Page-10 of Current Affairs - May, 2014

India’s ‘Steel Man’ – Former Tisco chief Russi Mody passed away

May 19, 2014

Russi Mody (96), regarded as India’s ‘Steel Man’ for his role in elevating Tata Steel (then known as Tisco) to its present status of India’s largest steel manufacturing company, passed away. He was born on January 17, 1918, joined Tisco in 1939, ..

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Representation of Muslims in 16th Lok Sabha plunges all-time low at 22

May 19, 2014

The 16th Lok Sabha will have lowest Muslim representation (Muslim MPs) of all-time at 22. The previous low in the history of Indian Parliament was witnessed in 1957 when there were only 23 Muslim MPs. While Muslims constitute 10.5% of ..

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PMEAC chairman C. Rangarajan resigns

May 18, 2014

Following resignation of Manmohan Singh as Prime Minister, Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC) Chairman, Dr C. Rangarajan has also resigned. The present PMEAC chaired by Rangarajan had Saumitra Chaudhuri, VS Vyas, Pulin Nayak, and Dilip Nachane as its members. The term of ..

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Andhra Pradesh assembly polls results: TDP wins largest number of seats

May 17, 2014

Telugu Desam Party (TDP) led by N. Chandra Babu Naidu emerged as the largest party with 117 seats out of the total 294 assembly seats of the Andhra Pradesh in the recently concluded Assembly Elections in the state.  Results: Political ..

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Arunachal Pradesh assembly polls: INC to form government

May 17, 2014

The results of the 2014 assembly elections of Arunachal Pradesh are out. The Indian National Congress (INC) led by the incumbent Chief Minister Nabam Tuki won 42 seats of the total 60 assembly seats in the state. BJP with 11 ..

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Odisha assembly polls 2014: BJD emerged largest party in the state

May 17, 2014

The results of the 2014 assembly elections of Odisha have been announced. Of the total 147 assembly seats, Biju Janata Dal (BJD) led by incumbent Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has won 117 seats, making it the single largest party in ..

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Sikkim Assembly elections 2014: SDF to retain power for fifth term in a row

May 17, 2014

Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) led by incumbent Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling has emerged as the single largest party by winning 22 seats out of total 32 in the 2014 assembly elections of Sikkim. The newly established party Sikkim Krantikari ..

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General Election 2014: Resounding victory for BJP, Congress faces drubbing in 6 states

May 17, 2014

World’s biggest democratic exercise- India’s 16th Lok Sabha (Lower House) elections which ran from April, 7 to May 12, 2014 are over and its verdict is out. Of the total 543 seats for which elections were contested, BJP led NDA ..

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India's IIP remains negative, declines 0.5% in March 2014

May 16, 2014

As per the Quick Estimates of Index of Industrial Production (IIP) with base year 2004-05 for the month of March 2014 released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI), the industrial production remained negative for the second consecutive month, shrinking 0.5% in March 2014 due to poor ..

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Bharti Airtel raises about $2 billion in Dual Currency Bond sale

May 16, 2014

India’s largest telecom company Bharti Airtel raised around $2 billion in a dual currency international bond sale. It is the largest debt issuance by a domestic company till date. Bharti sold dual currency dollar and euro bonds to raise the money which will be ..

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