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RBI cautioned banks to protect ATMs and systems as Windows XP support ends on April 8, 2014

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has cautioned banks to take immediate steps to implement appropriate systems and controls if their systems and ATMs are still working on...

March 23, 2014

Lok Sabha elections 2014: EC issued detailed guidelines for political ads on social networking sites

In a bid to curb paid news in the Lok Sabha elections 2014, the Election Commission issued detailed guidelines to social networking sites on posting of election related...

March 23, 2014

RBI hiked trade related remittance limit from Rs.2 lakh to Rs.5 lakh per transaction

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) hiked the trade related remittance limit from Rs.2 lakh to Rs.5 lakh per transaction with immediate effect and also increased the number...

March 22, 2014

Mr. Nandan Nilekani resigned as UIDAI chairman

Mr. Nandan Nilekani resigned as chairman of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) and formally joined Congress. Infosys co-founder Mr. Nilekani will contest Lok Sabha polls from Bangalore....

March 22, 2014

DoT issued new guidelines to tackle the threats of Cyber attack

Under the Union Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) issued guidelines to tackle the threats of cyber attacks and hacking of websites. As...

March 22, 2014

SIPRI: India is the world’s largest arms importer

As per the report published by the Sweden-based Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), India become the world’s largest arms importer over 2004-13 and its import of weapon...

March 22, 2014

“Rani-ki-Vav and GHNP” nominated by India for UNESCO’s World Heritage Site Status 2014

India nominated Rani-ki-Vav and the Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP) for UNESCO’s World Heritage Site Status for 2014. The World Heritage Committee will convene in Doha, Qatar, in...

March 21, 2014

Indian soldiers of World War I to be honoured by UK

The United Kingdom (UK) will honour the Indian soldiers, who participated in World War-I (WW-I) as part of British India, through a series of events to commemorate the...

March 21, 2014

ATP Indian Wells 2014: Novak Djokovic won BNP Paribas Open by defeating Roger Federer

The World No.2 Tennis player, Novak Djokovic won the BNP Paribas Open singles title 2014 by defeating Roger Federer by 3-6, 6-3,7-6 in California. Other winners of BNP...

March 21, 2014

“HR 5171 A”- the largest ever yellow hypergiant star discovered

The astronomers of Oliver Chesneau of the Cote d’Azur Observatory (Nice, France) discovered the largest Yellow star “HR 5171 A” in our Milky way Galaxy. Technique used by astronomers:...

March 21, 2014

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