Page-15 of Current Affairs - March, 2013

Budget Box: Super rich tax, other proposals to add Rs 18,000 cr to exchequer

March 1, 2013

Government exchequer would gain Rs. 18,000 crore from the new tax proposals in Budget 2013-14 including 10% surcharge on super rich and higher duties on mobiles, cigarettes and SUVs. A surcharge of 10% has been imposed on persons (other than ..

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Budget Box: India to have first public sector Women’s Bank

March 1, 2013

Bank for the women, by the women and to the women… To create a level playing field for women in banking sector, an initial capital of Rs 1,000 crore has been committed in the current Budget for the establishment of ..

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For the first time scientists measure the spin rate of Super-massive black hole

March 1, 2013

Scientists, for the first time, have measured the spin rate of a super-massive black hole — and found it is rotating at nearly the speed of light. How did they measure this? Astronomers measured the spin rate of the super-massive ..

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Sugata Mitra wins TED Prize for Extraordinary Creativity

March 1, 2013

Educational researcher Sugata Mitra has been awarded the million-dollar TED Prize for pursuing his idea for building the schools in the Internet. Mitra is Professor of Educational Technology at the School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences at Newcastle University, ..

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Fact Box: Environmental Performance Index (EPI)

March 1, 2013

Delhi placed lowest in pollution survey India’s national capital Delhi has been ranked last in the Environmental Performance Index (EPI) evolved by the Planning Commission which makes it worst performer in the country when it comes to all key environmental ..

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