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CCEA approved Rs 6,600 cr interest-free loans for sugar mills
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved Rs 6,600 Crore interest-free loans to cash-starved sugar mills in order to make payments to cane farmers. The interest subvention will be 12%, which will be borne by the Sugar Development Fund. ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2013
Ms. Usha Sangwan: The first woman managing director of LIC
The Government of India appointed Ms Usha Sangwan as the first woman managing director of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) and Vijay Kumar Sharma as an MD and chief executive officer of LIC Housing Finance. With these appointments, LIC ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2013
First human artificial heart transplant executed in France
An artificial heart that can give patients up to five years of extra life has been successfully implanted for the first time, at Georges Pompidou Hospital in Paris, France. The equipment designed to overcome the worldwide shortage of transplant donors was ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2013
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Kirobo: World’s first robot astronaut
Kirobo, the world’s first robot astronaut talks about Christmas in its first chat with the Japanese commander of the International Space Station. About the world’s first robot astronaut Kirobo Kirobo is Japan’s first humanoid robot astronaut, developed by Tomotaka Takahashi, ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2013
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
RBI: Inflation linked bonds for sale from December 23, 2013
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will issue Inflation Indexed National Savings Securities Cumulative (IINSS-C) bonds (or inflation linked bonds) for retail investors by opening the subscription on December 23, 2013 and close it on December 31, 2013. Objective: The ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2013
Russia frees former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky
Mikhail Khodorkovsky, an oil tycoon and political opponent of Vladimir Putin, released from prison after being pardoned by the Russian President. He left for Germany where his mother is being treated for cancer He spent ten years in jail for ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2013
Category: Awards, Honours & Persons in News