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Monday 28 May 2012

Surface-to-air Akash missile test fired

Two days after its successful trial, India today again test-fired the indigenously developed surface-to-air Akash missile from the test range at Chandipur near Balsoer.

"The user specific trial, which formed part of the country's routine air defence exercises, was conducted from the ITR," said a Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) official associated with the ‘Akash’ missile project.

To re-validate the technology and operational efficacy of the anti-aircraft missile, Defence forces conducted the trial with logistic support provided by the ITR.

Buddhist encyclopaedia published in Russia

The first encyclopaedia of Buddhist philosophy has been brought out in Russia where Buddhism has seen a revival after the collapse of Communism.

The encyclopaedia analyses the philosophical aspects of Buddhism in the context of different civilisations, cultures and religions, including Hinduism, Christianity and Islam.

Releasing the book at a function held at the Institute of Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Sciences India’s Ambassador Ajai Malhotra said that the philosophy of Lord Buddha was a relevant today as ever and would continue to inspire future generations across the world.

Indian-origin student cracks 350 years' old math puzzles

A 16-year-old Indian-origin 'genius' from Germany has managed to crack puzzles that had baffled the world of maths for more than 350 years.

Shouryya Ray, from Dresden, has solved two fundamental particle dynamics theories which physicists have previously been able to calculate only by using powerful computers.

Shouryya has been hailed a genius after working out the problems set by Sir Isaac Newton.

His solutions mean that scientists can now calculate the flight path of a thrown ball and then predict how it will hit and bounce off a wall, the Daily Mail reported.

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  • Kerala is the second state to ban the use of gutka and paan masala after Madhya Pradesh.


    Citing increasing incidence of diseases like oral cancer, the Congress-led UDF Government in Kerala today announced a ban on the manufacture and sale of gutka and paan masala containing tobacco in the state with immediate effect.

    Announcing the decision at a press conference here, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said the ban on gutka and paan masala containing tobacco and nicotine was enforced under the provisions of Food Safety and Standards Regulation Act, 2011.

    Kerala is the second state to ban the use of gutka and paan masala after Madhya Pradesh.

    The increasing incidence of gutka-induced diseases like oral cancer had prompted the government to ban the products, Chandy said adding the Commissioner of Food Safety (Kerala) had issued the notification banning these products on May 22.

    Sunday 20 May 2012

    New York polytechnic honours Sam Pitroda

    Polytechnic Institute of New York University, America's second-oldest private engineering school, has conferred an honorary degree of Doctor of Engineering on Sam Pitroda, adviser to Indian Prime Minster Manmohan Singh.

    Delivering the keynote address at the school's 157th Commencement here Friday, Pitroda urged the class of 2012 to recognize technology as the key to social change and inclusive growth, not only economic prosperity.

    Friday 18 May 2012

    Current Affairs May 2012 Quiz-4



    1.Durand cup is associated with-----?
    a)football
    b)hockey
    c)cricket
    d)lawn tennis
    e)table tennis



    2.Santhosh trophy is assocated with-----
    a)football
    b)hockey
    c)cricket
    d)lawn tennis
    e)table tennis



    Thursday 17 May 2012

    Current Affairs May 2012 Quiz-3


    1.S & P Reduces India Credit Rating From BBB+ to ................??
    a) BBB-
    b) BB+
    c) CCC+
    d) CCC-




    2.RBI has made it mandatory for all banks to print the MICR and IFSC code on the passbook. What is Accronomy of MICR
    a) Magnetic Ink Character Recognition
    b) Magnetic Ink Code Recognition
    c) Machine Internal Code Recognition
    d) Machine Ink Charecter Recognition



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    Wednesday 16 May 2012

    Current Affairs May 2012 QUIZ-2


    1.Who is the world’s richest boxer ?
    a) Vijendar Singh
    b) Miguel Cotto
    c) Floyd Mayweather
    d) Tyson Fury



    2.Present chairman Of the TRAI is?
    a) Rahul Khullar
    b) U.K Sinha
    c) Hari Narayana
    d) JS.Sarma

     



    Tuesday 15 May 2012

    Roger Federer wins Madrid Masters

     Madrid - Roger Federer put his best fighting tennis on display to produce a 3-6, 7-5, 7-5 victory over Tomas Berdych on Sunday to capture a third Madrid Masters title which will see him usurp Rafael Nadal as world No 2 on Monday.

