Page-13 of Current Affairs - August, 2013

RGGVY programme to be continued for rural electrification: Government

In order to continue providing electricity to all rural households the government has decided to carry on with the Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY).  The continuation of RGGVY in the current Plan period...

August 12, 2013

Foreign Telecom vendors’ refusal to share design details delays TTSCC

Foreign telecom equipment vendors have refused to share their design details with the India’s telecom equipment testing lab- Telecom Testing and Security Certification Centre (TTSCC) for it may conflict with...

August 12, 2013

India may get lesson from China’s plans to curtail brain drain

The government of China has taken an initiative to get back some of the country’s best and brightest minds. The brain drain problem was taking away top scientific...

August 11, 2013

Recognized NABL labs to test mid day meals

Recognized laboratories under the National Accreditation Board for Laboratories (NABL) will collect the samples to test the microbiological presence/absence of e-coli, chemical parameters such as moisture content, fats, proteins and...

August 11, 2013

August 9: International Day of the World's Indigenous People observed

The world observed the International Day of the World’s Indigenous People on August 9, 2013. The theme selected was “Indigenous Peoples Building Alliances”. The theme was aimed at...

August 9, 2013

Izumo, Japan’s biggest warship unveiled

Japan has unveiled its biggest warship since World War II called Izumo. About Izumo: Flat top destroyer resembling a conventional aircraft carrier. Nearly 250 metres (820 feet) long flight...

August 8, 2013

Tension escalates between U.K.-Spain over Gibraltar

There is a sudden spike in the Anglo-Spanish conflict over Gibraltar as Spain has threatened to impose border charges and close airspace which can turn into a form...

August 8, 2013

Raghuram Rajan appointed as the next RBI Governor

Raghuram Govind Rajan (50), who is currently the Chief Economic Adviser to the Govt. of India, has been appointed as Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)...

August 8, 2013

Researchers produce World’s first lab-grown beef burger

Scientists from the Maastricht University in the Netherlands have produced the first lab-grown beef burger of the world which is being seen as a step towards food revolution....

August 8, 2013

HAL signs MoU with Transparency International India

Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL) has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Transparency International India (TII), the coalitions against corruption, to promote corruption-free, fair and transparent business...

August 8, 2013