Page-12 of Current Affairs - November, 2012

By 2017, US can become world's biggest oil producer

November 16, 2012

The world’s foremost energy watchdog, the  International Energy Agency (IEA) in its recent report “World Energy Outlook 2012” has held that US can become the world’s largest oil producer by 2017. How would this happen ? Predictions for USA and ..

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Suu Kyi comes to India after almost 40 years

November 16, 2012

Myanmar’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi arrived in India after a gap of almost 40 years. She is here as part of New Delhi’s ongoing engagement with the democratic and multi-party polity in Nay Pyi Taw. Ms. Suu Kyi ..

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Indiaex-2012: US And Indian Navies Demonstrate Submarine Rescue Operations

November 16, 2012

INDIAEX 2012: The U.S. and Indian navies bilateral exercise. First time where the compatibility of a U.S. Navy’s Submarine Rescue Diving and Recompression System (SRDRS) with Indian navy submarines will be estimated. Objective: Demonstrating cooperation b/w the U.S. submarine rescue ..

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2G spectrum auction flops; less than Rs. 10K crore of bids received by Govt

November 16, 2012

The 2G mobile phone spectrum auction ended in a flop show with merely Rs. 9,407 crore being collected in the process contrary to the high valuation estimated by the CAG in its criticizing report of the government two years ago. ..

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Greece’s economic depression deepens in 3rd quarter

November 16, 2012

Greece’s economic slump deepened in the 3rd quarter, with its O/P shrinking 7.2% on an annual basis as the debt-ridden country heads into its 6th year of depression.

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Vulture population rises in India

November 15, 2012

As per a recent report by the Bombay Natural History Society (BHNS) rapid decline in the number of critically endangered Indian vultures has stopped. India’s vulture population has risen for the first time in last 20 years, after a sharp ..

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President launches Aakash-2 tablet

November 15, 2012

  ‘Aakash 2’ launched by President Pranab Mukherjee. ‘Aakash 2’ is the advanced version of Aakash 1 tablet. Developed under the aegis of IIT Bombay with the active support of Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC). British company Datawind ..

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Shanti Gandhi, Gandhiji’s great grandson elected to Kansas State Assembly

November 15, 2012

Mr. Shanti Gandhi, the great-grandson of Mahatma Gandhi has been elected to a State Assembly in the United Stated during the general elections held on November 6, 2012. Mr. Shanti Gandhi is a Republican Party candidate. Son of late Saraswati ..

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Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak honoured with Kyoto Prize

November 15, 2012

Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak Ms Spivak is amongst the recipients of this year’s Kyoto Prize. She won the award in the Arts and Philosophy category for her “deep thinking on humanities against intellectual colonialism in relation to globalisation”. About Gayatri Chakravorty ..

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NASA spacecraft to land like helicopters

November 15, 2012

In an attempt to enable its future space capsules to land like helicopters, NASA has tested a new rotor landing system. The objective is to replace parachutes with spinning blades to enable soft and controlled landings on land instead of ..

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