    The Swiss, with 16 Grand Slam titles, will now stand behind Novak Djokovic on Monday on the ATP list after sending Nadal back to third with his winning performance on the controversial blue clay laid down at the Caja Magica.

    "I feel amazing," said Federer, who came through on his fourth match point as Berdych ploughed a forehand into the net.

    Dalai Lama gives Templeton Prize money to Indian charity

    Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Monday received the prestigious 1.1 million pound Templeton Prize here and announced that most of the prize money will go to 'Save the Children' fund in India.

    Speaking at the St Paul's Cathedral where he received the prize, 76-year-old Dalai Lama said that most of the prize money will go to the 'Save the Children' fund in India, with smaller bequests to a science and religion group which is studying the effects of Buddhist practice and to a project to train Buddhist monks as scientists.

    About 900,000 pounds will go to 'Save the Children', an Indian NGO that works for child rights, with 125,000 pounds set aside for 'The Minds and Life Institute', a US based non-profit organisation. Money will also go towards a fund to educate Tibetan monks about science.

    Monday 14 May 2012

    RBI,NABARD,SEBI,IRDA,EXIM

    S.No Apex Body Accronomy Established In The Year Head Quarters Head Of Org
    1 RBI Reserve Bank Of India 1 April 1935 Mumbai D.Subbarao [Governer]
    2 NABARD National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development 12 July 1982 Mumbai Dr. Prakash Bakshi [Chairman]
    3 SEBI Securities and Exchange Board of India 12 April 1992 Mumbai U.K Sinha [Chairman]
    4 IRDA Insurance regulatory authority of india 2002 Hyderabad Hari Narayana
    5 EXIM Export-Import Bank of India 1982 Mumbai Ranganathan [Chairman and Managing Director]

    Present RBI Policy Rates

    CRR 4.75%
    SLR24.00%
    Repo Rate 8.00%
    Reverse RepoRate7.00%
    Bank Rate 9.00%

    Scott Thompson quits as Yahoo CEO

    Yahoo Inc Chief Executive Scott Thompson has stepped down after a controversy over a fake computer science college degree on his biography, the third CEO in three years to leave the Internet company struggling to define its future.

    The departure is a victory for hedge fund manager Daniel Loeb of Third Point LLC, which is one of Yahoo's largest outside shareholders and brought the discrepancy in Thompson's educational background to light.

    Clinton, Nooyi, Sonia among 'World's Powerful Moms' list

    US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has been named No 1 in the World's 20 Most Powerful Moms list which also ranked India-born Indra Nooyi at the 3rd spot and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi at No 6.

    The list released by Forbes ahead of World Mother's Day today placed 64-year-old Clinton, who has one of the world's biggest jobs in hand, at No 1.

    The list chosen from diverse spheres of government, business, entertainment and philanthropy ranked 64-year-old Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff at second position, who has a daughter.

    Rahul Khullar to be new Trai chairman

    Commerce secretary Rahul Khullar has been appointed as the new chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) for a three-year term.

    Khullar, a 1975 batch IAS officer of Delhi cadre, will succeed JS Sarma, whose tenure ended today. The tenure of Khullar, who was due to retire in April next year, will be till May, 2015.

    "I will be joining from tomorrow," Khullar told PTI. Khullar, 59, will head Trai at a time when the regulator is in the line of fire of telecom operators for its recommendations on spectrum auction in which it has proposed steep high base price for radio waves. The auction is to be undertaken before August 31 this year.

    Sunday 13 May 2012

    China, Japan, South Korea Agree to Trade Talks

    Setting aside their political differences, China, Japan and South Korea have decided to work out a trilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA) to further boost trade that stood at over USD 650 billion in 2011.

    Presiding over a summit meeting of the three countries here today, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said all three nations have agreed to commence talks for FTA within this year.

    Calling the agreement as "an important strategic decision", Wen told a press briefing atttended by Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak that the three countries should make concerted efforts for early establishment of FTA.

