GKPOINTS

GKPOINTS:

• Aligarh Muslim University in UP was established by Sir Syed Ahmed Khan as Madrasatul Uloom Musalmanan-e-Hind, in 1875.

• October 8 – Indian Air Force Day‎.

• Traditional Knowledge Digital Library was set up in 2001.

• United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea came into effect from November 16, 1994.

• On December 7, 1941, the Japanese airforce bombed the American fleet stationed at Pearl Harbour.

• A research led by scientists of the Yale University says that a planet, orbiting a star about 40 light years from Earth, is twice the size of our planet and is covered in diamond and graphite.

• Nobel Prize in Economics, officially the Sveriges Riksbank (Sweden’s central bank) Prize in Economic was established in 1968 and was first awarded in 1969.

• Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) was born in Stockholm, Sweden, on October 21, 1833.

• The National Law School of India University, Bangalore was officially founded on August 29, 1987.

• Dengue fever, also known as breakbone fever, caused by the dengue virus. Primary life cycle of the dengue virus involves humans & mosquitoes.

• A fruit is a matured or ripened ovary.

• The branch of science that deals with the characteristic features of fruit is called Pomology.

• The Central Coffee Research Institute (CCRI), established during 1925, located in Karnataka.

• Dr. Coleman – Founder of Coffee Research in India.

• Vijayadashami also known as Dussehra, is one of the most important festivals celebrated in various forms, across India, Nepal and Bangladesh.

• The immediate cause for the outbreak of the First World War was the murder of the Austrian crown prince Francis Ferdinand and his wife.

• Hilary Mary Mantel (England) is the first woman to receive the Man Booker Prize award twice: (1) Wolf Hall (2009) (2) Bring Up The Bodies (2012).