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Page-8 of Current Affairs - July, 2013

P Sathasivam is the Chief Justice of India

Justice Palanisamy Sathasivam took over the post from Justice Altamas Kabir who served as the Chief Justice of India for over 9 months. Justice Sathasivam was elevated to...

July 25, 2013

Rajat Gupta fined $13.9 million for Insider Trading

Rajat Gupta fined $13.9 million for Insider Trading. The former Goldman Sachs Director Rajat Gupta has been fined a penalty of $13.9 million for one of the biggest insider...

July 24, 2013

FDI hike in 13 sectors, 100% in telecom as per Government

FDI in multi-brand retail sector is allowed after the agreement from the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB). With the growing demands from the overseas retails the government decided to...

July 24, 2013

China lifts control on Bank lending rates

In a move toward creating a market oriented financial system to support economic growth, the People’s Bank of China and its Central Bank promulgated to lift the controls...

July 24, 2013

Uttar Pradesh Plan for 2013-14 finalized by Planning Commission

The Planning Commission and the Uttar Pradesh govt together finalized Annual Plan for Uttar Pradesh of Rs 69200 crore for the financial year 2013-14. The Funding Process is...

July 24, 2013

Huawei Technologies working on Fifth Generation (5G) Technology

Chinese equipment maker Huawei Technologies is working on the Fifth Generation (5G) which will be probably available for use by 2020. Samsung has also promulgated that it has...

July 24, 2013

President announces Securities Laws Amendment, 2013

President Pranab Mukherjee has announced the Securities Laws Amendment regulation, 2013. The ordinance was promulgated by the President following the powers granted to him by Clause 1 of Article 123 of Constitution. Securities and...

July 24, 2013

Swiss tennis legend Martina Hingis included in Tennis Hall of Fame

Swiss tennis legend Martina Hingis (32) was inducted in Tennis Hall of Fame.  She has become the fourth youngest member to be inducted in the Tennis Hall of...

July 24, 2013

Goods and Services Tax report finalized by PSC

Goods and Services Tax (GST) report was finalized by the Parliamentary Standing Committee (PSC) on Finance which will be tabled in Lok Sabha in August 2013 session. The...

July 24, 2013

India and ADB Sign an Agreement for Gujarat Solar Power Transmission System

With the rapid growing electricity demand, and increasing reliance on imported sources of fossil fuel the Government of India and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed an agreement...

July 24, 2013

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