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“An Uncertain Glory: India and its Contradiction” – A book by Jean Dreze and Amartya Sen released

In their book  “An Uncertain Glory: India and its Contradiction”, Amratya Sen along with Jean Drèze, have presented a view of the conditions of contemporary India with a...

July 21, 2013

Rs 25,000 crore window opened by RBI to help Mutual Fund industry

A special borrowing window of Rs 25,000 crore was opened by the RBI to help mutual funds industry over liquidity problems. The crisis occurred due to different merger schemes...

July 21, 2013

NSE embarks to top slot as largest bourse globally for equity trades

As per World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) the National Stock Exchange (NSE) has again embarked its position as the world’s largest bourse in terms of volumes in equity trades....

July 21, 2013

RBI calibrates MSF to ease rupee volatility

In the wake of continuing depreciation of rupee disturbing the monetary and fiscal calculations, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), fine-tuned the Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) rate to...

July 21, 2013

RBI penalizes 22 banks for violating KYC norms

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has fined 22 banks by imposing penalty for violating Know-Your-Customer (KYC) norms and anti-money laundering guidelines. The banks who have been fined...

July 21, 2013

British Government decorates Krishna Menon’s London home with blue plaque

In commemoration to V.K. Krishna Menon’s long and eventful association with London, the British government has decided to put up an English Heritage blue plaque at the house...

July 20, 2013

Veteran actor Pran passed away

Legendary Bollywood actor and Dadasaheb Phalake Award winner Pran Krishan Sikand (83), popularly known as Pran, passed away. About Pran Krishan Sikand: Born: February 12, 1920 in Ballimaran,...

July 18, 2013

RBI directs oil firms to buy dollar from single PSU bank

In the current scenario of continuous down slide of the rupee against the dollar, the Reserve Bank of India, in a bid to cub this volatility, has ordered...

July 17, 2013

Latvia gets approval to join Eurozone

The small Baltic nation of Latvia has been given approval from its European partners to become the 18th member of the eurozone from 2014. The ECOFIN council which...

July 15, 2013

Telegram services in India come to an end

July 14, 2013 was the last day for the legendary 163-year old Telegram service in India. BSNL who had been providing this service terminated it on the account...

July 14, 2013

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