Page-20 of Current Affairs - August, 2013

CCEA approves 10% stake sell of IOC

August 3, 2013

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved the proposal for sale of 10% of government stake in country’s largest refiner Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), which is likely to generate around Rs.3,840 crore to the exchequer. The selling will be ..

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Pacific Marshall Islands under threat of climate catastrophe

August 3, 2013

The Marshall Islands has sought support to ward-off a future Pacific “climate catastrophe” that, it says, will expunge it from the map without critical action on global warming. The government of the Marshall Island has called for decisive action on ..

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Russia grants asylum to Edward Snowden

August 3, 2013

Former NSA contractor and whistleblower of U.S electronic surveillance programme Edward Snowden has been granted temporary asylum in Russia and left the transit zone of Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport for an undisclosed “safe location”. Mr. Snowden, a former CIA employee and ..

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Govt. approves draft amendments to keep parties outside the purview of RTI Act

August 3, 2013

Draft amendments to the Right To Information Act (RTI) have been approved by the Union Cabinet in order to nullify an order of the Central Information Commission (CIC) bringing the 6 national political parties under the ambit of the Act. There ..

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Telangana sparks more Statehood demands across the country

August 3, 2013

With the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Coordination Committee giving nod to the divide Andhra Pradesh and create Telangana, demands for statehood from several regions of the country backed by political parties have re-emerged, and reluctant State governments are battling new ..

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Semaandhra people to search for fourth capital in 60 years

August 3, 2013

In case the division of Andhra Pradesh goes through, the people of the newly created Andhra state, which will include the Rayalseema region, will have to search for their fourth capital city in the last 60 years. The creation of ..

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Earth’s runaway heating easy to trigger than earlier believed

August 3, 2013

A study headed by Colin Goldblatt from the University of Victoria, Canada has found that it may be possible for a planet to experience a runaway greenhouse effect even if it does not receive a higher amount of solar radiation ..

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Union Govt. launches National Teeka Express

August 3, 2013

The National Teeka Express was launched by Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare. It has been launched to protect children from life-threatening childhood diseases. What is the key motive behind National Teeka Express? Under Routine Immunization Programme, ANMs collect ..

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