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"CRISIL Inclusix"- Financial Inclusion Index rises 2.7 % in 2012

The Credit Rating Information Services of India Limited (CRISIL) stated that financial inclusion gained momentum in India with a significant rise in new savings accounts, increase in agriculture...

January 8, 2014

‘Mother of PIL’: Pushpa Kapila Hingorani passed away

Pushpa Kapila Hingorani (86), a lawyer who is known by the title ‘Mother of PIL’ for being the first women to file a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) on behalf...

January 7, 2014

PARAM Yuva II: India’s no.1 and ranked 44th among most power efficient supercomputer in the world

As per Green500 List announced at the Supercomputing Conference (SC 2013) in Denver, Colorado, in the US, India’s PARAM Yuva II supercomputer built by the Centre for Development...

January 7, 2014

PETA's Person of the Year: Dr Shashi Tharoor

The Union Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Dr. Shashi Tharoor named as the Person of the Year by the animal rights body PETA (People for the...

January 3, 2014

RBI eases gold dore import norms; allows refineries to import 15% of their annual requirements in first two months

In consultation with the Government of India, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) partially eased restrictions on import of gold dore after taking into account representations from refiners....

January 3, 2014

RBI: Banks to continue accepting scribbled notes

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) stated that banks will continue to accept currency notes with anything written on them and it has not issued any such instructions...

January 3, 2014

RBI: political instability after LS elections will hit economy

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cautioned that any political instability after the Lok Sabha elections in 2014 will drag the besieged economy further down, except there is...

January 1, 2014

Mr. Pradeep Kumar: New MD (Corporate Banking) of SBI

The Country’s biggest lender, State Bank of India (SBI) appointed Mr. P.Pradeep Kumar as its Managing Director and group executive in charge of corporate banking. The seat was...

January 1, 2014

J.N. Chaudhary appointed as new chief of NSG

Mr. Jayanta Narayan Chaudhary appointed as new chief of National Security Guard (NSG). Mr. Chaudhary is the 1978 batch IPS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre and is due to...

December 31, 2013

PNB opens first hi-tech branch of Punjab in Kharar

Punjab National Bank (PNB) which is India’s second-largest bank opened its first hi-tech branch at Kharar, Punjab. Salient features of the first hi-tech branch The self-services system of...

December 31, 2013

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