Member Countries of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Headquarter – Kathmandu S.No. Country Capital 1. Afghanistan Kabul 2. Bangladesh Dhaka 3. Bhutan Thimphu 4. India New Delhi 5. Maldives Male 6. Nepal Kathmandu 7. Pakistan Islamabad 8. Sri Lanka Colombo    

S.No. Organisation Headquarters 1. International Renewable Energy Agency Abu Dhabi (UAE) 2. Transparency International Berlin, Germany 3. Universal Postal Union Berne, Switzerland 4. North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) Brussels, Belgium 5. Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation Ebene, Mauritius 6. United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Geneva, Switzerland 7. World Health Organisation … Read more

S.No. Operation Detail 1.      Smiling Buddha It was codename given to India’s first nuclear test explosion that took place at Pokhran on 18 May 1974. 2.      Shakti This refers to test explosions of five nuclear devices, three on 11 May and two on 13 May 1998, conducted by India at the Pokhran test … Read more

S.No. Operation Detail 1.      Black Thunder Launched by DGP KPS Gill in 1988 to rid the Golden Temple of militants. 2.      Black Tornado An action by National Security Guards against the 26 Nov 2008 terrorists attacks in Mumbai. 3.      Blue Star Launched during the reign of Mrs. Indira Gandhi in Jun 1984 … Read more

S.No. Code Name Countries 1.      Ajeya Warrior India and United Kingdom 2.      AUSINDEX India and Australia 3.      Desert Eagle India and United Arab Emirates 4.      Dosti Bilateral Coast Guard exercise between India and Maldives from 1991 to 2011 and Trilateral Coast Guard exercise among India, Sri Lanka and Maldives from 2012. … Read more

S.No. Organisation Formation Day Motto 1.      Border Security Force 01 Dec, 1965 Duty unto Death 2.      Central Industrial Security Force 10 Mar, 1969 Protection and Security 3.      Central Reserve Police Force 27 Jul, 1939 (Raising Day) Peace Keeper to the Nation 4.      Coast Guard 01 Feb, 1977 We Protect 5.      … Read more

S.No. Facts Name 1. First Army Chief to become Field Marshall Field Marshall SHFJ Maneckshaw 2. First Army Chief to die in harness General BC Joshi 3. First Chief in the rank of Air Chief Marshall Air Chief Marshall Arjan Singh 4. First Chief of Air Staff Air Marshall Thomas Elmhirst 5. First Chief of … Read more

  S.No. State Governor 1. Andhra Pradesh Sharda Mukherjee 2. Gujarat Sharda Mukherjee 3. Himachal Pradesh Sheila Kaul 4. Kerala Jyoti Venkatachalam 5. Madhya Pradesh Sarla Grewal 6. Maharashtra Vijayalakshmi Pandit 7. Rajasthan Pratibha Patil 8. Tamil Nadu Fathima Beevi 9. Uttar Pradesh Sarojini Naidu 10. West Bengal Padmaja Naidu 11. Jharkhand Draupadi Murmu

  S.No. State/Union Territory Chief Minister 1. Assam Syeda Anwara Taimur 2. Bihar Rabri Devi 3. Delhi Sushma Swaraj 4. Goa, Daman & Diu Shashikala Kakodkar 5. Gujarat Anandiben Patel 6. Jammu & Kashmir Mehbooba Mufti Sayeed 7. Madhya Pradesh Uma Bharti 8. Odisha Nandini Satpathy 9. Punjab Rajinder Kaur Bhattal 10. Rajasthan Vasundhara Raje … Read more

  S.No. First in Person/Animal Vehicle Date 1. First animal in space Laika, the dog Sputnik-2 03 Nov 1957 2. First man in space Maj Yuri Gagarin Vostok 1 12 Apr 1961 3. First woman in space Valentina Tereshkova Vostok 6 16 Jun 1963 4. First person to walk in space Alexei Leonov Voskhod 2 … Read more