Page-3 of Current Affairs - November, 2012

Security OF D8 leaders a major concern for Pakistan

November 29, 2012

For Pakistan, who is hosting D8 summit, security of the group’s leaders has become a major challenge amid increasing incidents of suicide attacks. What is D8? D8 or Developing 8 is the group of 8 developing nations with large Muslim ..

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Aurobindo Pharma recalled anti-depressant drug from US

November 27, 2012

Hyderabad based Aurobindo Pharma Ltd recalled Mirtazapine drug from the US market due to the product not meeting a specification for a known degradation product during routine stability testing. The drug is an anti-depressant and generally indicated for treatment of ..

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Jet Airways may get approval to join Star Alliance

November 27, 2012

Jet Airways may get nod from Civil Aviation to join the Star Alliance with state-owned Air India. What is Star Alliance? Star Alliance is the world’s first and largest global airline alliance, headquartered in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It was ..

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Vietnam does tit for tat by issuing stapled visas to Chinese passport holders

November 27, 2012

Vietnam paid back in same terms what China did to Vietnam. The country issued stapled visas with for Chinese for passport holders on separate paper, to counter China’s map on its new e-passports showing disputed areas as part of its ..

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Hind Copper disinvestment rescued by LIC and PSU banks

November 27, 2012

In the direction of achieving Rs 30,000 crore target for fiscal 2012-13 by disinvesting PSUs, the government of India managed to yield Rs 800 crore by selling shares of Hindustan Copper. The sail was mainly on support from the Life ..

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‘EKUVERIN 2012’: India, Maldives joint military training exercises

November 27, 2012

Indian Army and the Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF) held joint military training exercise named EKUVERIN 2012 in Belgaum, Karnataka.

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RINL's navratna status extended by one year

November 27, 2012

The Union Government extended ‘navaratna’ status to Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd (Visakhapatnam Steel Plant) till November 2013. The government took into account the company’s performance, investment of huge amounts in expansion and plant modernisation and completion of all formalities for ..

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China successfully performs landing on aircraft carrier ‘The Liaoning’

November 27, 2012

China successfully conducted first landing of a fighter jet on its first aircraft carrier ‘the Liaoning’. China purchased the aircraft carrier from Ukraine. The successful flight landing also marked the debut of J-15 as China’s first generation multi-purpose carrier-borne fighter ..

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