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ICICI Bank launches ‘Smart Star’ account, a minor operated savings account for minors above 10 years of age

ICICI Bank launched ‘Smart Star’ account, a savings account for minors above 10 years of age. The account will be opened in the name of the minor and...

September 25, 2014

Kaushik Basu appointed as president-elect of International Economic Association (IEA)

Kaushik Basu, Chief Economist and Senior Vice President of World Bank, has been appointed as president-elect of the association by the International Economic Association (IEA). Meanwhile, Basu will...

September 17, 2014

Indian scientist Kamal Bawa wins the Midori Prize 2014

Indian scientist Kamal Bawa, an eminent professor of biology at the University of Massachusetts in Boston, won the Midori Prize (2014) in Biodiversity for his research, including in...

September 17, 2014

“National Ayush Mission” gets Government’s nod

Government has permitted the launching of National Ayush Mission (NAM) to attend to the gaps in health services in vulnerable and far-flung parts of the country. The judgment...

September 17, 2014

Finance Ministry planning to double the Banks’ commission for DBT scheme from 1% to 2%

Finance Ministry is in the final stages of the course to double the commission to banks at 2% of the quantum of funds they transmit to individual beneficiaries...

September 17, 2014

Govt to provide training to IAS, IPS, IFoS officers in dealing with Naxalism

The government has devised a training programme for IAS, IPS and Forest Service officers on dealing with problem of Naxalism. The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has...

September 17, 2014

Govt notifies amendments in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) spending norms

The government has made alterations to the norms governing expenses on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) undertakings under the fresh Company Law (2013). Now a particular class of profitable...

September 17, 2014

Sebi relaxes governance norms, increases deadline for minimum one woman director on the boards of listed companies to April 1, 2015

To simplify the procedure of executing better corporate governance norms by listed firms, the market regulator Sebi relaxed several provisions of the fresh law, particularly for smaller companies,...

September 17, 2014

Grapheme-based flexible screen developed; paves way for foldable electronic devices in future

Researchers at the Cavendish Laboratory of the Cambridge University for the very first time have developed a grapheme-based flexible screen. The advancement is important because it will lead...

September 17, 2014

Meghalaya Governor Dr KK Paul given additional charge as Governor of Manipur

Meghalaya Governor Dr Krishan Kant Paul sworn in as the 15th Governor of Manipur. Manipur High Court’s Chief Justice Lakshmi Kanta Mahapatra administered the oath of office and...

September 17, 2014

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