Page-13 of Current Affairs - April, 2013

Vodafone and China Mobile created a consortium to bid for mobile licences in Myanmar(Burma)

April 9, 2013

The world’s largest and second largest mobile operators i.e. China Mobile and Vodafone, have created a consortium to bid for mobile licences in Myanmar. Why Vodafone and China Mobile joined hands? Mynmar has:  A comparatively young in the world. Highly literate population ..

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Exhaled breath is as unique for an individual as fingerprints

April 9, 2013

A recent study  led by author Renato Zenobi of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich has revealed that: Exhaled breath is as unique for an individual as fingerprints. Unique metabolites found in everyone’s exhaled breath can be used as a unique and ..

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Fact Box: BRAIN initiative

April 9, 2013

USA reveals US$100m research initiative “BRAIN” to understand the human brain Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Funding of an initial $100 million from the president’s fiscal 2014 budget 3 US government agencies involved: the National Institutes of Health (NIH), ..

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Important Updates

April 8, 2013

S. Gopalakrishnan new head of CII S. Gopalakrishnan, Co-Founder Infosys elected as new President for Industry body Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for 2013-14. S. Gopalakrishnan will replace Adi Godrej, Chairman of Godrej Group. Krishna Kumar is new ED of ..

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Reliance Jio Infocomm and Reliance Communications ink a definitive agreement for Rs. 1,200 crore

April 8, 2013

Reliance Jio Infocomm (owned by Mukesh Ambani) and Reliance Communications (owned by Anil Ambani) inked a definitive agreement for Rs. 1,200 crore for sharing of Rcom’s nationwide optic fiber network. Rs. 1,200 crore as one time indefeasible right to use ..

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Scientists from Spain predict that the World's population to stop growing in 2050

April 8, 2013

As per the  Journal ’Simulation’, scientists from  Spain, the world population will stop growing and stabilize by 2050. Scientists from the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM) and the CEU-San Pablo University, both from Spain developed a Mathematical model to confirm this. This is in ..

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Historian, epigraphy expert Prof Bratindra Nath Mukherjee passed away

April 8, 2013

Famous historian and an expert in epigraphy Padma Shri awardee, Professor Bratindra Nath Mukherjee (79) passed away. About Professor Bratindra Nath Mukherjee: Padma Shri awardee Amidst India’s rare scholars who had knowledge of central Asian languages, including Sogdian. Authored more than 50 books ..

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Survey of India files complaint Google's Mapathon 2013

April 7, 2013

Survey of India has filed a complaint with the Delhi Police against search engine Google and raised security concerns after the Google conducted ‘Mapathon’. Mapathon 2013 was a contest from Feb 12, 2013 – Mar 25, 2013  in which Google asked users to add ..

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