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RAPID GK SERIES 12

RAPID GK SERIES 12

1. The CNN-IBN Indian of the Year 2009 is 2. Indiaâ€™s first Special Economic Zone (SEZ) dedicated to the aerospace industry has been launc...

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UN and Iraq sign pact to relocate Iranian exiles from Camp Ashraf

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"> The United Nations and the Iraqi Government signed an agreement to relocate Iranian exiles living in a camp in northeastern Iraq. 
 
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<li style="text-align: justify;"> The U.N.'s office in Baghdad made an announcement to this effect yesterday. The Iraqi government has been insisting to close the camp by the end of this month. 
 
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<li style="text-align: justify;"> Camp Ashraf has been the base of dissident Iranians led by the People's Mujahedeen Organization of Iran. 
 
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<li style="text-align: justify;"> The group moved to Camp Ashraf during the regime of Saddam Hussein and sided with Iraq in the war against Iran in the 1980s. 
 
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<li style="text-align: justify;"> The camp, now home to 3400 dissident Iranians will be shifted to Camp Liberty, a former U.S. military base near the Baghdad International Airport. 
 
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<li style="text-align: justify;"> Under the agreement, UN High Commission for Refugees will monitor the relocation while Iraqi Government will be responsible for their security. 
 
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<li style="text-align: justify;"> UNHCR would decide the refugee status for the residents of Ashraf here. This is considered to be the first step toward resettlement to the third countries other than the native or the host countries. 
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UN and Iraq sign pact to relocate Iranian exiles from Camp Ashraf

The United Nations and the Iraqi Government signed an agreement to relocate Iranian exiles living in a camp in northeastern Iraq. Th...

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PM declares 2012 as “National Mathematical Year”

PM declares 2012 as “National Mathematical Year”

The Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has announced that the December 22, the birthday of Mathematical Genius Srinivas Ramanujan, will be...

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National Weight Lifting: Odisha’s Tikina Gopal wins three golds

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div id="5266" style="display: block;"> <ul><li style="text-align: justify;"> In the National Weight Lifting Championship at Brahmapur in Odisha, Tikina Gopal of Odisha won three golds in the 53 kg women category. She lifted the golds in snatch, clean and jerk and overall category.  
 
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<li style="text-align: justify;"> Minati Sethy of Railways also achieved the same feet clinching three golds in the 58 kg category for women. 
 
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<li style="text-align: justify;"> In 62 kg category for men, Tirumrugam of karnataka won gold in snatch, Ramesh Kumar of Services own gold in clean and jerk and Rustam sarang of Chhatisgarh won gold in total. Rustam also won gold in the same category in the inter-state competition. 
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National Weight Lifting: Odisha’s Tikina Gopal wins three golds

In the National Weight Lifting Championship at Brahmapur in Odisha, Tikina Gopal of Odisha won ...

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Cabinet approves mandatory procurement from micro and small enterprises

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"> The government gave its nod to a procurement policy under which 20 percent of goods purchased by central ministries and public sector undertakings would be from micro and small enterprises (MSEs).  
 
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<li style="text-align: justify;"> The  policy would become mandatory three years from now.  
 
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<li style="text-align: justify;"> Government departments not conforming to the mandatory procurement would be required to provide reasons to a review committee set up for the purpose. 
 
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<li style="text-align: justify;"> MSEs include the khadi, village and coir industries; they constitute a major part of the sector that contributes significantly to GDP, manufacturing output and exports. 
 
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<li style="text-align: justify;"> Under the policy, every central ministry and PSU will set an annual goal for procurement from the MSE sector at the beginning of the year with the objective of achieving overall procurement goal of minimum 20 percent of the total purchases of products and services from the MSEs.  
 
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<li style="text-align: justify;"> Of the 20 percent target, a sub-target of four percent -- that is 20 percent of the 20 percent -- would be earmarked for procurement from the MSEs owned by SC/ST entrepreneurs 
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Cabinet approves mandatory procurement from micro and small enterprises

The government gave its nod to a procurement policy under which 20 percent of goods purchased by central ministries and public sector und...

