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Oprah Winfrey leads the list of Forbes Most Powerful Celebrities

World famous talk show host Oprah Winfrey has been assigned the top spot in the Forbes’ annual Celebrity 100 ranking of the most powerful celebrities. She leads a female-dominated top 10 that...

June 27, 2013

SEBI relaxes foreign investment norms; a new category Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) approved

In a bid to attract a larger number of foreign investors to Indian capital markets, SEBI approved a slew of changes. Among the major changes are simplification of registration and...

June 27, 2013

China's Shenzhou 10 Spacecraft returns safely

The Shenzhou 10 spacecraft (China’s 5th manned space mission since 2003) with its three astronauts touched down safely in north China’s Inner Mongolia after a successful 15-day mission in...

June 27, 2013

FIIs pull out $ 5.3 billion from India debt markets

In just a month the Indian debt market has witnessed a sharp pull out of $5.3 billion by Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) and the bulk of this has...

June 27, 2013

GK & Current Affairs: June 26, 2013

1. Recently, which of the following bank has been licenced to open a representative office in Myanmar? [A]SBI [B]ICICI [C]EXIM Bank of India [D]Corporation Bank EXIM Bank of...

June 27, 2013

RBI auctions Inflation Indexed Bonds

The government has announced the sale of 1.44% ‘Inflation-Indexed government stock 2023’ for a notified amount of Rs.1,000 crore through price-based auction on June 25, 2013. The results of the...

June 26, 2013

RBI extends deadline for banks to implement card security features

The RBI has provided the banks more time for introduction of additional security features for payment through debit and credit cards as banks and related entities had yet...

June 26, 2013

UNESCO allows 19 new additions to World Heritage List

The World Heritage Committee of UNESCO has recognized 19 sites to be added into the World Heritage List.  The new additions have brought the grand total of World Heritage...

June 26, 2013

Record fall in Indians’ money in Swiss banks

A significant decline was registered in the level of Indians’ money stashed in Swiss banks as it reached to a record low level of about Rs 9,000 crore...

June 26, 2013

Indians to pay Rs 2.7 lakh bond for UK visa

From November 2013, Indians above 18 years of age who are planning to visit Britain will have to pay a hefty fee of £3,000 as per the plans...

June 26, 2013

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