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Aamir Khan becomes Election Commission's National Icon

The Election Commission entered into a partnership with film actor Aamir Khan as its National Icon. Election Commission has recorded video and audio campaigns showing Aamir Khan urging...

April 4, 2014

RBI caps Ways and Means Advances limit for the Government at Rs 35,000 Cr. per week for the first half of FY 2015

RBI has set the upper limit for the WMA (Ways and Means Advances) for the central government at Rs 35,000 crore per week for the first half of...

April 4, 2014

RBI grants 'In-Principle' banking licenses to IDFC and Bandhan

RBI has granted “in-principle” banking licences to Infrastructure Development Finance Company (IDFC) and microfinance lender Bandhan Financial Services Ltd. The declaration was made by RBI after nod from the Election Commission. RBI...

April 4, 2014

Highlights from the bi-monthly Monetary Policy Review by RBI

The key highlights of the bi-monthly monetary policy review by RBI are as follows: Repo Rate (RR) under the Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF) unchanged at 8.0% Reverse Repo...

April 3, 2014

“Charkilo”: First-ever miniature planet with rings discovered

Astronomers from Niels Bohr Institute have discovered a miniature planet “Charkilo” with two rings of ice and pebbles between Saturn and Uranus in the Kuiper Belt. Miniature planet...

April 1, 2014

CCI imposes a fine of Rs. 1 crore on Google

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has imposed a fine of Rs. 1 Crore on Google for its inability to comply with the directions given by the Director...

April 1, 2014

Jens Stoltenberg: Next secretary general of NATO

The Atlantic Council has appointed Jens Stoltenberg as the next Secretary General of North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO). Mr. Stoltenberg will replace Denmark’s Mr. Anders Fogh Rasmussen and...

April 1, 2014

Ban on Smoking in Public places has led to 10 % fall in premature births and asthma attacks

Researchers led by Prof.  Jasper Been, from University of Edinburgh, have found that the Ban on smoking at public places has actually helped to cut premature births and...

April 1, 2014

“Polling at your fingertips”- SMS based service launched in Meghalaya

In order to help voters to locate their respective polling stations, the Election Commission launched an SMS based service “Polling at your fingertips” in Shillong, Meghalaya. SMS service “Polling at...

April 1, 2014

Death penalty of Devinderpal Singh Bhullar commuted to life imprisonment by the Supreme Court

On grounds of delay in deciding mercy plea and medical condition, the Supreme Court of India commuted the death penalty of 1993 Delhi bomb blast case convict Devinderpal Singh...

April 1, 2014

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