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Karnataka Assembly passes rigorous ESMA Bill

December 5, 2013

The Legislative Assembly of Karnataka passed a stringent Essential Services Maintenance Bill (ESMA), 2013 which will render striking work a non-bailable offence and empowers the police to arrest a striking employee without warrant. Why Essential Services Maintenance Bill (ESMA), 2013? ..

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Dabhol – Bangalore gas pipeline launched

December 5, 2013

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh dedicated to the Nation GAIL India Ltd’s 1,000 km long natural gas pipeline from Dabhol to Bangalore during the inaugural ceremony of the 8th Asia Gas Partnership Summit (AGPS). About Dabhol-Banglore Gas Pipeline: Constructed in a ..

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Issue of sugarcane pricing aggravating

November 30, 2013

The issue of sugarcane pricing is moving towards becoming a major crisis with farmers demanding a higher price for their produce and millers reluctant to give in to their demand.  After the Centre asked the state governments to resolve the ..

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JNCASR is the institution with the ‘highest impact’: Science Citation Index

November 10, 2013

Bangalore based Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), which is celebrating its silver jubilee, has been recognized as the institution with the “highest impact” in nano science and technology, according to the Science Citation Index for 2010-11. Another institute, the Indian Institute of Science, ..

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"Hand in hand" – Joint military exercises between Indian and China to start in China

November 4, 2013

Armies of India and China are all set to hold their 3rd joint military exercise in China. 150-member Indian contingent arrived in Chengdu city (China) to take part in anti-terrorism drills. The 10-day exercise has been code named “hand in ..

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Co-operatives against plan to convert Primary Agricultural Cooperative Societies (PACS) into banking correspondents

October 29, 2013

The members of co-operative societies are opposed to the ideo of converting Primary Agricultural Cooperative Societies (PACS) into business correspondents for District Credit Cooperative Banks as recommended by the Prakash Bakshi committee. What are Primary Agricultural Cooperative Societies (PACS) ? ..

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President order to set up separate development board for Hyderabad-Karnataka Region

October 27, 2013

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 ..

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‘Great Indian Bustard’ in critically endangered stage

October 18, 2013

As per the  2013 ‘Threatened Bird’ list by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the Great Indian Bustard is  listed under the category of Critically Endangered birds. The Great Indian Bustard (Scientific name: “Ardeotis nigriceps”) was once widely spotted across ..

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Apex court upheld Green Tribunal order on WGEEP report

October 16, 2013

The Supreme Court dismissed the Kerala government appeal which challenged the jurisdiction of National Green Tribunal (NGT) which directed the Kerala government to stick to the report of the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP), headed by Madhav Gadgil, while ..

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Global Infant Mortality Rate came down to 37: UNICEF report

October 3, 2013

As per United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) report on the global Infant Mortality rate (IMR) declined from 61 deaths in 1990 to 37 deaths in 2011. Annual infant deaths decreased from 8.4 million in 1990 to 5 million in 2011. ..

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