Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Current Affairs 13th August 2013



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Isinbayeva won Gold Medal at World Athletics Championship

Isinbayeva won Gold medal in Women’s pole vault final at World Athletic Championship. Finals conducted in Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia.

Abraaj Group and CDC invested Rs.100 crores in Rainbow Hospital

Abraaj Group and CDC invested Rs.100 crores in Rainbow Hospital. CDC is a UK based development finance institution. Rainbow Hospital is a health care centre for children and women. Annual Turnover was Rs.100 crores in the last financial year i.e. 2012-13. Chairman and Managing Director of Rainbow Hospital, Dr.Ramesh Kancharla has stated that they are planning to expand branches in pune, Chennai and Bangalore.

Kaybase launched special division on Agri Business Segment

Kaybase launched special division on Agri Business segment. Kaybase is the research based consulting firm. Major clients of the company are EID Parry, TVS Motors, Lucas TVS, Mphasis, and Dalmia Cement. Today company offer services in advertisement research, customer services in motors segment.

10 % increase in Import Duty on Gold and Silver

Import Duty on Gold and Silver increased by 10 %. Currently import duty on Gold is 8 % and Silver is 6 %. From January 2013 onwards this is third time increase in the import duty.
 
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) Net Profit is Rs.150.32 crores
For the first quarter of the 2013-14 financial years Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) Net Profit is Rs.150.32 crores. In the last financial year i.e. 2012-13, company suffered with net loss of Rs.8836.75 crores.  Income from operations is Rs.58, 736.44 crores.

Net profit of Hindalco increased by 11.8 %
Hindalco announced first quarter results on 13th August. Company attained increased net profit by 11.8 %.  Net profit reached Rs. 475 crores.

11th National Geographic World Championship won by Indian American Students

11th National Geographic World Championship won by 3 Indian American Students in Russia’s St.peterburg city. They have defeated 17 other regions teams. Captain of the Indian American Team is Gopi Ramanathan. He is from Sartell School, Minnesota. Other two students in the team are Neelam Kaur Sandhu (belongs to Bedford school, New Hampsshire) and Asha Jain (belongs to Minocqua School, Wisconsin).

13 August Designated as the International Lefthanders Day by the Left-Handers Club

13 August was designated as the International Lefthanders Day by The Left-Handers Club. First International Lefthanders Day annual event was observed on 13 August 1992.


Rojan Sodhi Recommended for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna

Rojan Sodhi was the first Indian to receive back to back gold medals in World Cup. If he receives this award he will become 7th Shooter to receive this award. In 2011, Gagan Narang got this award. Selection committee recommended Gaganjeet Bhullar, golfer; Virat Kohli, Cricketer; PV Sindhu Batmanton player recommended for Arjun Awards.

Samsung Smartphone’s will available in 9 different Languages

On 13th August 2013 Sumsang made an announcement that Galaxy Smartphone and Tables will available in 9 different Languages namely Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Gujarat, Punjabi, Bengali, Hindi. Main target is to cover several people especially people who cannot speak English and internet users.

 New IIM A Director Ashish Nanda

Ashish Nanda appointed as 11th Director of the IIM A (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmadabad). He will take charge from September 2nd onwards. Currently he is acting as Robert Braucher professor at Harvard Law School. From Harvard University he got Gold medal in Ph.D.

Rs.100 crores to Chennai Express

Bollywood Actor Shahrukh Khan’s Chennai Express has created a history collected Rs.100 crores in 3 days after its release. On Thursday for the preview show movie has collected Rs.6.75 crores. In the domestic market on Friday it has collected Rs.33.12 crores. On Saturday Rs.28.05 crores and on Sunday Rs.32.5 crores were collected. Invested amount on this movie is Rs.70 crores.
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