Current Affairs

GK MCQs Section

Page-22 of Current Affairs - July, 2012

Market regulator SEBI fine-tunes norms for OFS, IPP

Working in the direction of making the process of disinvestment hassle free, capital market regulator SEBI fine-tuned norms governing Offer For Sale (OFS) & Institutional Placement Programme (IPP)....

July 2, 2012

Centre planning for Sixth Economic Census as a Central Sector Plan Scheme

The Centre is planning to carry out the Sixth Economic Census as a Central Sector Plan Scheme in collaboration with all states and Union territories. Objective: It will...

July 2, 2012

Pakistan releases Surjeet Singh

Pakistan freed Indian prisoner Surjeet Singh who has served a life term following his arrest on charges of spying in the 1980s. Singh was freed from Kot Lakhpat...

July 2, 2012

Banking sector growth contingent on Innovative delivery model: PwC

According to a report by PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers): · Innovative service delivery models, including mobile banking and ATMs, and the ability to satisfy customers will drive the growth of...

July 2, 2012

Tamil Nadu will use biometric details for government exams

In order to make the recruitment process transparent, the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission (TNPSC) has decided to introduce an online interactive system, under which biometric details of...

July 2, 2012

Nomura slashes India GDP growth projection to 5.8%

Nomura has lowered the country’s growth estimate for this fiscal to 5.8%, from 6.7% earlier. Nomura has also hacked its India GDP prediction for 2013-14 to 6.6% from...

July 2, 2012

RBI elevates foreign investment limit in govt bonds

In a move targeted at preventing the continuous decline of Rupee, the Reserve Bank of India increased the limit of foreign investment in government bonds by $ 5...

July 2, 2012

Indian Scientist Rao Papineni gets US Patent for Cancer Treatment

In a breakthrough innovation Rao Papineni, the nanotechnology scientist, in collaboration with his colleagues invented a cancer treatment system in which a nano-particle acts as a carrier of...

July 2, 2012

Archives

E-Books

States PSC General Studies

Latest in Hindi