Page-26 of Current Affairs - January, 2013

Pakistan delays to grant India MFN status

January 6, 2013

India, which is looking for reciprocity from Pakistan in the form of Most Favoured Nation MFN status, will have to wait for some more time as the deadline of December 31, 2012 set by Pak to grant the status has ..

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5% increase in U.N. budget, India to pay more

January 6, 2013

The United Nations General Assembly cleared the $5.4 billion budget for 2012-13 which is 5% more than the previous budget. India, Brazil, China and other emerging countries will pay more to the U.N. The Assembly adopted a range of Fifth ..

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Swift trial should not be at the cost of fair trial: CJI

January 6, 2013

On the occasion of inauguration of the first of the five newly announced fast-track courts established in Saket, Delhi to try cases related to sexual offence against women, Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir appreciated people’s anger over rape but ..

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What is Organic fertigation?

January 6, 2013

What is Fertigation? Fertigation is a practice of conjunctive application of fertilizers and water to crop plants. How it is done? Soluble fertilizers like urea, potash and a wide variety of fertilizer mixtures available in the market are nicely mixed ..

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Argentina asks UK to relinquish Falkland Islands, UK rebuffs

January 6, 2013

Argentina has restated its claim over Falkland Islands and has called on  Britain to renounce its control over the islands. It accused UK of taking part in an act of "blatant colonialism" in claiming the archipelago. What is the issue?

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Asif Ibrahim appointed as chief of Intelligence Bureau

January 6, 2013

Syed Asif Ibrahim A 1977 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IPS officer. Took charge as director of the Intelligence Bureau (IB). Ibrahim is the first Muslim to hold the top post in IB.

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Nobel laureate Rita Levi-Montalcini “Lady of the Cells” passed away

January 6, 2013

“Lady of the Cells”, as she was known in Italy, Rita Levi-Montalcini  (103) passed away. She was a biologist who conducted underground research in defiance of Fascist persecution and later won a Nobel Prize for helping unlock the mysteries of ..

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Govt mulls over making gold imports pricey to control CAD

January 6, 2013

Finance Minister P. Chidambaram has hinted that import of gold may be made costlier to discourage the demand of the metal in order to contain widening Current Account Deficit (CAD). CAD, which represents the difference between exports and imports after ..

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