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DeiTy (India) to impose its own standard for electronic products

The Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeiTy) has made it mandatory for all electronics goods manufacturer in the country to get standard compliant certificate from the BIS....

December 15, 2012

US extends Iran sanction waivers to India, others

The US announced the extension of its waiver exempting nine countries including India, China from the American sanctions regime directed against the Iranian oil trade. India got the...

December 15, 2012

Lok Sabha approves Enforcement of Security Interest and Recovery of Debts Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2011

Lok Sabha approved Enforcement of Security Interest and Recovery of Debts Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2011 which seeks to change the system of debt recovery. The Bill seeks to...

December 15, 2012

European Union receives 2012 Nobel Peace Prize

The 27- nation bloc, the European Union, received 2012Nobel Peace Prize for turning Europe "from a continent of war to a continent of peace" in the wake of...

December 15, 2012

Wipro's Sunflower Vanaspati brand sold to Cargill India

Cargill India, US-based food producer and marketer, acquired the Sunflower Vanaspati brand from Bangalore based IT major Wipro. Wipro wanted to get out of its traditional edible oil...

December 15, 2012

Bhatinda-Srinagar Gas Pipeline project to be accomplished by July 2014

The Bhatinda-Jammu-Srinagar Gas Pipeline Project, which has been recently approved, is scheduled to be completed by July 2014. It will enable J&K to draw gas from Gujarat.

December 15, 2012

What is Fiscal Cliff?

We come across the term “cliff” in Physical Geography while reading about various landforms. A cliff is a significant vertical, or near vertical, rock exposure, which is formed...

December 14, 2012

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WHO instructs India to keep lens on tourist for SARS-like virus

As instructed by the WHO, India is keeping a close watch on incoming tourists, fearing transmission of a new respiratory virus that belongs to the same family as...

December 13, 2012

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