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Tuesday, November 16, 2010

November 12th and 15th

· The omission of Jammu and Kashmir from the list of disputes under the observation of the Security Council

· Index of Industrial Production (IIP)

· Inclusive growth

§ Title of 11th five year Plan.

§ MDG

§ Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREGS)

§ The Food Security Act

§ The Bharat Nirman programme

§ The National Health Mission

§ The Integrated Child Development Services

§ UNICEF

· Parallel drawn with China on JK issue.

o Taiwan

o Tibet

o Shanghai Cooperation Organisation

o Asia Pacific Regional Economy

o Russia-India-China trilateral meeting

· Facebook- ‘Project Titan’ :unofficially referred to internally as its ‘Gmail killer.'

o ecosystem of communication

· ‘Athulyam'- A total primary education programme which has a series of linked schemes that aim to re-educate primary school dropouts.

o The programme would be run by LEAP (Lifelong Education and Awareness Programme) Mission, formerly the Literacy Mission.

· Integrated Turmeric Complex and Terminal Marketing Complex for agricultural produce @ Erode

· Dairy imports from US prohibited

o The Codex Alimentarius

o Islamic and Jewish dietary code

o The Codex Alimentarius is a collection of internationally recognised standards, codes of practice, guidelines and other recommendations relating to foods, food production and food safety

o Religious Sensitivity

o Bovine Growth Hormones (BGH)/Bovine Somatotropin Hormones (BST)

o India imports dairy products from New Zealand and Australia.

· Paid news syndrome

o Democracy and Role of Media

· National litigation policy- to reduce the pendency of cases in various courts.

o IT-enabled services

o fast track courts

o Gram nyayalayas

o Mobile Courts

o Judicial Standards and Accountability Bill- To make sure that the tainted were not occupying prime positions in the judiciary

· Cholera is caused by a water-borne bacterium called Vibrio cholerae.

· The Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC)

· 2010 Intel Environment Award

· The Right to Food Campaign

o Comprehensive Food Security Act.

o Public Distribution System

· NBFCs’ compliance with RBI Act not with Sharia

o Al Baraka Financial Service Limited (ABFSL), a financial service floated by the Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation (KSIDC)- RBI has not granted registration to operate on the principles of Sharia.

o Secular Issue

§ no legal impediment in operating a NBFC (Non Banking Financial Companies) without offering interests.

§ Article 27

· One Family, One Dog from next year @ Shanghai

· Bio-terrorism

o Ebola, Anthrax and Marburg Viruses

o The Nunn-Lugar programme

· Simhadri, Super Thermal Power Station, the first shore-based power plant

o NTPC will commission the first unit of Stage-II expansion project

o Two units of 500 MW each in the first phase were synchronised in 2002

o adding two more units each with 500 MW

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