Page-18 of Current Affairs - February, 2013

‘Color-Coded Mutual Funds’: SEBI to introduce color-coded Mutual Fund products

February 5, 2013

SEBI is planning to introduce color-coded Mutual Fund  (MF) products which will inform investors about the level of risk involved with the instrument. As per SEBI, healthy business models, better distribution networks and enhanced investor awareness about mutual funds could ..

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Obama honors Indian American Scientist

February 5, 2013

Indian American scientist Rangaswamy Srinivasan has been honored with the prestigious 2011 National Medal of Technology and Innovation by U.S. President Barack Obama. For more about Rangaswamy Srinivasan:Click Here

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India Cements appoints M S Dhoni as its Vice President

February 5, 2013

Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been appointed as vice-president of India Cements, a company which is headed by BCCI President N Srinivasan. India Cements are the owners of IPL franchise Chennai Super Kings of which Dhoni has been the ..

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First Triangular India-US-Africa Partnership at Hyderabad

February 5, 2013

The first triangular India-US-Africa partnership in agricultural training was inaugurated by India and the US at the National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management (MANAGE), Hyderabad. The objective of this program is to improve agricultural productivity, strengthen agricultural value chains, and ..

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Pakistan gives Gwadar port to China for operations

February 5, 2013

Pakistan has handed over the operations responsibility of its strategically located Gwadar port to China’s Overseas Port Holdings. Previously it was with Singapore’s PSA (Port of Singapore Authority) International. Why the port offered to China? There occurred some discords b/w ..

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UK bans sale of five invasive non-native aquatic plants

February 5, 2013

The British Government, for the first time, has declared to impose a ban over the sale of five species of invasive non-native aquatic plants. Why this ban? According to UK’s Non-Native Species Secretariat (NNSS) invasive species are plants or animals ..

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Microsoft takes Office to the cloud

February 5, 2013

Now, people can subscribe to Office 365 as a service in the Internet cloud, obviating the need to buy the popular productivity software on a disk. How would it benefit users? This service would allow the customers to use the ..

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SEBI permits HSEL to exit

February 4, 2013

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has allowed the erstwhile Hyderabad Stock Exchange (now Hyderabad Securities and Enterprises Limited (HSEL)) to exit as a stock exchange. HSEL has shifted the companies listed exclusively on it to the dissemination ..

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RIM renamed as BlackBerry

February 4, 2013

Developer of Blackberry, Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM) is changing its name to BlackBerry to refresh its tarnished image as it begins marketing a reengineered line of BlackBerry 10 smartphones. CEO of the company Thorsten Heins announced this as the ..

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India falls nine places to 140th rank in World Press Freedom Index

February 4, 2013

India has stumbled nine places to 140th position in the list of 179 countries in the latest World Press Freedom Index2013. India’s show is worst since 2002. The decline is attributed to increasing impunity for violence against journalists and because ..

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