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Page-4 of Archives: September, 2013

'The Good Road' is India's entry for Oscar

The selection panel appointed Film Federation of India (FFI) has chosen filmmaker Gyan Correa’s Gujarati film “The Good Road” as India’s entry for the best foreign film category...

September 24, 2013    International / World Current Affairs

Impasse over RBI's 80:20 gold import scheme ends

The government cleared the confusion that was going between the Customs Department and gold importers regarding the RBI’s 80:20 scheme which was introduced in July 2013. What is...

September 24, 2013

Russia offers India to joint venture in defence manufacturing

Russia proposed to build manufacturing units in India to undertake co-production of defence equipment and also agreed to set up two major projects in a joint venture for...

September 24, 2013    International / World Current Affairs

Union Cabinet approves draft policy for early childhood care and education

Union Cabinet approved the draft policy of the National Early Childhood Care and Education (NECCE) which envisages for establishing guidelines for the standardisation of teaching and learning aids,...

September 24, 2013    Government Schemes Current Affairs

CCEA nod to establish Information Technology Investment Region (ITIR) in Hyderabad

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has given nod to the set up of Information Technology Investment Region (ITIR) near Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. Information Technology Investment Region (ITIR): The...

September 23, 2013    Places in News Current Affairs

Indian Team reserves berth Wrestling World Cup for the first time

With India finishing 6th in the men’s freestyle at the World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, it also reserved its maiden Wrestling World Cup berth. India qualified for the...

September 23, 2013    Sports Current Affairs

Tata-Singapore new company to be named as ‘Tata SIA Airlines Limited’

Tata group initiated the process of incorporating a new company for its proposed aviation venture with Singapore Airlines as it sought to register this entity as ‘Tata SIA...

September 23, 2013

Jawaid Akhtar is the Chairperson of International Coffee Council

Jawaid Akhtar, the Chairman of Coffee Board of India, has been elected as the Chairperson of the International Coffee Council. What is International Coffee Organization (ICO) Some key...

September 23, 2013    Awards, Honours & Persons in News

Aamir Khan chosen for U.S. award for ‘Satyamev Jayate’

Bollywood actor Aamir Khan has been chosen for a U.S. award for his television show ‘Satyamev Jayate’ along with renowned American director Kathryn Bigelow and the International Center...

September 23, 2013    Awards, Honours & Persons in News

Fitch slashed India’s growth projection

Global rating agency Fitch has scaled down its projections on India’s growth to 4.8% for the current fiscal from the earlier estimate of 5.7% made in June, 2013....

September 23, 2013

RBI confident of financing CAD without drawing much from reserves

RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan evinced confidence that the country would be able to finance the Current Account Deficit (CAD) without drawing down much from the forex reserves. RBI...

September 23, 2013

RBI slashes MSF rate to 9.50%

The Reserve Bank of India slashed the Marginal Standing Facility rate (MSF) by 75 basis points from 10. 25% to 9.50%.  The central bank also rolled back minimum...

September 23, 2013