The “Committee on Comprehensive Financial Services for Small Businesses and Low Income Households” was set up by the RBI in Sep 2013 under the chairmanship of Nachiket Mor,...
The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) has launched Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakam (RKSK) to address the health problems of adolescents in a comprehensive manner. RKSK...
The Lokpal and Lokayukta Act, 2013 seeks to provide for the establishment of Lokpal for the Union and Lokayukta for States to inquire into allegations of corruption against...
Bitcoin is a piece of digital code which is also used by people as currency. It was started in 2009 by Satoshi Nakamoto, whose real identity is still...
Devyani Khobragade was arrested by US law enforcement agencies on Dec 12th, 2013 under charges of visa fraud and providing false statements to US authorities about the terms...
Under the Part XXI of the Constitution of India, which deals with “Temporary, Transitional and Special provisions”, Article 370 is a temporary provision granting special autonomous status to...
On January 1, 2014, the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 has come into force. This law replaced the Land...
Tata AIA Life Insurance launched a product ‘Money Maxima’, a long-term plan which is compliant with new IRDA guidelines. What is Money Maxima? Money Maxima is a long...
The Aam Aadmi Party-led government has withdrawn the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail in Delhi. The government formally wrote to the Department of Industrial Policy and...
President Pranab Mukherjee bestowed the Sunil Gangopadhyay Memorial Award for Excellence in Bengali Literature for 2012 and 2013 upon eminent poet and litterateur Nirendranath Chakravarty and Sankha Ghosh...
1. Which one of the following is not a capital city of South Africa? [A]Cape Town [B]Pretoria [C]Durban [D]Bloemfontein Durban South Africa has three capital cities: Pretoria, Cape...
The social networking site, Facebook has acquired Banglore-based start up Little Eye Labs. Little Eye is a tool that helps Android app developers to measure, analyze and optimize their...
