Current Affairs Sections updated

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The CURRENT AFFAIRS Sections have been updated on March 20, 2013.

                    
NATIONAL AFFAIRS:
Economic Survey, 2013.
Union Budget 2013.
Railway Budget 2013.
RBI allows for new banks to be opened.
State Elections.
Centre notifies Cauvery Tribunal Award.
Sexual Harassment Bill passed.
Visit of French President.
Rail link between Tripura and Bangladesh approved.
Visit of British Prime Minister.
Trilateral Talks—India, US mull joint projects in Afghanistan.
VVIP copter purchase scandal.
India slips on Human Rights Index.

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS:
Presidential Elections in Cyprus.
Anti-austerity vote delivers hung Parliament in Italy and troubles for eurozone’s economy.
EU agrees to first ever bloc budget cut.
Visit of Iranian President to Egypt.
North Korea conducts Nuclear test

PLUS: Business GK/News

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CURRENT GENERAL KNOWLEDGE ABBREVIATIONS: FAC.GOC. NOFHC. SARAL. AWARDS: Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development , 2011. Life Sciences Breakthrough Prize. Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony. 85th  Annual Academy Awards (Oscar Awards). COMMISSION: Global Ocean Commission. DEFENCE: Rudra helicopters to be inducted soon. RESEARCH: New 17-million-digit monster is largest known prime. SPACE RESEARCH: Curiosity Mars rovers takes first historic soil sample. Astronomers discover Moon-sized exo-planet called Kepler-37b. PSLV-C20 puts SARAL and six other satellites into orbit. Strand-1—First “Phonesat” in space. MISCELLANEOUS: Param Yuva II—India’s fastest supercomputer. READ ALL

Sports News in Brief CRICKET: World Cup (Women). Irani Trophy. Another record in Tendulkar’s basket. Australia-West Indies ODI Series. South Africa-Pakistan Test Series. New Zealand-England ODI Series. India-Australia Test Series. FOOTBALL: African Nations Cup

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Appointments, Visitors, Resignations, Died, Milestones, Events
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