Page-17 of Current Affairs - July, 2014

Rangarajan panel suggests new Poverty Line: Rs.47 per day in urban, Rs. 32 in rural areas

July 7, 2014

Brushing aside the Tendulkar Committee report on poverty estimation, a Committee headed by former RBI governor C Rangarajan has said that the number of poor in India was much higher in 2011-12 at 29.5% of the population, which means that ..

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President appoints three judges to the Supreme Court

July 7, 2014

Three judges, the Chief Justices of Calcutta and Orissa High Courts, Arun Mishra and Adarsh Kumar Goel respectively, and senior lawyer Rohinton Nariman have been elevated as judges of the Supreme Court.With the appointment of these judges, the strength of ..

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IMG studying GAGAN’s potential for non-aviation sector

July 7, 2014

The government has set up an Inter-Ministerial Group (IMG) under Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation to evaluate the potential of GAGAN (GPS Aided Augmented Navigation) system for non-aviation sectors. The group will examine the potential of sector-specific utilization of GAGAN ..

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Rejig of Governors: Kamla Beniwal sent to Mizoram, Margaret Alva given additional charge of Gujarat

July 6, 2014

The arrival of the new government at Centre has also led to the removal and shuffling of Governors appointed by the previous UPA led government. In continuance of the same, the President of India Pranab Mukherjee has announced three major ..

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RBI undertakes swap of old gold with new one

July 6, 2014

With a view to standardize gold stock, the Reserve Bank of India has initiated an exercise to swap old gold in its reserves with a new one. The apex bank has invited quotations from nominated banks for swap with the ..

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Petra Kvitova wins 2014 women’s Wimbledon title

July 6, 2014

Czech tennis star Petra Kvitova clinched her second Wimbledon title as she defeated Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard in a very short match. Kvitova, who first won Wimbledon in 2011, took just 55 minutes to bag a second Grand Slam title held ..

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By 2030, India to become 3rd largest economy: PwC

July 6, 2014

As per the latest estimates by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), India will become the third largest economy in the world by 2030. According to the London-based accountancy giant, the rapid rise of the Indian economy with its young workforce would thrust it ..

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Study shows whales are "ecosystem engineers"

July 6, 2014

As per a new study, whales have a powerful and positive influence on the function of oceans, global carbon storage, and the health of commercial fisheries. Scientists tallied several decades of research on whales from around the world, have discovered ..

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