Page-11 of Current Affairs - February, 2014

Assam became the First State to legally ban smokeless tobacco

February 16, 2014

Assam became the first state to legally ban consumption of all forms of smokeless tobacco, including pan masala containing tobacco and nicotine. Thus sale, consumption, manufacturing, trading, storage and advertisement of all forms of smokeless tobacco including pan masala have ..

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“The Hindus: An Alternative History”: Penguin withdraws Doniger book on Hinduism

February 16, 2014

Publisher Penguin India agreed to withdraw American Indologist Wendy Doniger’s book “The Hindus: An Alternative History” from the Indian market. The decision made between the publisher and Delhi based complainant organization called “Shiksha Bachao Andolan”, who moved to court alleging ..

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“Pune Metro Rail Project” approved by Central Government

February 16, 2014

The Union Ministry of Urban Development gave an “in-principle” approval to the Phase – I of the Pune Metro Rail Project. In-principle approval of the Centre will enable the state government to take necessary action required for faster implementation of the ..

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Union Government launched HIV Salvage Therapy

February 16, 2014

The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare launched third-line drug therapy for people living with HIV/AIDS and extended free Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART) to more of them by revising the eligibility norm. The third-line therapy also known as salvage or ..

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OECD issued new standard to combat black money; India to follow new standard for tracking black money

February 16, 2014

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) revealed a new “game-changing” mechanism to combat the menace of offshore tax evasion. Till now, 42 countries including India adopted a new global standard for automatic exchange of information on offshore tax ..

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NRIs set up first NaMo tea stall in Silicon valley, USA

February 16, 2014

The Indian-American professionals from many IT companies viz. Microsoft, Cisco, Apple, eBay, Oracle, etc. set up the first NaMo tea stall in Silicon valley, USA. Objective: To extend their support to BJP’s Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi for the Lok ..

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“Digital Holographic Microscopy” technique: First ever 3D film of a living sperm developed

February 16, 2014

The track of a single sperm cell with a bent tail, in two dimensions (left) and three dimensions (right). Credit: Biomedical Optics Express. Scientists have developed the first 3-D movie of living sperm that can help doctors to select most viable ..

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Solar mission: US again challenged India's solar export restrictions in WTO

February 16, 2014

On the second phase of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM), the Government of India stated that it hadn’t violated global trading norms under the World Trade Organization (WTO), even as the US filed a second case against India ..

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