Page-31 of Current Affairs - June, 2015

India loses poultry case against United States at WTO

June 5, 2015

India has lost a poultry case against United States at World Trade Organization (WTO) after WTO’s Dispute Settlement Board (DSB) ruled that India’s ban on import of poultry meat, eggs and live pigs from US is inconsistent with the international ..

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Union Government inks loan pact with World Bank for Tamil Nadu Urbanisation Project

June 5, 2015

Union Government has signed a loan and project agreement with World Bank to provide $400 million to the Tamil Nadu government for its Sustainable Urban Development Project. The loan agreement, signed by Raj Kumar, Joint Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, ..

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Syed Asif Ibrahim appointed as PM’s Special Envoy for Counter-terrorism

June 5, 2015

Former Director of Intelligence Bureau (DIB) Syed Asif Ibrahim was appointed as Prime Minister’s Special Envoy for Counter Terrorism and Extremism in National Security Council (NSC) Secretariat. His appointment was confirmed by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC). His ..

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Machettira Raju Poovamma and Liksy Joseph win silver medals in Asian Athletics Championship

June 5, 2015

India’s Machettira Raju Poovamma and Liksy Joseph have won silver medal each in 21st Asian Athletics Championships held in Wuhan, China. Quarter-miler Poovamma won silver medal in women’s 400m finals event by clocking 53.07 secs. China’s Yang Huizhen (52.37 sec) ..

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India’s Sundaram Ravi inducted in ICC Elite Panel of Umpires

June 5, 2015

India’s Sundaram Ravi was inducted into the Elite Panel of International Cricket Council (ICC) Umpires for year 2015-2016. Decision in this regard was taken by the ICC Umpires Selection Panel consisting of Chairman Geoff Allardice and others members after annual ..

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Maharashtra government for first time invokes MCOCA against ration mafia

June 4, 2015

Maharashtra government has invoked stringent provisions of the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) against ration mafia. With this, state government aims at weeding out the widespread corruption by taking stringent action against those who tamper the public distribution ..

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