Page-4 of Current Affairs - June, 2012

Google launches $ 199 “Nexus 7” tablet

June 28, 2012

Google, at a conference in Sat Francisco, unveiled the Nexus 7 to contend with Apple’s iPad as well as the latest Microsoft’s Surface. It is built by and in co-branded with Taiwan’s Asus.   Salient features of Nexus 7: Has a ..

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NFSM-RICE: North East to receive Rs.100 Crore to boost rice cultivation

June 28, 2012

NE states of the country will be given Rs100 crore for supporting rice cultivation under the National Food Security Mission (NFSM). All the 8 north-eastern States, including Sikkim, are being covered under NFSM-rice. Till 2011, only Assam was covered under ..

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Draft of SPA gets finalized b/w Afghanistan & Norway

June 28, 2012

Afghanistan and Norway gave final shape to the draft of the Strategic Partnership Agreement (SPA) b/w the two countries. The draft of the agreement is ready for signature and the two countries will ink it in September 2012. Afghanistan has ..

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Regulators in Europe, US and Asia investigating financial institutions

June 28, 2012

Regulators in the United States, Europe and Asia are scanning a number of key financial institutions for manipulating Inter-Bank Lending rates. In this context, Barclays Bank was fined $ 452 million which is the first company to admit such fault. ..

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Delhi Investment Summit on Afghanistan in New Delhi

June 28, 2012

Delhi Investment Summit on Afghanistan in New Delhi – This was the first ever investment summit in India for another country. External Affairs Minister, S M Krishna while addressing the Delhi Investment Summit on Afghanistan in New Delhi assured that ..

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Greece gets new Finance Minister ‘Yannis Stournaras’

June 28, 2012

Greece Prime Minister Antonis Samaras declared Greek economist Yannis Stournaras as the country’s new Finance Minister. He took the place of Vassilis Rapanos who had submitted resignation due to health reasons.  Stournaras, 55, is a cherished laissez-faire pro-reform economist who ..

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