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Lok Sabha approves bill to raise capital of Exim Bank to Rs 10,000 cr

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div id="5275" style="display: block;"> <ul><li style="text-align: justify;"> The Lok Sabha today approved a bill to increase the authorised capital of Export Import Bankof India (Exim Bank) from Rs 2,000 crore to Rs 10,000 crore.  
 
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<li style="text-align: justify;"> The amendments to the Exim Bank Act 1981, also authorises the government to raise the authorised capital of the Bank in future through a notification. 
 
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<li style="text-align: justify;"> "The amendment will help the Exim Bank to promote its objective of raising exports...providing more letters of credit (LoCs) to exporters. 
 
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<li style="text-align: justify;"> The Bank, set up in 1981, has a net worth of Rs 5,230 crore and Non-Performing Assets of 0.02 per cent, which is lowest in the financial sector, 
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Lok Sabha approves bill to raise capital of Exim Bank to Rs 10,000 cr

The Lok Sabha today approved a bill to increase the authorised capital of Export Import Bankof ...

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2011: Year of satisfactory space missions

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"> During 2011, the Indian Space and Research Organisation (ISRO) launched eight satellites using its own rocket Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) and one communication satellite GSAT-8 through Ariane 5 from Kourou, French Guiana. 
 
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<li style="text-align: justify;"> However, the launch of Indo-French satellite Megha Tropiques to study the tropical weather system made India only the second nation in the world to launch such a space mission. 
 
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<li style="text-align: justify;"> India's most successful rocket, the PSLV, exceeded a half century of satellite launches when it slung four satellites into orbit in October. 
 
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<li style="text-align: justify;"> The PSLV rocket has now launched successfully 52 satellites out of 53 it carried- majorly remote sensing/earth observation satellites both Indian and foreign- and has been a major revenue earner for ISRO. 
 
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<li style="text-align: justify;"> The one failure happened in 1993 when the satellite was not able to reach its orbit. 
 
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<li style="text-align: justify;"> During the year, ISRO also decided on a detailed relook of its heavier rocket Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) to carry communication satellites. This followed the loss of two rockets and the satellites in 2010. 
 
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<li style="text-align: justify;"> n order to augment the transponder capacity of Indian National Satellite (Insat) system, ISRO launched two communication satellites in 2011 - GSAT-8 and GSAT-12. 
 
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<li style="text-align: justify;"> With these two launches, ISRO-owned transponder capacity went up to 187, while it has leased 86 transponders. It is estimated there is an unmet demand for 170 transponders. 
 
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<li style="text-align: justify;"> , ISRO commissioned at Rs.14 crore country's fastest and its second supercomputer at the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) in Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala. 
 
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<li style="text-align: justify;"> The new machine will be used by Indian space scientists for solving complex problems and studying computational fluid dynamics of ISRO rockets. 
 
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<li style="text-align: justify;"> The year also saw the first batch of graduates from ISRO's own Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology inducted into service. 
 
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<li style="text-align: justify;"> Outside of ISRO but in the space sector, 2011 saw students of Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur (IIT-K), Anna University of Chennai and SRM University located near here winning the US space agency NASA's student competition in the foreign category, the Environmentally Responsible (Green) Aviation College Student Challenge. 
 
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<li style="text-align: justify;"> Additionally, IIT-K and SRM University launched their small satellites-Jugnu and SRMSAT using the PSLV rocket during the year. City-based Anna University is the first Indian university to have fabricated a satellite,  Anusat, in 2009. 
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2011: Year of satisfactory space missions

During 2011, the Indian Space and Research Organisation (ISRO) launched eight satellites using its own rocket Polar Satellite Launch Vehi...

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India, Pak meeting on nuclear and conventional CBMs begins

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li> Senior Indian and Pakistani officials began two-day talks on nuclear and conventional confidence-building measures here as part of the peace process between the two countries. 
 