    BoB overtakes PNB as second most profitable public sector bank

    State-owned Bank of Baroda (BoB) has pipped PNB to become the country's second largest public sector lender in terms of annual profit.

    Mumbai-based BoB's net profit crossed Rs 5,000 crore during 2011-12, a rise of 18 per cent from the previous year.

    Punjab National Bank's (PNB) net profit rose by 10.2 per cent to Rs 4,884 crore for the fiscal ended March, 2012.

    The country's largest bank State Bank of India in the first nine months of 2011-12 has posted a net profit of Rs 8,243.64 crore. Its profit in 2010-11 stood Rs 8,264.5 crore .

    Indian American Pradeep Khosla named as Chancellor of California varsity

    Indian American Pradeep Khosla, IIT alumni, has been named as the eighth Chancellor of the University of California (UC), San Diego.
    Khosla, 55, is currently working as the Dean of College of Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University.

    UC President Mark Yudof made the announcement of Khosla's appointment, which will be confirmed by the university Board of Regents on May 16, Lynn Tierney, UC’s vice-president of communications, told India-West.

    Anish Kapoor unveils 'awkward' London Olympic tower

    British sculptor Anish Kapoor on Friday unveiled the controversial tower he designed for London's Olympic Park, defending the tangled red structure as 'awkward' but beautiful.

    Officials hope the ArcelorMittal Orbit tower, which looms 115 metres (376 feet) over the Olympic Stadium in east London and includes two viewing platforms and a restaurant, will continue to attract visitors long after the Games.

    The sculpture, named after the Luxembourg-based steel company that provided most of its funding, is the tallest in Britain and 72 feet (22 metres) taller than New York's Statue of Liberty.

    16.8 lakh children under five in India died of infectious diseases in 2010

    More than 16.8 lakh children below five years died of infectious but preventable diseases in India in 2010 and more than half of them could not complete the first month of their life, a new study has claimed.

    Of the total deaths, 52 per cent or about 0.875 million were among the children who died in the first 28 days of their life, according to the study published in The Lancet on Thursday.
    Pneumonia remained the leading killer, which accounted for 28.6 per cent of all deaths in children under five, followed by preterm birth complications (18.1 per cent) and diarrhoea (12.6 per cent), the study found.

    Wednesday 9 May 2012

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    Current Affairs May 2012 QUIZ1


    1). What is the Capital Of Bhutan?

    Ans) Thimpu

    2). Who is the Prime Minister of Russia?

    Ans) Dmitry Medvedev

    3).In India E-Waste generated in the country is expected to reach what volume?

    Ans) 8 Lack metric tonnes

    4).India Post Celeberates .........Years of Speed Post Service ?

    E-waste volume set to reach eight lakh metric tonnes: Government

    E-waste generated in the country is expected to reach eight lakh metric tonnes, marking an increase of nearly five-and-half times of the same generated in 2005, the government told the Rajya Sabha today.

    In a written reply to the House, Environment and Forest Minister Jayanthi Natarajan said, "Based on a survey by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), it is estimated that 1.47 lakh metric tons of e-waste was generated in the country in 2005, which is expected to increase to about 8 lakh MT by 2012."

    On steps taken by government to tackle import of such waste, she said, "Import is permitted only for recycling or recovery or reuse with the permission of the Environment Ministry or the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT)."

    Reforms in Biotechnology Sector

    Minister of State for Planning, Science &Technology and Earth Sciences Dr Ashwani Kumar stated in Rajya Sabha today Govt. proposes to bring reforms in the regulatory framework in the bio-technology sector.

    In reply to a question he said that currently research import, export, manufacture and use of all biotechnology products and processes involving genetically engineering are regulated through a elaborate food and environmental safety assessment under EPA Act 1986 (Rules 1989) administered under the Ministry of Environment and Forest. 


    National Judicial Commission

    The proposal for setting up of National Judicial Commission has been on the anvil since 1990. But despite the recommendations of various Commissions including the 2nd Administrative Reforms Commission, the proposal has not reached a logical conclusion.

    The Constitution (Amendment) Bills moved in 1990 as well as 2003 lapsed on both the occasions due to dissolution of the House. Giving this information in written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today, Shri Salman Khurshid, Minister of Law & Justice said that currently, appointment of Judges to High Courts and Supreme Court is based on Memorandum of Procedure for appointment of Judges of Supreme Court and High Courts prepared in 1998.

