Page-12 of Current Affairs - November, 2013

India’s climate negotiation strategy to put emission-cut burden on developed countries

November 9, 2013

The Union Cabinet approved the Union Environment and Forests Ministry and climate negotiators’ team strategy to reassert the significance of historical emissions in the new climate pact, which is to be discussed at Warsaw beginning November 11, 2013. Clearance was ..

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Gauhati HC quashes 1963 resolution on CBI formation

November 9, 2013

The Gauhati High Court has set aside the Union Home Ministry resolution by which the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) was formed in 1963. As per the court, the CBI was neither an organ nor part of the Delhi Special ..

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Brazil celebrates 10th anniversary of Bolsa Familia

November 8, 2013

Brazil is celebrating a decade of a social programme Bolsa Familia (Family Grant) that has lifted 50 million people out of poverty and inspired policies in more than 20 nations including India.  On this occasion, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has pledged ..

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S&P keeps India long-term rating negative, warns of further downgrade

November 8, 2013

International rating agency, Standard & Poor’s (S&P) has kept India’s long-term sovereign outlook negative and warned that it would be lowered further within a year if the “policy drift” continued. It warned that if the government that takes office after ..

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Government reconstitutes Medical Council of India with 68 new members

November 7, 2013

Giving effect to the Indian Medical Council(Amendment) Second Ordinance, 2013, the  Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare reconstituted the Medical Council of India (MCI) with 68 new members. With this, the autonomy of the Council has been reinstated after a ..

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Microsoft’s Kinect to aid deaf users

November 7, 2013

Microsoft’s research team is working to advance Kinect technology, known for its adeptness at reading hand and body movements, to make it capable of reading sign language and translate into its motion-sensing vocabulary to help the deaf users. The company ..

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MEA launches Passport Seva mobile app for Windows & Apple platforms

November 7, 2013

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has launched its Passport Sewa mobile application for Windows and Apple iOS platforms. The Ministry is encouraged by the public response it received for app’s android version it had released in March this year. What is ..

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Pakistan test-fires Hatf IX (Nasr) successfully

November 7, 2013

Pakistan successfully test-fired surface-to-surface short-range Hatf IX (Nasr) missile as part of efforts to strengthen its nuclear arsenal. The test was conducted with successive launches of 4 x missiles (Salvo) from a multi tube launcher. Nasr, with a range of ..

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