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<li> This is the first meeting of the Joint Working Group on nuclear and conventional CBMs since October 2007 though other officials, including the two foreign secretaries, have discussed these issues in recent meetings in Islamabad and New Delhi 
 
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<li> Among the issues that are expected to be discussed are CBMs related to Jammu and Kashmir and missile tests and steps to boost cross-LoC trade and travel 
 
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<li> In an apparent bid to strengthen its case for access to civil nuclear technology, Pakistan has been pressing the issue of civil nuclear cooperation with India, including a proposal to discuss measures to cope with a Fukushima-like situation. 
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<li> The 10-member Indian delegation includes diplomats who handle issues related to Pakistan and disarmament. D Bala Verma, Director General (disarmament and international security affairs) is leading the group on nuclear CBMs while Yashwant K Sinha, Joint Secretary (Pakistan,Afghanistan and Iran) heads the group on conventional CBMs. The Pakistani side is led by Additional Secretary Munawar Saeed Bhatti. 
 
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<li> This is the fifth round of expert-level talks on conventional CBMs and the sixth round on nuclear CBMs. The decision to re-convene the two groups was made when the two foreign secretaries met here in June this year. 
 
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<li> India and Pakistan resumed their dialogue process early this year after a gap of over two years in the wake of the 2008 Mumbai attacks, which were blamed on the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba. 
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India, Pak meeting on nuclear and conventional CBMs begins

Senior Indian and Pakistani officials began two-day talks on nuclear and conventional confidence-building measures here as part of the pe...

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Civil nuclear co-op on agenda during Japanese PM's India visit

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div id="5283" style="display: block;"> <ul><li style="text-align: justify;"> India and Japan are expected to discuss civil nuclear cooperation during Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's two-day visit to India 
 
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<li style="text-align: justify;"> Mr. Noda will arrive in New Delhi to participate in the Sixth Annual Summit between the two countries during which he will hold bilateral talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. 
 
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<li style="text-align: justify;"> During their talks on Wednesday, the two leaders will discuss steps to enhance the India-Japan Strategic and Global Partnership. 
 
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<li style="text-align: justify;"> An official release from the Ministry of External Affairs said that the two Prime Ministers are expected to discuss the civil nuclear deal, negotiations over which are on for a long time, and review economic ties between the two countries. 
 
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<li style="text-align: justify;"> The discussions would also focus on the commemoration of the 60th anniversary of establishment of diplomatic relations between India and Japan. 
 
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<li style="text-align: justify;">This is the first visit to India by the top Japanese leadership after a massive earthquake and tsunami struck Japan in March this year. India and Japan started negotiations on a civil nuclear deal in June, 2010 </li>
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Civil nuclear co-op on agenda during Japanese PM's India visit

India and Japan are expected to discuss civil nuclear cooperation during Japanese Prime Ministe...

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Manipur Legislative Assembly passes Lokayukta Bill

Manipur Legislative Assembly passes Lokayukta Bill

The Manipur Legislative Assembly on Thursday unanimously passed the Manipur Lokayukta Bill, 2011. The Bill seeks to establish the institu...

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Govt announces 4.5% reservation for minorities

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"> In a major decision ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections in five states, the Union Cabinet on Thursday approved reservation for minorities under the Other Backward Castes category. 
 
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<li style="text-align: justify;"> The reservation for the Muslims will be effective from January 01, 2012. 
 
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<li style="text-align: justify;"> The Union Cabinet, at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, took the decision that would pave way for reservation in government jobs and educational institutions for minorities as defined in section 2 (C) of the National Commission for Minorities Act, 1992. 
 
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<li style="text-align: justify;"> Muslims, Sikhs, Christians, Buddhists and Zoroastrians (Parsis) are notified as minority communities under Section 2 (c) of the Act. 
 
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<li style="text-align: justify;"> The decision is based on the recommendation of the National Commission for Religious and Linguistic Minorities. 
 
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<li style="text-align: justify;"> "The caste and communities of the said minorities which are included in the central list of OBCs notified from time to time by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment shall be covered by the said sub quota 
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Govt announces 4.5% reservation for minorities

In a major decision ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections in five states, the Union Cabinet on Thursday approved reservation for minor...

