Page-12 of Current Affairs - October, 2013

Obama nominates Janet Yellen as the next head of US Federal Reserve Board

October 11, 2013

Ms Janet L. Yellen as the new head of the Federal Reserve Board. She will replace Ben Bernanke as Chair of the Federal Reserve Board. Prior to her nomination, Yellen served as vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal ..

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Chemistry Nobel 2013 to Levitt, Karplus and Warshel

October 11, 2013

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2013 will be shared by Michael Levitt, a British and US citizen, US-Austrian Martin Karplus and US-Israeli Arieh Warshel. As per Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences who announces the names for the awards, the Nobel Laureates in ..

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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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