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Padma Awards 2014

January 29, 2014

President Pranab Mukherjee announced the names of Recipients of this year’s Padma awards. He approved conferment of 127 Padma Awards including one duo case (counted as one). Padma Awards, the country’s highest civilian awards, are conferred in three Categories viz. Padma ..

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UoC became the first public university in the world to accept Bitcoin in tuition fees

January 28, 2014

The University of Cumbria in northwest England became the first public university in the world to accept the online currency Bitcoin as payment for fees. The acceptance of Bitcoin will initially be limited to the two programmes that address complementary ..

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RBI reviewed norms on restructuring of advances by NBFCs

January 28, 2014

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued norms for loans restructured by Non-Banking Finance Companies (NBFCs), to create a level-playing field between NBFCs and other commercial banks. The new norms are based on the recommendations of the Mahapatra committee. Till ..

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Saina Nehwal won Syed Modi India Open-2014

January 26, 2014

Indian ace shuttler Saina Nehwal clinched the Syed Modi International India Grand Prix Gold badminton title by defeating her compatriot P.V. Sindhu in the women’s singles competition. Sania beat P.V. Sindhu 21-14, 21-17 in the final held at Lucknow, Uttar ..

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Google doodle 'Daredevil motorcyclists-The Tornadoes' celebrates India's 65th Republic Day

January 26, 2014

India’s 65th Republic Day celebrated on January 26, 2014 is being marked with a Google doodle portraying “Janbaz (Daredevil) motorcyclists”. The Daredevil motorcyclists representing a unit of the armed forces, are seen carrying the doodle which has been painted in the ..

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RBI likely to hold interest rates steady while announcing the monetary policy on January 28, 2014

January 26, 2014

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will probably hold interest rates steady while announcing the monetary policy on January 28, 2014. On January 28, 2014 the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will release the third quarter review of monetary policy for ..

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Any Time Milk (ATM): Amul launches its first Milk ATM

January 26, 2014

India’s dairy major Amul has launched India’s first milk ATM which will sell milk through “Any Time Milk” vending machines. The 24×7 ATM has been installed at the Amul Dairy gate at Anand in Gujarat. The ATM machine can store ..

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6 Indian cities amongst Top-8 Global Cities in terms of Outsourcing

January 26, 2014

As per the Global Services Survey, India is the most preferred destinations for offshore IT and business process outsourcing services market. The six Indian cities — Bangalore, Delhi NCR, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad and Pune — are among 8 top global ..

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RBI: Currency notes issued before 2005 to be withdrawn from circulation

January 26, 2014

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has decided to withdraw all currency notes issued prior to 2005, including Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 denominations. As per the RBI, pre-2005 notes can be identified easily as these notes do not have ..

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NRI scientist AJ Paulraj wins Tech ‘Nobel’- 2014 Marconi Prize

January 25, 2014

The Indian-born scientist and Professor (Emeritus) at StanfordUniversity, Mr. Arogyaswami Joseph Paulraj (69), won the prestigious Marconi Society Prize 2014 for developing the theory and applications of Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) antennas. His idea for using multiple antennas at ..

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