In order to deepen its financial market, the Govt is all set to launch trading of government bond futures. These interest rate futures would help banks and financial institutions and...
ICICI Bank CEO and MD, Ms Chanda Kochhar has been ranked 4th in Fortune magazine’s global list of top-50 women business leaders. The list is topped by Brazilian energy giant Petrobras’...
New Zealand author Ms Eleanor Catton became the youngest winner of the Man Booker Prize for fiction. She claimed the award for her novel “The Luminaries”. “The Luminaries”...
“Global Slavery Index” published by the Australia-based Walk Free Foundation, ranked India first in terms of number of modern day slaves in the world. The index has ranked 162 countries based...
The Central Govt is planning to set up intermediate grain storage facilities at block level in each state. Objective: To ensure steady flow of foodgrain under the National...
World’s largest supermarket chain Wal-Mart, got a clean chit from ED (Enforcement Directorate) in the FEMA (Foreign Exchange Management Act) violation case. Why a clean chit to Wal-Mart in FEMA...
As per the anti-corruption watchdog “Transparency International”, 6 Tata Group companies, Bharti Airtel and Mahindra & Mahindra were in its list of top 10 list of corporate entities...
As per the 2013 ‘Threatened Bird’ list by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the Great Indian Bustard is listed under the category of Critically Endangered birds....
Supreme Court held in a decision that the Co-operative societies do not fall within the ambit of Right to Information (RTI) Act. The decision was given while the apex...
The Central Govt has planned to add all the post offices throughout India under the core banking solution system. Objective: To bring more rural areas with AADHAAR seeded...