Government tighten norms to tackle declining sex ratio

In the direction of effectively arresting the falling sex ratio at birth in the country, the Government has made it compulsory for MBBS doctors to go through training at recognized centres before opening up a sonography centre. The govt will ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2012

U.S. approves “Truvada”

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration showed green signal to an anti-HIV drug, Truvada, by pharmaceutical firm Gilead Sciences. It can now be used as prophylactic drug. However, many people are skeptic with the decision, particularly AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF).    ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2012

Producer Price Index (PPI): RBI proposes for PPI to measure inflation

The Governor of RBI, D. Subbarao has mooted for a Producer Price Index (PPI) to measure the average change over time in the sale prices of domestic goods and services. Currently, it uses Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Wholesale Price ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2012

Person in News: Pinki Pramanik

Pinki Pramanik is an Indian athlete specialized in 400m and 800m. She grabbed the limelight after winning gold at 2006 Asian Games, gold at 2005 Asian Indoor Games and silver at 2006 commonwealth games. She also won three gold medals ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2012

Actor Rajesh Khanna “Kaka” passes away

Veteran Bollywood superstar Rajesh Khanna (69) passed away. Born in 1942 as Jatin Arora, his uncle changed his named to Rajesh Khanna when he decided to join films. He was not only a mega star but was also a Lok ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2012

Inspirational writer “Stephen Covey” passes away

Eminent motivational author Stephen R Covey (79) passed away. Covey served as co-founder and former vice-chairman and director of Franklin Covey. He began his career as a professor in Brigham Young University before becoming world known author, speaker and consultant. ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2012

Now, Obama advises India to bring economic reforms

US President Barack Obama expressed concerns over deteriorating investment atmosphere in India and advised to endorse another wave of economic reforms. As per Mr Obama many American business community find it hard to invest in India due to limits india ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2012

IMF’s World Economic Outlook Update hews down India’s growth forecast to 6.1%

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) in its World Economic Outlook Update, chopped down India’s economic growth projection from 6.8 % to 6.1% in 2012. This is the result of slowdown in external demand and deceleration in domestic demand. The slow ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2012