Page-10 of Current Affairs - October, 2013

Rothman, Schekman and Sudhof to share Nobel Prize 2013 for Physiology or Medicine

October 11, 2013

The Nobel committee has announced the winners of the 2013 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine. The Prize has been awarded to three scientists, James E. Rothman, Randy W. Schekman and Thomas C. Sudhof, all based in the USA for working ..

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Nobel physics Prize 2013 goes to Englert and Higgs

October 11, 2013

The Nobel Prize in physics has been announced to be given to physicists Francois Englert of Belgium and Peter Higgs of Britain for their theoretical discoveries on how subatomic particles acquire mass. What is the special contribution of Englert and ..

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Mudgal committee proposes new Cinematograph Bill on governing cinema

October 11, 2013

An empowered panel headed by Justice Mukul Mudgal, former Chief Justice of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana has proposed a model Cinematograph Bill to replace the Cinematograph Act 1952 to provide for a new legal framework for governing ..

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Union Cabinet approves National Policy on Universal Electronic Accessibility

October 11, 2013

The Union Cabinet approved the National Policy on Universal Electronic Accessibility that recognizes the need to eliminate discrimination on the basis of disabilities as well as to facilitate equal access to electronics and Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). How would ..

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Prithvi-II missile test fired successfully from Odisha

October 11, 2013

India successfully test-fired its indigenously built nuclear-capable Prithvi-II missile with a strike range of 350km from a test range at Chandipur, Odisha. The missile was randomly chosen from the production stock and the total launch activities were carried out by the specially formed ..

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India-Bangladesh power transmission link opened

October 11, 2013

In a historic event, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh inaugurated  the India- Bangladesh Grid interconnection in Bangladesh through a video-conference. The key 71-km Baharampur-Bheramara transmission link between the electricity grids of the two countries will boost the ties between the two ..

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Double food subsidy, grains to Bihar: Jairam Ramesh

October 11, 2013

According to Union Minister for Rural Development, Bihar would get double foodgrain allocation and food subsidy following the implementation of National Food Security Act (NFSA). It would make Bihar the biggest beneficiary of the NFSA and the state would start getting 56 lakh tonnes ..

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SEBI merges FIIs and QFIs into new FPIs category

October 10, 2013

Stock market regulator, the Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI) announced Foreign Portfolio Investor (FPI) regulations aimed at wooing foreign investors. SEBI, through these new rules, intends to ease the registration process and operating framework for foreign investors. Under FPIs, ..

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Arundhati Bhattacharya becomes first woman Chairman of SBI

October 10, 2013

 Arundhati Bhattacharya, Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer of State Bank of India, has become its first woman Chairman. She succeeds Pratip Chaudhuri who retired as Chairman on September 30, 2013. Bhattacharya, who joined SBI as a probationary officer in 1977, ..

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IGI and Birmingham airport ink ‘Sister Airport Agreement’

October 10, 2013

With an aim to further strengthen trade and tourism links between the two cities, the Indira Gandhi International Airport (Delhi) and Birmingham Airport entered into an MoU called Sister Airport Agreement.  While 36 million passengers and over half a million ton of cargo ..

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