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Page-8 of Current Affairs - December, 2011

Ratan Tata : Swiss Ambassador’s Award for Exceptional Leadership

Ratan Tata : Swiss Ambassador’s Award for Exceptional Leadership Tata Group Chairman, Ratan Tata was awarded with the ‘Swiss Ambassador’s Award for Exceptional Leadership’. The award recognizes persons...

December 28, 2011

ONGC gets 25% in Kazakh Oil Field

India’s Flagship explorer ONGC’s overseas investment arm, ONGC Videsh,has sealed the deal to take a 25% stake in Kazakhstan’s Satpayev acreage in the Caspian Sea, marking India’s first...

December 28, 2011

Government to Provide Fresh Equity to SBI

After the rating of SBI were downgraded by Moody’s citing rising stress on the loan portfolio and capital constraints. The Government of India is set to provide funds...

December 28, 2011

Toxic Sindoor classified as Cosmetic

Vermilion or Cinnabar or China Red is Mercuric sulfide or HgS. Like most mercury compounds it is considered toxic. Vermilion is now produced by reacting mercury with molten...

December 28, 2011

World Bank Doing Business 2012 Report: Top Rankers

Singapore remained the world’s easiest place to do business for the sixth straight year in the World Bank’s “Doing Business” report, while Morocco showed the most improvement in...

December 28, 2011

Property transaction Norms for NRIs, eased by RBI

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) recently allowed Indians who have non-resident accounts in India to hold them in any currency which is fully convertible. This decision by...

December 28, 2011

Indian Companies can now acquire assets abroad

Recently the cabinet approved a policy to enable profit making state-run firms to acquire assets oversees. The new policy also seeks to enhance the power of Maharatna and...

December 28, 2011

Switzerland: 125th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union at Bern

The 125th Assembly of the Inter Parliamentary Union was held at Bern, Switzerland from October 16, 2011 to October 19, 2011. Bern was also the headquarters of the...

December 28, 2011

Ukraine: Yulia Tymoshenko sentenced to 7 years Jail

Former Prime Minister of Ukraine, Yulia Tymoshenko, 50, was recently was sentenced to seven years in prison for abuse of office. Some vital facts: Born in November 1960,...

December 28, 2011

United States : Sarah Palin says NO for Republican Nomination

Recently, Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin made a statement that she would not seek the Republican nomination for president of the United States. The 2008 Republican vice presidential...

December 28, 2011

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