Page-8 of Current Affairs - December, 2012

Miss Universe 2012: Olivia Culpo of US

December 23, 2012

Miss US, Olivia Culpo was announced winner of the Miss Universe    2012 contest held in Las Vegas. US has won this title after a gap of more than a decade.  Olivia replaced previous winner Leila Lopes of Angola. Miss Philippines ..

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Minority Rights Day observed

December 23, 2012

December 18 was celebrated as Minority Rights Day by the National Commission for Minorities which is headed by Justice Mohammed Shamim. On this day in 1992 that the United nations adopted the declaration on the Rights of Persons belonging to ..

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CDSCO passes WHO standards, expected to boost Indian vaccine exports

December 23, 2012

WHO (World Health Organization) has approved that India’s national  regulatory authority — Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) — and its affiliated institutions meet the prescribed international benchmarks. What does this move mean? India, with 12 major manufacturing facilities, is ..

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Gas production from KG-D6 declines

December 23, 2012

Gas output from India’s biggest gas producing fields in the Krishna Godavari basin (KG-D6) continued to decline and reched its lowest level since its inception. After touching peak production levels of 60 million of gas per day (mmscmd), the output ..

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Tata Steel develops new anti-ballistic steel Super Bainite

December 23, 2012

Tata Steel’s Port Talbot plant in the UK has developed a new kind of anti-ballistic steel named Super Bainite which could transform safety of soldiers and security forces fighting terrorists and extremists. Super Bainite is lightweight, super-strength anti-ballistic steel which ..

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Banking bill approved in Lok Sabha

December 23, 2012

Lok Sabha passed the Banking Laws (Amendment) Bill 2011, paving way for foreign investments in the sector and establishment of new private banks and also to achieve greater financial inclusion. The Bill does not contain controversial clauses of allowing banks ..

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Queen Elizabeth-II creates history by attending cabinet meeting

December 23, 2012

Queen Elizabeth-II became the first peacetime British ruler since 1781 to attend a cabinet meeting. This was the first time a monarch had attended a cabinet meeting since George III did so. George I abandoned chairing cabinet in 1717. Britain ..

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Google makes available 5000 images of the Dead Sea Scrolls online

December 23, 2012

Google collaborated with an Israel museum to put 5000 images of the Dead Sea Scrolls which contains ancient biblical artifacts on online library. The digital library contains the Book of Deuteronomy, which includes the second listing of the Ten Commandments, ..

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