14 September 2012 Current Affairs
Cabinet Allows FDI in Retail, Aviation, Broadcasting
The
Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh cleared the decision to
operationalise 51 per cent FDI in multi-brand retail ,49% FDI in
Foreign Airlines ,74%FDI in Broadcast Services and 49%FDI in Power
Trading Exchanges.
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Dhoni named captain of ICC ODI team, Kohli, Gambhir in XI
Indian
captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been named captain of ICC’s ‘ODI Team
of the Year’ which also includes Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir.This is
for the fifth consecutive year in a row that Dhoni has been selected in
ICC’s ‘ODI Team of the Year’.ICC awards are announced in Colombo on 15th
September 2012.
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800-year-old Chinese encyclopaedia on display in Taiwan
Taiwan
(AP) – An 800-year-old Chinese encyclopaedia is on display at a book
fair in Taipei. The rare publication was recently purchased by a Chinese
publishing house for US$33 million (S$40.5 million) at an auction in
Beijing.
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Worldwide protests against the film “Innocence of Muslims”
The
attacks will be continued on 14th September 2012 also in several
countries, including Egypt, Iran, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia due the
release of the film Innocence of Muslims.UN Secretary General Ban
Ki-moon has denounced as “hateful” an anti-Islam movie produced in the
United States.
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