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ICICI Bank leaves behind HDFC Bank as biggest private bank employer

ICICI Bank has overtaken its competitor HDFC in terms of employee number with addition of over 10,000 jobs in the last fiscal. With this, ICICI has emerged as...

June 9, 2014

Chandrababu Naidu takes oath as Andhra Pradesh CM

Head of Telugu Desam Party (TDP), Nara Chandrababu Naidu (64) has been sworn-in as the first Chief Minister of the residuary state of Andhra Pradesh. Mr. Naidu was administered...

June 9, 2014

GK & Current Affairs: June 6-7, 2014

1. India’s largest electricity-generating plant is located at ___? [A]Kudankulam [B]Kalpakkam [C]Kaiga [D]Kakrapar Kudankulam The first unit of the Kudankulam nuclear power plant attained its maximum capacity of...

June 8, 2014

RBI's second Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy Statement, 2014-15

Monetary and Liquidity Measures On the basis of an assessment of the current and evolving macroeconomic situation, RBI has been decided the following key rates: RR (Reverse Repo Rate)...

June 8, 2014

Delhi LG sets up Expenditure Finance Committee

Delhi’s Lieutenant Governor, Najeeb Jung, has set up Expenditure Finance Committee (EFC) of the Delhi government under the chairmanship of S K Srivastava who is also the Chief...

June 7, 2014

GK & Current Affairs: June 4, 5, 2014

1. Which among the following states have successfully implemented the “Jyotirgram Yojana” by electrification of 18,000 villages and supply of power to the remotest locations of the state?...

June 7, 2014

RBI hikes CRR for non-scheduled urban co-operative banks

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) raised the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) for non-scheduled Urban Co-operative Banks (UCBs) by 100 basis points from 3% to 4%. The step will bring nonscheduled...

June 6, 2014

Sumitra Mahajan: Speaker of 16th Lok Sabha

Sumitra Mahajan (71) was elected Speaker of the 16th Lok Sabha unopposed. She has gained the honor of becoming the second woman presiding officer of the lower house after...

June 6, 2014

Bashar al-Assad retains Presidency of Syria

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has been elected for a 3rd term in office. He won the recently held presidential polls by securing around 88% votes.  President Assad’s rivals-...

June 6, 2014

Vice Admiral Anil Chopra takes charge as the Western Naval Commander

Vice admiral Anil Chopra, took chanrge as the flag officer commanding-in-chief of the Western Naval Command (WNC). The ceremonial parade was held at INS Shikra, Mumbai. He succeeded Vice...

June 6, 2014

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