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NATIONAL AFFAIRS, April 2013 India joins Madrid Protocol. Supreme Court rejects Novartis AG’s plea for getting its blood cancer drug patented in India. Sops for export growth in 2013-14 Foreign Trade Policy. Cabinet approves National Child Policy. India-Canada ink pact on nuclear commerce. Visit of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to Germany. India, Russia to cooperate in disaster management. Visit of Vice-President Ansari to Tajikistan. INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, April 2013 Global military spending declines. World Bank aims to reduce global extreme poverty. Serbia, Kosovo reach historic deal. Turkey becomes SCO dialogue partner. UN Approves Arms Treaty. PLUS: Business GK/News READ ALL Current General Knowledge: April 2013 ABBREVIATIONS: AAA. ATT. HFT. VVPAT. AWARDS: Jnanpith Award. Kalidas Samman. Dada Saheb Phalke Award.Pulitzer Prizes. BOOKS: Above All Things. CYBER SPACE: Bitcoin. Password stealing virus. World Wide Web turns 20. DEFENCE: National Defence University. PLACES: Barmer. Boston. Bushehr. Chabahar Port. Hyderabad. Mount Fuji. Niyamgiri Hills. Sichuan. Siddheshwar Dhaam. South Sudan. RESEARCH: World’s Lightest Material. New 3-D camera. World’s Smallest Antenna. See-through Brain. Ants can sense earthquakes. Kolkata scientists develops hydrogen-based energy source. Goodbye QWERTY. SPACE RESEARCH: Locating neutron stars faster. Sun’s “magnetic heartbeat”. Planet hunting project. Proba-3. Oldest person to spacewalk. SpaceShipTwo. Herschel space observatory. MISCELLANEOUS: UN World Tourism Organization. High Frequency Trading. World’s Fastest Data Storage.

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