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Mirabai Chanu wins 3 bronze medals at Asian Jr Weightlifting

Ms. Saikhom Mirabai Chanu clinched 3 bronze medals for India on the opening day of the 19th Junior Women Asian Weightlifting Championships at Yangon (Myanmar). Ms Saikhom Mirabai...

November 15, 2012

U. P. has highest number of prisoners

Figures released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) show that Uttar Pradesh topped: the list death convicts lodged in various jails in the country in 2011 the...

November 15, 2012

Banks to introduce new CTS-2010 by December 31, 2012

Banks all over India are in the process of issuing fresh-look cheques with more security and standardized features to all its customers by December 31, 2012. From January...

November 14, 2012

Disinvestment of 10% stake in HAL, approved by govt

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved divestment of 10 per cent equity in HAL out of its holding on 100 per cent through an Initial...

November 14, 2012

IIP goes down by 0.4 % in September 2012

In September 2012, the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) declined 0.4%, mainly on account of a poor show by the capital goods and consumer durables sectors, which contracted...

November 14, 2012

British Tax authorities probing charges against HSBC

The British tax authorities launched an investigation into allegations of money laundering against HSBC. HSBC Bank has been accused of opening offshore bank accounts in Jersey for serious...

November 14, 2012

Arvind Kejriwal: HSBC Bank running ‘hawala’ (money laundering) transactions

India Against Corruption (IAC) charged HSBC Bank with unning ‘hawala’ (money laundering) transactions. IAC members alleged that Mukesh and Anil Ambani among others, had crores of rupees sitting...

November 14, 2012

Chips made of Carbon Nanotubes to replace silicon chips soon

Researchers have developed a new technique to mass produce much tinier and faster carbon nanotubes that can replace silicon chips in computers. It could be possible to replace...

November 14, 2012

McCain Foods appoints Karisma Kapoor as its brand ambassador for India

McCain Foods India Pvt Ltd, makers of frozen French fries and potato specialty products, has announced Karisma Kapoor as its first brand ambassador in India.

November 14, 2012

U.K. halts further aid to India

Buckling under mounting domestic pressure, the British government declared stop to additional financial aid to India but all existent commitments until 2015 would be honored.  The move would...

November 13, 2012

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