Page-4 of Current Affairs - March, 2014

Scientists discovered how to avoid a speeding ticket

March 27, 2014

The researchers from University of Leicester found that the drivers could escape detection by driving so fast that their number plates would appear invisible to speed cameras. The car would need to be travelling at about 192 million km/ hr ..

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“Kolkata”- World's 7th most riskiest city

March 27, 2014

As per the World’s Riskiest Cities 2014 report, Kolkata emerged as the world’s 7th most risky city, the only entry from India, when it comes to being under threat from all types of natural disasters. Excerpts of the World’s Riskiest ..

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BofA-ML pricks poll bubble: India’s growth depends on global cycle

March 27, 2014

As per the American brokerage Bank of America-Merrill Lynch (BofA-ML) report titled, ‘Will markets be third time lucky? Three big ifs: Polls, the El Nino, and the dollar’, the global economic cycle drives growth far more than who rules in ..

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WHO: Air pollution top environmental health risk

March 27, 2014

As per the new estimate of World Health Organization (WHO), Air pollution is the world’s single largest environmental health risk that caused 7 million deaths in 2012, 80% of which were from heart attacks and stroke. Excerpts of the UN ..

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25th Arab summit 2014: Rejected Israel as 'Jewish state'

March 27, 2014

The Arab Summit refused to recognize Israel as a Jewish state and condemned the Israeli illegal settlements established on the Palestinian territories.  Highlights of 25th Arab Summit 2014 Took place in Kuwait city, Kuwait. Spoke out against the Israel’s continued ..

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Soon, Kotak Mahindra Bank link current accounts to Twitter

March 27, 2014

The private lender bank, Kotak Mahindra launched a new current account product that will enable the account holders to undertake 21 services viz. cheque book requisitioning, checking last few transactions, etc, and using their Twitter accounts. For the activity of ..

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RBI simplified foreign portfolio investment norms

March 27, 2014

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) simplified foreign portfolio investment norms by putting in place an easier registration process and operating framework to attract inflows. The portfolio investor registered in reference to SEBI guidelines is known by Registered Foreign Portfolio ..

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Historic MS-DOS and Word for Windows source code available to the public

March 27, 2014

The software giant, Microsoft released the source codes of MS-DOS and Word for Windows in collaboration with the Computer History Museum (CHM) in Silicon Valley. The source code from MS DOS 1.1 and 2.0, as well as Microsoft Word for ..

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