    Pt Ravi Shankar gets Tagore award

    Sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar has been nominated for the first Tagore Award, instituted by the government to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore, for promoting values of universal brotherhood.

    The name of Ravishankar, the Varanasi-born, most-famous contemporary Indian musician, was cleared unanimously by a jury under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

    India Post Celeberates 25 Years of Speed Post Service

    Shri Kapil Sibal ,Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology today inaugurated the two day annual conference of Heads of Circle of the Department of Posts. A special cover to mark 25 years of Speed Post was also released by the Minister on the occasion. The Minister gave away prizes to top three Postal Circles for generating highest rate of revenue growth in Speed Post during 2010-11, on the occasion.

    While Karnataka Circle walked away with the first prize and DG Post’s Rolling Trophy, Jammu and Kashmir Circle and Jharkhand Circle secured the second and third position respectively. Speed Post is the premium Express Mail Service of India Post. It was launched in August, 1986 to meet the “felt-need” of the developing Indian economy. It offers a time-bound and assured delivery of letters, documents and parcels up to 35kg across the nation and around the world.

    Tuesday 8 May 2012

    Dmitry Medvedev confirmed as Russian prime minister

    Russian Parliament on Tuesday overwhelmingly confirmed Dmitry Medvedev's appointment as prime minister in a job swap with president Vladimir Putin amid anti-government protests here for a third day.

    Medvedev, 46, was confirmed as the country's new prime minister with a vote of 299-144 in the State Duma.

    Putin submitted Medvedev's candidacy for the post shortly after his inauguration as president yesterday. Medvedev occupied the presidential post in 2008-2012.

    Before the vote, Putin, 59, who was sworn-in for a record third term as President, introduced Medvedev to the lawmakers as an experienced politician who stood behind crucial reforms in the country.

    UTI CMO Jaideep Bhattacharya resigns

    Amid declining market share and uncertainty over appointment of a full-time Chairman, UTI Mutual Fund's Chief Marketing Officer Jaideep Bhattacharya has quit the fund house.

    According to sources, Bhattacharya has quit to explore other carrier opportunities and a formal announcement could be made soon.

    There have been reports of the board not being happy about the performance of the fund, which was once the country's largest fund house but has currently slipped to fifth position.

    Since U K Sinha left UTI to become SEBI Chairman in February 2011, there has been no full time chief of the country's oldest fund house.

    Pranab Mukherjee elected Chair of ADB Governors' Board

    Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee was elected today as Chair of the ADB's Board of Governors and the country will host the 46th annual meeting of the Asian Development Bank in New Delhi next year.

    "India is very happy to accept the chair," Mukherjee said at the closing business session of the 45th annual meeting of the ADB board of governors.

    Mukherjee said while India was the founding member of the ADB in 1966, its lending operations in India began two decades later.

    Monday 7 May 2012

    North American Countries, Capitals & Currencies

    CountryCapitalCurrency
    Antigua and BarbudaSt. JohnsDollar
    BahamasNassauDollar
    BarbadosBridgetownDollar
    BelizeBelmopanDollar
    CanadaOttawaCanadian Dollar
    Costa RicaSan JoseColon
    CubaHavanaPeso
    DominicaRoseauSterling
    El SalvadorSan SalvadorColon
    GrenadaSt. GeorgeDollar
    GuatemalaGuatemala CityQuetzal
    HaitiPort-au-PrinceGourde
    HondurasTegucigalpaLempira
    JamaicaKingstonDollar
    MexicoMexico CityPeso
    NicaraguaManaguaCordoba
    PanamaPanama CityBalboa
    St. Kitts and NevisBasseterreDollar
    Trinidad and TobagoPort-of-SpainDollar
    United States of AmericaWashington D.C.Dollar

    African Countries and Capitals

    Africa is the second largest continent in the world and has fifty-four countries. In the 19th century, European sailors discovered this continent. Today, African countries are among the most preferred travel destinations for adventure tourism. African countries are famous for their varied landscapes, flora and fauna, culture and traditions. African cuisine is steadily gaining popularity in other parts of the world. Each African country has a different kind of experience to offer. Take a look at the various African countries and their capitals.

