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Current Affairs : October 16 -19, 2011

“Occupy Wall Street” Movement: Protesters fill New York City’s Times Square Thousands of protesters occupied New York City’s Times Square, buoyed by a day of demonstrations around the world in support of their month long campaign against corporate greed. It ..

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Current Affairs: October 14, 2011

Appoint Child Welfare Officers in Every Police Station: SC to States and UTs The apex Court of India maneuvered the States and UTs to appoint child welfare officers in each police station. Objective: For supervising and expanding improved handling to juveniles ..

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Current Affairs : October 9, 2011

“Sampriti II” Indo-Bangladesh combined military exercise commences “Sampriti II” – fortnight long India-Bangladesh combined Military Exercise started in Sylhet. A 25 member team (led Major S.Y Mahadhik) of the Indian army is taking part in the combined exercise with a ..

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Current Affairs: October 8, 2011

Deployment of GLONASS network, completed by Russia Russia finished the deployment of its global positioning satellite group “Glonass”. GLONASS is the Russian comparable of the U.S. GPS (Global Positioning System). It is intended for military and civilian use. At present, there ..

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Current Affairs: October 6, 2011

Himachal Pradesh: Largest Ever Water Supply Scheme Inaugurated In Himachal Pradesh largest ever water supply scheme constructed at a cost of Rs 70 Crore was inaugurated in Kangehan area of Kangra district. The scheme to profit a populace of 1,31,000. ..

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Current Affairs: October 4, 2011

ADB extends $200 million loan to Assam for urban improvement Asian Development Bank (ADB) extends $200 million loan in order to develop water supply and other urban services in two key cities of Assam: Guwahati and Dibrugarh Projects are to ..

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Current Affairs : September 22, 2011

Annual session of UN General Assembly begins Annual session of UN General Assembly begins in New York Issues ranging from climate change, poverty and sustainable development, terrorism, human rights, situation in Libya, the issue of Palestinian application for UN Membership, ..

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Current Affairs: September 20, 2011

New Laser developed by the Scientists to assist in Detecting Roadside Bombs A new laser developed by Researchers at Michigan State University United State Department of Homeland Security funded the research and it was published in the journal Applied Physics ..

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Current Affairs : September 19, 2011

12 FDI Proposals worth Rs 242.88 Crore approved by the Union Government The Union Govt declared support to 12 foreign direct investment (FDI) proposals worth Rs.242.88 crore in foreign exchange The Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) headed by Economic Affairs ..

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Current Affairs : September 17, 2011

Libya’s seat given to former rebels’ NTC by the UN General Assembly UN General Assembly voted to provide Libya’s seat in the Assembly to the nation’s rebel NTC (National Transitional Council) which had tumbled Muammar Gaddafi The 193-member assembly voted ..

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