Page-10 of Current Affairs - June, 2013

Knighthood to Indian-origin sculptor Anish Kapoor

June 19, 2013

Indian-origin sculptor Anish Kapoor has been honoured with knighthood, one of the highest honours in Britain, by Queen Elizabeth II in her birthday honours list 2013 for services to Visual Arts. Twenty-four other people of Indian-origin have also been chosen for ..

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e-RTI facility extended to President Secretariat, MEA

June 19, 2013

Expanding the reach of Right to Information (RTI) in order to bring greater transparency in governance, the Union Government of India has extended the facility of e-filing of RTI applications to President and Vice-President’s secretariat and Foreign Ministry among others. The Department ..

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India to get a loan of 255 million USD for National AIDS Control Project-IV

June 19, 2013

India has inked a loan agreement of US$ 255 million with the World Bank for the “National AIDS Control Project (NACP-IV)”. NACP-IV Objective:  To increase safe behaviors among high risk groups in order to contribute to India’s national goal of reversal ..

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RBI leaves key policy rate unchanged

June 19, 2013

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has left the key policy rate, the repo rate, untouched at 7.25% in its June mid-quarter monetary policy. Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR), stood at 4%. Repo is the rate at which banks borrow from ..

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John W. Ashe elected as the President of UNGA for its 68th session

June 19, 2013

The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) elected by acclamation Ambassador John W. Ashe of Antigua and Barbuda as President of its upcoming 68th session. After being elected, Mr. Ashe announced that the world body would launch an agenda for sustainable ..

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PM Manmohan Singh takes oath as Rajya Sabha member for fifth consecutive term

June 19, 2013

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh took oath as member of Rajya Sabha after being re-elected from Assam. Singh was recently elected a member of Rajya Sabha (Upper House of Indian Parliament) from Assam for the fifth consecutive term. The election to the ..

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Government aims to achieve 80% Literacy Rate by 2017

June 19, 2013

The Union Government of India has set a target to achieve 80% literacy rate in the country by 2017. The current literacy rate of the country stands at 74%. As part of this effort, the government will strengthen the Panchayati ..

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Fitch upgrades India’s sovereign outlook to ‘stable’

June 19, 2013

Fitch Ratings has revised India’s sovereign credit outlook to ‘stable’ from ‘negative’ and affirmed the ‘BBB-’ rating assigned earlier. Why this upgrade? Fitch revised the outlook to stable after noticing the steps taken by the government to control the budget ..

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