Page-10 of Current Affairs - July, 2012

RIL warns of KG-D6 shutdown, govt shows CAG’s red card

July 21, 2012

The tussle b/w Reliance Industries and the petroleum ministry over the future of India’s significant gas acreage reached to a full blown confrontation. Reliance and its partner BP have indicated the shutdown of the country’s biggest gas discovery- KG-D6 in ..

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Growing water shortages carry economic risks that are as damaging as political corruption.

July 19, 2012

Water is the most critical of all natural resources on which modern economies depend. Water scarcity and rapid economic advance cannot go hand-in-hand and interestingly, water cannot be secured through international trade deals to keep economic machines humming. A rapidly ..

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Solar flare reaches earth caused no damage

July 18, 2012

Earth recently embraced a power solar storm in last 5 years but caused no damage. What are Solar flares? A solar flare or solar storm is a abrupt brightening observed over the Sun’s surface or the solar limb, which is ..

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GSAT-10 to be launched in 2 months: ISRO

July 18, 2012

Indian Space Research Organisation Chairman (ISRO) is ready to launch GSAT-10 in 2 months. It will be shipped to the spaceport at Kourou in French Guiana for launch by European space consortium Arianespace. What is GSAT-10? It is a communication ..

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Gujarat Health Department proposes to grant autonomy to CMSO

July 18, 2012

Gujarat is gearing up for another leap in the sector of public health. The Gujarat Health and Family welfare department has put forward a proposal to the state government to grant autonomy to the Central Medical Stores Organization (CMSO). The ..

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Mission Mode Project (MMP): By 2014, Govt plans Pan-India roll out of e-Courts

July 18, 2012

With an aim to deliver speedy justice and cut the backlog of pending cases, the Government has decided to have pan-India roll out of e-Courts by 2014 What is e-courts Mission Mode Project? Under the e-Courts Mission Mode Project (MMP), ..

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Sunita Williams took off for her 2nd space journey

July 18, 2012

Indian-American record-making astronaut Sunita Williams along with her two other astronauts took off for her second space odyssey on a Russian Soyuz rocket. It took off successfully from a cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The other two members on board are Russian ..

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Jeev Milkha Singh clinches Scottish Open Golf title

July 18, 2012

Jeev Milkha Singh won the Scottish Open golf title after a final round with Italy’s Francesco Molinari. This is his 4th European Tour title.

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Gujarat govt rejects Centre’s ‘Jan Aushadhi’ project

July 18, 2012

Gujarat has rejected central govt’s ‘Jan Aushadhi’ model saying it has better self developed model of providing free treatments for segments of population. Gujarat government currently runs a scheme to provide free medicines, and bears the entire cost of treatment ..

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Amid visa interruption, Indian youth delegation visits China

July 18, 2012

An Indian youth delegation of students, young politicians, sportspeople and artists are on a visit to three Chinese cities. The trip is organized in the direction to bridge fallacies and communicate to China’s next generation. But the trip marred with ..

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