Page-2 of Current Affairs - December, 2011
The Arsenic Hit Ganga Belt
Over thousands of years, arsenic has been washing down from the Himalayas with the Ganga water as sediment. In the plains, this arsenic has been leaching into the ground. It remained within permissible limits and did no harm till around ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2011
Bangalore hosts 11th ministerial meeting of IOR-ARC
Bangalore hosted Indian Ocean Rim countries meet: India’s tech hub Bangalore, hosted the 11th ministerial meeting of the Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation (IOR-ARC) that will focus on promoting trade and investment among the 18 member-countries. The Indian ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2011
India-Pakistan: Implications of MFN Status
According to WTO, MFN status means that every time a country lowers a trade barrier or opens up a market, it has to do so for the same goods or services from all its trading partners — whether rich or ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2011
Statue of Liberty completes 125 yrs
The Statue of Liberty is located on the Liberty Island in New York Harbor. It was dedicated on October 28, 1886 and recently it completed 125 years of dedication. The statue was designed by Frédéric Bartholdi and was gifted to ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2011
Russia: Putin for expansion of SCO membership
Russian 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 the SCO s capabilities, authority and ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2011
Validity of cheques, drafts cut to 3 months
From April 1, 2012, the cheques and bank drafts will have a life of just three months instead of the earlier six months. RBI has recently issues a notification that these instruments will have to be presented within three months ..