Page-14 of Current Affairs - August, 2013

China unveils first Giant Panda channel

August 8, 2013

China Network Television has launched an internet channel ipanda.com dedicated to the conservation of Giant Panda. The website will show live 24-hour high-definition (HD) Internet broadcasts of the daily activities of the 80 endangered Pandas at the Chengdu Research Base ..

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World Bank & ADB to provide $ 400m to disaster-hit Uttarakhand

August 8, 2013

The World Bank and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide $ 400 million for reconstruction and rehabilitation in the disaster-hit areas in Uttarakhand. The fund would be spent in works in sectors including the housing, tourism, irrigation, agriculture, education, and ..

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Amazon’s Jeffrey Bezos to buy Washington Post

August 8, 2013

The Washington Post, an American daily newspaper, has announced its sale to Amazon founder and CEO Jeffrey P Bezos. Bezos has agreed to buy the newspaper assets of the Washington Post Company for $ 250 million. The decision to sell ..

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Arundhati Bhattacharya is the new managing director of SBI

August 6, 2013

The Govt. has appointment Arundhati Bhattacharya has been appointed as the new managing director of the State Bank of India (SBI). Previously, Bhattacharya was the managing director of SBI Capital, the merchant banking arm of the bank. Who is SBI’s first ..

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Industrial Goods vs Consumer Goods

August 6, 2013

Goods may be classified as consumer goods or industrial goods, depending on their intended use and target market. Consumer goods are products meant for final consumption by the ultimate consumer, while industrial goods are meant to be used in the ..

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Cyber criminals stealing information during tax filing rush: McAfee

August 6, 2013

Cyber security firm McAfee has warned online tax filers to be cautious of the phishing scams and fake ads which are being perpetrated by cyber criminals to make the most of income tax e-filing rush to to steal confidential financial ..

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India win over Zimbabwe is country’s first-ever ODI Series whitewash on foreign soil

August 6, 2013

History was created when India thrashed Zimbabwe in the final match of the five-match ODI series played in Zimbabwe. The victory marked India’s first-ever five-match ODI series whitewash on foreign soil. The Indian team, under the captaincy Virat Kohli, achieved ..

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Union Cabinet gives nod to 10% stake sale in Indian Oil Corporation (IOC)

August 6, 2013

The Union Cabinet has given nod to the proposal to divest 10% government stake in Indian Oil Corporation (IOC). The move expected to fetch around Rs. 3,750 crore to the exchequer at the current market price. Currently, the government controls 78.92% stake in IOC. IOC is ..

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Agni V missile expected to be operational by 2015

August 6, 2013

According to Tessy Thomas, director, Agni Missile Project, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), two or three more successful test firings, the Agni V missile is likely to be operational by 2015. Salient features of Agni V Intercontinental ballistic missile developed by the Defence Research ..

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Government considering giving TRAI authority to impose penalty

August 6, 2013

As per Telecom Ministry, the government is thinking taking away penalizing powers, which are used to punish service providers for not complying with rules and regulations, from the Department of Telecom (DoT), and giving these to Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). ..

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