Page-22 of Current Affairs - July, 2012

Tourism Ministry inks MoU with Railway ministry for carrying out Clean India campaign

July 8, 2012

The Ministry of Tourism inked a MoU with the Railway Ministry for carrying out ‘Clean India campaign’ in the Indian Railways to encourage the nation as a favored tourist destination abroad. There are also efforts being made to connect the ..

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Planning Commission setting target of reducing poverty by 10% by end of 12th plan

July 8, 2012

By the end of the 12th plan, the Planning Commission is setting a target of bringing down poverty by 10%. The Commission had set a like target during the 11th Five Year Plan (2007-12). As per the data, the rate ..

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"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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