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MoE slaps Rs 200 crore penalty on Adani group
A committee, established by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, under the chairmanship of Sunita Narain, director general of Centre for Science and Environment, has slapped a penalty of Rs 200 crore on the Adani Group’s Mundra Port and Special Economic Zone for inflicting ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2013
RBI asks banks to consider e-KYC a valid process
In a notification issued by the Reserve Bank of India, banks have been asked to avail the electronic Know Your Customer, e-KYC service, launched by the Unique Identification Authority of India, UIDAI. The notification directed banks to revise their KYC ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2013
Current Affairs: Top Headlines for September 1, 2013
Curiosity to take pictures of solar eclipse Mars rover Curiosity took pictures of the planet’s moon, Phobos, eclipsing the sun. NASA’s Curiosity rover landed on the red planet in August 2012 for a 2-year mission to study if the planet similar ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2013
Current Affairs: Top Headlines for August 31, 2013
Pakistan and Russia initiate Strategic Dialogue Pakistan and the Russia held their first ever Foreign Secretary level interaction on the Strategic Dialogue in Moscow. Foreign Secretary of Pakistan Jalil Abbas Jilani and First Deputy Minister Vladimir Gennadievich Titov of the ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2013
Current Affairs: Top Headlines for August 30, 2013
Melbourne tops the list of liveable cities in world According to a survey conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit, the Australian city of Melbourne is the most liveable city in the world while conflict battered Syria‘s capital Damascus is the least liveable city. The survey also lists ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2013
Offshore markets affecting rupee fluctuations
The RBI stated in its annual report that the Non-Deliverable Forwards (NDF) markets are exerting more pressure on the onshore currency market, especially when rupee is under stress. The rupee has nearly declined 21 % so far this fiscal. As ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2013
Asian currencies slide down on Fed signals
With the indication by the Federal Reserve Bank of the US that the central bank could start scaling back its stimulus as early as September 2013 various Asian currencies fell as a response to this. The rupee continued to depreciate ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2013
Category: International / World Current Affairs
No proposal to increase FDI ceiling in banks
The government has clarified that there is no proposal to raise foreign investment limit in the banking sector. What is the current status of foreign investment in banking sector? Currently, the aggregate foreign investment (FDI, FII and NRI) cannot be ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2013
RBI eases portfolio investment scheme for NRIs
The Reserve Bank of India eased the rules governing portfolio investments such as equity and debt by Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) to pull in foreign currency. Under the Portfolio Investment Scheme (PIS) for NRIs, banks were given a unique code for ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2013
RBI takes measures to ease liquidity
RBI took a few measures to ease liquidity including Rs 8,000 crore bond buyback, to ensure adequate credit flow to the productive sectors of the economy to counter the surge in interest rates following its steps to support falling rupee. ..