Page-11 of Current Affairs - June, 2013

39th G8 summit held in Northern Ireland

June 18, 2013

The 39th G8 summit was held on June 17-18, 2013 at Lough Erne, Northern Ireland of United Kingdom. The summit was presided over by the U.K. The official theme of the summit was tax evasion and transparency. However, the Syrian civil war dominated the talks. A seven-point plan on ..

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Fact Box: "Hindu rate of growth"

June 18, 2013

Are we moving towards ‘Hindu’ rate of growth again? As India registered a meager GDP growth of 4.8% in the first quarter of 2013 it has rendered dreams of achieving a double-digit growth somewhat blurred. It has also opened the ..

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Lawsuit filed against the copyright of ‘Happy birthday to you’

June 18, 2013

The copyright of the most famous song of English language “Happy Birthday to You” has been challenged by a production company Good Morning To You Productions Corp. who is making a documentary about the song. About “Happy Birthday to You” ..

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By 2028, India to become most populous nation: UN report

June 18, 2013

As per the latest report titled World Population Prospects — The 2012 Revision, released by the United Nations, India will become the most populous country in the world by 2028, surpassing China, while Nigeria will have more people than the ..

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Malnourishment in India higher than in sub-Saharan Africa

June 18, 2013

The Indian economic growth has done little to bring any significant change in the area of children nourishment and the country is still notorious to have higher rates of malnourished children than in sub-Saharan Africa. Malnutrition remains an enormously pervasive ..

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Nicaragua plans to build a parallel Panama Canal

June 18, 2013

Moving a step further for the fulfillment of its ambitious plan of constructing a canal to compete with Panama Canal, Nicaraguan lawmakers granted a Hong Kong company the right to build a $40-billion cross-country shipping canal linking Pacific Ocean to ..

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British government warns airlines not to fly Snowden to the U.K.

June 18, 2013

The U.K. government has warned air carriers not to fly the U.S. National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden to Britain as he is “highly likely to be refused entry”. Mr. Snowden, who was last seen in Hong Kong, has not ..

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U.S. Supreme Court forbids human genes from being patented

June 18, 2013

Giving a jolt to medical and biotechnology industries, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that companies cannot patent parts of naturally-occurring human genes. This judgment reverses three decades of patent awards by government officials. It dismisses patents held by Myriad Genetics ..

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