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Harmanpreet Kaur – New captain of Indian Women’s Cricket Team

April 1, 2013

Harmanpreet Kaur was named the Captain of the Indian women’s Cricket team, she replaced Mithali Raj. Poonam Raut was named as the Vice-Captain of the team.

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TCS ranked No. 1 employer in Europe

March 31, 2013

The CRF Institute has ranked TCS (Tata Consultancy Services), India’s largest software exporter as the number one employer in Europe for 2013. The CRF Institute was founded in 1991 and  is an independent organisation that identifies top performers in human resources ..

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Arunachal Pradesh becomes the first state to introduce e-GPF facility

March 29, 2013

Arunachal Pradesh became the first state to introduce e-GPF. The state Finance department of Arunachal Pradesh will facilitate online access to 34,000 General Provident Fund (GPF) accounts via its redesigned website www.arunachalfinance.in. Objective: Transparency and accountability of the government Now, citizens and government ..

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Fact box: IFRS

March 19, 2013

Investors prefer accounting levels close to IFRS: Survey Majority of investors want the government to keep national accounting standards as close to the international norms (called IFRS) as possible, says a survey conducted by the global accounting firm Ernst & ..

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Four regulators sign MoU to jointly supervise financial conglomerates

March 15, 2013

The four financial sector regulators in the country- RBI, SEBI, IRDA and PFRDA have inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for co-operation in the field of consolidated supervision and monitoring of financial groups identified as financial conglomerates. What is the ..

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India, Bhutan sign currency swap agreement

March 14, 2013

India and Bhutan have inked a currency swap agreement for up to $100 million to promote economic co-operation b/w the two nations. The pact was signed by the Reserve Bank of India and the Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan (RMAB). ..

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Cruise missile Nirbhay goes awry, terminated midway

March 14, 2013

Cruise missile Nirbhay missed the target test-firing as it had to be terminated midway after deviating from the flight course. However, as per DRDO, the missile "successfully" achieved the basic mission objectives and performed some of the maneuvers satisfactorily before ..

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India’s First All Women Post Office

March 12, 2013

Union Minister of Communications & IT Sh. Kapil Sibal inaugurated India’s First All Women Employees Post Office at Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi. All the counters of this Post Office will be staffed by Women employees only. The working hours: 9.30 ..

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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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`Office 365’ launched for businesses in India

March 6, 2013

Microsoft unveiled its Office 365 suite for businesses in India, which will offer smooth sharing of data across PCs and mobiles using cloud computing technology. This will allow users to access their mails and files through desktops, laptops and mobile ..

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