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British Tax authorities probing charges against HSBC

The British tax authorities launched an investigation into allegations of money laundering against HSBC. HSBC Bank has been accused of opening offshore bank accounts in Jersey for serious...

November 14, 2012

Arvind Kejriwal: HSBC Bank running ‘hawala’ (money laundering) transactions

India Against Corruption (IAC) charged HSBC Bank with unning ‘hawala’ (money laundering) transactions. IAC members alleged that Mukesh and Anil Ambani among others, had crores of rupees sitting...

November 14, 2012

Chips made of Carbon Nanotubes to replace silicon chips soon

Researchers have developed a new technique to mass produce much tinier and faster carbon nanotubes that can replace silicon chips in computers. It could be possible to replace...

November 14, 2012

McCain Foods appoints Karisma Kapoor as its brand ambassador for India

McCain Foods India Pvt Ltd, makers of frozen French fries and potato specialty products, has announced Karisma Kapoor as its first brand ambassador in India.

November 14, 2012

U.K. halts further aid to India

Buckling under mounting domestic pressure, the British government declared stop to additional financial aid to India but all existent commitments until 2015 would be honored.  The move would...

November 13, 2012

New strains of HIV-1 rapidly evolving in India

Scientists at the HIV-AIDS laboratory in Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) have found that the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type I (HIV-1) has been undergoing a...

November 13, 2012

INS Tarkash commissioned into Navy

Russia-built multirole stealth frigate INS Tarkash Tarkash belongs to the second batch of three modified Krivak-III (Talwar) class frigates India ordered from Russia in 2006 under a $1.6-billion...

November 13, 2012

No extension to March 2013 RTE deadline

Speaking at the conclusion of the Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE), Human Resource Development Minister M M Pallam Raju held that no extension is likely for the...

November 13, 2012

India set to join talks for creating “RCEP”, the largest trade bloc

Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) = 16 Countries = 10 (ASEAN Countries) + 6 Others (China + Japan + South Korea + Australia + New Zealand + INDIA)...

November 13, 2012

Eurozone Crisis and Rising regional sentiments in Eurozone countries

In recent times, the Eurozone Crisis, has played a role in fanning regional sentiments in some of the Eurozone countries. Between some countries tensions already existed which only...

November 13, 2012

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