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World’s largest flag unfurled in Tunisia

World’s largest flag was unfurled at an event in Ong Jmel in the southern desert area of Tunisia. Tunisian national flag of the size of 19 football pitches...

May 5, 2015

Initial Public Offering (IPO)

When an unlisted company makes either a fresh issue of securities or an offer for sale of its existing securities or both for the first time to the...

May 5, 2015

Shares and Equity Shares

Every business needs some capital to start up. When a new business is started, the personal savings of an entrepreneur along with contributions from friends and relatives are...

May 4, 2015

Preference Shares

Preference shares are one of the two kinds of shares which a company can issue, other being equity share or ordinary share. The Preference shares have preferential right to...

May 4, 2015

Difference between Preference Shares and Equity shares

Key difference is that while Preference shareholders enjoy the benefit of receiving their dividend distribution first; the equity shareholders enjoy voting rights in major company decisions, including mergers...

May 4, 2015

Difference between a Private Limited Company and Public Limited Company in India

There are two types of the companies in India limited by shares viz. Private Limited company  and Public Limited Company.  A private company is the one which has...

May 4, 2015

Types of Companies in India

The companies registered under the Companies Act 1956 (Now Companies Act 2013) in India are of three types as follows: Unlimited Company Company Limited by Guarantee Company Limited by...

May 4, 2015

BHEL commissions Bijlee Utpadan's 195-MW thermal unit in Bihar

State-owned electrical equipment maker Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL) has commissioned a 195-MW thermal unit in Muzzafarpur district in Bihar. The commissioned thermal unit is the first of the...

May 4, 2015

Syrian journalist Mazen Darwish honoured with UNESCO-Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 2015

Syrian journalist and rights activist Mazen Darwish was honoured with UNESCO-Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 2015. He was bestowed with this award by the UN’s Cultural body...

May 4, 2015

Former Union minister Baleshwar Ram passes away

Veteran Congress leader and Former Union minister Baleshwar Ram passed away on 3 May 2014 due to kidney-related ailments in Patna, Bihar. He was 87. Since 1952 he...

May 4, 2015

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