Page-15 of Current Affairs - March, 2013

India, Portugal ink Social Security pact

March 8, 2013

India and Portugal inked a Social Security Agreement (SSA). About 75,000 Indians are living in Portugal, most of them are working as professionals and self-employed. The bilateral Social Security Agreement is significant requirement from the futuristic point of view to ..

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Mukesh Ambani titled India's richest person for 6th year in a row

March 8, 2013

As per an annual ranking released by business magazine Forbes, Mukesh Ambani with a networth of $21.5 billion has retained his title as India’s richest person for sixth year in a row. Mexican business mogul Carlos Slim, with a networth ..

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Fact Box: Viability Gap Funding (VGF)

March 8, 2013

India’s first transmission project viability-gap funding unveiled India’s first viability-gap funded, 99-km power transmission line project, in Haryana, was unveiled. The 400 KV double circuit Jharli-Kabulpur-Rohtak line was established by a joint venture of Kalpataru Power Transmission and Techno Electric ..

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Financial inclusion plan main criteria for getting new bank licences: RBI

March 8, 2013

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has said in its new banking license guidelines that the important criteria for processing the application would be the business model of the applicants and it should provide for financial inclusion.As per these guidelines, ..

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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez passed away

March 6, 2013

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez died of cancer. His death ended 14 years of his rule that made the socialist leader a hero for the poor but a hate figure to his opponents.

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Airtel starts HD voice service in Africa

March 6, 2013

Bharti Airtel has launched high quality voice service for its subscribers in Kenya, Rwanda, Malawi and Nigeria in the African sub-continent. What is HD voice and how is it better? Mobile HD voice is high quality voice service which enables ..

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Compost Plant in New Delhi is first composting plant in India to get carbon credits from UNFCCC

March 6, 2013

The composting plant in Okhla, New Delhi has become the first in India to receive the carbon credits from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The plant has received Rs 25 lakh as an advance against the ..

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India's BARC developing world's largest magnet

March 6, 2013

Bhabha Atomic Research Centre which is India’s state-owned research establishment has claimed to be developing the world’s largest magnet, weighing 50,000 tons. It would be bigger than the one at the Compact Muon Solenoid detector at CERN in Geneva. Why ..

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