Barack Obama 2010 Funding Plan IMF
Washington (ABC Live): The U.S. Treasury Department said Tuesday that it was disappointed by Congress’ failure to include a plan that would help the International Monetary Fund (IMF) carry out its...
View ArticleWorld Bank Issues $161 Million Global Indian Rupee Bond to Promote Indian...
Washington, D.C./New Delhi (ABC Live):IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, today increased by INR 10 billion (approximately $161 million) an outstanding three-year global Indian rupee bond to promote...
View ArticleCancer Immunotherapy as Breakthrough of Year 2013
New Delhi (ABC Live):Science magazine chooses for its section 2013 Breakthrough of the Year, the subject of cancer immunotherapy, claiming that this form of treatment has marked a “turning point”, as...
View ArticleSpecial Package of Industrial Incentive extended in Himachal Pradesh,...
New Delhi (ABC Live):The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) today gave its approval for extension of the Special Package of Industrial Incentive for the States of Himachal Pradesh and...
View ArticleICAR Releases 104 New Improved Varieties of Crops in 2013
New Delhi (ABC Live):Agriculture and FPI Minister, Shri Sharad Pawar, today lauded the contribution of agricultural scientists in the success of the recently launched programmes for fast growth in...
View ArticleGovernment Approves Five FDI Proposals of Worth Rs. 1133.41 Crore
New Delhi (ABC Live):Based on the recommendations of Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) made in its meeting held on December 30, 2013, the Government of India has approved five (05)proposals of...
View ArticleRBI’s Compliances G-20 Commitment on OTC Derivative Trades Reporting
Mumbai (ABC Live):The G-20 Declaration of the Pittsburgh Summit of September 24-25, 2009 has outlined several reform measures for improving the Over-the-counter (OTC) Derivative markets including...
View ArticleCBI to Have Sports Frauds Investigation Unit
New Delhi,15.01.2014(ABC Live):Taking note of the growing menace of match-fixing and allegations of corruption in sports, Director CBI today announced that the agency will soon have a Sports Frauds...
View ArticleGlobal Investors to Invest $500 Billion per Year on Clean Energy by 2020
New York (ABC Live): Nearly 500 leading investors meeting today at the United Nations see major growth potential for ramping up green bonds and other clean energy investments to the levels necessary in...
View ArticleInternational Humanitarian Pledging Conference on Syria Pledges $2.4 billion
Kuwait City (ABC Live):Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the closing of the second International Humanitarian Pledging Conference on Syria, in Kuwait City, 15 January: I thank...
View ArticleIndian Farmers to Know Banned Pesticides in India
New Delhi (ABC Live): The Insecticides Act, 1968 and Insecticides Rules, 1971 regulate the import, registration process, manufacture, sale, transport, distribution and use of insecticides(pesticides)...
View ArticleIndia Signs MoU with UKIERI for Business Innovation and Skills
New Delhi (ABC Live):A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) and Ministry of Labour & Employment (MoLE) to enhance the...
View ArticleIndia Pledges to Reduce Road Site Deaths by %50 percent by 2020
New Delhi (ABC Live):Shri Oscar Fernandes, the Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways has called upon all stake holders to rededicate their Road Safety efforts to reduce road fatalities by 50...
View ArticleBan Ki-moon Welcomes Opening of Lebanese Prime Minister Murder Trial
New York (ABC Live): UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday welcomes the decision to open the trial of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, nearly nine years after the heinous terrorist attack which...
View ArticleUNSC Condemns Terrorists Attack in Lebanon
New York (ABC Live): The United Nations Security Council on Thursday strongly condemned the terrorist attack on 16 January 2014, in Hermel, Lebanon, which killed five people and injured dozens. The...
View ArticleIAEA to Meet on Iran, E2/EU+3 Request to Monitor Joint Plan of Action
New Delhi (ABC Live): International Agency for Atomic Energy is all set to meet on January 24, on Iran’s request to Iran and the E3/EU+3 that the Agency conducts monitoring and verification of...
View ArticleIAEA to Host Experts’ Meeting on Radiation Protection after the Fukushima...
New Delhi (ABC Live): The Tohoku earthquake on 11 March 2011 and the following tsunami that crippled the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant has brought to the forefront important challenges facing...
View ArticleAll Gram Panchayats in India to Hold Special Gram Sabha Meetings
New Delhi (ABC Live): Government has asked all the Gram Panchayats in the country to hold special Gram Sabha meetings on various programmes relating to economic well-being of people on any day in...
View ArticleRBI Issues Revised Guidelines on Merchanting Trade Transactions
Mumbai (ABC Live):The Reserve Bank of India today released the revised guidelines on Merchanting Trade Transactions. The earlier guidelines on the subject were issued in 2003. Merchanting or...
View ArticleTo Nab Corruption, China Not to Promote Civil Servants Having Family Members...
New Delhi (ABC Live): China government tightened in the wake of the Party’s efforts to fight graft has decided not to promote those civil servants whose family members have migrated overseas....
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