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World Bank to provide India $360 million credit for Uttar Pradesh Water Sector Restructuring Project
Government of India inked a pact with the World Bank for credit of $360 million for the development of second phase of Uttar Pradesh Water Sector Restructuring Project. The objectives of the project are : To support the State in capacity ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2013
Shahrukh Khan is Goodwill Ambassador for South Korea
Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan has been appointed as the Goodwill Ambassador for South Korea. He has been appointed as the public diplomat as well as an ambassador of India’s soft power. As a Goodwill Ambassador he will visit South Korea before the maiden visit ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2013
Category: Awards, Honours & Persons in News
Plastic Park sanctioned for Odisha
Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers – Government of India approved for establishing a Plastic Park at Siju Village, Kujanga Tehsil of Jagatsinghpur District in Odisha. In this direction, a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) called Paradeep Plastic Park Limited would be set up for funding ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2013
Russian Parliament approves Anti-Terror Bill
In a move which aims to make terrorism punishment in Russia more sever, the lower house of the country’s Parliament, Duma passed a new Anti-Terror Bill which makes punishment for terrorism more harsh and also holds terrorists’ relatives liable to ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2013
Category: International / World Current Affairs
Govt of Venezuela sets up Vice Ministry of Supreme Social Happiness
The government of Venezuela set up Vice Ministry of Supreme Social Happiness to tackle sadness in the people of the country. The focal role of the agency will be to coordinate all anti-poverty missions initiated by the late President Hugo ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2013
Category: International / World Current Affairs
Odisha imposes fishing ban to protect nests of endagered Olive Ridley sea turtles
The Odisha Government has imposed a seven-month fishing ban within 20 km from the river mouths of Dhamara, Devi and Rusikulya in Gamjam district for safeguard nests of endangered Olive Ridley sea turtles. The ban prohibits motor boats, trawlers and mechanised ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2013
Category: Places in News Current Affairs
President order to set up separate development board for Hyderabad-Karnataka Region
President of India Pranab Mukherjee issued “State of Karnataka (Special Responsibility of Governor for Karnataka-Hyderabad Region) Order, 2013”, allowing the Karnataka Governor to set up a separate development board for the Hyderabad-Karnataka region under Article 371 J of the Constitution. The region ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2013
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
GoM discards proposal to impose duty on cotton exports
The Group of Ministers (GoM), headed by Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, rejected the proposal of the Textile Ministry to impose a 10% duty on overseas sales of cotton beyond the declared exportable surplus limit. As per the GoM, there should ..