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Page-14 of Current Affairs - July, 2012

Australia agrees to provide uranium to India

Australia has agreed to supply uranium to India. It is making internal arrangements to ensure the supply. It is known that earlier Australia had denied supply of uranium...

July 12, 2012

Pakistan’s parliament passes bill to save top leaders from contempt of court

The upper house of Pakistan’s Parliament has passed a bill to protect top leaders from contempt of court and thwart the Supreme Court’s efforts to push the Prime...

July 12, 2012

DGCA chief Bharat Bhushan told to quit; Prashant Narain Sukul takes charge

Civil aviation ministry has asked Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) chief E K Bharat Bhushan to quit as head of the aviation regulator with immediate effect. Bhushan...

July 12, 2012

India and Singapore extend military training pact

India and Singapore inked 3 major pacts including one on continuing the military training that Indian armed forces extend to their Singaporean counterparts. These agreements coincide with the...

July 12, 2012

Tower companies get respite from paying license fee

Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has provided some relief to tower firms by keeping suspended the proposal to bring telecom infrastructure providers under the uniform annual license fee rule....

July 12, 2012

RBI extends flexibility on FX forward contracts

The RBI has extended the relaxation of cancelling and re-booking of forward contracts with tenures of more than 1 year, for companies and exporters to hedge their FOREX...

July 12, 2012

IOC, RIL figure in Fortune’s top 100

· 8 Indian companies appear in the list of world’s 500 largest companies by Fortune magazine. · Among those 8 companies, 5 are state-run · Indian Oil Corp...

July 12, 2012

Lee Hsien Loong, the Singapore PM finds Indian Business environment complicated

Singapore PM Lee Hsien Loong on his visit to India asserted that Business environment in India is complicated. From the term “Complicated” he was referring to red-tapism. Although...

July 12, 2012

Assam gives awards to ‘Best Performing’ PSUs

It is for the first time that Assam has awarded three of its “best performing” state level public sector undertakings (PSUs) The initiative is aimed at boosting performances...

July 12, 2012

INS Tanaji Naval Base Station commissioned by Indian Navy

Indian Navy commissioned a Naval Base Station – INS Tanaji in Mumbai’s Eastern suburb of Mankhurd.  The base depot ship INS Tanaji will look after berthing and ship...

July 11, 2012

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