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Current Affairs: November 7, 2013

1. The “Rabaa sign” has recently become a symbol of protest against the military coup in __ ? [A]Syria [B]Egypt [C]Cuba [D]Turkey Egypt The “Rabaa sign” has become...

November 9, 2013

Google doodle marks Hermann Rorschach's 129th birthday

Celebrating the 129th birthday of Hermann Rorschach, Google dedicated a doodle on its homepage depicting inkblot testsdeveloped by the eminent psychoanalyst. Who was Hermann Rorschach? Born on November 8, 1884 in...

November 9, 2013

CCEA approves PGCIL follow-on public offer

Providing a significant impetus to the government’s disinvestment programme to raise Rs.40,000 crore in this fiscal (2013-14), Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) gave its approval for the...

November 9, 2013

India’s climate negotiation strategy to put emission-cut burden on developed countries

The Union Cabinet approved the Union Environment and Forests Ministry and climate negotiators’ team strategy to reassert the significance of historical emissions in the new climate pact, which...

November 9, 2013

Gauhati HC quashes 1963 resolution on CBI formation

The Gauhati High Court has set aside the Union Home Ministry resolution by which the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) was formed in 1963. As per the court,...

November 9, 2013

Brazil celebrates 10th anniversary of Bolsa Familia

Brazil is celebrating a decade of a social programme Bolsa Familia (Family Grant) that has lifted 50 million people out of poverty and inspired policies in more than 20...

November 8, 2013

S&P keeps India long-term rating negative, warns of further downgrade

International rating agency, Standard & Poor’s (S&P) has kept India’s long-term sovereign outlook negative and warned that it would be lowered further within a year if the “policy...

November 8, 2013

Independent Road Regulator

While presenting the Union Budget 2013-14, Finance Minister had proposed setting up an independent roads regulator. The finance minister said “the sector faces challenges not envisaged earlier, including...

November 8, 2013

Maritime Agenda 2010-20

In 2011, the Government of India had launched the lofty Maritime Agenda, a perspective plan of the Shipping Ministry for the present decade. The Maritime Agenda projects a...

November 8, 2013

Government reconstitutes Medical Council of India with 68 new members

Giving effect to the Indian Medical Council(Amendment) Second Ordinance, 2013, the  Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare reconstituted the Medical Council of India (MCI) with 68 new members....

November 7, 2013

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