Page-18 of Current Affairs - July, 2012

"Major Non Nato Ally" status to Afghanistan

July 8, 2012

US bestowed Afghanistan with Major Non-NATO Ally (MNNA) status in the wake of drawdown of the international forces from the country. The US President Barak Obama signed a Presidential order assigning Afghanistan a MNNA. This is the first such designation ..

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India gets Olympic berth in swimming

July 8, 2012

FINA, the world swimming body has granted India an Olympic berth in swimming. FINA awarded the berth to Karnataka swimmer Gagan AP Ulalmath in the men’s 1,500 metres freestyle event of the London Olympics under the ‘Universality’ quota. FINA Fédération ..

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Bollgard II Roundup Ready Flex – Monsanto’s next-gen cotton technology

July 8, 2012

Monsanto: St Louis, US-based seed technology company. World’s leading producer of the herbicide glyphosate, marketed in the Roundup brand, and in other brands.  2nd largest producer of Genetically Engineered (GE) seed; it provides the technology in 49% of the genetically ..

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U.S. takes China to WTO on dumping row

July 8, 2012

The US-China trade pettifoggeries might now be an eternal issue at the WTO as US announced that it would be “challenging China’s imposition of antidumping and countervailing duties on more than $3 billion in exports of American-produced automobiles”. The U.S. ..

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AUVs-India is all set to take a giant leap forward

July 8, 2012

India is all set to take a giant leap forward with the development of multipurpose Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV) and submadrones, underwater drones. DRDO) has come a long way in indigenously designing and building a batch of multiple AUVs to ..

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Indian companies can continue to buy back FX convertible bonds

July 6, 2012

The Reserve Bank of India has allowed companies to continue to buy back foreign currency convertible bonds (FCCBs) under the approval route. The central bank will consider proposals from Indian companies for buyback of FCCBs, if the buyback value is ..

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Mitchell to be first US Ambassador to Myanmar in 22 years

July 6, 2012

Myanmar and the United States have agreed to re-establish diplomatic relations at the ambassadorial level. Myanmar has agreed to the appointment of Derek J Mitchell as US Ambassador Extraordinary to the country. Mitchell will be the first ambassador of the ..

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FIFA concocting to vote on introduction of Goal Line Technology

July 6, 2012

FIFA, the Football’s governing body is concocting to vote on the initiation of GOAL LINE TECHNOLOGY. Pressure is developing on the football authorities following a series of high profile errors by referees, including one in the latest European Championships. A ..

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UK bans IM

July 6, 2012

The UK has banned IM (Indian Mujahideen) quoting the undiscerning mass casualty attacks carried out by the LeT-linked terror group in India and the risk it posed to British nationals in the country. British MPs voted nem con to ban ..

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Thorat Committee tables its recommendations

July 6, 2012

The Committee formed by the HRD Ministry to probe dissents to political science textbooks egressed by the NCERTas submitted its 39-page report, which has come in for predictable criticism. The Thorat committee advocated that 21 cartoons be blue-pencilled and some ..

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