    CountriesCapitals
    AlgeriaAlgiers
    AngolaLuanda
    Benin Porto-Novo
    BotswanaGaborone
    Burkina FasoOuagadougou
    Burundi Bujumbura
    CameroonYaounde
    Cape VerdePraia
    Central African RepublicBangui
    ChadN'Djamena
    ComorosMoroni
    Congo, Democratic Republic of (Congo-Kinshasa)Kinshasa
    Congo, Republic of (Congo-Brazzaville)Brazzaville
    Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)Yamoussoukro
    DjiboutiDjibouti
    EgyptCairo
    Equatorial GuineaMalabo
    EritreaAsmara
    EthiopiaAddis Ababa
    GabonLibreville
    GambiaBanjul
    GhanaAccra
    GuineaConakry
    Guinea-BissauBissau
    KenyaNairobi
    LesothoMaseru
    LiberiaMonrovia
    LibyaTripoli
    MadagascarAntananarivo
    MalawiLilongwe
    MaliBamako
    MauritaniaNouakchott
    MauritiusPort Louis
    MoroccoRabat
    MozambiqueMaputo
    NamibiaWindhoek
    NigerNiamey
    NigeriaAbuja
    Rwanda Kigali
    Sao Tome and Principe São Tomé
    SenegalDakar
    SeychellesVictoria
    Sierra LeoneFreetown
    SomaliaMogadishu
    South AfricaPretoria
    SudanKhartoum
    SwazilandMbabane
    TanzaniaDodoma
    TogoLomé
    TunisiaTunis
    Western SaharaEl-Aaiún
    UgandaKampala
    ZambiaLusaka
    ZimbabweHarare

    Vladimir Putin sworn in as Russia's President

    Vladimir Putin has been sworn in as Russia’s president for a third term after four years as Prime Minister.

    Mr. Putin was first elected president in 2000 and the new six-year term will keep him in power until 2018.

    Mr. Putin’s inauguration on Monday comes a day after an opposition protest drew more than 20,000 people, fewer than the mass demonstrations that preceded his election but still a sign that the anger over Mr. Putin’s return to the Kremlin has not faded.

    The protest turned violent when some demonstrators tried to march toward the Kremlin and helmeted riot police beat back the crowds with batons and detained more than 400 people.

    Europe Countries & Capitals


    COUNTRY                                                                  CAPITAL

    Albania Tirane
    Andorra Andorra la Vella
    Austria Vienna
    Belarus Minsk
    Belgium Brussels
    Bosnia-Herzegovina Sarajevo
    Bulgaria Sofia
    Croatia Zagreb
    Czech Republic Prague
    Cyprus Nicosia
    Denmark Copenhagen
    Estonia Tallinn
    Finland Helsinki
    France Paris
    Germany Berlin
    Greece Athens
    Hungary Budapest
    Iceland Reykjavik
    Ireland Dublin
    Italy Rome
    Latvia Riga
    Liechtenstein Vaduz
    Lithuania Vilnius
    Luxembourg Luxembourg
    Macedonia Skopje
    Malta Valletta
    Moldova Kishinev
    Monaco Monaco
    Netherlands Amsterdam
    Norway Oslo
    Poland Warsaw
    Portugal Lisbon
    Romania Bucharest
    Russia Moscow
    San Marino San Marino
    Slovakia Bratislava
    Slovenia Ljubljana
    Spain Madrid
    Sweden Stockholm
    Switzerland Bern
    Ukraine Kiev
    United Kingdom London
    Vatican City Vatican City
    Yugoslavia Belgrade
    Armenia Yerevan
    Azerbaijan Baku
    Georgia Tbilisi

