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Monday, June 24, 2013

Competitive exam bits for all in month of 2012


v  Reflecting subdued economic sentiments GDP figures shared growth dipping to a decade’s low of 5% in 2012-13, while improvement in fiscal deficit gave relief to government.

v  With spiraling Gold imports putting huge pressure in the Current Account Deficit (CAD), the government has hiked the import duty on the gold to 8% from 6%.

v  The Centre has approved a legislation seeking to setup a regulator for the real estate sector to protect the interest of home buyers. It provides jail term of up to three years for private developers for cheating customers with false advertisements.

v  Missile scientist Avinash Chander, the man behind India’s 5000 km range Agni missile and is smaller range variants, has been appointed as the Director General of Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO).

v  The Central Information Commission (CIC) has ruled that political parties are covered Right to Information (RTI) Act.

v  IT major Infosys, which has been grappling with dwindling revenues in the last nine quarters, has recalled its 66-year-old co-founder and Chairman Emeritus N R Narayana Murthy as the executive  Chairman of the company, seven years after his retirement.

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v  In a rare gesture, Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh presented Padma Shri award to eminent Japanese Tamil Language scholar Noboru Karashima for his outstanding contribution in the field of literature and education during his official visit to Japan.

v  Founder Director- General of the National Information Center Dr. N. Seshagiri (73) passed away, after a brief illness. Dr. Seshagiri, a recipient of Padma Bhushan was architect of NICNET, and was also the author of various software and hardware polices of the government.

v  Noted Director and actor Rituparno Ghosh died of heart attack. He was 49. His widely acclaimed films include Dahan, Asukh, Unishe April, Chokher Bail etc. Rituparno Ghosh also acted in the films Memories In March and Arekti Premer Golpo.

v  Veena Mazumdar, Chronicler of the India women’s movement and pioneer of women’s studies passed away. She was 86.

v  Mumbai Indians (MI) won the world’s richest T20 League for the first time by beating Chennai Super Kings at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. MI won the 6th Pepsi IPL (Indian Premier League) final match by 23 runs.     

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v  Rafael Nadal beats David Ferrer to win eighth French Open title. Rafeal becomes the first man to capture the same Grand Slam title eight times.

v  Sarena Williams has defeated her longtime rival Maria Sharapova 6-4,6-4 in the final of the 2013 French Open and won her 16th  Grand Slam title, its first French Open Championship since 2002.

v  At least 29 people, including senior Congress Leader Mahendra Karma were killed and many others injured including former Union Minister VC Shukla when heavily armed Maoist ambushed a convoy of party leaders inside dense forest in Bastar district of Chhattisgarh. Mahendra katna was the founder of Salwa Judum, an anti-insurgency operation in Chhattisgarh aimed at countering the Naxalite violence in the region.

v  India Air Force will provide day and night helicopter sorties to provide logistical support to anti-naxal operations from a new helicopter base at Nagpur.

v  A Group of Minister (GoM) has approved a bill to setup an independent regulatory authority for the coal sector to address issues like pricing, supply and quality.

v  The Union Government is preparing a draft legislation to curb dishonest practices in all sporting events.



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v  With the rupee touching new lows against the dollar the government proposes reforms to boost inflow of foreign capital.

v  The Group of Ministers on disinvestment has cleared 9.33% stake sale in minerals and Metals Trading Corporation (MMTC) through offer for sale.

v  Keeping an eye on the growing cell phone marker, IRTC will launch SMS cased ticketing from July 1.

v  Global rating agency Fitch has upgraded India’s sovereign credit outlook to stable from negative.

v  Mr. R. Chandrasekhar has been appointed as head of National Technical Research Organization (NTRO).NTRO is the Country’s top intelligence and surveillance agency.

v  Telegram services come to an end from July 15.

v  K Srikanth has become the first Indian man to win a major badminton title outside india after Pullela Gopichand’s all England championship in 2001. The 20- year- old beat top seed Boonsak Ponasana 21-16,21-12, in 34 minutes to win the Thailand Open Grand Prix.


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