventive measures for diabetes mellitus

• The 2012 Nuclear Security Summit was a summit held at the COEX Convention & Exhibition Center in Seoul, South Korea, on March 26 & 27, 2012.

• The 2010 Nuclear Security Summit was a summit held in Washington, D.C., on April 12 and 13, 2010.

• Auxins were discovered by Went in 1928. He experimented with coleoptile tips of Avena (oats).

• Gibberellins were discovered by Kurusowa.

• Airtel 4G coming to Delhi and Mumbai.

• A section of the nationalist leaders like C.R. Das and Motilal Nehru formed the Swarajya Party in 1922.

• In 1940, at the Lahore session of the Muslim League, the demand for a separate nation of Pakistan was made.

• Quit India Movement - 1942.

• Physiography means the description of the physical relief features of a country.

• Black Soil - is also known as Regur soil or Cotton soil.

• 'In vitro' culture means culturing the tissues outside the body of living organisms i.e. in the laboratory.

• October 8 - Indian Air Force Day.

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