Showing posts with label General Knowledge. Show all posts
Showing posts with label General Knowledge. Show all posts

Nuclear Liability Bill

Wednesday, May 26, 2010 0 comments

Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill also known as Nuclear Liability Billis a key step in operationalisation of the landmark Indo-U.S. Civilian Nuclear Agreement which was enacted successfully in October, 2008. As per this bill India agrees to separate her civil and military nuclear facilities. Further, India also agrees to place her civil nuclear facilities under International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards. On the other hand, United States agrees to work toward full civil nuclear cooperation with India.

The Business Aspect of the deal:
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Current Heads of International Organisations

  • African Development Bank: President: Donald Kaberuka, Rwanda (2005)
  • African Union: Chairperson: Muammar al-Gaddafi, Libya (2009-2010) , Bingu wa Mutharika, Malawi (2010)
  • African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP): Dr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas (Ghana) (Since March 4, 2010)
  • Andean Community: Secretary-General: Freddy Ehlers Zurita (Ecuador), (2007)
  • Antarctic Treaty : Executive Secretary: Jan Huber, Netherlands (2004)
  • Arab League: Secretary-General: Amr Moussa, Egypt (2001)
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Chhattisgarh: Annual Plan Rs. 13,230 Crore

Sunday, May 23, 2010 0 comments

The annual plan outlay of Chhattisgarh for 2010-11 has been fixed at Rs. 13,230 Crore in a meeting between planning commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia and Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh. The plan outlay for Year 2009-10 was Rs. 10,947 crore, which has been hiked by roughly 20% this year.

FactBox : State Annual Plans for 2010-11 , Fixed So Far....
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Memorable Points for Eams

About Jhumpa Lahiri:
Jhumpa Lahiri (original name- Nilanjana Sudeshna) : works - Interpreter of Maladies won 2000 Pulitzer Prize, Namesake , Currently in US President`s Committee on the Arts and Humanities. Namesake was adapted in a movie with the same name which was directed by Mira Nair. Suresh Kalpenn acted in this movie.

On WPI Inflation:
The WPI inflation is no longer driven by the supply side factors. WPI Inflation (non food items) was negative 0.4% in November 2009 and it rose sharply to 53.3% by March 2010.
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5 Years of National Rural Health Mission

Saturday, May 22, 2010 0 comments


National Rural Health Mission was launched by Prime Minister Man Mohan Singh on 12 th April, 2005 with objectives to provide effective health care to the rural population, the disadvantaged groups including women and children by improving access, enabling community ownership, strengthening public health systems for efficient service delivery, Enhancing equity and accountability Promoting decentralization.

Some of the objects set while launching this programme were:
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