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"Favouritism" in govt judgments down; India betters its global rank
India’s global ranking in favouritism shown by government officials to powerful corporates has bettered sharply from 94th in the last year to 49th place this year. The Rank nevertheless, still remains far below other key economies. As per a yearly ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2014
Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs
Minsk Agreement (2014): Ukraine and Russia ceasefire agreement inked in Minsk
On September 5 2014, Representatives of Ukraine, the Russian Federation, the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), and the Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR) inked the Minsk Agreement (2014) to stop the war in the Donbass region of Ukraine. The agreement was inked ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2014
Obama in Estonia: Critical stopover
Ahead of the NATO summit in Wales, US President has chosen to stop at Estonia to discuss various ends and means to contain the full-blown crisis in Ukraine. He is expected to meet Presidents of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2014
Category: International / World Current Affairs
Global Competitiveness List 2014-15: India slides down to 71st rank
Challenging economic environment for most of the last year has pushed India down to 71st position in an yearly Global Competitiveness List 2014-15, released by the Geneva-based World Economic Forum (WEF). India has the lowest position amongst the 5 BRICS ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2014
EU Top slots refreshed
In a growing atmosphere of uncertainty and war in Ukraine, economic crisis and an unstable middle-east, EU has made its choice of the new faces for the topmost posts in the collaboration. EU has picked Polish PM Donald Tusk as ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2014
Category: International / World Current Affairs
Russian soldiers cloud Putin-Puroshenko dialogue
A latest video released by Ukraine has put the impending dialogue between Ukraine and Russia under shadow. The video shows 10 Russian paratroopers being captured by Ukrainian forces. Ukraine government is looking at it as a another attempt by Russians ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2014
Category: International / World Current Affairs