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39th G8 summit held in Northern Ireland
The 39th G8 summit was held on June 17-18, 2013 at Lough Erne, Northern Ireland of United Kingdom. The summit was presided over by the U.K. The official theme of the summit was tax evasion and transparency. However, the Syrian civil war dominated the talks. A seven-point plan on ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2013
Category: Awards, Honours & Persons in News
UK’s Northern Ireland gears up for G-8 summit
The 39th G8 summit will be held in the United Kingdom’s Northern Ireland on June 17-18, 2013. G-8 The Group of Eight (G8) is a group made up of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States. Initially the group had only 6 member Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom and United States were ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2013
Category: International / World Current Affairs
Ireland introduces new bill on limited abortions
The government of Ireland has unveiled a long-awaited bill that envisages new rules governing when life-saving abortions can be performed, a point of potentially deadly confusion for women in a country that illegalizes abortions. The bill has come after an ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2013
Category: Awards, Honours & Persons in News
Ireland honors Malala with Peace Prize
Social activist Malala Yousafzai from Pakistan who was shot at by a Taliban gunman in 2012, will be awarded with Ireland’s esteemedTipperary International Peace Prize for 2012 in recognition to her courage and determination to speak out in support of ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2013
Category: Awards, Honours & Persons in News
Ireland to legalize abortion
Following the pressure from the European court of human rights, which ruled that abortions should be allowed in the republic in cases where a woman’s life was at risk, the Irish government is to introduce legislation permitting abortions in limited ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2012
Category: Awards, Honours & Persons in News
Ireland will order statutory inquiry into Savita Halappanavar's death
Besides medical inquiry, Ireland will also order a statutory inquiry into the death of Indian dentist Savita Halappanavar due to pregnancy-related complications after being denied abortion, in a move seen as an attempt to meet her husband’s demand for a ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2012
Category: Awards, Honours & Persons in News
Savita Halappanavar: Persons in News
Savita Halappanavar’s death has led to a widespread protests in Ireland and a call to re-look at the abortion laws. She was 31 year old dentist originally from Belgaum, India who moved to Ireland in 2008. She died on October ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2012
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs