Page-2 of Current Affairs - May, 2013

66th Cannes Film Festival: Top honor to ‘Blue is the Warmest Colour’

May 31, 2013

Recently concluded 66th Cannes Film Festival held in Cannes, France conferred honors on some of the best films from across the world. The top award- the Palme d’Or went to Blue is the Warmest Colour (La Vie D’Adèle Chapitres) directed by ..

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RBI notifies restrictions on bank loans against Gold

May 31, 2013

Taking further measures to curb the expanding Current Account Deficit (CAD) and forex outflow, the RBI has imposed restrictions on banks and NBFCs for providing loans against purchase of gold in any form, including primary gold, gold bullion, gold jewellery, ..

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TRAI issues Telecom Commercial Communications Customer Preference Regulations, 2013

May 31, 2013

With the objective to curb Unsolicited Commercial Communications (UCC), The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has released ‘The Telecom Commercial Communications Customer Preference (Twelfth Amendment) Regulations, 2013’. This amendment adds more measures to the existing Telecom Commercial Communications Customer ..

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Vyas Samman to Narendra Kohli and Ramdarash Mishra

May 31, 2013

Noted Hindi writers – Prof. Ramdarash Mishra and Dr. Narendra Kohli were honored with the Vyas Samman 2011 and 2012 respectively, for their outstanding contribution to Hindi literature. Mishra (89) was awarded for his collections of poems Aam ke patte. ..

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Carbon dioxide causing increase in the acidity of Arctic Ocean

May 31, 2013

As per the findings of the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program (AMAP), Carbon dioxide emissions are making arctic seas more acidic and even if the emissions are completely stopped today it would take tens of thousands of years to reverse ..

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Japan restarts operating Dreamliner flights

May 30, 2013

Japan’s biggest airline- All Nippon Airways (ANA) has resumed Boeings 787 Dreamliner flights. It is for the first time for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner when its flights were resumed after the planes were grounded worldwide after two incidents on Japanese-owned ..

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