Page-20 of Current Affairs - June, 2012

Banks to Create “Unique Customer Identification Code”

June 9, 2012

The RBI has asked all banks to generate a Unique Customer Identification Code (UCIC) for each of their customers. Objective: The Unique Identification Code will fortify Know Your Customer (KYC), Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Combating the Financing Of Terrorism (CFT) ..

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Aviation Ministry sets up committee for the Employees’ seniority issue of NAA, IAA

June 9, 2012

To resolve the issue of seniority of the employees of erstwhile NAA (National Airports Authority) and IAA (International Airports Authority), Civil Aviation minister Ajit Singh formed a committee. Objective: To determine the inter-se seniority of all employees in various cadres ..

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India, Kazakhstan ink agreement to encourage textiles

June 9, 2012

India and Kazakhstan signed a pact to promote growth of textiles, particularly garment manufacturing, to strengthen their domestic industries. MoU inked b/w the Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) and State Authority Directorate of SEZ ‘Ontustyk’ . Both the countries decided ..

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Russia test fires Topol RS -12M

June 8, 2012

Russian Strategic Rocket Forces, RVSN, test-fired a Topol RS-12M. The missile launched from Kapustin Yar launch site in the southern Russian region of Astrakhan, hit the target successfully in Sary Shagan range in Kazakhstan. Some facts about Topol RS –12M: ..

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K-SWAN to link public offices in Kerala

June 8, 2012

K-SWAN: Kerala State Wide Area Network. With an aim to provide much efficient e-Governance, the Govt of Kerala has decided to start Department-WAN which will link department offices with the Kerala State Wide Area Network. Subsequent to its implementation Departments ..

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Home Ministry to assist UIDAI in bio-metric data-collection

June 8, 2012

As per the Union Cabinet, the Home Ministry and the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) will together collect biometric data of 1.2 billion Indians. What was the issue? Home Ministry and the UIDAI were debating over the issue of ..

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Govt sets up Metro Advisory Board; board to be headed by Mr. Sudhir Krishna

June 8, 2012

Government establishes Metro Advisory Board. Objective: To formulate and co-ordinate the development plans for several metro rail networks all over India. To aid and advise the central government in matters relating to Metro Railways. The Board will be headed by ..

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Company in News: “Interviewstreet”

June 8, 2012

“Interviewstreet” provides Technical platform to US Govt Interviewstreet played a key role in preparing technological platform to the US government’s Equal Pay program. The US govt hired Interviewstreet to develop a technology platform on which to build the tools that ..

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