India Collects Rs.4,81,914 Crore As Direct Taxes in 2013-14
New Delhi (ABC Live): The Gross direct tax collections during April-December of the Financial year.2013-14 is up by 12.33 percent at Rs.4,81,914 crore as against Rs.4,29,023 crore in the same period...
View ArticleDelhi High Court Allows CAG Audit of Private Telecom Companies
NEW DELHI (ABC Live): The Delhi high court on Monday gave nod to the comptroller and auditor general (CAG) to audit the accounts of private telecom companies. CAG got the crucial assignment after...
View ArticleIndia-Japan Hold Defence Policy Dialogue
New Delhi (ABC Live): Defence Minister of Japan, Itsunori Onodera, is on a visit to India from 5-8 January 2014 as a follow up to the India-Japan Defence Ministerial Meeting held in November 2011. The...
View ArticleGlobal Climate Change Treaty Mandatory Countdown Begins in 2014
New Delhi (ABC Live):A draft text for a global climate change treaty set to be agreed in 2015 will be presented to governments as early as November 2014, according to the UN official in charge of...
View ArticleUN Welcomes Nepal’s Supreme Court Decision to Grant Amnesty for Human Rights...
Kathmandu (ABC Live): A senior United Nations official has welcomed a decision by Nepal’s Supreme court against granting amnesty for serious human rights violations committed during a decade-long civil...
View ArticleIndia Again Successfully Tests Prithvi Missile
New Delhi (ABC Live):A missile unit of the elite Strategic Forces Command (SFC) successfully launched a Prithvi missile today from the test range at Chandipur, off the Odisha Coast as part of a...
View ArticleRBI Appoints CCIL As LOU for Issuing Compatible Legal Entity Identifiers in...
Mumbai (ABC Live):The Reserve Bank of India has selected the Clearing Corporation of India Ltd. (CCIL) to act as a Local Operating Unit (LOU) for issuing globally compatible Legal Entity Identifiers...
View ArticleUNFCCC Releases India’s Submission on Robust and Transparent National Forest...
Bonn (ABC Live):United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change on Tuesday released official documents of Methodological guidance for activities relating to reducing emissions from...
View ArticleRBI Releases Report of the Committee on Comprehensive Financial Services for...
Mumbai (ABC Live):The Reserve Bank of India has today released on its website for public comments, the Report of the Committee on Comprehensive Financial Services for Small Business and Low Income...
View ArticleDoT Issues 2nd Amendment to NIA for 1800 MHz Band,900 MHz Band Spectrum
New Delhi (ABC Live): The Department of Telecommunications (DoT), Ministry of Communications & Information Technology, has issued the 2nd Amendment to the Notice Inviting Applications (NIA) for the...
View ArticleUNSC Removes Two Islamic Organizations Names from Al-Qaida Sanctions List
New York (ABC Live):On 6 January 2014, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) concerning Al-Qaida and associated individuals and entities removed the names...
View ArticleNHRC Asks MCI to Introduce PG Course in Gerontology to Serve Senior Citizens
New Delhi, 8th January, 2014(ABC Live): The National Human Rights Commission has asked the Medical Council of India and Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to explore the possibility of...
View ArticleCBI Registers FIR Against Mumbai ,Kolkata Based Two Companies , Unknown...
New Delhi, 08.01.2014(ABC Live): The Central Bureau of Investigation has registered two separate cases U/s 120-B r/w 420 of IPC and 13(2) r/w 13(1)(d) of PC Act, 1988 against Mumbai & Kolkata based...
View ArticleIndia Asks US Embassy to Stop Commercial Activities By 16th January
New Delhi (ABC Live): In further retaliatory steps over the arrest of diplomat Devyani Khobragade, India has asked the US to “discontinue” commercial activities being undertaken from its embassy...
View ArticleGeneva to Host GEO 6 Days Plenary, Geneva Ministerial Summit from 12th January
New Delhi (ABC live):The Group on Earth Observations (GEO) Plenary and the Geneva Ministerial Summit will take place 12-17 January 2014 in Geneva, Switzerland. WMO, which is a member of GEO and hosts...
View ArticleNarendra Modi Agrees with Manmohan Singh’s Statement: Good Days Are Ahead for...
New Delhi (ABC Live): BJP Prime Ministerial nominee Narendra Modi on Thursday decided to give reply to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at a global NRI meet, who had said that “we are set for better...
View ArticleEnforcement Directorate to Share eBRC Data with Director General of Foreign...
New Delhi (ABC Live): The Enforcement Directorate today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) for sharing of foreign exchange realization data. This...
View ArticleBan Ki-moon Lauds the Role of Group of 77 and China for Keeping UN Relevant,...
New York (ABC Live): UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday lauded the role played by the Group of 77 and China in addressing key system-wide policy and development issues, and ensuring that the...
View ArticleOman Reports MERS-CoV Case to World Health Organization
New Delhi (ABC Live):9 JANUARY 2014 – WHO has been informed of an additional laboratory-confirmed case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in Oman. The case is a 59 year-old man...
View ArticleUNSC Expects Total Elimination of Syria’s Chemical Weapons Materials By June...
New York(ABC Live): Despite a delay in eliminating Syria’s chemical weapons material, the United Nations Security Council expects that there will be no delay beyond the end-of-June deadline for the...
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