Page-8 of Current Affairs - June, 2013

NSSO released data on household consumer expenditure

June 21, 2013

As per the latest data on household consumer expenditure for 2011-12 released by the National Sample Survey Organization (NSSO), families (both urban and rural) are spending more than half of their monthly spend on non-food items on an average. Key points ..

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Mechanism for coal supply to power producers approved by CCEA

June 21, 2013

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved the following mechanism for supply of coal to power producers: Coal India Ltd. (CIL) to sign Fuel Supply Agreements (FSA) for a total capacity of 78000 MW including cases of tapering ..

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Military engineers develop ‘Smart Mine Field’ Application to detect friendly mines

June 21, 2013

Engineers from the Military College of Electronics and Mechanical Engineering (MCEME) have developed a ‘Smart Mine Field’ application which will pinpoint the location of friendly mines, whose position might have shifted over a period of time. What are Friendly Mines? Friendly Mines ..

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Afghanistan suspends talks with the U.S.

June 21, 2013

The Afghanistan government which is feeling let down by the US over the opening of the Taliban office in Qatar capital Doha, has indicated to the Americans that they can no longer take for granted, the positioning of U.S. forces ..

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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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