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Google agrees to provide 'Right to be Forgotten'
Google has launched a service to allow Europeans to ask for personal data to be removed from online search results. It will now be possible for Europeans to request Google for the removal of their personal data from online search ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2014
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Gorakhpur now has world's longest railway platform
A newly constructed railway platform in Gorakhpur, U.P. entered into the Limca Book of World Records for being world’s longest railway platform. Platform No. 1 of the Gorakhpur is 1366.33 metres with ramp and 11355.40 metres without it. Gorakhpur is headquarter of ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2014
Category: Places in News Current Affairs
Lativa becomes the 18th state to join the Eurozone
The Baltic nation, Latvia joined the Euro Zone, with the expectation that the euro will lower its borrowing costs and encourage investors by eliminating currency risk. It became the 18th member of the European Union, which uses the Euro as ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2014
Category: International / World Current Affairs
EU bestows "GSP-Plus" status on Pakistan
The European Union (EU) has given GSP-Plus status to Pakistan, a move that is likely to encourage the textile and other industries as it grants exporters duty-free access to 28 member nations of the EU group. Pakistan was in talks with ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2013
6 key central banks in the world to make currency swap arrangements permanent
6 major central banks of the world to make their network of currency swap facility permanent. These banks will convert their temporary bilateral liquidity swap facility into standing facility that will remain permanent until further notice. The 6 central banks ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2013
EU barred funding settlements for Israel
European Union (EU) has issued an instruction that will bar all 28 member states from funding projects connected to Jewish settlements in the occupied territories, including annexed east Jerusalem. From 2014 the guiding principle adopted by the European Commision (EC) ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2013
Category: International / World Current Affairs