Page-3 of Current Affairs - April, 2013

President gives away Padma awards

April 27, 2013

President Pranab Mukherjee gave away 54 Padma awards at a function in the Darbar hall of Rashtrapati Bhavan. President awarded two Padma Vibhushan, 10 Padma Bhushan and 42 Padma Shree awards.  The list of honours were announced January 2013. Nobody was named ..

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CISPA bill on cyber security passed by the US House of representatives BUT will certainly be shelved by the Senate

April 27, 2013

As per the the chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, the Cyber Information Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) passed by the US House of Representatives recently will almost certainly be shelved by the Senate.  The White House has also stated that the ..

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5170 Bharat Nirman Rajeev Gandhi Seva Kendras become Operational in Rajasthan

April 27, 2013

5170 Bharat Nirman Rajeev Gandhi Seva Kendras became operational across 9100 Village Panchayats of Rajasthan at an expense of Rs 1,000 crore. These Seva Kendras will facilitate: MG NREGA Payments Deposits of several utility bills Consultancy in Agrilculture viz. advice for ..

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First cruise missile 'Nirbhay' test: India achieves partial success as MTCR proves a key hurdle for India

April 27, 2013

India achieved partial success while test firing its first cruise missile called “Nirbhay” from the Chandipur on Sea test range in Odisha. The missile’s flight had to be terminated halfway as it had deviated from its original course.  “Nirbhay”: First cruise missile of India ..

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Ahmedabad becomes first city in South Asia to launch a heat wave preparation and warning system

April 27, 2013

Ahmedabad became the First city in South Asia to create a comprehensive early warning system and plan to prepare for extreme heat events fuelled by climate change. Ahmedabad’s Heat Action Plan: The plan describesboth immediate and long-term actions to reduce ..

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Fact Box: National Agricultural Innovation Project (NAIP)

April 26, 2013

Govt. launched a 6-year aspirational agricultural research programme, the National Agricultural Innovation Project (NAIP). To fulfill the Govt of India’s objectives as expressed in India’s National Policy on Agriculture (NPA), the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has started National ..

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Narasimhan Ravi elected as new President of the 'Editors Guild of India'

April 26, 2013

Narasimhan Ravi has been unanimously elected as the president of Editors Guild of India. Mr. Ravi is the director of Kasturi and Sons Limited , publisher of “The Hindu” newspaper. Narasimhan Ravi will succeed T N Ninan, Chairman and Editorial ..

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Govt stressing on diversification of agriculture to include crops/varieties needing less water

April 26, 2013

Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and State Agricultural Universities have formulated various early maturing varieties of crops which perform well under moisture stress/drought conditions. Rice: Several techniques are being standardized which require less water than normal transplanted rice: System ..

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Expert committee: "exact co-relation between radiation of communication towers and health of wildlife is so far not established"

April 26, 2013

In August 2010 an expert committee under the chairmanship of Dr. Asad Rahmani (Director Bombay Natural Society) was constituted by Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to study the probable effects of communication towers on wildlife including Birds and Bees. ..

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Revised schemes of RAY, ISHUP (revamped as RRY) and AHP being figured out

April 26, 2013

Mr. Ajay Maken, Union Minister of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation (HUPA) held the following updates on RAY and RRY Schemes in Rajya Sabha: ‘Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY)’ scheme:  The on-going housing scheme of Govt of India in the urban ..

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