Page-6 of Current Affairs - May, 2013

Vitamin C shows potential to kill drug-resistant TB

May 23, 2013

Scientists at Yeshiva University have found through a study that Vitamin C kills drug-resistant Tuberculosis (TB) bacteria in laboratory culture. What they discovered? The researchers who were actually trying to determine the causes that made a normal strain of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis (bacteria ..

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Fact Box: Janani Suraksha Yojana

May 23, 2013

Age eligibility norm to get financial aid under JSY relaxed The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has relaxed the eligibility criteria for the Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY), which provides financial assistance to mothers for institutional deliveries. As per new ..

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India test-fires BrahMos successfully from INS Tarkash

May 23, 2013

India has successfully test fired the 290-km range BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from the Navy’s latest guided missile frigate INS Tarkash off the coast of Goa as part of Navy’s Acceptance Test Firing (ATF) . INS Tarkash: Russian built Advanced ..

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Yahoo offers 1TB free storage on Flickr

May 23, 2013

With an aim to woo more users, Yahoo has redesigned its Flickr photo-sharing service by offering 1 TB of free storage space besides adding new features to it. The revamp also allows users to host longer video clips and higher-resolution ..

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Just dial offers “safety net” scheme with its IPO

May 22, 2013

Just Dial will adopt a scheme “Safety Net” for retail investors investing in its Rs 900-crore IPO (Initial Public Offering). Just Dial offering safety net provision along with a10% discount on the issue price when many companies had offered only ..

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MP government conferred Lata Mangeshkar Samman Alankaran 2013 to Hariharan

May 22, 2013

The MP government has conferred the 28th Annual Lata Mangeshkar Samman Alankaran 2013 on famous playback singer Hariharan. Hariharan is also the recipient of the Padma Shri. He gave his voice to various songs in different languages including Hindi, Telugu, Bhojpuri, Malayalam, ..

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Arunima Sinha becomes First Indian Amputee to conquer Mt Everest

May 22, 2013

Arunima Sinha, a former national level volleyball player who lost one of her legs after being thrown off a moving train of Padmawati Express for resisting a chain-snatching attempt by some criminals, has become the first Indian amputee to conquer ..

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India-China sign eight agreements

May 22, 2013

India and China inked eight agreements to enhance cooperation in a range of areas including trade, culture and water resources. The agreements were signed after delegation-level talks b/w Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang who is on India visit. Both ..

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