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Finance Ministry asks IBA to set up independent body to oversee CDR mechanism
The Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) has been asked by the Finance Ministry to set up an independent body to oversee the Corporate Debt Restructuring (CDR) mechanism. The step has taken after witnessing a surge in the number of debt restructurings over the past two years. ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2013
45% of deaths of under-five children caused by malnutrition: Report
As per a latest report published in The Lancet, malnutrition has been blamed to be the reason behind the deaths of nearly 45% children under-five. As per the research report: Malnutrition is responsible for around 3.1 million deaths in children under five ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2013
Category: International / World Current Affairs
Centre returns West Bengal ponzi Bill for rectification
The Centre has returned the West Bengal Bill, aimed at reining in ponzi firms. The Centre expressed reservations about the “retrospective effect” clause and asked the State government to rectify it. The West Bengal Protection of Interest of Depositors in ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2013
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
NAC re-constituted, tribal expert Virginius Xaxa replaces Aruna Roy
Union Government has restructured the National Advisory Council by inducting eminent sociologist Virginius Xaxa into the 12-member panel headed by Sonia Gandhi. Xaxa is a Professor at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Guwahati and has worked extensively on tribal communities of the country Aruna Roy who had ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2013
Category: Awards, Honours & Persons in News
Obesity and poor nutrition costs world economy $1.4 trillion: FAO
As per the latest report of the Rome based U.N.’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), obesity and poor nutrition cost dearly for the global economy and suggested the governments that investing in food health would bring big economic as well as social ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2013
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
UK’s Northern Ireland gears up for G-8 summit
The 39th G8 summit will be held in the United Kingdom’s Northern Ireland on June 17-18, 2013. G-8 The Group of Eight (G8) is a group made up of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States. Initially the group had only 6 member Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom and United States were ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2013
Category: International / World Current Affairs
Fact Box: Indian Banks' Association (IBA)
K R Kamath re-elected as IBA’s Chairman K R Kamath, the chairman and managing director of Punjab National Bank (PNB), has been re-elected as the Chairman of the Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) for 2013-14 tenure. Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) Established on ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2013
Susan Rice will be US National Security Adviser
President Barack Obama to appointment Ms Susan Rice as national security adviser for US Govt. Ms Susan Rice who currenttly US ambassador at the UN, will take over the position in July 2013 from Mr Tom Donilon. The decision to ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2013
Category: Awards, Honours & Persons in News