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Fact Box: Indian Banks' Association (IBA)

June 7, 2013

K R Kamath re-elected as IBA’s Chairman K R Kamath, the chairman and managing director of Punjab National Bank (PNB), has been re-elected as the Chairman of the Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) for 2013-14 tenure. Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) Established on ..

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Fact Box: India Post 2012 Project

June 2, 2013

What is ‘India Post 2012’ project? ‘India Post 2012’ project is a multi-faceted IT automation programme which was cleared in year 2010 by Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs with a total outlay of 1877.2 crores. Vision of the Project: India ..

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Fact Box: induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPSC)

June 1, 2013

Scientists improve Yamanaka’s invention to make iPSCs Scientists at the Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, China have claimed that they have improved the efficiency of Shinya Yamanaka’s invention of producing induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPSC) which won Nobel Prize ..

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Fact Box: Nitaqat – Over 1 lakh Indians fear arrest in Saudi Arabia

May 28, 2013

Over 1 lakh Indians fear arrest in Saudi Arabia The Indian workers in Saudi Arabia who have not been able regularise their work status are likely to be arrested as the country implements its controversial naturalisation law or Nitaqat, which seeks ..

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Fact Box: Green Energy Corridor Project; Government plans to invest Rs 43,000 Crore in the project

May 28, 2013

Rs 43,000-cr ‘green energy corridor’ plan for renewable energy The Government plans to launch a Rs 43,000-crore ‘Green Energy Corridor’ project to facilitate the flow of renewable energy into the national grid. The project will be implemented with the assistance of Germany who has ..

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Fact Box: Magnetar; NASA's observatory finds Magnetar "SGR 0418"

May 28, 2013

Scientists at NASA have discovered exotic neutron star called Magnetar named SGR 0418 by using Chandra X-ray Observatory and other satellites. What are Magnetars? Magnetar are the dense remains of dead stars that erupt sporadically with bursts of high-energy radiation. It is a type of ..

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