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‘Great Indian Bustard’ in critically endangered stage

As per the  2013 ‘Threatened Bird’ list by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the Great Indian Bustard is  listed under the category of Critically Endangered birds....

October 18, 2013

"Co-operative societies do not come under RTI" – Supreme Court

Supreme Court held in a decision that the Co-operative societies do not fall within the ambit of Right to Information (RTI) Act. The decision was given while the apex...

October 18, 2013

Plan to bring all Post Offices across India under the Core Banking Solution System

The Central Govt has planned to add all the post offices throughout India under the core banking solution system. Objective: To bring more rural areas with AADHAAR seeded...

October 18, 2013

Cabinet cleared revised Preferential Market Access (PMA) for electronic equipments

The Cabinet approved a revised version of the Preferential Market Access (PMA) policy that will apply to the supply of electronic and telecom equipment that has security implications. Preferential...

October 17, 2013

Syria officially joins UN chemical weapons pact

UN confirmed that it has received documents from Syria on joining the Chemical Weapons Convention. The convention requires all parties to declare and destroy all of the chemical...

October 17, 2013

Indian Railways take measures to prevent misuse of ‘Izzat’ Monthly Season Ticket

Ministry of Railways has taken further steps to make sure that the ‘Izzat’ Monthly Season Ticket  (Izzat MST) scheme actually reaches to the people belonging to low income category....

October 17, 2013

Latest telecom subscriber database released by TRAI

India’s telecom subscriber base expanded marginally to reach 90.44 crore in July 2013, as per latest telecom subscription data from TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India). Total number...

October 17, 2013

Eugene Fama wins Nobel in Economics for his Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH)

American Economist Eugene Fama won the Nobel prize for economics for developing new methods to study trends in asset markets. He is one of the three American Economists...

October 17, 2013

More regulatory reforms for insurance sector to spur growth: IRDA chief

As per Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) Chairman T. S. Vijayan, the insurance industry will undergo another round of regulatory reforms, particularly focused on distribution channel, to...

October 16, 2013

Apex court appoints Mudgal Committee to probe IPL spot-fixing

The Supreme Court has appointed a probe panel headed by former Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, Mukul Mudgal, to investigate spot-fixing in IPL matches....

October 16, 2013

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