Page-12 of Current Affairs - November, 2013
India’s climate negotiation strategy to put emission-cut burden on developed countries
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 ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2013
Gauhati HC quashes 1963 resolution on CBI formation
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 ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2013
Category: Legal & Constitution Current Affairs
Brazil celebrates 10th anniversary of Bolsa Familia
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 ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2013
Category: International / World Current Affairs
S&P keeps India long-term rating negative, warns of further downgrade
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 ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2013
Government reconstitutes Medical Council of India with 68 new members
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 ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2013
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
Microsoft’s Kinect to aid deaf users
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 ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2013
MEA launches Passport Seva mobile app for Windows & Apple platforms
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 ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2013
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Pakistan test-fires Hatf IX (Nasr) successfully
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 ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2013
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs