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Issue of sugarcane pricing aggravating
The issue of sugarcane pricing is moving towards becoming a major crisis with farmers demanding a higher price for their produce and millers reluctant to give in to their demand. After the Centre asked the state governments to resolve the ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2013
JNCASR is the institution with the ‘highest impact’: Science Citation Index
Bangalore based Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), which is celebrating its silver jubilee, has been recognized as the institution with the “highest impact” in nano science and technology, according to the Science Citation Index for 2010-11. Another institute, the Indian Institute of Science, ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2013
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
"Hand in hand" – Joint military exercises between Indian and China to start in China
Armies of India and China are all set to hold their 3rd joint military exercise in China. 150-member Indian contingent arrived in Chengdu city (China) to take part in anti-terrorism drills. The 10-day exercise has been code named “hand in ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2013
Category: International / World Current Affairs
Co-operatives against plan to convert Primary Agricultural Cooperative Societies (PACS) into banking correspondents
The members of co-operative societies are opposed to the ideo of converting Primary Agricultural Cooperative Societies (PACS) into business correspondents for District Credit Cooperative Banks as recommended by the Prakash Bakshi committee. What are Primary Agricultural Cooperative Societies (PACS) ? ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2013
President order to set up separate development board for Hyderabad-Karnataka Region
President of India Pranab Mukherjee issued “State of Karnataka (Special Responsibility of Governor for Karnataka-Hyderabad Region) Order, 2013”, allowing the Karnataka Governor to set up a separate development board for the Hyderabad-Karnataka region under Article 371 J of the Constitution. The region ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2013
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
‘Great Indian Bustard’ in critically endangered stage
As per the 2013 ‘Threatened Bird’ list by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the Great Indian Bustard is listed under the category of Critically Endangered birds. The Great Indian Bustard (Scientific name: “Ardeotis nigriceps”) was once widely spotted across ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2013
Category: Places in News Current Affairs