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Justice G Rohini appointed as the first ever woman Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court

President Pranab Mukherjee cleared the nomination of Justice G Rohini (59), the most senior judge of the Andhra Pradesh high court, as the Chief Justice of the Delhi...

April 20, 2014

Indian Navy's first aircraft carrier INS Vikrant sold to ship-breaker for only Rs 60 Crore

Indian Navy’s first aircraft carrier INS Vikrant has been sold for mere Rs 60 Crore via an online auction to an Alang ship-breaker. The decommissioned aircraft carrier played...

April 20, 2014

RBI accepts P. Vijaya Bhaskar Committee's recommendations relating to Financial Benchmarks; asks establishing an independent body for recommending benchmark foreign exchange rate

RBI has accepted the P. Vijaya Bhaskar Committee’s recommendations relating to Financial Benchmarks. RBI has asked for establishing an independent body for recommending benchmark foreign exchange rate in order to...

April 19, 2014

Board of Financial Supervision (BFS) clears proposal that RBI will conduct an independent audit of big corporates declared fraudulent by banks

Following a sequence of investigations by the banks themselves in high-profile cases viz. Deccan Chronicle, Kingfisher Airlines, etc. which yielded very little, the RBI has now decided to itself...

April 19, 2014

RBI raises Rs 20,000 Crores in record auction; India’s biggest debt auction ever

RBI fully sold the Rs 200 billion ($3.31 billion) worth of Government bonds on Thursday April 17, 2014, executing the India’s biggest-ever auction. Speculations ran in market that Life...

April 19, 2014

"Crusader or Conspirator? Coalgate and other Truths" – Book by former coal secretary P C Parakh released

“Crusader or Conspirator? Coalgate and other Truths” authored by former coal secretary P C Parakh released. Controversy surrounding the book: Parekh in his controversial book has alleged that the...

April 17, 2014

"The Accidental Prime Minister: The Making and Unmaking of Manmohan Singh" – Book by Sanjaya Baru, former Media Advisor to PM

“The Accidental Prime Minister: The Making and Unmaking of Manmohan Singh” – a memoir by Indian policy analyst Sanjaya Baru released. Mr. Baru was Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s Media Advisor...

April 17, 2014

Admiral R.K. Dhowan appointed new Navy chief

Almost two months after Admiral D.K. Joshi resigned in February owning moral responsibility for a series of accidents, Robin K. Dhowan (59) took over as the new Chief...

April 17, 2014

SBI launches Tab banking facilities for Savings a/c, Housing Loan and e-KYC

For the convenience of its customers, SBI has launched 3 digital banking facilities. These are: 1) TAB Banking for Savings a/c– Opening Savings a/c at Customer’s door step using tablet...

April 17, 2014

World Bank projects 5.7% growth for India in 2014-15

The World Bank has projected an economic growth rate of 5.7% in 2014-15 for India. World Bank projected an acceleration of growth (factor costs) in FY 2014 to 4.8%, further...

April 15, 2014

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