GAIL to sign a gas purchase agreement with Turkmenistan’s national oil firm in TAPI pipeline;Donna Summer dies

1. Cabinet allowed state-run gas-firm GAIL (India) Ltd to sign a gas purchase agreement with Turkmenistan’s national oil firm, for supplies from a planned multi-national pipeline, the proposed 1,700-km (1,056-mile) Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India line (TAPI) will have a capacity to carry 90 million cubic metres a day (mcmd) gas for a 30-year period and will be operational in 2018. 2. Country’s largest private mobile operator Bharti Airtel and Axis Bank made a partnership to provide banking services through…
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AUSTRALIA will give more than $300 million in assistance to Afghanistan;Parimarjan Negi won Asian continental chess championship

1. AUSTRALIA will give more than $300 million in assistance to Afghanistan to help sustain and support the nation’s security forces after Australian troops withdraw from the country. Australia will contribute $100 million a year to the Afghan National Security Forces from 2015. 2. Aziz Qureshi was sworn in as the fifth Governor of Uttarakhand by Uttarakhand High Court Chief Justice Barin Ghosh at a simple ceremony in Raj Bhavan here on…
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TRAI capped commercial breaks at 12 minutes per hour;GCC continue the moves to make stronger GCC Union.

International Current Affairs: 1. The leaders of GCC countries concluded their 14th consultative summit under the chairmanship of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. The GCC has decided to continue the moves for developing GCC union, while making consenses on all points with proposed member nations.
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Facts, Motto and Logo of London Summer Olympics 2012 and Paralympics

Some facts about London Olympics (Motto:Inspire a Generation) are here, for our followers. Around 204 Nations participating in London Olympics 2012 with 10,500 athletes participating in London Olympics 2012. Around 302 events in 26 sports are scheduled for London Summer Olympics 2012.
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