Page-7 of Current Affairs - January, 2013

Indian author U.R.Ananthamurthy in race for the International Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2013

January 26, 2013

Indian Kannada author U.R.Ananthamurthy (80) is one among the ten authors shortlisted for the prestigious International Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2013.  Ananthamurthy became famous with his novel “Samskara” launched in 1966. The International Man Booker Prize is presented by ..

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India is part of World’s largest optical telescope project

January 26, 2013

Indian scientists will render significant contribution in developing key components of the world’s largest optical telescope to be set up by a 5-nation consortium including India. The Thirty Metre Telescope (TMT), also known as the world’s most advanced ground-based observatory, ..

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Bhutan king igme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck to be Republic Day parade chief guest

January 24, 2013

Bhutan King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck will be the chief guest at India’s 64th Republic Day parade on Jan 26, 2013. Earlier, the ruler of Oman, Sultan Qaboos Said bin Said, was to be the chief guest at the Republic ..

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12 LPG cylinders to BPL households in Delhi

January 24, 2013

The Delhi government has decided to raise the number of subsidized LPG cylinders from 9 to 12 for BPL families and other marginalized sections. The move is expected to benefit 4 lakh families. A few days before, Centre had increased ..

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Intel to make an interface to help Stephen Hawkins communicate faster

January 24, 2013

Intel , the world’s largest and most valued chip maker, has revealed that it is working on an interface that will boost the scientist’s speech to up to 10 words per minute. Currently, Hawkins rate of communication is 1 word ..

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Virat Kohli becomes second fastest Indian to score 4000 runs in ODIs

January 24, 2013

Indian cricket star Virat Kohli became the fastest Indian to score 4000 runs in One Day Internationals (ODIs). Virat Kohli played 96 ODI matches and 93 innings to reach this milestone. Before Sourav Ganguly was the fastest Indian to score ..

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Reliance terminates lobbying activities in US

January 24, 2013

Mukesh Ambani- led Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) has terminated all its lobbying activities among US lawmakers after having spent nearly 2 million dollars (over Rs 10 crore) to its lobbyist firm, Barbour Griffith & Rogers LLC (BGR), in the past ..

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Rajnath Singh takes charge as new BJP president

January 24, 2013

The BJP unanimously elected Rajnath Singh as its president. Singh replaced Nitin Gadkari who had been on the post since 2009.

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