Page-10 of Current Affairs - June, 2012

Labeling GM Foods is Mandatory: Ministry of Consumer Affairs

June 23, 2012

The Ministry of Consumer Affairs has made it mandatory to label every package containing Genetically Modified (GM) food from January 1, 2013. The ministry published a gazette notification that every package containing the genetically modified food shall bear at the ..

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India no more in the list of 12 countries with biggest number of HNIs

June 23, 2012

India is no more enlisted in the list of top 12 countries with largest HNI population as sharp plunge in equity market in 2011 made a bad impact on property and investable wealth of the billionaires. In the list prepared ..

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2012 World Business and Development Award to “ITC” at Rio+20

June 23, 2012

ITC Limited bagged the 2012 World Business and Development Award at the Rio+20 UN Summit at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. · The award has been conferred on ITC in recognition to ITC’s transformational rural initiatives in social and farm forestry ..

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China has over 100 million BPL people

June 23, 2012

While addressing the conference at Rio de Janeiro, the Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao held that China still has more than 100 million people living Below the Poverty Line (BPL) and stressed that China continued as a developing nation, despite it ..

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Government rejects Fitch ratings

June 23, 2012

Lashing out at global rating agencies for reducing credit outlook of Indian banks, the government held these bodies are fully capitalized and there is nothing to worry about them. Finance Minister Pranab ruled out the Fitch revision enunciating that the ..

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Iran, world powers unable to overcome impasse over Teheran’s nuclear programme

June 21, 2012

No breakthrough could be achieved in the Moscow round of talks between Iran and the 6 major world powers – the USA, Britain, France, Russia, China and Germany, over Teheran’s nuclear programme. The negotiations concluded with a decision to organize ..

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Sekhar Basu assumes charge as Director of BARC

June 21, 2012

Renowned scientist Sekhar Basu took the position of director of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC). He played pivotal role in the development of atomic reactor for India’s indigenous nuclear submarine “INS Arihant”. He has also served as the Project Director ..

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11th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas will be organized in Cochin

June 21, 2012

The 11th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas will be hosted by Cochin from 7th to 9th January in 2013.  The Prime Minister will open the annual flagship event The President of India will deliver the valedictory speech and also present the Pravasi ..

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