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Page-6 of Current Affairs - April, 2013

Coast Guard Ship C-402 commissioned at Naval Dockyard in Mumbai

Indian Coast Guard Ship C-402, the second of the series of 36 Interceptor boats designed and built by L&T, Surat was commissioned at Naval Dockyard in Mumbai 30...

April 20, 2013

New hard plastic voter identity cards to be issued by EC

Election Commission planning to replace current laminated Elector’s Photo Identity Cards (EPIC) made of paper with black and white photograph with driving licence or a credit card like...

April 20, 2013

20th Meeting of Eastern Zonal Council held at Kolkata

Eastern Zonal Council: Comprises of States of Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha and West Bengal. The 20th meeting of Eastern Zonal Council recently held in Kolkata. The meeting was chaired...

April 20, 2013

“Twitter #music” – a music app service launched by Twitter

Twitter has brought out a new music app “Twitter #music” which will suggest tracks based on who you follow on the social network. Songs can be played straight...

April 20, 2013

2013 Pulitzer Prize Winners

 “The Orphan Master’s Son” – a novel based on North Korea by author Adam Johnson won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. List of 2013 Pulitzer Prize Winners Letters,...

April 20, 2013

RBI to start plastic money project on trial basis

Deputy Governor, RBI, K. C. Chakrabarty held that the RBI is probable to commence the introduction of plastic notes in select parts of India on a trial basis...

April 20, 2013

Sahara Q Shop enters Guinness World Records

Sahara Q Shop: The retail business of Sahara India Pariwar, recently entered into the Guinness World Records as it opened record 315 outlets in 10 states of India,...

April 20, 2013

Sher-i-Kashmir Award: Navjot becomes youngest recipient athlete of Jammu and Kashmir to be conferred

Navjot Singh (16 years) became the youngest athlete of Jammu and Kashmir to be conferred with the Sher-i-Kashmir Sports Award. He was declared the best sportsperson for 2008-09....

April 20, 2013

Nicolas Maduro declared president-elect Venezuela

Nicolás Maduro Moros, the acting President of Venezuela after the death of late leader Hugo Chavez has been declared as the winner of a special election held in...

April 20, 2013

Indian economy likely to grow by 5.7% in 2013: IMF

International Monetary Fund (IMF) in its latest release of the World Economic Outlook (WEO) slashed the economic growth projection of India to 5.7% for the calendar year 2013,...

April 19, 2013

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