Page-7 of Current Affairs - December, 2012

Tata Steel develops new anti-ballistic steel Super Bainite

December 23, 2012

Tata Steel’s Port Talbot plant in the UK has developed a new kind of anti-ballistic steel named Super Bainite which could transform safety of soldiers and security forces fighting terrorists and extremists. Super Bainite is lightweight, super-strength anti-ballistic steel which ..

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Banking bill approved in Lok Sabha

December 23, 2012

Lok Sabha passed the Banking Laws (Amendment) Bill 2011, paving way for foreign investments in the sector and establishment of new private banks and also to achieve greater financial inclusion. The Bill does not contain controversial clauses of allowing banks ..

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Queen Elizabeth-II creates history by attending cabinet meeting

December 23, 2012

Queen Elizabeth-II became the first peacetime British ruler since 1781 to attend a cabinet meeting. This was the first time a monarch had attended a cabinet meeting since George III did so. George I abandoned chairing cabinet in 1717. Britain ..

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Google makes available 5000 images of the Dead Sea Scrolls online

December 23, 2012

Google collaborated with an Israel museum to put 5000 images of the Dead Sea Scrolls which contains ancient biblical artifacts on online library. The digital library contains the Book of Deuteronomy, which includes the second listing of the Ten Commandments, ..

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Ireland to legalize abortion

December 23, 2012

Following the pressure from the European court of human rights, which ruled that abortions should be allowed in the republic in cases where a woman’s life was at risk, the Irish government is to introduce legislation permitting abortions in limited ..

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Federer is Swiss Male Athlete of the Year 2012

December 22, 2012

Tennis star Roger Federer has been given the honor of Swiss Male Athlete of the Year. Currently he sits at World no. 2 spot and has won 17 Grand Slams. He also won this award in 2003, 2004, 2006 and ..

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Boeing delivers first P-8I maritime surveillance aircraft to Indian Navy

December 22, 2012

American plane maker Boeing delivered the first of the eight P-8I maritime surveillance aircraft to the Navy as part of deal worth over $2.1 billion signed in 2009 for buying the long-range surveillance aircraft, which are equipped with anti-submarine weaponry. ..

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Bhanu Athaiya returns Oscar trophy to Academy to preserve it

December 22, 2012

Bhanu Athaiya, the costume designer who won the first Oscar for India at the 55th Annual Academy Awards in 1983 for her work in Lord Richard Attenborough‘s ‘Gandhi’, has decided to return the statuette to the Academy Motion Pictures as ..

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Shahrukh Khan receives Brand Laureate Legendary Award

December 22, 2012

Malaysia-based Asia Pacific Brands Foundation honored Bollywood Actor Shah Rukh Khan with the BrandLaureate Legendary Award. Malaysia had conferred the actor with the prestigious title of Datuk in 2008. The title is equivalent to the British Knighthood, the highest honor ..

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Norman Woodland, co-inventor of bar code, passed away

December 22, 2012

Norman Woodland (91), co-inventor of the bar code, passed way. What is Barcode? A barcode is an optical machine-readable representation of data relating to the object to which it is attached. Initially barcodes systematically represented data by varying the widths ..

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