Page-23 of Current Affairs - January, 2013

Anti-rape law not to be named after the victim

January 3, 2013

As per the Government, the anti-rape law, which is under revision to make it more stringent and facilitate speedier justice, is unlikely to be named after the Delhi gang-rape victim. As per Home Ministry, there is no such provision in ..

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Sanjiv Bhatt honored with Mother Teresa Award

January 3, 2013

Suspended IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt honored with the Mother Teresa Memorial International Award for Social Justice for 2012. The Harmony foundation who recognized Bhatt as one who stood against communal forces to ensure protection of the vulnerable and insecure minorities. ..

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Bhakti Sharma: World’s youngest to cross seven seas

January 3, 2013

22-year old Bhakti Sharma from India is the youngest in the world to have crossed seven seas, including four oceans. Besides, she is only the third person in the world to have swum across the Arctic Ocean, and is now ..

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SBI unveils MobiCash Easy

January 3, 2013

  State Bank of India (SBI) has unveiled its mobile wallet named State Bank MobiCash Easy which provides facilities such as fund transfer, bill payment, balance inquiry, mini statement, mobile top-ups and DTH recharge etc. How does SBI’s MobiCash works?

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China unveils “Beidou Navigation Satellite System (BDS)” in Asia-Pacific

January 3, 2013

China launched Beidou Navigation Satellite System (BDS), a kind of global positioning system, in the Asia-Pacific from its Beidou satellite network with an aim to gain up to 20 % of global market share by 2015. What would it do? ..

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Government cuts down launch of cash transfer scheme

January 3, 2013

The Centre has scaled down the launch of its ambitious Direct Cash Transfer scheme to cover 20 districts, instead of 43 as planned. It has also kept LPG also out of its ambit for now. Why this scaling down? The ..

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Russia puts condition to supports Geneva plan

January 3, 2013

Moving a step closer towards seeking solution of Syria crisis, Russia and Lakhdar Brahimi (the U.N. and Arab League envoy on Syria) supported the Geneva plan. But Russia has agreed to this with a condition. What condition does Russia put ..

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India stiffens medical visa facility for Maldivians

January 2, 2013

In what is being seen as retaliation to the cancellation of GMR contract, India has tightened visas for Maldives as New Delhi has stopped Maldivians from using their visa-free travel facilities to India for other activities like medical treatment, restricting ..

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Pakistan recognizes Kosovo as an Independent State

January 2, 2013

Pakistan became another country to officially recognize Kosovo as an independent state. Kosovo had declared its independence from Serbia in 2008. With this Pakistan became the 98th sovereign state among 193 UN-member states to recognize Kosovo. In September 2012, Kosovo declared ..

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Kamal Nath appointed as new ex-officio chairman of Planning Commission

January 1, 2013

Prime Minister’s office has re-constituted the Planning Commission by appointing parliamentary affairs and urban development minister Kamal Nath as the new ex-officio member of the Plan panel in place of rural development minister Jairam Ramesh. Other ex-officio members are: Finance ..

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