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Air India halts operations of all its Dreamliners

Air India has grounded its entire six Boeing 787 Dreamliners aircrafts. The move came following the decision of Europe, the U.S. and Japan to put Boeing 787 Dreamliners...

January 19, 2013

Battery safety concerns ground Boeing 787 and the issue with using “Lithium-ion Batteries”

The US and Japan have grounded their Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircrafts due to concerns over it battery safety. Recently, a battery-fault warning on an All Nippon Airways Dreamliner...

January 19, 2013

India among major victims of ‘Red October’

What is RED OCTOBER ?  ‘Red October’ (or ‘Rocra’ for short) = A Cyber spying campaign (a cyber-espionage network) launched in 2007 by unidentified criminals that have been...

January 18, 2013

RBI introduces Dollar- Rupee swap facility

RBI has introduced a dollar-rupee swap facility. Objective: To increase the flow of credit to the export sector to support incremental Pre-shipment export Credit in Foreign Currency (PCFC)...

January 18, 2013

IRFC to issue Tax-free bonds

With an aim to raise Rs.8,886 crore, Indian Railway Finance Corporation Ltd (IRFC) will launch a tax-free bond issue. This would enhance IRFC resources for buying rolling stock...

January 18, 2013

Banks to ask RBI to permit interest on current accounts

In the run up to the RBI’s Monetary Policy Review, banks will ask the central bank to allow them to pay interest on current account deposits. Currently, there...

January 18, 2013

67 % population entitled for food: Panel

As per the suggestions made by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Food and Consumer Affairs headed by Vilas Muttemwar: Food entitlements under the National Food Security Act should...

January 18, 2013

Mohan Peiris is the new Chief Justice of Sri Lanka

Former attorney general of Sri Lanka, Mohan Peiris, has been appointed as the new Chief Justice of Sri Lanka after the dismissal of former Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake...

January 18, 2013

Health Ministry raises eligible income limit for HMDG to 1 lakh

Extending more help to people who do not fall under the Below the Poverty Line (BPL) category, the Health Ministry has raised the criterion of annual income from...

January 18, 2013

Kamal Nath to lead Indian delegation in WEF meet

PM Manmohan Singh has selected urban development and parliamentary affairs minister Kamal Nath to lead the Indian team in the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) annual summit in Davos,...

January 18, 2013

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