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Page-11 of Current Affairs - January, 2014

Rate of gas to be doubled as Government notifies new Gas Pricing Formula

On the eve of Petrotech Conference, the Government has given a respite to the gas exploration industries by notifying the new Gas Pricing Formula which will double the rate...

January 13, 2014

Trident Group first corporate to pay salaries via Aadhaar Payment Bridge (APB)

Diversified business house Trident Group became the first corporate to use Aadhaar Payment Bridge (APB) for payment of salaries to its employees. The facility launched in the presence...

January 13, 2014

India's first indigenously developed stratospheric balloon penetrates into mesosphere

For the first time in India, an indigenously developed stratospheric balloon penetrated into the Mesosphere. It is developed at the Balloon Facility, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Hyderabad...

January 13, 2014

FM: Plan to open 10,000 bank branches a year from next fiscal

The Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram stated that in order to take the banking services to rural areas, the Centre has revised its target upwards to opening 10,000...

January 13, 2014

New blood test could be used to predict if a patient will have a heart attack

Scientists have developed a new and simple blood test that can be used to predict whether a patient is about to have a heart attack by testing for...

January 13, 2014

RBI: Gold loan finance companies can now give loans up to 75% of the market value of the gold

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has eased the norms for extending loans against gold jewellery as collateral. It has decided to raise the Loan-To-Value (LTV) cap for...

January 11, 2014

Cabinet approved the TRAI guidelines for TV rating agencies

The Union Cabinet approved the proposal of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to bring out the comprehensive regulatory framework in the form of guidelines for Television Rating...

January 11, 2014

No cash transactions in CIS : SEBI move to check laundering

The market regulator, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) made it compulsory for all investments into Collective Investment Scheme (CIS) funds to be made through banking channels,...

January 11, 2014

HSBC PMI: Service sector output drops in December for 6th consecutive month

The HSBC Services Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), compiled by Markit, fell to 46.7 in December from 47.2 in November, registered the sixth consecutive monthly drop in output levels,...

January 11, 2014

Supreme Court: Persons can be tried despite not being named in FIR

The Supreme Court held that a person can be made an accused by the trial court in case evidence crops up during the proceedings even if he has...

January 11, 2014

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