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Rail Budget 2013: Highlights

February 28, 2013

Highlights of the Rail Budget 2013-14 as presented by Railway Minister Mr. P.K. Bansal relating to the following Headings: Manufacturing: A new wheel factory to be set up at Rae Bareli A greenfield Mainline Electrical Multiple Units (MEMU) manufacturing facility ..

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Justice (Retd) Ms Usha Mehra Commission Submitted its Report

February 26, 2013

Justice (Retd) Ms Usha Mehra Commission submitted its report to the Government. The Commission was constituted on 26th December, 2012. Objective: To enquire into various aspects of the incidence of brutal assault to a young woman in Delhi on December ..

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Hari Shankar Singhania, leading industrialist, passes away

February 26, 2013

Hari Shankar Singhania (79), one of India’s most distinguished industrialists, passed away. Singhania was president of JK Organization In 2003, he was awarded Padma Bhushan He was the second Indian to serve as president of International Chamber of Commerce, Paris, ..

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Fact Box: Kishenganga Hydro-electric project (KHEP)

February 26, 2013

Court of Arbitration the Court permits India to go ahead with the construction of the Rs. 3600 crore KHEP In a key decision, the Court of Arbitration the Court chaired by Stephen M. Schwebel, at the Hague has permitted India ..

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E&Y lifetime award to Ratan Tata

February 24, 2013

Former Tata Group chairman Ratan Tata has been honored with ‘Ernst &  Young life time achievement award’ 2013 for ‘asserting a greater role for Indian entrepreneurs on the global business landscape’. Godrej Group Chairman Adi Godrej has been given the ..

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T.S. Vijayan is new IRDA chairman

February 24, 2013

Former chairman of Life Insurance Corporation, T.S. Vijayan took over as the chairman of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA).

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SEWA founder Ela Bhatt conferred with Indira Gandhi Peace Prize

February 21, 2013

Self-Employed Women’s Association of India (SEWA) founder Ela R Bhatt has been conferred with the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for the year 2011. The Prize has been awarded to Bhatt for her lifetime achievements in comprehensively ..

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“Kai Po Che” premieres in Mumbai

February 21, 2013

Bollywood movie Kai Po Che which has been directed by Abhishek Red. The movie based on Chetan Bhagat’s novel 3 Mistakes of My Life was premiered in Mumbai. The film’s title “Kai Po Che” is a Gujarati phrase that means ..

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Chandrasekhar Committee meets set pathway to unify foreign investments norms

February 20, 2013

The K.M. Chandrashekhar committee formed to unify foreign investment norms met for the first time. Objective: To relax entry norms for a diverse category of foreign investors such as FDI / FII/ QFI/NRI/FVCI and the like. Two sub-committees Two sub-panels ..

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Bhaskar Rao appointed as Lokayukta of Karnataka

February 20, 2013

Former Chief Justice of Karnataka, Bhaskar Rao, has been appointed as the Lokayukta of Karnatka. The chair of the anti-corruption ombudsman was vacant after previous Lokayukta Justice Shivraj V. Patil was forced to resign after the media expose of illegal ..

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