Page-15 of Current Affairs - August, 2013

India’s launches indigenously built aircraft carrier INS Vikrant

August 14, 2013

India launched its first indigenously built aircraft carrier INS Vikrant which was a remarkable moment in the $5 billion project that seeks to enhance the country’s power and curtail the rising influence of China. INS Vikrant will come into full service ..

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August 12: International Youth Day

August 12, 2013

International Youth Day was observed across the world on August 12, 2013 The theme for 2013 was Youth Migration: Moving Development Forward. The theme concentrates on the issue of youth migration. International migrants comprise major number of Young people. In 2010, ..

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Intermixing of Population happened in India for 2,300 years

August 12, 2013

As per the scientists from the Hyderabad based Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) and Harvard Medical School, Indian population was derived from two major ancestral populations Ancestral North Indians (ANI) and Ancestral South Indians (ASI) which don’t have ..

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Indian government launched the beta version of the Data Portal India

August 12, 2013

The Indian government has launched Data Portal India : http://data.gov.in/ It is a joint initiative between India and the US and the portal will be available on the official sites of the Indian– http://india.gov.in/ and the US governments- http://www.data.gov/. What is Data ..

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Parimarjan Negi regains Politiken Cup

August 12, 2013

Grandmaster Parimarjan Negi (Born: February 9, 1993 (age 20))put up a brilliant performance to regain the Politiken Cup chess Title in Copenhagen, Denmark. Parimarjan had recently won the DC International Open in US and tied for the top place in the World Open. The youngest international Grandmaster ..

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Chakde India: India wins historic bronze at Junior Women Hockey World Cup

August 12, 2013

India’s junior women hockey team created a history by clinching country’s first ever bronze medal in the junior women hockey World Cup as they defeated England.  The Indian girls beat England 3-2 in the bronze medal play-off to finish on the ..

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Hassan Rouhani is the new President of Iran

August 12, 2013

Hassan Rouhani sworn as the new President of Iran in the ceremony held at the Iranian Parliament in Tehran. Rouhani, who will have 4-year tenure as President, is the 7th (different) President of Iran after the Islamic Revolution of 1979. He secured a ..

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Robert Mugabe re-elected as Zimbabwe's President

August 12, 2013

Robert Mugabe has been re-elected as Zimbabwe’s President for next five-year term amid Zimbabwe’s Movement of Democratic Change (MDC)allegations of fraud in the elections. MDC has decided to challenge an election victory by President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu-PF party in the court. Western observers ..

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