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Australia win Azlan Shah hockey tournament for seventh time

Australia defeated hosts Malaysia to win the Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey tournament for the seventh time.

March 20, 2013

China replaces Britain to become world's 5th largest arms exporters

As per a report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), China has replaced Britain to become the world’s fifth-largest arms exporter, its highest ranking since the...

March 20, 2013

Current Repo Rate

Repo Rate, or repurchase rate, is the rate at which RBI lends to banks for short periods. This is done by RBI buying government bonds from banks with...

March 20, 2013

GK & Current Affairs March 2013: 18, 19

March 19, 2013

Fact box: IFRS

Investors prefer accounting levels close to IFRS: Survey Majority of investors want the government to keep national accounting standards as close to the international norms (called IFRS) as...

March 19, 2013

17 aspirants compete for every one engineering job – Survey

As per findings of ‘Youth4work. com’, a portal for student community, there are 17 aspirants for every one engineering job available. In comparison, students pursuing business administration have...

March 19, 2013

World’s largest solar power plant unveiled in UAE

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) inaugurated the world’s largest concentrated solar power plant- Shams 1, a $600-million project produce 100 Megawatt of electricity which can suffice electricity needs...

March 19, 2013

Fish with high cesium level found near Fukushima plant

The Japanese utility that owns the tsunami-damaged nuclear power plant has found a record 740,000 becquerels per kilogram of radioactive cesium in a fish caught close to the...

March 19, 2013

Pakistan’s civilian govt completes 5-year term for the first time

It was a historic milestone for the people of Pakistan as its Lower House — the National Assembly — and Pakistan People’s Party-led coalition government both completed a...

March 19, 2013

India vote against Sri Lanka on human rights issue; stresses on reconciliation at UNHRC

In the 22nd session of United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) during the adoption of the Report of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in Geneva, Indian government, under...

March 19, 2013

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