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CAG waits for pending RIL's KG-D6 records

The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has said that it has not been provided with full access to all the documents required for the expenditure audit related to...

December 16, 2012

Financial crisis forces Deccan Charters to put the entire fleet on sale

Deccan Charters, the air travel company which has been offering charter services to pilgrims and businessmen since 1997, has put its entire fleet of aircraft on sale as...

December 16, 2012

Sudeep Sen, first Indian to address Nobel Laureate Week

Poet Sudeep Sen from Delhi has been invited as a special guest to address the Nobel Laureate Week being held in Saint Lucia, a sovereign island country in...

December 15, 2012

RBI eases KYC norms, no need of of introduction from an existing customer of the bank for opening of bank accounts

The RBI has eased the burden of producing multiple documents to open a bank account. It has said that banks can accept any of the documents such as...

December 15, 2012

SEBI allows 12 more AIFs

SEBI has allowed 12 entities to establish Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) for real estate, private equity and hedge funds. The 12 AIFs that have been registered with SEBI...

December 15, 2012

DeiTy (India) to impose its own standard for electronic products

The Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeiTy) has made it mandatory for all electronics goods manufacturer in the country to get standard compliant certificate from the BIS....

December 15, 2012

US extends Iran sanction waivers to India, others

The US announced the extension of its waiver exempting nine countries including India, China from the American sanctions regime directed against the Iranian oil trade. India got the...

December 15, 2012

Lok Sabha approves Enforcement of Security Interest and Recovery of Debts Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2011

Lok Sabha approved Enforcement of Security Interest and Recovery of Debts Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2011 which seeks to change the system of debt recovery. The Bill seeks to...

December 15, 2012

European Union receives 2012 Nobel Peace Prize

The 27- nation bloc, the European Union, received 2012Nobel Peace Prize for turning Europe "from a continent of war to a continent of peace" in the wake of...

December 15, 2012

Wipro's Sunflower Vanaspati brand sold to Cargill India

Cargill India, US-based food producer and marketer, acquired the Sunflower Vanaspati brand from Bangalore based IT major Wipro. Wipro wanted to get out of its traditional edible oil...

December 15, 2012

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