Page-12 of Current Affairs - June, 2013

Fact Box: H.265 / High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) standard

June 16, 2013

HVEC to replace the MPEG-4 standard New H.265 or High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) standard will be the successor to the MPEG-4 standard and will be used for delivering high definition images on the small screen of mobile handsets. What is ..

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Fitch revises outlook of 10 banks and FIs to ‘Stable’

June 16, 2013

The outlook of ten Indian banks and Financial Institutions (FIs) have been revised to ‘stable’ from ‘negative’ by rating agency Fitch. The upgrade is despite the fact that the rating agency expects Non-Performing Loans (NPLs) and restructured assets to continue to ..

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The US Congress was well informed on PRISM: Obama administration

June 16, 2013

As per senior Obama administration officials, including the Directors of the FBI and of national intelligence, members of Congress were well informed about the surveillance program that included electronic data-mining through classified hearings and briefings for members of Congress since ..

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MHA to rope in Ex-Brigadiers to help fight Naxals

June 16, 2013

Appalled by the rising number of deadly attacks by Maoists, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has decided to rope in retired Brigadiers to plan and assist in anti-Naxal operations in four Left Wing Extremism (LWE)-affected States — Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Odisha ..

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ISRO to launch INSAT-3D launch on July 26, 2013

June 16, 2013

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is slated to put advanced meteorology satellite INSAT-3D on July 26, 2013 after putting the regional navigation satellite IRNSS-1A from Sriharikota on the light-lift PSLV rocket on July 1, 2013. INSAT-3D  The satellite which weighs 2,090 kg is ..

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Rupee depreciation to make durables, cars costly

June 16, 2013

The sliding down of rupee which has depreciated by nearly 8% against the U.S. dollar during the last one-and-a-half months may make home appliances and cars dearer as the fall in rupee value has put pressure on costs of companies, ..

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Norway to become first European nation to extend conscription to women

June 16, 2013

Norway has decided to with “gender neutral” military conscription after its Parliament reached an agreement to extend the military conscription to women in peacetime. This move will make Norway the only country in Europe to extend its military conscription to ..

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Prism scandal: India among top 5 most monitored nations

June 16, 2013

As per reports in the UK newspaper, The Guardian, India is among the top 5 countries most extensively monitored by the NationalSecurity Agency (NSA), a US government agency tasked with foreign surveillance. The NSA collected 6.3 billion pieces of intelligence from computer networks in India, placing it 5th on ..

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