16 July 2012 Current Affairs
NMDC Director Gets ” Mining Engineer Award “
Narendra
kumar nanda, director of the country’s largest iron ore producer NMDC ,
was conferred with Abheraj Baldota Memorial Award “Mining Engineer of
the year ” for 2012-11 by the Mining engineers Association of India. The
Award is given every year in recognition of meritorious contribution to
the mining industry by a mining engineer.
Yahoo! Names Google’s Mayer as New CEO
yahoo!
named 37 year-old Marissa Mayer , a key Google ream member ,a s its
chief executive making her among the most prominent women in Technology
and corporate America. At Google. Mayer was responsible for local and
geographical products including Google Maps, Google Earth, Zagat, Street
view, and local search for desktop and mobile. she joined Google in
1999 as its 20 th employee and led efforts for many of Google’s most
recognizable products, including the development of its flagship search
product and iconic home page for over 10 years.
U.P , Bihar , Rajastan has a high Total Fertility rate(TER)
Even
as the Total Fertility rate (TER) the average number of children born
to a woman during her reproductive years has gone down substantially in
the country, the recent survey revealed that Uttar pradesh, Bihar ,
Rajasthan and Jharkhand have high TFR on an average a woman gives birth
to move than 3 children. The highest of 5.9 children has been reported
in shrawasti district of U.P. The TFR us 3.6 for U.P and 3.7 for Bihar.
IMF Lowers India’s Growth Forecast
The International
Monetary Fund on 16 July 2012 lowered India’s growth forecast for 2012
calendar year, citing weakening domestic demand and difficult external
environment, and said the country faced financial stability concerns
because of the depreciating rupee and large fiscal deficit. The fund
expects India’s economy to expand only 6.1% in 2012 against its April
estimate of 6.8%. Moreover, it does not see any meaningful recovery in
2013, pegging GDP growth at only 6.5%, down from 7.2% estimated
earlier.
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