July 10: Top 10 Current Affairs Wednesday, 8:46pm 1. The Supreme Court has asked Tata Motors to clear its stand on its leasehold rights over the Singur land as the company had already moved its car plant out of West Bengal. 2. In a landmark judgement that could cleanse Parliament and Assemblies of criminals,the Supreme Court has struck down a provision in the electoral law that protects a convicted lawmaker from disqualification on the ground of pendency of appeal in higher courts. 3. IMF has revised Economic outlook for India. It said, growth rate in India will be around 5.6 percent in 2013 which is down 0.2 percent. 4. The Bank Internasional Indonesia (BII) launched its operations in India on Wednesday by opening a branch in Mumbai. 5. India and Tanzania have signed agreements on bilateral cooperation in several sectors including agriculture, health and education, mines and minerals. The agreements were signed between the Minister of State for External Affairs Mrs Preneet Kaur and the Tanzanian Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Bernard K. Membe at Dar es Salaam yesterday. 6. Noted Maestro Zubin Mehta has been named for the Tagore Award For Cultural Harmony for the year 2013 in recognition of his outstanding contribution to cultural harmony. 7. In a bid to boost manufacturing and exports, the government has decided to take series of measures. These include enhancing steel production capacity to 300 million tonnes and raise textile exports by 30 per cent this year. 8. In a creditable achievement, Indian women weightlifters won the team title in the just concluded Asian Junior Championships at Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan. 9. Indian woman shooter Lajja Goswami has bagged a silver medal in 50 meter riffle three position in I S S F, World Shooting Championship in Spain. 10. Hazem El-Beblawi was named as the new Prime Minister of Egypt by the Interim President Adly Mansour. ***** For daily GK, current affairs updates, you can also join us at twitter account ...https://twitter/sansarlochan
Posted on: Wed, 10 Jul 2013 15:21:05 +0000
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