Page-7 of Current Affairs - June, 2014

UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav presents tax free budget

June 21, 2014

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav presented a budget of a size of Rs 2,74,705 crore for this fiscal, with a proposed deficit of Rs 4,132 crore and no new taxes have been proposed. Some key observations from UP Budget 2014-15: The ..

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Mayaram Committee’s definitions of FDI, FII accepted by the Government of India

June 21, 2014

The Government of India has accepted the report of Mayaram Committee thereby accepting the definitions of FII and FDI. The panel headed by Finance Secretary was set up to rationalize the definitions of FII and FDI. Some key points from ..

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Pen Pinter prize to novelist Salman Rushdie

June 21, 2014

Eminent novelist Salman Rushdie (67), author of Midnight’s Children and The Satanic Verses, has been named the winner of Pen Pinter prize for 2014. The award was instituted in 2009 by writers’ charity English Pen in memory of British writer Harold ..

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Magnus Carlsen becomes first man to hold the Chess Triple Crown; but he is not the first player

June 21, 2014

World Champion Magnus Carlsen has become the first man in the history of Chess to hold the Chess Triple Crown by holding the World Blitz, Rapid, and Classic titles consecutively.  However, he is not the first player to have achieved ..

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Jalpaiguri bifurcation takes the number of districts in Bengal to 20

June 21, 2014

A new district is being carved out by bifurcating Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal with a view to expedite government services. The new district will be Alipurduar. This will be state’s 20th district and will get status of district on ..

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Higgs Boson existence further confirmed

June 20, 2014

Scientists have confirmed that the particle found by the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in 2012 is Higgs Boson (God Particle). It had already been proved that the particle discovered in 2012 matched the Higgs Boson with respect to its mass, its lack ..

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June 20: World Refugee Day observed across the globe

June 20, 2014

World Refugee Day was observed across the world on 20 June 2014. This day observed to enhance awareness of the condition of refugees throughout the world. The day was first observed in 2001 after the United Nations General Assembly passed ..

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In a single gene, a path to fight heart attacks

June 20, 2014

The availability of a new drug that would significantly reduce the chances of heart attacks, by lowering triglyceride level in the body, is a possibility. Two major researches have independently identified mutations in a single gene named APOC3 that protect ..

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