Page-4 of Current Affairs - January, 2012

Current Affairs: January 10, 2012

January 11, 2012

Government allows 100% FDI in single brand retail The Government allows 100% FDI in single brand retail with immediate effect. A notification in this regard has been issued by the Ministry of Commerce. The objective of this important move is ..

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Recipients of Pravasi Bhartiya Samman 2012

January 10, 2012

Pravasi Bhartiya Samman 2012 was conferred to 14 eminent personalities and Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce, for their excellent work in various fields overseas. Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Ms Kamla Prasad Bissessar, the chief guest of this year’s Pravasi ..

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Current Affairs: January 9, 2012

January 9, 2012

10th Pravasi Bhartiya Divas (PBD) Concludes Pravasi Bhartiya Samman 2012 20 Indians held hostages by Somali Pirates rescued by NATO EC reschedules the Poll Dates in Uttar Pradesh Madhya Pradesh to launch Panch Parmeshwar scheme Iran producing Enriched Uranium at ..

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Hussein Tantawi: Head of Egypt’s military council

January 9, 2012

Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi is the head of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces that has ruled Egypt since a popular uprising forced President Hosni Mubarak to resign on Feb. 11. On February 11, 2011 when President Hosni ..

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Latest global HIV/AIDS figures

January 9, 2012

Some important data from a report by the United Nations Programme on AIDS (UNAIDS). (Source: Reuters) An estimated 34 million people worldwide had the human immunodeficiency virus HIV.L that causes AIDS in 2010, according to the UNAIDS data, up 17 ..

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Russian radar to monitor missile launches across Europe, Atlantic

January 9, 2012

Russia’s radar station in the Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad will monitor missile launches from the North Atlantic, as well as the future European missile defence system. Thus Russia will be able to control the entire European continent and the Atlantic, ..

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India inks agreement with EAG to counter terrorist financing

January 9, 2012

India signed an agreement with the Eurasian Group (EAG) to inter-alia enhance cooperation in the areas of money laundering and terrorist financing. The Cabinet had approved the agreement earlier this month. A six-member Indian delegation led by Dr Mathew attended ..

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Russia launches last Glonass-M satellite

January 9, 2012

Russia launched Soyuz carrier rocket with a Glonass-M navigation satellite on board from the Plesetsk Space Center. The launch of the Glonass, which will augment a group of 27 similar satellites already in orbit. This was the 5th and the ..

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