Page-14 of Current Affairs - December, 2013

India to Host 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup

December 13, 2013

India will host the 2017 Under-17 World Cup Football. This will be the first time India will host an international football competition at world level. The 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup will be the 17th tournament of the FIFA U-17 ..

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"Pad kid poured curd pulled cold” – Psychologists reveal the world's most frustrating tongue twister

December 9, 2013

To shed light on the brain’s speech-planning processes, a tongue twister study conducted by researchers at the annual meeting of the Acoustical Society of America in San Francisco. Psychologists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology asked the volunteers to say ..

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All unfilled chemical munitions of Syria destructed: OPCW

December 8, 2013

As per Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), all of Syria’s unfilled munitions have been destroyed. The United Nations and OPCW teams are working in tandem in Syria with an aim to remove the most toxic chemicals from ..

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Jordan gets UNSC seat as its non-permanent member

December 8, 2013

Jordan has been elected as a non-permanent member of United Nations Security Council (UNSC). Jordan has replaced Saudi Arabia which was recently elected for the position but rejected the seat in protest at the UN council’s failure to end the war ..

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Tejas test-fires missile successfully

December 8, 2013

India’s first indigenously designed and developed Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas successfully launched an infrared seeking air-to-air missile that hit its target with precision. With the success achieved in the test, the plan to induct the aircraft in the Indian Air ..

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Union Government denies introduction of ILP in Meghalaya

December 8, 2013

The demand to create Inner Line Permit (ILP) system in Meghalaya has been rejected by the Union Government on grounds that the Constitution does not provide for extending the special provision to new areas. The Government clarified that it was bound ..

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Employing manual scavengers made an offence

December 8, 2013

Employing or engaging a person has become an offence now as Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act 2013 comes into force across India except J&K. The law forbids the employment of manual scavengers, the manual cleaning ..

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Mr. Ahmet Uzumcu re-appointed as OPCW Director General

December 8, 2013

At the 18th Session of the Conference of State Parties, Mr. Ahmet Uzumcu was re-appointed as the OPCW Director General. Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) An independent, international body established in 1997. Objective: To implement the Chemical ..

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