Page-20 of Current Affairs - February, 2014

Indian Rupee to be legal tender in Zimbabwe

February 2, 2014

The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe approved domestic trading in the Chinese Yuan (CYN),   Indian Rupee (INR), Japanese Yen (JPY) and Australian Dollar (AUD) and soon these currencies will become legal tender. The central bank of Zimbabwe advised the exporters and the ..

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IAMAI: India to have 243 million internet users by June 2014

February 2, 2014

As per the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI), the Internet user base in the country stood at 190 million at the end of June, 2013. For the whole year 2013, the internet user base grew 42% to 213 ..

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Officers of IAS, IPS & IFS to spend minimum of 2 Years at each posting

February 2, 2014

In a bid to check political interference, officers of the three premier services – IAS, IPS and IFS – will now spend a minimum of two years at each posting. Under the new rules circulated by Department of Personnel and ..

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India suffered worst ODI series defeat against New Zealand

February 2, 2014

Indian cricket team slumped to its worst ODI series defeat in New Zealand.  New Zealand won the series by 4-0 in Wellington by thrashing India by 87 runs in the fifth and final ODI. It’s 5th time that India have ..

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TCS set to replace Genpact as top BPO

February 1, 2014

The BPO unit of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is set to take the No. 1 slot in the business category in India, replacing long-time leader Genpact. The change in BPO market ranking could happen either in the just-concluded December quarter ..

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MoU signed between Union Ministry of Rural Development and Digital Green

February 1, 2014

The Union Ministry of Rural Development signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Digital Green (Microsoft Research Project) to document best agricultural practices and disseminates this to all rural agricultural households headed by women. This initiative will be kick-started through ..

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Uniform tax rate for foreign portfolio investors

February 1, 2014

The Union Government stated that Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) will attract uniform tax rate in all categories. The Central Board of Direct Taxes notified that the new class of investors, FPIs, would be treated as FIIs under the Income Tax ..

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India ranked lowest in US chamber's global IP index

February 1, 2014

For the second consecutive year, Global Intellectual Property Centre (GIPC) International IP Index ranked India lowest amongst the countries assessed for protection and enforcement of Intellectual Property Practices. In the second edition of the chamber’s GIPC index, India continued to score ..

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