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SEBI allows foreign entities to participate in commodity derivatives market
Capital markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has allowed foreign entities to participate in commodity derivatives market of stock exchanges for hedging their exposures. Prior to this, foreign entities were not permitted to directly participate in Indian ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2018
William Nordhaus, Paul Romer awarded 2018 Nobel Prize in Economics
American economists William Nordhaus and Paul Romer were jointly awarded 2018 Nobel Prize in Economics Sciences for integrating climate change and technological innovation into macroeconomic analysis. Their findings have significantly broadened scope of economic analysis by constructing models that explain ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2018
Government reconstitutes Security Policy Group under NSA to assist National Security Council
Union Government has reconstituted Security Policy Group (SPG) under chairmanship of National Security Advisor to assist National Security Council (NSC) in strategising on matters dealing with external, internal and economic security of the country. Security Policy Group (SPG) SPG will ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2018
Bangladesh enacts Digital Security Bill, 2018
Bangladesh’s President Abdul Hamid has given his assent controversial Digital Security Bill, 2018, by enacting it as a law. This new law combines previous colonial-era Official Secrets Act with tough new provisions such as arrests without warrant. Bangladesh Government led ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2018
ESIC wins ISSA GOOD Practice Award, Asia and Pacific 2018
Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) was awarded ISSA (International Social Security Association) ISSA Good Practice Award for Administrative Solution for Coverage Extension at Regional Social Security Forum for Asia and Pacific held at Kuala Lumpur, capital Malaysia. The award was ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2018
Weightlifter Jeremy Lalrinnunga wins India’s maiden gold medal at Youth Olympic Games
Weightlifter Jeremy Lalrinnunga (15) won India’s maiden gold medal at 2018 Youth Olympic Games being held in Buenos Aires, capital of Argentina. He won the medal in in the men’s 62 kg category by lifting total of 274 kg (124 ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2018
Youth Olympics: Thangjam Tababi Devi clinches India’s first judo medal at Olympics
Thangjam Tababi Devi (16) became India’s first judo medallist at the Olympic level. She achieved this feat after winning silver medal at ongoing Youth Olympics Games in Buenos Aires, capital of Argentina. She won the medal after losing to Venezuela’s ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2018
IPCC Special Report on Climate Change: Key Points
United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has released special report on global warming in Incheon, South Korea. The report includes contributions from 91 authors and review editors from 40 countries. It will be key scientific input in upcoming ..