Current Affairs : November 17, 2011

Muslim minorities request not to allow Taslima in India The Muslim minorities not to permit writer Taslima Nasreen,to stay in India. Ms Nasreen was not accepted by her own country Bangladesh for making blasphemous statements against Islam. India: IAEA report ..

Month: Current Affairs - November, 2011

Current Affairs : November 7, 2011

Putin for expansion of SCO membership Russin Prime Minister Vladimir Putin told the SCO s Council of Ministers summit in St Petersburg that Russia favoured the expansion of the membership of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). Enlargement will add to ..

Month: Current Affairs - November, 2011

India’s Response to new NSG Guidelines

We have discussed that in June, the NSG had decided to restrict export of enrichment and reprocessing technologies to countries that had signed the NPT. Consequently, it would deny India access to ENR technologies which it says is crucial for ..

Month: Current Affairs - November, 2011

Current Affairs : October 20, 2011

Muammar Gaddafi killed in Sirte Muammar Gaddafi was killed by fighters of the Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC) in his hometown, Sirte. Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi (June 1942 – 20 October 2011), generally recognized as Muammar Gaddafi or Colonel ..

Month: Current Affairs - October, 2011

Current Affairs : August 25, 2011

Supreme Court: Compensation for land acquisitions to be based on market value The Supreme Court held that compensation given by the Govt to farmers when acquiring their land should be decided on the basis of its market value The court ..

Month: Current Affairs - August, 2011

Current Affairs: August 24, 2011

60 Crore Aadhaar cards to be issued by 2014 Target set by the Government to issue 60 Crore UID Cards, Aadhaar by the year 2014 The Chairman of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) Nandan Nilekani stated that nearly 2.87 ..

Month: Current Affairs - August, 2011

Current Affairs: 5 & 6 July 2011

Dree festival in Arunachal Pradesh Dree Festival: The chief festival of the Apatani community in Arunachal Pradesh Dree being celebrated in the state with conventional passion Few rites are performed to worship and appease Gods and Goddesses, who protect the ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2011

Current Affairs : June 24, 2011

Export of 5 Lakh Tonnes of additional sugar under OPG (Open General License) allowed by the Centre Central Government allowed export of 5 Lakh Tonnes of additional sugar under the Open General Licence EGoM, headed by Pranab Mukherjee (Finance Minister) ..

Month: Current Affairs - June, 2011

Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs

2010 – COP 16/MOP 6, Cancún, Mexico

2010 United Nations Climate Change Conference was held in Cancún, Mexico, from 29 November to 10 December 2010. This was the 16th session of the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), so referred ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2011

Important Outcomes of other Conferences of the Parties COP 4 to COP 15 under UNFCCC

1998 – COP 4, Buenos Aires, Argentina Important issues were discussed. Nothing substantial decision came out. 1999 – COP 5, Bonn, Germany It was more a technical meeting. No substantial outcome. 2000 – COP 6, The Hague, Netherlands A major ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2011