Page-29 of Current Affairs - July, 2015

Union Cabinet gives nod to Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY)

July 2, 2015

Union Cabinet meeting chaired by Narendra Modi approved Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) or PM’s Agriculture Irrigation Scheme. PMKSY is central scheme that aims at providing irrigation facilities to every village in the country by converging ongoing irrigation schemes ..

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Iran, P5+1 extend interim nuclear deal for more talks

July 2, 2015

Iran and P5+1 nations i.e. six major powers have agreed to extend an interim nuclear agreement until July 7, 2015 in order to allow more time for negotiations on a final deal. This decision was taken during the talks between ..

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Greece becomes first developed nation to default IMF debt

July 2, 2015

Greece has become the first developed nation to default on International Monetary Fund (IMF) debt. It has defaulted on a 1.7 billion dollars payment to IMF. The deadline for debt payment was missed by Greece after Eurozone Finance Ministers refused ..

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World Bank approves $650 million loan for Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor

July 2, 2015

World Bank has approved an additional loan of 650 million dollars for India’s Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) Project. It was approved in third round of World Bank funding and follows earlier two other loans by the bank for this ..

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Cuba becomes first nation to eliminate mother-to-child HIV and syphilis: WHO

July 2, 2015

Cuba has become the first country in the world to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis. It was announced by the World Health Organisation (WHO). Cuba was able to achieve this milestone with the help and efforts of WHO ..

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Union Cabinet gives nod for setting up of Online National Agriculture Market

July 2, 2015

Union Cabinet has approved setting up of an Online National Agriculture Market that will provide more options to farmers for selling their produce. Decision in this regard was taken at a Union Cabinet meeting presided by Prime Minister Narendra Modi ..

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Union Government opens compliance window for black money disclosure

July 2, 2015

Union Government has notified the compliance window for black money disclosure under the Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Asset) and Imposition of Tax Act, 2015. The notified compliance window makes it mandatory for people to disclose their foreign income ..

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Matti Makkonen, Father of SMS technology passes away

July 1, 2015

Finnish telecom engineer and father of messaging service (SMS) technology Matti Makkonen passed away following serious illness. He was 63. In 1984, he had pioneered the idea of sending messages via mobile networks but failed to patent it was merely ..

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