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"CRISIL Inclusix"- Financial Inclusion Index rises 2.7 % in 2012

January 8, 2014

The Credit Rating Information Services of India Limited (CRISIL) stated that financial inclusion gained momentum in India with a significant rise in new savings accounts, increase in agriculture credit accounts and expansion of bank branches in deeper geographies. India’s overall ..

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‘Mother of PIL’: Pushpa Kapila Hingorani passed away

January 7, 2014

Pushpa Kapila Hingorani (86), a lawyer who is known by the title ‘Mother of PIL’ for being the first women to file a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) on behalf of voiceless under-trial prisoners in Bihar around more than three decades ago, ..

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PARAM Yuva II: India’s no.1 and ranked 44th among most power efficient supercomputer in the world

January 7, 2014

As per Green500 List announced at the Supercomputing Conference (SC 2013) in Denver, Colorado, in the US, India’s PARAM Yuva II supercomputer built by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), has been ranked no.1 in India, 9th in ..

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PETA's Person of the Year: Dr Shashi Tharoor

January 3, 2014

The Union Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Dr. Shashi Tharoor named as the Person of the Year by the animal rights body PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) – India for taking steps to advance animal ..

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RBI eases gold dore import norms; allows refineries to import 15% of their annual requirements in first two months

January 3, 2014

In consultation with the Government of India, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) partially eased restrictions on import of gold dore after taking into account representations from refiners. As per the new norms – Refineries are allowed to import dore ..

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RBI: Banks to continue accepting scribbled notes

January 3, 2014

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) stated that banks will continue to accept currency notes with anything written on them and it has not issued any such instructions regarding discontinuity of scribed notes. Nevertheless, the central bank reiterated that writing ..

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RBI: political instability after LS elections will hit economy

January 1, 2014

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cautioned that any political instability after the Lok Sabha elections in 2014 will drag the besieged economy further down, except there is a stable new government at the centre. On the release of the 8th ..

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Mr. Pradeep Kumar: New MD (Corporate Banking) of SBI

January 1, 2014

The Country’s biggest lender, State Bank of India (SBI) appointed Mr. P.Pradeep Kumar as its Managing Director and group executive in charge of corporate banking. The seat was lying vacant as of Ms. Arundhati Bhattarcharya became the Chairman of SBI ..

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J.N. Chaudhary appointed as new chief of NSG

December 31, 2013

Mr. Jayanta Narayan Chaudhary appointed as new chief of National Security Guard (NSG). Mr. Chaudhary is the 1978 batch IPS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre and is due to retire in May 2015. He succeeded Arvind Ranjan. About National Security Guard ..

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PNB opens first hi-tech branch of Punjab in Kharar

December 31, 2013

Punjab National Bank (PNB) which is India’s second-largest bank opened its first hi-tech branch at Kharar, Punjab. Salient features of the first hi-tech branch The self-services system of the branch would provide all services to all the customers from 7am ..

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