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Page-5 of Current Affairs - January, 2013

‘Vision Life Income’ launched by Birla Sun Life Insurance

Birla Sun Life Insurance has launched its first participating plan ‘Vision Life Income’. It offers a perfect blend of income and financial protection for the customer’s family as...

January 26, 2013

Govt to infuse Rs 681 crore in UCO Bank

As part of government’s plan to infuse Rs 12,517 crore in around 10 state-owned banks by March, 2013, UCO Bank will be infused with Rs 681 crore. The...

January 26, 2013

India committed to implementing TAPI Project by 2017

India has said that it is fully committed to implementing the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) Project by August 2017. It was reiterated by President Pranab Mukherjee when he was interacting...

January 26, 2013

US military to remove ban on women serving in combat

The US Defence department is expected to lift a ban on women serving in combat after a decade of war that saw female troops thrust onto the battlefield....

January 26, 2013

SC prohibits tourists from entering Jarawa tribe habitat

The apex court banned all tourist movements in the habitat of extremely endangered Jarawa tribe in Andaman and Nicobar and also sought to know from Andaman & Nicobar...

January 26, 2013

RBI panel suggests banks to encourage long-tenor FD schemes

A Reserve Bank of India (RBI) committee which studied the feasibility of introducing more long-term fixed rate loan products by banks, made following suggestions: Banks should popularize Fixed...

January 26, 2013

Cleaning drive of Railways target 100 main stations

Railways has undertaken a cleanliness drive at about 100 important stations across the country and equip maximum number of coaches with bio-toilets. Aiming at providing hygienic condition at...

January 26, 2013

British PM pledges referendum on EU membership if re-elected

British people may have a choice of opting out of European Union or staying with it, as promised by British Prime Minister David Cameron. He has pledged to...

January 26, 2013

Indian author U.R.Ananthamurthy in race for the International Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2013

Indian Kannada author U.R.Ananthamurthy (80) is one among the ten authors shortlisted for the prestigious International Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2013.  Ananthamurthy became famous with his novel...

January 26, 2013

India is part of World’s largest optical telescope project

Indian scientists will render significant contribution in developing key components of the world’s largest optical telescope to be set up by a 5-nation consortium including India. The Thirty...

January 26, 2013

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