Page-12 of Current Affairs - July, 2012

Core inflation is a better indicator of price trends: RBI

July 21, 2012

According to RBI Governor, Core inflation is a better indicator of future price trends because of its less volatility. As per him an analysis of longer series of over three years shows that core inflation has statistically significant predictive power. ..

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Girls organize ‘Panchayat’

July 21, 2012

Amid pandemonium over the Taliban-style decree against women by a village in Baghpat, girl students from different villages in the district organized their own ‘community panchayat’ and vowed not to use mobile phones till they reached Class XII or wear ..

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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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