Page-6 of Current Affairs - November, 2013

CCI gives nod to Jet-Etihad acquisition deal

November 16, 2013

Competition Commission of India (CCI) approved the proposed 24% stake acquisition in the Naresh Goyal–led Indian carrier Jet Airways by Abu Dhabi based Etihad airlines. The deal will become the first-ever FDI in an Indian carrier by an overseas airline.  ..

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Bharat Ratna for scientist Prof. C.N.R.Rao

November 16, 2013

Prof. C.N.R. Rao,  the man behind India’s maiden Mars mission, to be conferred with the prestigious Bharat Ratna Award, India’s highest civilian award. About C.N.R. Rao (Chintamani Nagesa Ramachandra Rao) An Indian scientist Worked mainly in solid-state and structural chemistry. One of the world’s ..

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Sachin Tendulkar chosen for the prestigious Bharat Ratna

November 16, 2013

Sachin Tendulkar chosen for the prestigious Bharat Ratna (India’s highest civilian award). Thus Tendulkar will be the first sportsperson ever to be honoured with Bharat Ratna. Tendulkar retired from all forms of cricket as the most successful batsman with 15,921 ..

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Usha Ananthasubramanian becomes the first Chief of Bharatiya Mahila Bank – India's first all women Bank

November 16, 2013

The Union Government appointed Usha Ananthasubramanian as the Chairperson and Managing Director (CMD) of public sector Bharatiya Mahila Bank (BMB), the first women bank of India. Prior to her appointment in BMB, she was an Executive Director with Punjab National Bank (PNB).  About Bharatiya Mahila Bank ..

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Union Cabinet gives nod to B.Sc. Community Health course

November 16, 2013

The Union Cabinet approved a 3-year Bachelor of Science (Community Health) course in State Universities. The course will start from the academic year 2014-15. What is the purpose of introducing B.Sc. Community Health in State Universities? The government plans to ..

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India against forcing developing countries to review their voluntary emission cuts: Warsaw Climate talks

November 15, 2013

Taking a stance in direct confrontation with the developed countries, India, China and other nations in the Like-Minded Developing Countries (LMDC) group took the position formally that the new climate pact must not force developing countries to review their volunteered ..

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India wins significant support on the issue of emission cuts affecting farmers: Warsaw Climate talks

November 15, 2013

In a development favorable to the developing countries, India has managed to turn the focus of the ongoing climate negotiations in Warsaw (Poland’s capital) on adapting agricultural practices to climate change and not on costly emission reduction measures that would ..

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U.S. to emerge as world's top oil producer in 2015: IEA

November 14, 2013

According to International Energy Agency (IEA), the United States will leave behind Saudi Arabia and Russia to become the world’s top oil producer in 2015. This development will enable the US to become almost self-sufficient reducing its dependency on OPEC supply. However, the IEA ..

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China introduces new reforms, to allow market play decisive role

November 14, 2013

Chinese government has introduced a slew of reforms focused at markets in order to check its sliding growth. Objective: The reforms are aimed at giving the market a decisive role in the allocation of resources. However, the government has retained ..

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Register all records of equitable mortgages with CERSAI: RBI to NBFCs

November 14, 2013

All Non-Banking Finance Companies (NBFCs) have been advised by the RBI to file and register the records of all equitable mortgages created in their favour on or after March 31, 2011 with the Central Registry of Securitization Asset Reconstruction and ..

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