Page-7 of Current Affairs - August, 2014

Seema Malhotra appointed Labor Party’s First Shadow Minister in UK

Seema Malhotra (42), an Indian-origin British MP, has been appointed as the Labour party’s maiden shadow minister dealing with violence against women and girls. Malhotra was nominated shadow minster by Britain’s Opposition party leader Ed Miliband. Malhotra’s responsibility will also ..

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China prepares to outsmart Windows and Android

China is reportedly en-route to launch its indigenous operating system which will give direct competition to Microsoft Windows and Google Android. This is said to be chiefly done to reduce Chinese dependence on US technology. The platform will be standard ..

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Israel Strikes continue amid truce efforts by Cairo

Israel offensive on Gaza continues into the seventh week. Israel in a fresh series of attacks is targeting the high-rise targets in Gaza suspected by Israel to house Hamas militants’ command and control centers. The latest attack on was on ..

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Russian soldiers cloud Putin-Puroshenko dialogue

A latest video released by Ukraine has put the impending dialogue between Ukraine and Russia under shadow. The video shows 10 Russian paratroopers being captured by Ukrainian forces. Ukraine government is looking at it as a another attempt by Russians ..

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Snapdeal partners with Tata Value Homes to sell affordable housing on its platform

Snapdeal has partnered Tata Value Homes in order to sell the latter’s affordable apartments on its e-commerce platform. This is the first an e-commerce company has tied up with a real estate venture. The deal has now put Snapdeal on ..

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Rajiv Gandhi National Quality Awards for 2012 declared

Rajiv Gandhi National Quality Awards for the year 2012 were declared by Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Ram Vilas Paswan. The awards are awarded by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS). BEST OF ALL AWARD Rail ..

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