Page-2 of Current Affairs - November, 2013

“Selfie”: Oxford Dictionaries' Word of the Year 2013

November 27, 2013

The word “selfie” has been recognized by the Oxford Dictionaries as the Word of the Year 2013. As per Oxford Dictionaries’ language research, use of the word, has surged 17,000% since this time last year – when “GIF” was conferred the ..

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RBI’s special dollar swap facility receives over $25 billion

November 27, 2013

According to Reserve Bank of India (RBI), over $25 billion has been collected from special concessional swap windows for deposits by non-resident Indians and overseas foreign currency borrowings by banks. The swap windows for Foreign Currency Non-Resident (Bank) FCNR (B) ..

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RBI to launch CPI-indexed IIBs

November 27, 2013

The Reserve Bank of India will launch CPI-indexed Inflation Indexed Bonds (IIBs) aimed at protecting the savings of retail investors from the impact of inflation by the end of December 2013. According to RBI Deputy Governor H R Khan the ..

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Unique Identity Numbers to hospitals: IRDA

November 27, 2013

With a view to aid in identifying hospitals and gathering information regarding various charges imposed by them on different medical procedures, the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) has begun a process to provide unique identity numbers to hospitals. IRDA ..

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Toll free number '1037' for registering telecom complaints coming soon: DoT

November 27, 2013

A new toll free telecom consumer grievances helpline with a special number ‘1037’ will soon be made available to subscribers across the country to register their telecom related complaints. At present, a subscriber has to call customer care centre of ..

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Breakthrough deal at Iran and P5+1 nuclear talks

November 25, 2013

A key breakthrough deal has been clinched at Iran and P5+1 group of nations negotiations aimed to curb Iran’s nuclear programme in exchange for limited sanctions relief. The Chief Negotiator for the P5+1 nations, Catherine Marie Ashton and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Jawad Zarief inked ..

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COP-19 climate talks at Warsaw concludes

November 25, 2013

The 19th Conference of Parties (COP-19), to the Kyoto Protocol concluded in Warsaw, Poland. The UN Conference on Climate Change 2013 concluded with negotiating countries reaching a compromise on how to combat global warming. They came out of the long standing ..

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SFC test fire Dhanush missile successfully

November 25, 2013

India’s Strategic Forces Command (SFC) successfully test-fired nuclear-capable Dhanush ballistic missile from a naval ship off Odisha coast. Dhanush Missile: Surface-to-surface missile developed by DRDO under the Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP) Naval variant of India’s indigenously developed ‘Prithvi’ ..

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National Lok Adalat settles around 35 lakh cases in India: NALSA

November 25, 2013

The National Lok Adalat held all over the country effectively settled a record 35 lakh cases pending in various courts. The National Lok Adalats were organised by the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) and the Supreme Court Legal Services Committee. ..

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Afghanistan Assembly gives nod to Afghan-US bilateral security agreement

November 25, 2013

Paving the way for the continuation of some US troops in Afghanistan after 2014, the Loya Jirga, Afghanistan’s Grand Assembly of tribal elders and elite persons on gave nod to the issue of signing the Afghan-US Bilateral Security Agreement. The Afghanistan ..

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