Current Affairs-November 2012 Part-2

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121. Recently, which among the following country has organised the second Global Innovation Roundtable?

[A]USA
[B]Australia
[C]India
[D]Japan

123. Recently, in which among the following country’s Parliament, a petition has been tabled to recognise the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in India as

“genocide”?

[A]France
[B]Australia
[C]Canada
[D]USA

1984 violence as “genocide.”The petition, with 4,453 signatures, was moved by federal MP Warren Enstch. Tabling the petition, Mr. Enstch said that as

long as the 1984 events “continue to be referred to as ‘anti-Sikh riots’ there could be no closure for the Sikh community.”

124. Recently, in which among the following country, the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR), made up of 24

countries and the European Union met to discuss about carving out new marine sanctuaries in Antarctica?

[A]Russia
[B]Canada
[C]Australia
[D]USA

Hobart, Australia to discuss about carving out new marine sanctuaries and protect thousands of species across Antarctica. But the talks were failed due

to resistance led by China and Russia.

125. Recently, which among the following has joined as the 20th member of the Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation (IOR-ARC) group?

[A]South Africa
[B]Cameroon
[C]USA
[D]Nigeria

member of the group in the last meeting held in Gurgaon.

126. Recently, which among the following university in India has signed MoUs with two Chinese universities to open the first ever campus of an Indian

university in China?

[A]Nirma University
[B]Anna University
[C]Osmania University
[D]Manipal University

of faculty and students. It is a step towards its long-term plan of opening the first ever campus of an Indian university in China. The university

signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Shanghai’s Tongji University and Tianjin University.

127. Recently, which among the firm has lost its patent over a drug, used to treat Hepatitis C, after the Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB)

has revoked the patent?

[A]Cadila Healthcare
[B]Aventis Pharma
[C]F. Hoffmann-La Roche
[D]Glenmark Pharmaceuticals

revoked the patent on Roche’s pegylated interferon alfa-2a.Roche markets the drug, used to treat Hepatitis C, under the brand name Pegasys, and it costs

a patient over Rs 3 lakh for a six-month course.In a landmark order, the IPAB set aside Roche’s patent on Pegasys, stating that the “invention is held

to be obvious". A product needs to have an inventive step, among other features, to get a patent, which in turn gives it market exclusivity for 20

years. Setting aside the patent on Pegasys would allow other drug companies to make similar versions of the drug, bringing relief to over 12 million

Hepatitis C patients in the country.Pegasys was the first medicine to receive a product patent in 2006, after the Indian Patents Act was amended in

2005. The post-grant opposition was filed by Sankalp Rehabilitation Trust, represented by Lawyers Collective. The case is significant, being the

country’s first post-grant opposition. Besides non-governmental organisation Sankalp, Wockhardt too had filed a post-grant opposition, but did not go

through with an appeal.

128. Recently, who among the following has taken over as the Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to the Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee (CISC) from

Vice Admiral SPS Cheema?

[A]Naresh Chandra Marwah
[B]Naresh Chandra
[C]Suresh Chand Mukul
[D]NK Verma

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