Page-9 of Current Affairs - February, 2013

India’s trade deficit surges to $20 billion

February 20, 2013

India’s trade deficit surged to a three-month high of $20 billion despite some stingy improvement by 0.82% growth at $25.58 billion in January. The growth, however, does not seem to provide much help in attaining the $350 billion export target ..

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India-Japan first Maritime Affairs dialogue at Delhi

February 20, 2013

New Delhi (India) hosted the first India-Japan Maritime Affairs Dialogue. Both sides deliberated on issues of mutual interest, inter alia, maritime security including non-traditional threats, cooperation in shipping, marine sciences and technology, marine biodiversity and cooperation at various multilateral forums.

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Asoke Kumar Mukerji – The next Permanent Representative of India to the UN

February 20, 2013

Asoke Kumar Mukerji, currently Special Secretary at headquarters, has been appointed as the next Ambassador/Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations at New York.

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Golden Bear to ‘Child’s Pose’: Berlinale

February 20, 2013

Child’s Pose (Poziţia Copilului) by Romanian director Călin Peter Netzer was awarded the Golden Bear at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival. The Alfred Bauer Prize (Silver Bear) went to ‘An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker’ by ..

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American philosopher and law expert Ronald Dworkin passed away

February 20, 2013

American philosopher and constitutional law scholar Ronald Dworkin (81), who debated that the law should be founded on moral integrity, has passed away. He was widely known and one of the most quoted legal scholars in the U.S. and also ..

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50% increase in Bad loans of listed Banks

February 19, 2013

The bad loans or Non Performing Assets of listed banks swelled by 50% at Rs 30,840 crore in the first nine months of the current financial year ended December 31, 2012. The net Non-Performing Assets (NPAs) of 40 listed banks ..

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SEBI freezes bank accounts of two Sahara group firms

February 19, 2013

Market regulator Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI) ordered freezing of bank accounts and attachment of properties of two Sahara group firms – Sahara Housing Investment Corporation Ltd (SHICL) and Sahara India Real Estate Corporation Ltd (SIRECL), and top executives, ..

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Italy arrests head of Italian company on charges of bribery in Defence deal

February 19, 2013

The head of Italian firm Finmeccanica, Giuseppe Orsi, has been arrested in Milan in connection with charges that bribes were paid to secure an Indian defence helicopter deal worth Rs 3600 crore. What is the case? It is suspected that ..

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