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SEBI empowering ‘Securities Laws (Amendment) Bill 2014’ passed in Lok Sabha

Securities Laws (Amendment) Bill 2014 passed in the Lok Sabha. By the virtue of the bill, Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI) will be empowered and strengthened to...

August 6, 2014

NGRBA brought under Ministry of Water Resources

The National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) has been shifted from the Ministry of Environment to the Ministry of Water Resources . Hereafter, all issues pertaining to conservation, development management...

August 5, 2014

How Ebola spread and became deadliest disease

The Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa has emerged as a new medical challenge and poses a serious threat to the rest of the African region and the...

August 5, 2014

RBI leaves Repo unchanged, SLR slashed by 50 basis points

As per RBI’s third bi-monthly monetary policy statement for 2014-15 the central bank has not made any change in Repo rate which is currently at 8%. The Reverse...

August 5, 2014

NASA’s Mars 2020 rover mission to have MOXIE to generate Oxygen on Mars

The US space agency NASA has decided to put MOXIE – Mars Oxygen ISRU Experiment as one of the payloads on the Mars 2020 rover mission. MOXIE will...

August 5, 2014

Government plans to set up Telecom Finance Corporation

The central Government has proposed to establish a Telecom Finance Corporation (TFC) in the 12th Five Year Plan period (2012-17). As per the proposal, TFC would be registered as...

August 5, 2014

Micromax dethrones Samsung, emerges as India's No. 1 mobile supplier

As per a report by an independent market research and consulting firm, CounterPoint Research, Micromax has overtaken Samsung to become the largest mobile phone supplier in India in...

August 4, 2014

No change in the UPSC prelims schedule

With the government announcing the changes in Civil Services Aptitude Test (CSAT) which include non-inclusion of English marks in gradation of candidates, the exam schedule of the preliminary...

August 4, 2014

PM Modi to induct warship INS Kolkata

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to induct country’s largest indigenously-built combat vessel INS Kolkata in Mumbai in August 2014. Key points about INS Kolkata: Largest indigenously-built warship...

August 4, 2014

Hari Gautam Panel to review the status of UGC

A four-member Committee under the chairmanship of former UGC chairman Hari Gautam has been constituted by the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) with a view to...

August 4, 2014

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