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Current Affairs: April 2013
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NATIONAL AFFAIRS: India joins Madrid Protocol. Supreme Court rejects Novartis AG’s plea for getting its blood cancer drug patented in India. Sops for export growth in 2013-14 Foreign Trade Policy. Cabinet approves National Child Policy. India-Canada ink pact on nuclear commerce. Visit of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to Germany.India, Russia to cooperate in disaster management. Visit of Vice-President Ansari to Tajikistan.
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: Global military spending declines. World Bank aims to reduce global extreme poverty. Serbia, Kosovo reach historic deal. Turkey becomes SCO dialogue partner. UN Approves Arms Treaty.
PLUS: Business GK/News
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Current General Knowledge: April 2013
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ABBREVIATIONS: AAA. ATT. HFT. VVPAT. AWARDS:Jnanpith Award.Kalidas Samman.Dada Saheb Phalke Award.Pulitzer Prizes.BOOKS:Above All Things.CYBER SPACE:Bitcoin.Password stealing virus.World Wide Web turns 20.DEFENCE: National Defence University. PLACES: Barmer. Boston. Bushehr. Chabahar Port. Hyderabad.Mount Fuji.Niyamgiri Hills. Sichuan. Siddheshwar Dhaam. South Sudan.RESEARCH:World’s Lightest Material.New 3-D camera. World’s Smallest Antenna. See-through Brain.Ants can sense earthquakes. Kolkata scientists develops hydrogen-based energy source.Goodbye QWERTY. SPACE RESEARCH: Locating neutron stars faster. Sun’s “magnetic heartbeat”. Planet hunting project.Proba-3. Oldest person to spacewalk.SpaceShipTwo.Herschel space observatory. MISCELLANEOUS:UN World Tourism Organization.High Frequency Trading. World’s Fastest Data Storage.
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Events; Appointments; Etc.: April 2013
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Appointments, Visitors, Resignations, Died, Milestones, Events
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Sports News in Brief: April 2013
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ATHLETICS: Federation Cup Senior Athletics Championships, 17th. GOLF: US Masters, 2013. SHOOTING: Rahi Sarnobat shoots India's first pistol gold at World Cup. TENNIS: Monte Carlo Masters. WRESTLING: Senior Asian Championship.
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Cover Feature
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State of India’s Economy
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The Economic Survey for 2012-13 exuded confidence that the Indian economy would bounce back to
achieve higher growth of 6.1-6.7 per cent. However, the improved growth number, the
Survey noted, would be contingent on a normal monsoon and further
moderation in inflation.
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General
Knowledge
Refresher
By O.P. Khanna
One of the best books
on General Knowledge
To be Re-launched
in Print SOON!
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feature
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Round-up of Current Affairs - 2012
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Round-up of Current Affairs, 2012 [Including Appointments, Events, Milestones]. Useful for preparation for various competitive exams like Civil Services Prelims, Bank PO & Clerk, Assistant Grade, MBA, Hotel Management, NDA, CDS, Interview etc.
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India-China Relations: A Backgrounder
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The cross cultural currents between India and China date back to many
millennia. During the colonial period people of both countries rendered
support and sympathy to each other in their common struggle. India was the first country in non-communist block to recognize China
and establish diplomatic relations. However, both did not handle their
relations well in the 1950s due to various misconceptions and
misunderstandings.
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essay
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The Significance of Cooperatives for Social Justice
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Throughout the world today, societies are being torn apart due to the
fact that various social groups and classes are not getting their due
respect from other forces in society. Many societies are lacking social
justice which could be seen as equal opportunity treatment of all
persons in society.
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career info
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Are You Ready for the World?
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The
canvas of a student's life is filled with daily risks and
uncertainties.But the tragedy is that nobody understands that. What we need is a
survival kit, something that tells us the kind of persons we should be
and what we should be doing to succeed in life.
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Personality Development
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Banish Your Phobias
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A phobia is an irrational fear. Phobias are obsessive, inadequate emotional experiences of specific
fears felt by the subject in a definite (phobic) situation and
accompanied by dysfunctions. Phobias are observed in neuroses, psychoses and organic brain diseases.
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master communities
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