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Bhanu Athaiya returns Oscar trophy to Academy to preserve it
Bhanu Athaiya, the costume designer who won the first Oscar for India at the 55th Annual Academy Awards in 1983 for her work in Lord Richard Attenborough‘s ‘Gandhi’, has decided to return the statuette to the Academy Motion Pictures as ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2012
Category: Awards, Honours & Persons in News
Shahrukh Khan receives Brand Laureate Legendary Award
Malaysia-based Asia Pacific Brands Foundation honored Bollywood Actor Shah Rukh Khan with the BrandLaureate Legendary Award. Malaysia had conferred the actor with the prestigious title of Datuk in 2008. The title is equivalent to the British Knighthood, the highest honor ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2012
Category: Awards, Honours & Persons in News
Norman Woodland, co-inventor of bar code, passed away
Norman Woodland (91), co-inventor of the bar code, passed way. What is Barcode? A barcode is an optical machine-readable representation of data relating to the object to which it is attached. Initially barcodes systematically represented data by varying the widths ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2012
India ranked 8th in the list of countries with highest black money outflows
As per a report released by Global Financial Integrity (GFI), a Washington-based research and advocacy organization, India ranked 8thon the list of countries with high black money outflows. India suffered a black money outflow of $123 billion in 2001-2010. China ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2012
Category: International / World Current Affairs
SEBI increases BMC deposit for stock brokers
Market regulator, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), has increased the Basic Minimum Capital (BMC) deposit for stock broker and trading members to up to Rs.50 lakh from the earlier maximum of Rs.10 lakh. Various BMC fixed by ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2012
Lok Sabha approves Companies Bill, 2011
Lok Sabha cleared Companies Bill, 2011. As per the new legislation: It will be compulsory for companies with Rs. 5 crore or more profits in last three years to spend 2% of their average net profit towards Corporate Social Responsibility. ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2012
Category: Legal & Constitution Current Affairs
India clinches World Cup Kabaddi Tournament 2012 in both Men’s and Women’s category
India clinched World Cup Kabaddi Tournament 2012 in both Men’s and Women’s category. It was a 3rd consecutive victory of the title in the Men’s category and 2nd consecutive time in the Women’s category. Indian men thwarted arch rival Pakistan, ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2012
RIL plans to invest $10 billion on 4G network
After winning the licence to offer 4G network in 2010, Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL) is now planning to invest $10 billion to start its 4G network across the country. Reliance will soon launch LTE (Long Term Evolution) network which is ..