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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 will offer kid with a tailored cheque-book and a debit card with ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 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 continue serving as Senior Vice President and World Bank Chief Economist. A ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 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 climate change in the Himalayas. Kamal Bawa, founder president of the Ashoka ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 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 to launch the NAM was taken in a meeting of the Union ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 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 under the government’s Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme. The current rate of ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 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 written to Chief Secretaries of 8 states requesting nomination of at least ..