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Page-9 of Current Affairs - June, 2012

Genpact’s Tyagarajan “Tiger” tops the salary circuit with $8.8 million pay package

With a salary amounting to Rs 49 crore or $8.8 million, the CEO of Genpact, NV Tyagarajan, was the highest-paid chief executive in India’s IT services and BPO...

June 21, 2012

India’s commitment prompts BRICS to aid Euro zone

India’s promise to inject $10 billion into the International Monetary Fund (IMF) triggered other BRICS member nations to pledge various amounts for bailing out Euro zone.  At the...

June 21, 2012

Microsoft unveils "Surface" Tablets

Microsoft launched a family of tablets named Surface, built on Windows 8 to compete with Apple’s iPad The touch-screen tablet is company’s 1st major venture into computer hardware...

June 21, 2012

Australia desires to collaborate with Kerala

Australia hailed the Kerala government’s ‘Emerging Kerala’ 2012 Global Connect program and expressed its willingness to collaborate with the state in agro-based services and other sectors. The Australian...

June 21, 2012

RBI defends its move for status quo, holds high inflation the reason

Under attack for not reducing interest rates, RBI Governor D Subbarao held that inflation at current levels is unacceptable and monetary-tightening is need for the hour in order...

June 21, 2012

Online surveillance of maternal and infant deaths: Haryana

Haryana health department is all set to take a virtual route for the surveillance of maternal and child death and stillbirth cases in the state Haryana health department...

June 21, 2012

Local Body Tax to come into effect in Maharashtra from July 1, 2012

The Local Body Tax (LBT) will come into effect in Maharashtra from July 1, 2012. The tax will be effective at Ahmednagar, Amravati, Chandrapur, Nashik, Akola, Parbhani, Ulhasnagar,...

June 21, 2012

Sukhoi fighters to be integrated with BrahMos missiles

India is heading towards joining the power club of few countries having air-launched cruise missiles with a proposal to equip the Indian Air Force’s vanguard fighter aircraft Su-30...

June 21, 2012

AV Chaturvedi is new Joint Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat

Alok Vardhan Chaturvedi, IAS batch 1986, Madhya Pradesh cadre has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat.

June 21, 2012

G20 concurs to boost infrastructure investment

In a big advantage to India, the G20 countries agreed to give precedence to investment in infrastructure in developing countries in order to fuel global growth which has...

June 21, 2012

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