Page-12 of Current Affairs - May, 2013

NSE launches India’s first Debt Trading Platform

May 15, 2013

India’s National Stock Exchange launched the India’s first Debt Trading Platform.  The newly launched Platform is yet to receive market regulator SEBI’s guidelines for allowing participation of mutual funds, insurance companies and pension funds. SEBI had recently approved NSE to ..

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Eminent Islamic scholar Asghar Ali Engineer passed away

May 15, 2013

Famous Islamic scholar, Asghar Ali Engineer (73) passed away in Suburban Santa Cruz, Mumbai. Key facts about the life of Asghar Ali Engineer Born in 1940, Ashgar was a graduate civil engineering. Edited journal named the Islamic Perspective and during 1980s he ..

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Union Government approves National Cyber Security Policy

May 13, 2013

The Union Government of India approved a National Cyber Security Policy with the objective to create a secured computing atmosphere across the country.  Key objectives of the Cyber Security Policy: Capacity-building to bolster the existing set-up and increase the focus ..

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Kerala against creation of buffer zone in any populated area suggested in Western Ghats Report

May 13, 2013

Kerala Cabinet will oppose declaration of any populated area on the Western Ghats in the State as ecologically sensitive area. The Kerala government clarified that it was not opposed to protection of environment or buffer zones. However, it wanted the ..

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National Skill Development Agency (NSDA) gets approval of Union Cabinet

May 13, 2013

The Union Cabinet has given its nod for the creation of an autonomous body called the National Skill Development Agency (NSDA) by subsuming the Prime Minister’s National Council on Skill Development (PMNCSD), the National Skill Development Coordination Board (NSDCB) and ..

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Ministry for Women & Child Development unveils the World Bank aided ISSNIP programme

May 13, 2013

The Ministry for Women & Child Development launched the World Bank assisted ICDS Systems Strengthening and Nutrition Improvement Project (ISSNIP). Aim of ISSNIP: To improve of child development and nutritional outcomes for children in selected districts having higher proportions of ..

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Dragon-Elephant Rivalry: India and China inked Protocol to enhance cooperation b/w Foreign Ministries

May 13, 2013

India and China signed a new protocol to enhance cooperation between their foreign ministries, while working on a mechanism to step up coordination for providing timely information to the media. The protocol was signed during the recent official China visit ..

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Fact Box: HO41 Superbug

May 12, 2013

Doctors warn of Superbug in Japan deadlier than AIDS As per doctors, a new sexually-transmitted superbug- antibiotic-resistant strain of gonorrhea HO41 – could ultimately prove to be even more deadly than AIDS. The superbug- gonorrhoea strain HO41 which was discovered in Japan two years ..

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