    Asia Countires & Capitals List



    CountriesCapitals
    AfghanistanKabul
    ArmeniaYerevan
    AzerbaijanBaku
    BahrainManama
    BangladeshDhaka
    BhutanThimphu
    Brunei-DarussalamBandar-Seri-Begawan
    CambodiaPhnom-Penh
    ChinaBeijing
    East Timor Dili
    IndiaNew Delhi
    IndonesiaJakarta
    IranTehran
    IraqBaghdad
    Israel Jerusalem
    JapanTokyo
    JordanAmman
    KazakhstanAstana
    Korea, North Pyongyang
    Korea, South Seoul
    KuwaitKuwait City
    KyrgyzstanBishtek
    Laos Vientiane
    CountriesCapitals
    MalaysiaKuala Lumpur
    MaldivesMale
    MongoliaUlaanbaatar
    MyanmarYangon
    Nepal Kathmandu
    OmanMuscat
    PakistanIslamabad
    PhilippinesManila
    QatarDoha
    RussiaMoscow
    Saudi ArabiaRiyadh
    SingaporeSingapore
    Sri LankaColombo
    SyriaDamascus
    TaiwanTaipei
    TajikistanDushanbe
    ThailandBangkok
    TurkeyAnkara
    TurkmenistanAshgabat
    United Arab EmiratesAbu Dhabi
    UzbekistanTashkent
    VietnamHanoi
    YemenSanaa

    Indian women lift Asian Squash title; men falter against Pak

    Indian women squash team today created history by winning its maiden Asian title by defeating top seed Hong Kong 2-0 in the final in Kuwait.

    The men’s team, however, went down 0-2 against Pakistan in the summit clash in the 16th Asian Team Squash Championship.

    In the women’s final, Joshna Chinnappa, ranked 71st in the world, waged a grim battle against world number 16 Joey Chan before winning 11-3 11-8 8-11 11-8 in 38 minutes to put India 1-0 ahead.

    Dipika Pallikal, ranked 14th, then complemented the superb show by her compatriot, winning 11-8 12-10 11-8 against world number seven Annie Au in 32 minutes to seal the issue in India’s favour.
    India’s best performance in the women’s team championship was a silver medal at the last championship held in 2010 in Chennai.

    Russia's Pravda hits 100, still urging workers to unite

    One hundred years after its first edition appeared, the once mighty Pravda newspaper has gone back to its origins as a struggling opposition newspaper, but is still defiantly urging the workers of the world to unite.

    The paper that for decades was the mouthpiece of the ruling Soviet Communist Party, churning out propaganda that made a mockery of its title meaning "Truth", suffered a humiliating fall from grace as the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991.

    Banned by Russian President Boris Yeltsin in 1991, Pravda was later revived, then sold to a Greek family, engulfed by financial problems and finally taken over in 1997 by the Russian Communist Party Central Committee.

    France's Holland Declares Victory In Presidential Election, Urges Unity

    Socialist Francois Hollande has declared victory in France’s presidential election, following a bitter campaign against Nicolas Sarkozy.

    "The French on this 6th of May have chosen change, carrying me to the office of president of the republic," Hollande told huge crowds of supporters in his electoral base of Tulle in central France.

    The Socialist leader said he was "proud to have been capable of giving French people hope again." He also urged unity and promosed to be “the president of all."

    According to projections based on partial results of Sunday's run-off vote, Hollande got some 52 percent, against 48 percent for Sarkozy.

    Sunday 6 May 2012

    Haryana to promote institutional deliveries

    Haryana Government has introduced ‘Surakshit Maa Award Yojna’ to encourage the pregnant women for early ante natal registration.

    Stating this at Chandigarh, an official spokesman said that this award would be given every month in the sub-centres of the districts selected for this year.

    Women who would report for ante natal registration in the first trimester would become eligible to be registered for a draw of lottery every month in the sub centre.

    India, the Second Largest Producer of Fruits and Vegetables

    India is the second largest producer of fruits and vegetables in the world with 74.877 million metric tonnes production of fruits and 146.554 million metric tonnes production of vegetables for the year 2010-11.

    The cumulative wastages in fruits and vegetables is estimated 5.8% to 18%. As per study by the Central Institute for Post Harvest Engineering & Technology, Ludhiana (published in 2010) post-harvest losses of major agricultural produces including fruits and vegetables at National level were estimated to the tune of about Rs. 44,000 crore per annum. “Creation and Management of cold chain infrastructure” for agriculture has been identified a thrust area by the Prime Minister.

