Current Affairs-9

‎1. The Union Government of India gave the Maharatna status to two PSUs- BHEL and GAIL on 1 February 2013.

2. The Union Government of India on 31 January 2013 signed an agreement with the Asian Development Bank(ADB) for 100 million US dollar loan as second tranche of urban sector development investment programme of Uttarakhand.

3. Capital market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) will soon introduce product labelling for mutual funds to make the investors aware of any risks associated with it.

4. Commerce Ministry launched portal providing information about Export &Imports.

5. Scientists at the Berkeley Lab in their first major breakthrough made possible to get the close view of how a brain develops as well as functions.

6. Haryana CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda on 1 February 2013 launched the Direct Benefits Transfer scheme in Sonepat and Ambala districts.

7. MS Dhoni Named As the Vice-President of India Cements.

8. Veteran Congress leader and former Puducherry Chief Minister P Shanmugham died in his Karaikal residence today. He was 85 and a bachelor.

9. New Delhi World Book Fair(NDWBF) 2013 will be held from 4th-10th February at Pragati Maidan exhibition ground, New Delhi. The theme of this year will be ‘Indigenous Voices: Mapping India's Folk and Tribal Literature’. The fair is organised by National Book Trust (NBT) and co-organised by India Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO).

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