Page-5 of Current Affairs - August, 2012

Typhoon Haikui hits East Coast of China

Typhoon Haikui hit the east coast of China. The other two typhoons which hit China were Damrey and Saola. A severe typhoon generally has continuous maximum wind speed of b/w 150 and 184 km/h (93 and 114 mph). A typhoon ..

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Moody’s slashed India’s Growth projections to 5.5%

Moody’s Analytics slashed India’s growth projections to 5.5 % for the fiscal year 2012-13. It attributed the cut to inaction by government and poor monsoon. Prior to this, CLSA and Citigroup had slashed their growth forecasts for India to 5.4 ..

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Rory Mcllroy wins US PGA Golf Championship

Rory Mcllroy won the US PGA Golf Championship at Kaiwah island. This victory has made Mcllroy world number one player surpassing Luke Donald.

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Pakistan confers Nisan-i-Imtiaz on Saadat Hasan Manto

Pakistan Govt conferred its highest civilian honor Nisan-i-Imtiaz on famous Pakistani writer Saadat Hasan Manto. Manto is popular for his Urdu short stories, especially those that explored the impact of the partition of the subcontinent into India and Pakistan in ..

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Gujarat bans Gutka

Gujarat state government has declared imposition of a comprehensive ban on gutka, which will come into effect from September 11, 2012. From this date the state will ban, the production, storage, sale and distribution of gutka. Other States that have ..

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Web-based System to advise farmers on fertilizers

A web-based system has been developed by the Indian Institute of Soil Science that will suggest farmers the right quantity of fertilizers they should use in their soils for a particular type of crop. How does the system work? The ..

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Ecuador grants political asylum to Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange

Latin American country Ecuador granted political asylum to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. Who is Julian Assange? Julian Assange is an Australian editor, activist, political talk show host, computer programmer, publisher and a journalist. He is famous as editor-in-chief and founder ..

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Samsung’s Galaxy Note 10.1 Tablet launched in US, Britain and South Korea

Samsung unveiled its new Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet in the United States, Britain and South Korea. The tablet is slightly bigger than the 9.7-inch iPad, and has split-screen feature that will facilitate users to run two applications side-by-side. It bears ..

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