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Three from Karnataka selected for Sahitya Akademi awards

Three from Karnataka selected for Sahitya Akademi awards

Noted historian Ramachandra Guha, Kannada novelist P. Gopalakrishna Pai and Konkani poet Melvyn Rodrigues have been selected for this yea...

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A rare gift from Iran for Aligarh

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"> A 1,000-year-old manuscript, “ Nahjul Balagha ”, said to be a collection of letters, speeches and aphorisms of the fourth Caliphate of Islam Hazrat Ali, was released for publication at Aligarh Muslim University by Iran's former Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Wilayati. The Urdu, Hindi and English versions of this rare manuscript will be published by the AMU with financial support of the Iran Government. 
 
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<li style="text-align: justify;"> Another book, “ Bahr-e-Zakhkhar ”, said to contain a rare collection of Tazkira (a sort of biography mostly in the form of poetry) in Persian was also released. AMU's Maulana Azad Library was also gifted 3,000 Persian manuscripts and CDs by the Iran Cultural House. 
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A rare gift from Iran for Aligarh

A 1,000-year-old manuscript, “ Nahjul Balagha ”, said to be a collection of letters, speeches and aphorisms of the fourth Caliphate of I...

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Steve Jobs to be given posthumous Grammy

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"> Steve Jobs, former CEO and co-founder of Apple, will be posthumously honoured with the Trustees Award at the Grammys next year for transforming the way music is consumed. 
 
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<li style="text-align: justify;"> Jobs, who died in October this year at the age of 56, will be honoured alongside recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder and musician Dave Bartholomew at the annual ceremony on February 12. 
 
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<li style="text-align: justify;"> In 2002 Apple Computer Inc. was a recipient of a Technical GRAMMY Award for contributions of outstanding technical significance to the recording field. 
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Steve Jobs to be given posthumous Grammy

Steve Jobs, former CEO and co-founder of Apple, will be posthumously honoured with the Trustees Award at the Grammys next year for transf...

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Afghanistan opening first major train service

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"> Operators ran the first train down Afghanistan's first major railroad, clearing the way for a long-awaited service from the northern border that should speed up the US military's crucial supply flow and become a hub for future trade. 
 
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<li style="text-align: justify;"> A cargoless train chugged into a newly built station in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif 
 
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<li style="text-align: justify;"> The new rail line is the first stage of an ambitious plan to link landlocked Afghanistan to its neighbors' extensive railways for the first time 
 
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<li style="text-align: justify;"> Afghanistan has never had a functional rail network, though many projects have been begun and later abandoned, victims of maneuvers of the 19th century Great Game rivalry between Russia and Britain, and then political bickering in the early 20th century. Soviet occupiers abandoned a few rail projects in the 1980s, and later years of bitter civil war made such construction impossible 
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Afghanistan opening first major train service

Operators ran the first train down Afghanistan's first major railroad, clearing the way for a long-awaited service from the northern ...

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Russia launches manned mission to ISS

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"> Russia launched a manned mission to the International Space Sation (ISS) from its Baikonur space centre in Kazakhstan. 
 
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<li style="text-align: justify;"> The Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft carrying three astronauts. 
 
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<li style="text-align: justify;"> The crew to the ISS includes Oleg Kononenko from Russia, Andre Kuipers from the European Space Agency (ESA) and Donald Pettit from NASA. 
  
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<li style="text-align: justify;"> The trio will join Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoli Ivanishin from Russia and Daniel Burbank from NASA at the ISS and spend some 147 days in space. 
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Russia launches manned mission to ISS

Russia launched a manned mission to the International Space Sation (ISS) from its Baikonur space centre in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz TMA-0...

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Strong UV absorber discovered on Pluto’s surface

Strong UV absorber discovered on Pluto’s surface

A strong ultraviolet-wavelength absorber has been discovered on the surface of Pluto, indicating the possible presence of complex hydroc...

