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For Goa’s entire population: “Swarnajayanti Aarogya Bima Yojana” launched
Goa became the first state in the country to have launched “Swarnajayanti Aarogya Bima Yojana” providing health insurance cover for the entire resident population of the state ICICI Lombard : Implementing agency for the new health insurance cover Goa State ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2011
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
China may become Busiest Air Route from India
Currently, Singapore is the top aviation route from India. The growing thirst of Indian companies, big and small, to access Chinese markets has pushed up air travel between the two countries, making it the fastest-growing aviation route from India. Air ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2011
Current Affairs: November 16, 2011
SBI launches Money-Gram International’s Global Money Transfer Service State Bank of India (SBI), the country s largest public sector lender, has joined hands with money transfer services company Money-Gram International and the latter’s principal agent Thomas Cook (India) Ltd to ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2011
Deven Sharma: Resigned
Jharkhand born Deven Sharma was an executive, and the president of Standard & Poor’s, a Division of The McGraw-Hill Companies. He had joined Standard & Poor’s in 2006 as executive vice president, Investment Service and Global Sales. On August 23, ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2011
Piramal acquires 5.5% in Vodafone
Recently, Ajay Piramal of Piramal Healthcare has purchased 5.5% stake in India’s third largest mobile service provider Vodafone Essar for Rs 2900 crore, or $640 million. Piramal Healthcare struck the deal at a discount valuing British telecom giant Vodafone’s India ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2011
India Post to seek Banking License
India Post is the largest postal network in the world, comprising 1.55 lakh post offices, of which nearly 1.4 lakh are in rural areas. The department of posts is currently working on a plan to get a bank licence, which ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2011
Impact of US Rating Downgrade on India: Some Reactions
Cost of borrowing for the US may go up by a few percentage points. But that would not really affect India. Dollar still remains dominant and potent currency in the world(Statement of Pratip Chaudhuri, SBI CHAIRMAN) I see the US ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2011
Current Affairs: October 14, 2011
Appoint Child Welfare Officers in Every Police Station: SC to States and UTs The apex Court of India maneuvered the States and UTs to appoint child welfare officers in each police station. Objective: For supervising and expanding improved handling to juveniles ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2011
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs