Page-5 of Current Affairs - November, 2013

Google launches Wallet debit card in US

November 22, 2013

Internet search engine giant Google launched Wallet Card in the US. It is a prepaid debit card that will facilitate consumers to buy goods at stores and to withdraw cash from ATM machines. What does Google Wallet Card offer? The card allows ..

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Waheeda Rehman to receive First Centanary Award at 44th IFFI

November 20, 2013

Legendary actress Waheeda Rehman will be conferred with the first Centanary Award for the Indian Film Personality at the 44th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) to be held in Goa. The award has been instituted this year (2013) which ..

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CHOGM 2015 to be held in Malta as Mauritius pulls out

November 20, 2013

The next CHOGM (Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting) 2015 will be held in Malta. The south European nation invited the Commonwealth to hold the summit after Mauritius pulled out in protest against the decision to hold this year’s gathering in ..

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NASA launches MAVEN to explore Mars

November 20, 2013

In a bid to dismantle the ancient mystery of Mar’s radical climate change, US space agency NASA launched robotic explorer MAVEN rocketed toward the red planet. The unmanned spacecraft was launched aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 rocket from ..

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RBI opens Rs 5,000 crore refinance facility for MSME

November 20, 2013

In a bid to ease liquidity to Micro and Small Enterprises (MSME) sector, the RBI has extended a Rs 5,000 crore refinance window for a period of one year for the sector. The refinance will be provided to the Small Industrial ..

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Nobel laureate Doris Lessing passed away

November 20, 2013

Doris Lessing (94), one of the UK’s most-influential writer and a Nobel Literature laureate passed away. Doris Lessing: Born: October 22, 1919, in Kermanshah, Iran British novelist, poet, playwright, librettist, biographer and short story writer. Authored more than 80 books, including ..

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Abdulla Yameen becomes President of Maldives

November 20, 2013

Abdulla Yameen has been elected as the new President of the Maldives after a run-off poll.  The event ended nearly two years of political tumult that blighted the incipient democracy and raised international concerns over the country’s future. Yameen, the half-brother of ..

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World Bank Study: 53% of Indian households defecate in the open

November 19, 2013

As per a recent paper/ report titled ‘Effects of Early-Life Exposure to Sanitation on Childhood Cognitive Skills’ released by the World Bank on the eve of the first ever UN World Toilet Day: Owing to absence of toilet or latrine ..

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