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Mumbai Indians lift their first IPL trophy by defeating CSK

May 28, 2013

Mumbai Indians (MI) defeated Chennai Super Kings (CSK) to win their first IPL title.  In the final match played at Eden Garden stadium of Kolkata, MI  vanquished CSK with a 23-run victory. CSK could score only 125 runs at the ..

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Malayalam to get ‘Classical Language’ status

May 25, 2013

The Union Cabinet has approved classifying Malayalam as a ‘Classical Language’. What is a ‘Classical Language’ ? A classical language is a language with a literature (art of written work) that is classical. U.C.Berkeley linguist George L. Hart defined Classical Language ..

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Government to create 20,751 additional posts in IT Dept

May 25, 2013

The Cabinet has approved the proposal for creation of 20,751 additional posts in the Income Tax Department in various cadres. Of them, 1349 posts will be in the Indian Revenue Services (IRS) cadre and 19,402 posts in the non-IRS cadres. This will help the Income Tax Department ..

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Forbes releases world's top 100 'Most Powerful Women List'

May 25, 2013

Forbes magazine has released the list of World’s 100 Most Powerful Women Leaders for the year 2013. From India, UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and India-origin PepsiCo chief Indra Nooyi stand among the top 10 in the list of most powerful women in the world. Sonia Gandhi stands ..

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SEBI to double charges for Algorithmic (Algo) trading

May 23, 2013

Market regulator SEBI has announced that it will double the charges for orders based on Algorithms (algo) in stock exchanges from May 27, 2013. What is Algo Trade? Algorithmic (Algo) trading refers to orders generated by use of advanced mathematical ..

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Shashi Kant Sharma sworn-in new CAG

May 23, 2013

The President of India has appointed Shashi Kant Sharma, IAS, as Comptroller & Auditor General of India, in terms of Article 148 (1) of the Constitution of India. Sharma (61) is a 1976 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the ..

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Delhi – Most preferred tourist destination of India

May 23, 2013

As per latest Hotel Price Index released by Hotels.com, Delhi topped the rankings as the most preferred tourist destination for overseas travellers to India. Top 10 Indian destinations for foreign tourists: Delhi Mumbai Goa Bengaluru Chennai Jaipur Agra Hyderabad Cochin ..

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Yahoo offers 1TB free storage on Flickr

May 23, 2013

With an aim to woo more users, Yahoo has redesigned its Flickr photo-sharing service by offering 1 TB of free storage space besides adding new features to it. The revamp also allows users to host longer video clips and higher-resolution ..

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Just dial offers “safety net” scheme with its IPO

May 22, 2013

Just Dial will adopt a scheme “Safety Net” for retail investors investing in its Rs 900-crore IPO (Initial Public Offering). Just Dial offering safety net provision along with a10% discount on the issue price when many companies had offered only ..

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Contrary to expectations S&P warns of rating downgrade for India from the current grade ‘BBB-’

May 22, 2013

Giving a shocker to the Indian government’s expectations of an upgrade in its sovereign ratings, Standard & Poor’s (S&P) has done just the opposite by warning of a further downgrade from the current grade ‘BBB-’ with a ‘negative’ outlook to ..

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