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Fact Box: Caratometer ( Karatmeter )

Corporation Bank to use ‘caratometers’ in order to check purity of Gold pledged Corporation Bank planning to use ‘cartometers’ in order to check the purity of Gold pledged....

April 6, 2013

Fact box : International Investment Position (IIP)

India’s International Financial Liabilities increased by US $10.5 bn As per RBI: India’s international financial liabilities rose by $10.5 billion to $723.9 billion in the 3rd quarter of...

April 5, 2013

Fact box: Kishenganga Project

Recently, India won the legal battle against Pakistan regarding construction of Kishenganga Hydro Electric Project in North Kashmir. What is the issue? Pakistan had pleaded before the Court...

March 28, 2013

Fact box: IFRS

Investors prefer accounting levels close to IFRS: Survey Majority of investors want the government to keep national accounting standards as close to the international norms (called IFRS) as...

March 19, 2013

Fact Box: CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species)

CITES concludes, eight nations escape sanctions The 16th meeting of the Conference of Parties to CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species), concluded in Bangkok, Thailand, after...

March 17, 2013

Fact Box: Fire Ice – (Methane hydrate / Methane clathrate)

Japan unfolds the mystery of ‘Fire ice’ Japan has successfully developed new technology for extracting methane gas from a previously untapped off-shore fossil fuel resource that has been...

March 17, 2013

Fact Box: Operation Lal Dora

 India planned ‘Operation Lal Dora’ in 1983 to prevent coup in Mauritius India, during the regime of Indira Gandhi in 1983, had planned top secret military intervention-“Operation Lal...

March 15, 2013

Fact Box: CTT (Commodity Transaction Tax)

In Budget 2013-14, Finance Minister P Chidambaram proposed 0.01% tax on the trade of non-agricultural commodities futures, the new tax is called Commodity Transaction Tax (CTT). As per...

March 14, 2013

Fact Box: Prisoner X

‘Prisoner X’ worked for Israel: Australia Australia acknowledged for the first time that the dual Australian-Israeli citizen who died in a maximum-security Israeli prison had been working for...

March 12, 2013

Fact Box: FUA (Flexible Use of Airspace)

Government approves Flexible Use of Airspace (FUA) The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) cleared Flexible Use of Airspace (FUA) by civil and military users. The issue was pending...

March 11, 2013

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