A Chinese court in east China’s Shandong province sentenced top China Communist Party leader Bo Xilai to life imprisonment uphelding the charges of bribery, embezzlement and abuse of power against him....
As per share market regulator SEBI, investments into Indian shares through participatory notes (P-Notes), hit a three-month high of Rs 1.65 lakh crore (about $26 billion) in August 2013....
Global rating firm, Moody’s Investors Service, has downgraded State Bank of India’s senior unsecured debt and local currency deposit ratings to Baa3 or lowest investment grade rating from Baa2...
Three expert members- Rajendra Singh, Ravi Chopra and Rashid Siddiqui resigned from the National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) which was set up with the objective of protecting...
With the aim to contain the dwindling population of Parsis in India, the Jiyo Parsi scheme has been launched by the Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India....
The Grameen Bank, the Nobel Peace Prize winning microcredit organization of Bangladesh, will be brought under the control of country’s central bank to give the authorities more powers...
Union Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India launched Seekho Aur Kamao (Learn and While) Scheme for Skill Development of Minorities. What are the key objectives of the...
Canadian firm Fairfax signed a letter of intent with Ontario based Blackberry making an offer to acquire the pioneering mobile maker. BlackBerry was once a leader in mobile...
1. Which of the following is called as “Gateway to Tiger Reserves” in India? [A]Mysore [B]Nagpur [C]Ranchi [D]Patna Nagpur Nagpur, Maharashtra’s second capital promoted as the “gateway to...
A powerful earthquake (7.7 ) that hit the Makran zone caused a methane and mud spewing island to form off the coast of Gwadar in Balochistan province of...
1. What is the name of powerful Typhoon which hit Philippines and Taiwan recently? [A]Typhoon Narghese [B]Typhoon Usagi [C]Typhoon Rambo [D]Typhoon Swift Typhoon Usagi Typhoon Usagi, the most...
1. In which of the following places, union government decided to set up an “Information Technology Investment Region”? [A]Bangalore [B]Hyderabad [C]Bhopal [D]Panaji Hyderabad Central government has decided to...
