Page-7 of Current Affairs - January, 2014

Mr. Hery Rajaonarimampianina: New President of Madagascar

January 22, 2014

Mr. Hery Rajaonarimampianina (55) has been declared as the President of Madagascar to restore democracy on the island nation in the following elections. He was officially declared as the president of the country by the president of the special electoral ..

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Amish Tripathi's The Immortals Of Meluha set for a Hollywood adaptation

January 22, 2014

Author Amish Tripathi, who created waves in Indian publishing with a $1 million book contract, has cracked it even bigger this time with an American producer purchasing the rights to “The Immortals Of Meluha”. The Bollywood director Karan Johar has ..

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What is Net Neutrality? What is the significance of Net Neutrality?

January 22, 2014

Net Neutrality (or Internet neutrality) is the idea that broadband Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Verizon and others, should treat everything that flows across the Internet equally. If the principle of net neutrality is adhered to, then: ..

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India saved Rs 14,000 cr as US refuses higher IMF quota

January 22, 2014

The US Congress has not approved International Monetary Fund (IMF) reforms because it has refused to ratify a capital increase for the fund which was agreed to four years ago. (In 2010, the United States of America agreed to double ..

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Bimal Jalan panel on new bank licences to meet on Feb 10, 2014

January 22, 2014

The Bimal Jalan panel which is scrutinizing applications for new bank licences will hold a meeting on February 10, 2014. Which are the entities in the race for bank licences? Initially, 26 entities expressed interest in entering the banking field. ..

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China's economy grew at slowest in 2013, since last 14 years

January 22, 2014

As per data released by China’s National Bureau of Statistics, the world’s second-largest economy, China’s economy, grew at its slowest pace in 14 years in 2013. As per the data: Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew at an annual rate of ..

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WHO: Peshawar world's 'largest reservoir' of polio

January 22, 2014

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared Pakistan’s troubled north-western city of Peshawar as the world’s “largest reservoir” of endemic polio and has called for urgent action to boost vaccination. As per the latest genomic results of the Regional Reference ..

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Logo of Housing Start Up Index (HSUI) launched

January 20, 2014

The Union Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Girija Vyas launched the Housing Start Up Index (HSUI) logo, web site and monitoring tool “Integrated Urban Poverty Monitoring System” (IPoMs) for JnNURM and Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY).  What is ..

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