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New Kalpakkam N-reactor to be ready in 2 years

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"> The  Kudankulum nuclear power facility in Tamil Nadu faces stiff opposition from locals and activists on safety concerns, the country's atomic power plant operator today said the 500-mw prototype fast breeder reactor (PFBR) being set up at Kalpakkam is likely to be commissioned within the next two years. 
 
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<li style="text-align: justify;"> The  Kudankulum nuclear power facility in Tamil Nadu faces stiff opposition from locals and activists on safety concerns, the country's atomic power plant operator today said the 500-mw prototype fast breeder reactor (PFBR) being set up at Kalpakkam is likely to be commissioned within the next two years. 
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New Kalpakkam N-reactor to be ready in 2 years

The Kudankulum nuclear power facility in Tamil Nadu faces stiff opposition from locals and activists on safety concerns, the country'...

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NHAI to raise 10 thousand Cr through public issue

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"> The government announced for the first time, a public issue to raise funds to the tune of 10 thousand crore rupees for the National Highway Authority of India, NHAI for expanding roads in the country. 
 
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<li style="text-align: justify;"> The proposed NHAI bonds will be tax free and exempted from the income tax act. The face value of the bonds will be one thousand rupees and available for the public from 28th of this month to 11th of next month. 
 
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<li style="text-align: justify;"> The bonds will carry 8.2 percent coupon rate for 10 years and 8.3 percent for 15 years. The bonds are fully secured and listed in the stock exchanges including BSE, NSE and SEBI. 
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NHAI to raise 10 thousand Cr through public issue

The government announced for the first time, a public issue to raise funds to the tune of 10 thousand crore rupees for the National Highw...

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SC appointed panel on Mullaperiyar dam visit dam areas

SC appointed panel on Mullaperiyar dam visit dam areas

In Kerala, the Empowered Committee appointed by the Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court is on an inspection of different dams includi...

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Govt evolves programme to tackle anaemia

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"> To deal with the problem of anaemia, government will soon launch a weekly iron and folic supplementation (WIFS) programme under which the supplements will be provided to nearly 12 crore adolescents.  
 
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<li style="text-align: justify;"> As part of its nation-wide programme, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has suggested the states that a fixed day in a week, be earmarked as the day when iron and folic acid tablets are provided to adolescents.  
 
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<li style="text-align: justify;"> Funding for the scheme to states would be provided under the National Rural Health Mission and states are advised to project their fund requirements in Programme Implementation Plans for 2012-13, so that the scheme can be rolled out in the forthcoming financial year.  
 
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<li style="text-align: justify;"> The WIFS programme includes administration of supervised weekly iron-folic acid supplements of 100mg elemental iron and 500ug Folic acid, screening of target groups for moderate/severe anaemia and referring these cases to an appropriate health facility, information and counselling for improving dietary intake and for taking actions for prevention of intestinal worm infestation.  
 
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<li style="text-align: justify;"> Anaemia occurs primarily due to iron deficiency and is the most widespread nutritional deficiency disorder in the country. It is a result of under-nutrition and poor dietary intake of iron and is a nationwide problem, not only among pregnant women, infants and young children but also among adolescents.  
 
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<li style="text-align: justify;"> Anaemia in adolescents results in poor physical growth, reduced school performance, diminished concentration in daily tasks thus impacting work capacity and work output resulting in diminished earning capacity.  
 
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<li style="text-align: justify;"> In adolescent girls, it also enhances the risk of preterm delivery and having babies with low birth weight. These babies are more likely to be ill and not reach the age of one year. Anaemia in adolescent girls also increases their risk of maternal deaths. Above 1/3rd of all maternal deaths take place in young women in the age group of 15-24 years. Neonatal mortality is also hugely influenced by maternal health being as high as 54 per 1000 amongst those aged 15-19 years. 
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Govt evolves programme to tackle anaemia

To deal with the problem of anaemia, government will soon launch a weekly iron and folic supplementation (WIFS) programme under which the...

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Jharkhand to give statehood fighters monthly pension

Jharkhand to give statehood fighters monthly pension

Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda announced in the Assembly that the people who had fought for a separate Jharkhand state would get a ...

