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RBI nod needed for Hong Kong and Macau citizens to set up business in India

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) included Hong Kong and Macau in the sensitive list of countries, along with Pakistan and China that will require its prior approval...

January 18, 2014    International / World Current Affairs

Cristiano Ronaldo wins FIFA Ballon d'Or Award 2013

Real Madrid forward footballer, Cristiano Ronaldo won the 2013 FIFA world’s best player awardat FIFA Awards Ceremony in Switzerland. He beat Barcelona’s Lionel Messi and Franck Ribery of...

January 18, 2014    Sports Current Affairs

GK & Current Affairs: January 13-14, 2014

1. Who among the following has won The Hindu Prize for Best Fiction 2013? [A]Manu Joseph [B]Anees Slim [C]Sonora Jha [D]Manjul Bajaj Anees Slim Kerala-based writer Anees Slim...

January 18, 2014

Iran seeks permission to open multiple bank accounts in India

Iran has requested the Ministry of Finance and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to allow it to open accounts in multiple banks to facilitate better non-oil trade...

January 18, 2014

Marathi poet and crusader Namdeo Dhasal passed away

The crusading Marathi poet-writer and leader of the Dalit Panthers movement, Namdeo Dhasal (64) passed away in Mumbai.  About Namdeo Dhasal Pioneer of the Dalit literature movement known for...

January 17, 2014    Awards, Honours & Persons in News

Rajeev Kher appointed as India’s new Commerce Secretary

Mr. Rajeev Kher has been appointed as the new Secretary in Department of Commerce. Mr. Kher is a 1980-batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre and at present...

January 17, 2014    Awards, Honours & Persons in News

CCEA approves extension of industrial incentive for HP and Uttarakhand

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved the extension of the special package of industrial incentive for Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand till March, 2017. However, there was...

January 17, 2014    India Nation & States Current Affairs

‘Sahayog – Kaijin 2014’: India and Japan joint Coast Guard exercise

The 13th edition of joint exercise by the Indian Coast Guard and its Japanese counterpart held approximately at 20 nautical miles off Kochi. The bilateral exercise titled ‘Sahayog-Kaijin...

January 17, 2014    International / World Current Affairs

GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance

GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance, formerly known as the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation, is a global health partnership committed to increasing access to immunisation in poor countries....

January 17, 2014

Macro-prudential and Micro-Prudential Regulations

While reading the business newspapers, we very often come across these two terms. The dictionary meaning of the term “prudential” something involving or showing care and forethought, especially...

January 17, 2014

Lusophony Games

The Lusophony Games (Portuguese: Jogos da Lusofonia) are a multi-sport international event organised among countries and regions where the Portuguese language is an official or culturally significant language....

January 17, 2014

Kishenganga Dispute

The Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) at The Hague has given its final award in the Kishenganga water dispute on Dec 20th, 2013. The outcome of this award...

January 17, 2014

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