Page-2 of Current Affairs - January, 2012
Multilateral Convention relating to Tax Matters inked by India
· Indian finalized a Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters. This device as yet was available only for the members of Council of Europe and OECD , but was amended in 2010 and thrown open to all ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2012
Current Affairs : January 24, 2012
Al-Qaeda takes over Yemen city In Yemen, Al-Qaeda militants have taken over the city of Rada in the Southeastern Al Bayda province. They have named Tareq al-Dahab, a brother-in-law of slain US-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaqi, who was killed in a ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2012
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Current Affairs: January 22-23, 2012
T.R. Ramachandran re-elected Press Club of India president The Press Club of India announced that veteran journalist T.R. Ramachandran of G-Files has been re-elected president and Anil Anand of Greater Kashmir is the new secretary general. Leshka project in Meghalaya ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2012
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Current Affairs : January 21, 2012
40th Manipur Day celebrated Manipur was a princely state under the suzerenity of British India and existed as such until 1947 as Kanglapak Kingdom. The Kanglapak King wilfully acceded to the newly independent Union of India. In 1956, Manipur was ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2012
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Current Affairs : January 20, 2012
Jaipur Literature Festival, begins Fifth Jaipur Literature Festival begins in Jaipur on 19th January. About 250 writers from India and abroadparticipating in the 5-day long Jaipur Literature Festival. In a session on ‘Truth of Poetry and Truth of Politics’, Union ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2012
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Current Affairs: January 19, 2012
Suresh Kalmadi granted Bail Delhi High Court grants bail to former Commonwealth Games Organizing Committee chairman, Suresh Kalmadi in a 2010 Commonwealth Games-related graft case. Kalmadi was given bail after remaining behind bars for nearly nine months. On April 25, ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2012
Current Affairs : January 18, 2012
Gujarat High Court upholds the appointment of Lokayukta The High Court of Gujarat, Ahmedabad dismisses the plea of the Gujarat Government and upholds the appointment of state Lokayukt by the Governor. Gujarat Governor Kamla Beniwal appointed Justice Mehta as the ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2012
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Current Affairs : January 17, 2012
India China Agree on a Joint Working mechanism for Border Issue India and China have agreed to establish a working mechanism on consultation and coordination on border issues. The agreement in this effect has been signed at the end of ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2012
Current Affairs : January 16, 2012
Pakistan’s Parliament passes a pro-democracy Resolution The Parliament of Pakistan has passed a pro-democracy resolution which gives a moral booster for the beleaguered government that is haunted by the graft issues and the so called memogate controversy. The resolution, introduced ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2012
Current Affairs: January 15, 2012
137 foundation day of Indian Metrological Department observed In the year 1875, the Government of India established the India Meteorological Department, bringing all meteorological work in the country under a central authority. Mr. H. F. Blanford was appointed Meteorological Reporter ..