Page-9 of Current Affairs - December, 2012

Ireland to legalize abortion

December 23, 2012

Following the pressure from the European court of human rights, which ruled that abortions should be allowed in the republic in cases where a woman’s life was at risk, the Irish government is to introduce legislation permitting abortions in limited ..

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Federer is Swiss Male Athlete of the Year 2012

December 22, 2012

Tennis star Roger Federer has been given the honor of Swiss Male Athlete of the Year. Currently he sits at World no. 2 spot and has won 17 Grand Slams. He also won this award in 2003, 2004, 2006 and ..

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Boeing delivers first P-8I maritime surveillance aircraft to Indian Navy

December 22, 2012

American plane maker Boeing delivered the first of the eight P-8I maritime surveillance aircraft to the Navy as part of deal worth over $2.1 billion signed in 2009 for buying the long-range surveillance aircraft, which are equipped with anti-submarine weaponry. ..

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Bhanu Athaiya returns Oscar trophy to Academy to preserve it

December 22, 2012

Bhanu Athaiya, the costume designer who won the first Oscar for India at the 55th Annual Academy Awards in 1983 for her work in Lord Richard Attenborough‘s ‘Gandhi’, has decided to return the statuette to the Academy Motion Pictures as ..

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Shahrukh Khan receives Brand Laureate Legendary Award

December 22, 2012

Malaysia-based Asia Pacific Brands Foundation honored Bollywood Actor Shah Rukh Khan with the BrandLaureate Legendary Award. Malaysia had conferred the actor with the prestigious title of Datuk in 2008. The title is equivalent to the British Knighthood, the highest honor ..

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Norman Woodland, co-inventor of bar code, passed away

December 22, 2012

Norman Woodland (91), co-inventor of the bar code, passed way. What is Barcode? A barcode is an optical machine-readable representation of data relating to the object to which it is attached. Initially barcodes systematically represented data by varying the widths ..

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India ranked 8th in the list of countries with highest black money outflows

December 22, 2012

As per a report released by Global Financial Integrity (GFI), a Washington-based research and advocacy organization, India ranked 8thon the list of countries with high black money outflows. India suffered a black money outflow of $123 billion in 2001-2010. China ..

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SEBI increases BMC deposit for stock brokers

December 22, 2012

Market regulator, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), has increased the Basic Minimum Capital (BMC) deposit for stock broker and trading members to up to Rs.50 lakh from the earlier maximum of Rs.10 lakh. Various BMC fixed by ..

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