Page-19 of Current Affairs - May, 2014

Ahmed Maiteeq- Libya's youngest and fifth Prime Minister since dictator Kadhafi was toppled and killed in 2011 uprising

May 5, 2014

Businessman Ahmed Maiteeq (42) of Libya’s National Conference has been elected as the new Prime Minister. Maiteeq defeated his rival Omar al-Hassi, a university professor. It comes three weeks after former PM Abdullah al-Thinni resigned from the post. Libya has been grappling ..

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Rules and Regulations relating to fundings made to political parties in India

May 5, 2014

As per a study done by a CMS,a Delhi based think tank, it has been found that about half of the approximated spend of Rs 1.5 lakh crore on elections over the past 5 years in India has come from ..

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UK conducts world’s biggest human organ imaging project

May 4, 2014

The UK has launched world’s biggest scanning project- UK Bio-bank imaging study  in which 100,000 British volunteers are participating to undergo a detailed imaging of their brain, heart and vital organs to help researchers study a wide range of common, chronic ..

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Namibia purchases India-made EVMs for its presidential polls

May 4, 2014

The Namibian government has purchased 3,400 India-made Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) for its presidential polls. Previously, India-made EVMs have been used by other countries in Asia to conduct smooth and fair elections. The EVMs have been bought at a cost of Namibian ..

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Akash missile test fired successfully

May 3, 2014

India successfully test fired indigenously-developed surface-to-air Akash missile as part of a user trial from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur in Odisha. Akash Missile:  Developed by: Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) as part of the Integrated Guided ..

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Supreme Court creates a 'Third Gender' for transgenders

May 3, 2014

Hijras or Transgenders are no longer forced to write male or female against their name as the Supreme Court has given them the status of the “third gender”. This is for the first time that the third gender has got a ..

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India launches "Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Suraksha Yojana" Scheme in UAE

May 3, 2014

India’s Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs (MOIA) in a tie-up with Alankit Assignments launched “Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Suraksha Yojana” Scheme in UAE. The implementation of this scheme will be facilitated by the UAE Exchange.It is intended to introduce its services ..

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India emerged as 3rd largest economy in 2011: World Bank

May 3, 2014

As per the data released by the International Comparison Program (ICP) of the World Bank, India replaced Japan to become the world’s third-largest economy in 2011. It was the tenth largest economy in 2005. The US remained the largest economy ..

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