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Page-21 of Current Affairs - January, 2013

Pakistan delays to grant India MFN status

India, which is looking for reciprocity from Pakistan in the form of Most Favoured Nation MFN status, will have to wait for some more time as the deadline...

January 6, 2013

5% increase in U.N. budget, India to pay more

The United Nations General Assembly cleared the $5.4 billion budget for 2012-13 which is 5% more than the previous budget. India, Brazil, China and other emerging countries will...

January 6, 2013

Swift trial should not be at the cost of fair trial: CJI

On the occasion of inauguration of the first of the five newly announced fast-track courts established in Saket, Delhi to try cases related to sexual offence against women,...

January 6, 2013

What is Organic fertigation?

What is Fertigation? Fertigation is a practice of conjunctive application of fertilizers and water to crop plants. How it is done? Soluble fertilizers like urea, potash and a...

January 6, 2013

Argentina asks UK to relinquish Falkland Islands, UK rebuffs

Argentina has restated its claim over Falkland Islands and has called on  Britain to renounce its control over the islands. It accused UK of taking part in an...

January 6, 2013

Asif Ibrahim appointed as chief of Intelligence Bureau

Syed Asif Ibrahim A 1977 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IPS officer. Took charge as director of the Intelligence Bureau (IB). Ibrahim is the first Muslim to hold the...

January 6, 2013

Nobel laureate Rita Levi-Montalcini “Lady of the Cells” passed away

“Lady of the Cells”, as she was known in Italy, Rita Levi-Montalcini  (103) passed away. She was a biologist who conducted underground research in defiance of Fascist persecution...

January 6, 2013

Govt mulls over making gold imports pricey to control CAD

Finance Minister P. Chidambaram has hinted that import of gold may be made costlier to discourage the demand of the metal in order to contain widening Current Account...

January 6, 2013

Y.V. Reddy to be the chairman of 14th Finance Commission

The constitution of the 14th Finance Commission has been announced by the government. The Commission will have 5 members which will be headed by former RBI Governor Y.V....

January 6, 2013

By 2015, Internet mobile users expected to double to 165 million

As per a report by the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI), the number of mobile Internet users in India is set to nearly double and touch...

January 6, 2013

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