Page-9 of Current Affairs - August, 2013

Rajya Sabha passes Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Bill, 2012

August 20, 2013

Rajya Sabha passed Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Bill, 2012.  According to the Bill, marriages held in India irrespective of the religion of the persons getting married will have to be necessarily registered. Through this bill the Union government ..

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India wins 83 medals at World Police & Fire Games-Belfast 2013

August 20, 2013

The 39 member Indian Police team won a record breaking 83 medals when they participated in the World Police & Fire Games held at Belfast, Northern Ireland. As a result of this the record of 2005 World Police & Fire ..

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India's Gold consumption reaches highest in last decade

August 20, 2013

India’s consumption of gold rose to 310 tonnes in the 2nd quarter and is the highest in the last 10 years despite the fact that government aims to restrict imports to control the Current Account Deficit (CAD). India depends on ..

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China’s UCWeb: Most extensively used mobile browser in India

August 20, 2013

As per the latest data from StatCounter, Chinese internet service companies are looking forward to crack the Indian market as they have achieved another milestone with Chinese firm UCWeb’s mobile browser becoming the most widely used browser in India. StatCounter, ..

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List of Awardees for Khel Ratna and Arjuna Award announced

August 20, 2013

The selection committee for Khel Ratna and Arjuna Award has released the list of awardees for both the honors for year 2013. As per the release, double trap shooter Ronjan Sodhi, who is the first Indian to win 2 back-to-back ..

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NBFCs must be under RBI watch: Subbarao

August 20, 2013

As per Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor D. Subbarao, banking as well as Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) must be under a unified regulation of the central bank to prevent 2008 like crisis. He said that there were strong inter-linkages ..

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‘Hyperloop’ Transport model unveiled

August 20, 2013

SpaceX founder and entrepreneur Elon Musk has brought out a transportation concept that he said could take passengers nearly 643 km between Los Angeles and San Francisco in 30 minutes- half the time that an airplane takes. How would the ..

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Ibrahim Keita wins Mali presidential election

August 20, 2013

Mali’s former Prime Minister Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has won the presidential election runoff. He now faces a tough task of rebuilding a country reeling under more than a year of turmoil including a military coup and war. Mali’s first election since ..

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