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Logo of Housing Start Up Index (HSUI) launched

January 20, 2014

The Union Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Girija Vyas launched the Housing Start Up Index (HSUI) logo, web site and monitoring tool “Integrated Urban Poverty Monitoring System” (IPoMs) for JnNURM and Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY).  What is ..

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Federal Bank to hire 3,000 employees over next three years

January 20, 2014

The private sector bank, Federal Bank plans to recruit about 3,000 employees and add 300 branches in the next three years. As per Federal Bank Managing Director and CEO, Shyam Srinivasan, in the last three years, 340 branches were added ..

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Survey: Education standards declining in India despite funding

January 18, 2014

The annual survey done by the Indian education research group Pratham disclosed that the standards of education in rural India have declined every year since 2009 in spite of huge government funding in the field. The survey was conducted in ..

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UK govt ordered urgent probe into Thatcher link to Operation Bluestar (1984)

January 18, 2014

British Prime Minister David Cameron ordered his cabinet secretary to inquire into newly-released documents suggesting Margaret Thatcher government facilitated the Indian government in 1984 to plan Operation Blue Star against separatists hiding inside the Golden Temple in Amritsar. The investigation will ..

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Universal health coverage: Karnataka first state to provide tertiary care to all

January 18, 2014

Karnataka became the  first  state  in  the  country  to  provide  universal health coverage for tertiary care to all the sections of society. Under  the  newly  launched  Rajiv Arogya Bhagya,  for  Above  Poverty  Line families, approx  1.12 crore people  in  Karnataka  ..

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POSCO's steel plant gets environmental clearance

January 13, 2014

India’s Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has given environmental clearance to South Korean steel manufacturer POSCO for its Rs 52,000 crore steel plant in Odisha. The company who made the largest FDI investment in India has got the clearance after a long wait ..

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