Clik here to view.
Hindujas win lifetime achievement award in Britain
British Indian billionaire brothers Srichand and Gopichand Hinduja won a Lifetime Achievement Award for their contributions to UK's Asian community. The award was given at the annual Asian Achievers...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Manmohan Singh released a Postage Stamp in memory of Lala Jagat Narayan
Manomohan Singh, the Prime Minister of India on 9 September 2013 released a Postage Stamp in the memory of the freedom fighter and former Member of Parliament, Lala Jagat Narayan. The postage stamp was...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Hun Sen re-elected as the Prime Minister of Cambodia
The ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) of incumbent Prime Minister HunSen on 8 September 2013 was reelected to power after winning the Parliamentary Elections held on 28 July 2013. The National...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Rafael Nadal beats Novak Djokovic to win the US Open
Rafael Nadal mounted a serious threat for year-end world number one status after the Spaniard lifted his tenth title of the season with a 6-2, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 defeat of Novak Djokovic to win a second US...
View ArticleClik here to view.
7th India-Laos Joint Commission Meeting on Bilateral Cooperation
The 7th India-Lao Joint Commission Meeting on bilateral cooperation was held in Vientiane on 9 September 2013. The JMC was held during External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid's ongoing visit to Lao...
View ArticleClik here to view.
India's First Marine Eco-Sensitive Zone declared in Gulf of Kutch
The Ministry of Environment and Forest on 9 September 2013 declared India's first marine eco-sensitive zone around Marine National Park in Gulf of Kutch, Gujarat. This decision prohibits any industrial...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Tripura beats Kerela to become the most literate state in India
India's northeastern state of Tripura achieved the first position in literacy with 94.65 percent, beating Kerala (93.91 percent), Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar announced in Agartala on September...
View ArticleClik here to view.
ICICI Bank launches chip-based credit card
Mumbai, Sept 12: ICICI Bank Ltd, India’s largest private sector bank, has launched ICICI Bank Carbon in partnership with Visa.“The ICICI Bank Carbon will be offered to select ICICI Bank credit card...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Indira Gandhi Prize for Nobel laureate Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
NEW DELHI: Liberian President and Nobel laureate Ellen Johnson Sirleaf will be conferred the prestigious Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development by President Pranab Mukherjee...
View ArticleClik here to view.
TRAI released Guideline for Television Rating Agencies
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on 11 September 2013 released Guideline for Television Rating Agencies. Guidelines would cover registration of the rating agencies and their eligibility...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Freedom fighter P.N. Srinivasan passes away at 84
Freedom fighter and staunch Gandhian P.N. Srinivasan, who was also the editor of Bharatha Mani, a monthly Tamil magazine, died in Tambaram on Saturday morning. He was 84.Mr. Srinivasan was born in 1929...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ashok Vemuri to take over as CEO, president of iGate
Software services company iGate Corporation announced the appointment of Ashok Vemuri as its president and CEO on Thursday.A statement issued from its headquarters in Fremont, California said Mr....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Cabinet approves buying $ 4.3 billion World Bank bonds
The government on Thursday approved a proposal to invest $ 4.3 billion in World Bank bonds, which will help the country secure additional funding from the multilateral agency for infrastructure...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Delhi Gangrape: All four accused sentenced to death
Four convicts in the December 16 gangrape-cum-murder case were on Friday awarded death penalty by a Delhi court which said the gravity of the offence cannot be tolerated.“Death to all,” Additional...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Cricketers S Sreesanth and Ankeet Chavan handed Life Ban for IPL Spot-Fixing
Cricketers S Sreesanth and Ankeet Chavan on 13 September 2013 were handed life banfor IPL spot-fixing by BCCI (The Board of Control for Cricket in India). Amit Singh banned for five years, while...
View ArticleClik here to view.
SEBI relaxed KYC norms for foreign investors
Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on 12 September 2013 issued the new Guideline to make Know Your Client requirements (KYC) easy for foreign investors. These guidelines related to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Petrol price hiked by Rs 1.63 a litre
Petrol prices have steeply risen by Rs 10.80 per litre since June; this is the seventh such increase.Petrol prices were on Friday hiked by Rs 1.63 per litre, the seventh increase since June, on rising...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Recent Appoinments in August 2013
~~~~ APPOINTMENTS : AUGUST 2013 ~~~~ 1) Rajeev Rishi took over as the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Central Bank of India on 1st August, 2013. Earlier, he was the executive Director of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
RBI constituted Expert Committee to revise and strengthen Monetary Policy...
Reserve Bank of India on 12 September 2013 constituted an expert committee for examining its Current Monetary Policy Framework. The committee would be responsible to recommend the measures to revise...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Nina Davuluri becomes first Miss America of Indian descent
Miss New York, 24-year-old Nina Davuluri, became the First Miss America of Indian descent as the famous beauty pageant returned to Atlantic City, New Jersey, after a six-year stint in Las...
View ArticleClik here to view.
List of Indian Ballistic Missiles
~~~>>> INDIAN BALLISTIC MISSILES <<<~~~*****************************************(1) Prithvi I — (SS-150) -Army Version (150 km range with a payload of 1,000 kg)(2) Prithvi II —...
View ArticleClik here to view.
List of Dadasaheb Phalke Award Winners
This is list of Dadasaheb Phalke Award Winners. This ll help you in you preparation.Read more »
View ArticleClik here to view.
Worlds Important Intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM)
Worlds important Intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM)Read more »
View ArticleClik here to view.
Raghuram Rajan's RBI effects 25 bps repo rate hike, turns EMIs on loans dearer
EMIs on auto, home and other loans are set to go up after RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan unexpectedly raised the policy rate by 0.25 per cent after a gap of almost two years to keep inflation under check,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Union Cabinet Approved Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited's Refinery in...
The Union Cabinet on 20 September 2013 approved setting up of a nine million tonne refinery-cum-petrochemical complex by Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited, HPCL's, in Barmer, Rajasthan....
View Article