Current Affairs - November, 2012

PPP in railways allowed

November 29, 2012

The government has allowed a private investment policy in the railways. The performance of Railways in PPP (Public-Private Partnership) projects has been dismal. Now, the Govt will try 5 different models for inviting private sector participation for last-mile connectivity projects ..

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Tata Sons to offload a part of its 60 per cent stake in direct-to-home Tata Sky Ltd

November 29, 2012

Tata Sons, a holding company of the Tata Group has 60% stake in the DTH (Direct-To-Home) Tata Sky Ltd. DTH (Direct-To-Home) Tata Sky Ltd is loss-making company and thus, Tata Sons plans to sell a part of its share to ..

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China’s new passport map falsely includes AP, Aksai Chin as part of China

November 29, 2012

Another game by China: The watermark on fresh launched e-passports by China falsely depict Arunachal Pradesh and Aksai Chin in J&K as parts of China. Reaction from India: India has registered a strong protest with China India has also started ..

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Anti-Piracy Scheme in Audio-Visual Sector gets approval by Central Govt

November 29, 2012

Under the 12th five year plan, the Union government has approved a scheme by Information & Broadcasting Ministry for carrying out an anti-piracy initiative in the audio-visual sector. The key activities planned include: Campaign on piracy through audio-visual, internet and ..

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Maldives cancels GMR's $511m airport project

November 29, 2012

Maldives has cancelled a USD 511 million deal with Indian firm GMR. Maldives has also ordered Orders GMR to leave the country within 7 days. India has warned Maldives to honor the legal contract. Why was the cancellation of GMR ..

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Ms Chitra Ramakrishna to be new CEO & MD of NSE

November 29, 2012

Leading bourse National Stock Exchange (NSE) announced Ms Chitra Ramakrishna as its new MD and CEO with effect from 1 April, 2013. At present only two of the top 20 bourses globally (South Africa’s Johannesburg Stock Exchange and China’s Shenzhen ..

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200 nations meeting in Doha for talks on global warming

November 29, 2012

Around 200 nations are meeting in Qatar capital Doha for the annual talks over global warming. The twenty years old talks over reducing greenhouse gas emissions have not yet fulfilled their main purpose. The negotiators at Doha will focus on ..

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8th meeting of the India-UK Joint Working Group (JWG) on counter terrorism held in New Delhi

November 29, 2012

The 8th meeting of the India-UK Joint Working Group (JWG) on counter terrorism was held in New Delhi. Both India and UK shared their respective threat assessments and informed each other of the measures taken by their governments in order ..

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