8 September 2012 Current Affairs
India, Pakistan ink visa agreement
Pakistan
and India have announced on 8th September 2012 that they will ease
tough visa restrictions, an important step forward in improving
relations between the nuclear armed neighbours.
ECIL to supply converters to international science centre
Public
sector electronic manufacturing firm, Electronic Corporation of India
Limited (ECIL), has been selected to supply power converters to the
Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR), an international
science centre at Darmstadt near Frankfurt in Germany.ECIL signed a
bilateral contract for supply of convertors with Bose Institute,
designated nodal agency to coordinate between various departments
involved in the project.Accordingly, ECIL would be involved in design,
development, manufacturing and supply of around 500 ultra stable power
converters that cost around 7.5 million Euros (about Rs. 50 crore) of
the total Indian contribution of around 36 million Euros.
USA wins third FIFA U-20 women’s World Cup
United
States of America beat former champion Germany 1-0 in Tokyo to claim
its third FIFA U-20 women’s World Cup crown on 8th September 2012.
Canada cuts diplomatic ties with Iran
John
Baird,Foreign minister Canada said: “[Iran] is among the world’s worst
violators of human rights; and it shelters and materially supports
terrorist groups, requiring the government of Canada to formally list
Iran as a state sponsor of terrorism under the Justice for Victims of
Terrorism Act.Canada cuts diplomatic ties with Iran.So, Canada has
closed its embassy in Tehran and ordered the expulsion of Iranian
diplomats from Ottawa, partly because of the country’s backing of the
Syrian regime.
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