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Turkey suspends bilateral ties with France

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"> Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced measures against France after MPs passed a bill criminalising denial of the 1915-16 Armenian genocide. 
 
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<li style="text-align: justify;"> Ankara is recalling its ambassador and freezing political visits as well as joint military projects, including exercises. 
 
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<li style="text-align: justify;"> The bill was passed by the French National Assembly yesterday and is due to go before the Senate next year. French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe has publicly opposed it. 
 
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<li style="text-align: justify;"> Under the bill, those publicly denying genocide will face a year in jail and a fine of 58,000 dollars. Armenians say up to 1.5 million people were killed by the Ottoman Turks in 1915-16.</li>
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Turkey suspends bilateral ties with France

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced measures against France after MPs passed a bill criminalising denial of the 191...

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Powerful earthquakes hit New Zealand near Christchurch

Powerful earthquakes hit New Zealand near Christchurch

A series of strong earthquakes have struck the New Zealand city of Christchurch, rattling buildings, sending goods tumbling from shelves ...

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Russia ranked 2nd biggest global arms exporter

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"> Russia became the world's second largest arms exporter after the US in 2011, said Igor Korotchenko, the head of the Moscow-based arms think tank Centre for Analysis of World Arms Trade (CAWAT). 
 
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<li style="text-align: justify;"> The CAWAT ranking revealed that Russia occupied the second position for world arms sales in 2011 with $11.29 billion in revenues, which accounts for 16.1 percent of all international arms supplies. 
 
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<li style="text-align: justify;"> "The forecast for 2012 is $11.3 billion or 17.3 percent of global arms sales." 
 
 
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<li style="text-align: justify;"> The US, however, dominates world arms exports, with over 40 percent of trade globally, or $28.76 billion. 
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Russia ranked 2nd biggest global arms exporter

Russia became the world's second largest arms exporter after the US in 2011, said Igor Korotchenko, the head of the Moscow-based arms...

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Large Hadron Collider detects new particle

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"> Large Hadron Collider has discovered a new sub atomic particle called Chi_b (3P), which can provide vital clues about elusive ‘God particle’ or Higgs boson.  
 
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<li style="text-align: justify;"> Higgs is a theoretical particle which is thought to ‘explain’ why the universe has mass. 
 
 
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<li style="text-align: justify;"> The Atlas detector, one of the LHC’s two huge particle detectors - captured the particle that physicists had suspected to exist for years, but had never seen ‘in the wild.’ 
 
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<li style="text-align: justify;"> Chi_b (3P) is LHC’s first confirmed sighting of an all new particle and was detected among data from the trillions of collisions at the LHC.  
 
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<li style="text-align: justify;"> This new particle is a crucial milestone for the collider and a vital step towards its mission to fill in the gaps in our understanding of physics. 
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Large Hadron Collider detects new particle

Large Hadron Collider has discovered a new sub atomic particle called Chi_b (3P), which can provide vital clues about elusive ‘God partic...

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Another Soyuz rocket launch fails

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"> Russia's recent poor launch record has continued with yet another Soyuz rocket failure. 
 
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<li style="text-align: justify;"> This time, a Soyuz-2 vehicle failed to put a communications satellite into orbit after lifting away from the country's Plesetsk spaceport. 
 
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<li style="text-align: justify;"> Debris is said to have re-entered the Earth's atmosphere near the western Siberian town of Tobolsk. 
 
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<li style="text-align: justify;"> In August, a Soyuz failure on a mission to resupply the space station led to a six-week suspension of flights. 
 
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<li style="text-align: justify;"> Rocket  was carrying a Meridian-5 satellite, designed to provide communication between ships, planes and coastal stations on the ground, according to RIA Novosti.  
 
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<li style="text-align: justify;"> It was a Soyuz-2.1b, the most modern version of the rocket that has been in service in various forms since the 1960s. 
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Another Soyuz rocket launch fails

Russia's recent poor launch record has continued with yet another Soyuz rocket failure. This time, a Soyuz-2 vehicle failed to put...

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