Page-8 of Current Affairs - April, 2013

Sahara Q Shop enters Guinness World Records

April 20, 2013

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, just at one time on April 1, 2013. ‘Q shop’ (Quality shop) ..

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

April 20, 2013

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. Navjot received the award at an impressive investiture ceremony hosted after a ..

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Nicolas Maduro declared president-elect Venezuela

April 20, 2013

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 Venezuela for the post of the President. The results of the election ..

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

April 19, 2013

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, from its earlier prediction of 5.9%. IMF slashed the global outlook to ..

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Fact Box: Google Glass

April 18, 2013

Google has begin shipping its “Google Glass” to its first users outside the company Google Glass the “wearable computing” devices have been shipped to the first users outside the company to test the device and further develop the product. But ..

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India's first and ONLY Women Chief Election Commissioner Ramadevi passed away

April 18, 2013

Ms. V.S. Ramadevi (79), former Governor of Karnataka and former Chief Election Commissioner of India, passed away. Ms. V.S. Ramadevi First woman to became Chief Election Commissioner of India. Chief Election Commissioner from November 26, 1990 to December 11, 1990. ..

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World Heritage Day: April 18

April 18, 2013

World Heritage Day observed across the world on April 18, 2013. Objective: To create consciousness amid the people to preserve and protect the precious assets and cultural heritage across the world. It marks the need of shielding the historical monuments ..

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Fact Box: K. Kasturirangan High-Level Working Group

April 18, 2013

K. Kasturirangan-led 10-member panel High-Level Working Group (HLWG) Presented its report on Western Ghats to MoEF (Ministry of Environment and Forests) K. Kasturirangan-led 10-member panel High-Level Working Group (HLWG) has prepared a report on Western Ghats which suggests for ban ..

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