Page-20 of Current Affairs - June, 2014

India Elected to the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage

June 5, 2014

In the elections to the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, held on June 4, 2014 at UNESCO Headquarters, Paris by the General Assembly of member states, India has been elected for the next 4 years ..

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‘A Girl is a Half-formed Thing’ by Eimear McBride wins Baileys women’s prize for fiction

June 4, 2014

The Irish author Eimear McBride has been awarded the Baileys book prize for her first novel titled “A Girl is a Half-formed Thing”. Her competitor was Donna Tartt’s colossal third novel, The Goldfinch. McBride’s dark family story, penned in a forceful narrative of ..

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J&K Govt. increased retirement age of state employees to 60

June 4, 2014

The Jammu & Kashmir government has increased the retirement age of government employees from 58 to 60. The state Cabinet also enhanced the minimum age for eligibility for entry into government service by 3 years to 40. It also decided ..

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Chester Nez, last of original Navajo code talkers of WW II, passed away

June 4, 2014

Chester Nez (93), the last one of the original Navajo code talkers credited for developing an unbreakable code during World War II, passed away. The Marine Corps mourns his death as the end of an era- for both the nation ..

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India's HSBC services PMI expands for first time in nearly a year

June 4, 2014

Motivated by a spurt in new business, India’s giant services industry stretched for the first time in a year in May 2014. HSBC Services Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), accumulated by Markit, climbed to 50.2 in May 2014 from 48.5 in April 2014, ..

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Pakistan Budget 2014 allocates Rs.700 billion for Defense

June 3, 2014

Pakistan’s Defense budget has been raised to Rs700. 2 billion for the fiscal year 2014-15 starting on July 1, compared with Rs 627.2 billion provided in the last fiscal, which shows a jack up of Rs 73 billion. However, the ..

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West Bengal, Maharashtra sign agreement to help victims of trafficking

June 3, 2014

The governments of West Bengal and Maharashtra have inked an MoU to facilitate identification and repatriation of women and children who are victims of human trafficking. The governments signed pact to follow a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to establish identities ..

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Lalima: Female buffalo calf cloned by National Dairy Research Institute

June 3, 2014

Scientists of National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI) in Karnal, Haryana have cloned a female buffalo calf named as Lalima. The cloning is the work of advanced “hand-guided cloning technique”. Lalima is NDRI’s seventh cloned calf. The institute had produced the ..

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