Page-7 of Current Affairs - June, 2013

Even foreign nationals are entitled to right to life, liberty: Apex Court

June 21, 2013

The Supreme Court, while quashing the Videocon case filed against three Ugandan nationals, observed that the right to life and liberty, enshrined under Article 21 of the Constitution, is available even to foreign nationals. The Mumbai Police had registered an ..

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NASA’s Cassini to photograph Earth from Saturn

June 21, 2013

On July 19, 2013 NASA’s Cassini spacecraft will be taking the first-ever natural-colour image of the Earth as seen from the Saturn system, from 1.44 billion kilometres away. The US space agency is inviting the public to help recognize the historic interplanetary ..

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Hassan Rouhani wins Iran's presidential polls

June 21, 2013

Hassan Rouhani has been elected as the new President of Iran as he clinched victory by getting the needed 50% votes. The winning candidate needed more than 50% of all ballots cast, including invalid ones, to avoid a run-off. Rouhani ..

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U.K. court orders government to lift sanctions against Iranian bank

June 21, 2013

The U.K. Supreme Court has ordered the British government to lift the sanctions against Tehran-based Bank Mellat whose British assets had been frozen for allegedly financing Iran’s controversial nuclear programme. The bank, one of Iran’s largest private banks, had been fighting to ..

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India Post ties up with Air India

June 21, 2013

Air India has tied up with India Post for carriage of Logistics Post which is different from regular post office mail. This service is available from a total of 15 airports at present, including the six metros and Agartala, Ahmedabad, ..

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Rebel sign peace accord with Malian government, paving way for polls

June 20, 2013

Rebels of the Tuareg-led National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) in north Mali have inked a peace deal with the government to hold presidential elections on July 28, 2013 and pave the way for billions of dollars of western aid ..

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Crop yields will not meet 2050 global demand: study

June 20, 2013

Researchers at the University of Minnesota’s Institute on the Environment in the U.S., warn that Yields of four major crops were not rising fast enough to meet projected global demand in 2050. As per the study: The world faces a ..

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Study finds significant role of platelets in immune system

June 20, 2013

Scientists from the University of Calgary, Canada, have found through a study a new type of surveillance mechanism linked with immune system taking place in the liver of mice. It was noticed that platelets, which are conventionally known to play ..

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European Commission imposes fine on nine pharma cos including Ranbaxy

June 20, 2013

The European Commission imposed a fine of 146 million euro on nine pharma companies, including Ranbaxy Laboratories, for delaying market entry of cheaper generic versions of Danish company Lundbeck’s branded citalopram, an anti-depressant. What is the case? Danish pharmaceutical company Lundbeck has ..

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Tianhe-2: World’s fastest Supercomputer developed by China

June 19, 2013

China achieved a big breakthrough in the field of supercomputers as it successfully developed fastest supercomputer in the world, named, Tianhe-2. About Tianhe-2: Supercomputer developed by China’s National University of Defense Technology Processing speeds of 33.86 petaflops (1000 trillion calculations) per ..

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