Current Affairs - June, 2012
Government reconstitutes National Advisory Council
The government reconstituted the National Advisory Council (NAC) headed by Mrs. Sonia Gandhi It inducted Mihir Shah, Member, Planning Commission, and Ashish Mondal, founder of the Bhopal-based NGO, Action for Social Advancement. The renominated members are: N C Saxena Narendra ..
Tags: Government of India • India • National Advisory Council
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2012
Neeraj Kumar: New Commissioner of Delhi Police
Mr. Neeraj Kumar will be the new Commissioner of Delhi Police. He was earlier serving as the Director General of Tihar Prisons Kumar to take place of Police Commissioner B. K. Gupta. Mr Kumar is a 1976-batch IPS officer from ..
Tags: Alok Verma • Commissioner of Police, Delhi • Delhi Police • Government of India • Law enforcement in India
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2012
CBSE will give photocopy of OMR Sheet, answer keys & calculation sheet
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will make available photocopy of the OMR Sheet, answer keys and calculation sheet to students who took AIEEE -2012 examination. As per the CBSE, these sheets will be provided to the candidates on ..
Tags: Central Board of Secondary Education
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2012
Japan to provide Rs 400 Crore financial assistance to WB Government for Social forestry
Japan will offer Rs 400 crore financial aid to the West Bengal Govt for social forestry in the state. The state Government has increased the amount of compensation to Rs 2 lakh for the families who died in tusker attacks. ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2012
Need to educate public about nature of gold investments: RBI Deputy Governor
Reserve Bank deputy governor KC Chakrabarty held that: In order to bring down the high import of gold, RBI considers educating and disseminating awareness in the people about the speculative nature of gold investments and that it is not proper ..
Tags: Finance • Gold as an investment • Investment • Kamalesh Chandra Chakrabarty
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2012
Union Carbide, Warren Anderson not liable for claims: US court on Bhopal gas tragedy
As per the ruling of US court, neither Union Carbide nor its former chairman Warren Anderson are liable for environmental remediation or pollution-related claims at the firm’s former chemical plant in Bhopal. The lawsuit that accused Union Carbide of causing ..
Tags: Bhopal • Bhopal disaster • Environmental remediation • Indian environmental law • International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2012