    Mayweather ‘World’s richest boxer’

    American star Floyd Mayweather is the world’s richest boxer with an estimated fortune of 100 million pounds.

    And the boxer’s bank balance is set receive an extra 12 million pounds as he challenges Puerto Rican Miguel Cotto for the WBA light-middleweight crown in Las Vegas Saturday.

    But it wasn’t the same for Floyd as a kid, when his family couldn’t even afford a lock on the door.

    “Basically, I raised myself, and it was my older sister who made sure I got up every morning and went to school. I only had three pair of pants, three shirts and one pair of shoes. I’d mix and match to make them look different. The running water we had was cold, so we would heat water on the stove to wash,” The Daily Star quoted Floyd, as saying, whose mum was a drug-addict.

    Indian-origin doc wins London Assembly seat in close contest

    An Indian-origin doctor of the Labour party scored a major upset after narrowly winning the Ealing and Hillingdon seat from the former Conservative Deputy Mayor of London in the Assembly elections here.

    Labour's Dr Onkar Singh Sahota beat Richard Barnes of the Conservative party by a narrow 3,110 votes. Sahota finished with 65,584 while Barnes got 62,474.

    Michael Francis Cox, Liberal Democrat, came third with 11,805 votes only narrowly finishing ahead of the Green Party's Mike Harling who finished with 10,877.

    Barnes became Deputy Mayor of London in 2008. Sahota said his election was a "clear message to the Conservative-led government that the policies they have adopted are not acceptable to the people."

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    Moscow to Ban Smoking in Restaurants by 2014


    Moscow authorities have plans to ban smoking in restaurants and pubs by 2014,
    A draft plan published on the city's department of economic policy and development's website has revealed.

    “The ban on smoking in public places will be introduced gradually. In 2012, a total ban on smoking is planned in educational and healthcare facilities, places of culture, state offices and public transportation. In 2013-2014 the ban will be extended to all workplaces, pubs and restaurants,” it said.

    In addition, 20 percent fewer licences to sell alcohol will be granted in 2012-2014.

    Saturday 5 May 2012

    ADB to provide $6.25 billion to India


    The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide assistance of USD 6.25 billion to India over three years for various projects, including those in the energy and education sectors.

    "ADB's three-year country operations business plan for India for 2012-2014 will provide lending assistance of USD 6.25 billion to support inclusive and environmentally sustainable growth," Secretary, ADB, Robert Dawson told PTI.

     

    The lending support will go to key areas like transport, energy, urban development, agriculture natural resource management, finance and education.
    Prior to this, ADB has approved 159 loans (sovereign and non-sovereign) for India amounting to USD 24.12 billion.

    Indian archer Deepika Kumari wins first World Cup title

    India’s Olympic prospect Deepika Kumari won her first World Cup individual recurve gold medal on Saturday at Antalya, Turkey.
    She beat Korea’s Lee Sung Jin by six set points to four in the final of the Stage 2 of the championship.
    According to information received in Kolkata, teenager Deepika won the second set (29—27), third (27—26) and the fifth (28—27) while losing the first (27—30) and the fourth (27—29).
    Ms. Deepika, who has already qualified for London Olympics, is the current junior world champion and a gold medallist at the Delhi Commonwealth Games. She had also won the Cadet World Title in 2009.

    Archery Association of India chief and Indian Olympic Association acting president Vijay Kumar Malhotra congratulated Ms. Deepika on her win today.

    “Beating a Korea in the final is a great achievement. It’s another feather in her cap. I hope she does well in the Olympics,” Mr. Malhotra said.

    60 per cent of rural India lives on less than Rs 35 a day

    About 60 per cent of India's rural population lives on less than Rs 35 a day and nearly as many in cities live on Rs 66 a day, reveals a government survey on income and expenditure.

    "In terms of average per capita daily expenditure, it comes out to be about Rs 35 in rural and Rs 66 in urban India. About 60 per cent of the population live with these expenditures or less in rural and urban areas," said Director General of National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) J Dash in his preface to the report.

    According to the 66th round of National Sample Survey (NSS) carried out between July 2009 and June 2010, all India average monthly per capita consumer expenditure (MPCE) in rural areas was Rs 1,054 and urban areas Rs 1,984.
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