Page-16 of Current Affairs - July, 2013

Edward Snowden gets asylum offer from Venezuela, Nicaragua

Defying the US warnings to countries to not extend asylum to Snowden arguing that he is wanted on...

📅 July 7, 2013

R. Chandrasekhar appointed as NASSCOM President

The National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM), has appointed R. Chandrasekhar (60), the former Secretary Department of Telecommunications...

📅 July 7, 2013

Military coup in Egypt removes Morsy

The recently elected Islamist President of Egypt Mohamed Morsy has been removed from power in a military coup...

📅 July 7, 2013

Chief Justice Adly Mansour declared interim President of Egypt

The Chief Justice of Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court, Adly Mansour has taken over as the interim President of...

📅 July 7, 2013

Parveez Rasool is the first J&K cricketer in Team India

Parveez Rasool (24) created history by becoming the first cricketer from Jammu and Kashmir to be named in...

📅 July 7, 2013

Cabinet passed Ordinance to implement Food Security Bill

In order to implement the Food Security Bill, the cabinet unanimously approved an ordinance regarding the same. The Food Security Bill guarantees food...

📅 July 7, 2013

Himachal Pradesh becomes country’s first ‘smoke-free’ State

Himachal Pradesh has been declared the first “smoke-free” State in the country in compliance with Section 4 of...

📅 July 6, 2013

FIIs withdraw $5.6 billion from debt market in June 2013

Past June 2013 was quite unfortunate for Indian currency and Indian debt market as it saw a historic...

📅 July 6, 2013

Telefonica launched world's first Firefox OS smartphone

Spanish broadband and telecommunications provider Telefonica has launched the world’s first smartphone with the Firefox Operating System (OS) to compete with devices running Google’s Android...

📅 July 6, 2013

Ghaziabad, Allahabad most polluted in Uttar Pradesh: Survey

In a recent survey conducted by Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) it was found that Ghaziabad and Allahabad...

📅 July 6, 2013