1. Constitution Day was observed across India on 26 November 2013 to honour the Constitution of India. The Constitution of India was adopted by the Constituent Assembly on 26 November 1949, which came into force on 26 January 1950.
2. An interim agreement has been reached between six world powers and Iran that calls on Tehran to limit its nuclear activities in return for sanctions relief from international trade and financial sanctions.
3. Reserve Bank today widened the definition of infrastructure lending including hotels with project costing more thanRs. 200 crore as well as convention centres with project worth Rs. 300 crore.
4. YES BANK, India’s fourth largest private sector bank, today signed a multi-year deal with the Hockey India League (HIL) commencing with the 2014 season.
5. BJP’s Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi is among Time magazine’s shortlisted candidates for its ‘Person of the Year’ title and has emerged as an early favourite among the readers in an online poll.
6. Alec Reid, an unassuming Roman Catholic priest who played a quiet but crucial role in clandestine negotiations that led to the historic Good Friday peace accord in Northern Ireland in 1998, died.
7. Tax rates for companies in India are among the highest in the world and the number of payments is also more than the global average, putting the country at a low 158th rank on the 'Paying Taxes 2014' list, jointly prepared by World Bank And PwC.
Neeraj Sahai, 56, a top Indian-American executive at Citigroup has been appointed president of Standard & Poor's Ratings Services.
8. Scotland today unveiled a blueprint for its independence from the UK ahead of a historic referendum next year to end the 300-year union.
9. India's Deepak Lathore won a Gold and two Silver medals in the Boys' 50 kilogramme category of the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships today.
10. According to several Angolan newspapers, Angola (Southern Africa) has banned Islam, condemning it as "illegal" and taking first measures by destroying different mosques in the Southwest African nation.
2. An interim agreement has been reached between six world powers and Iran that calls on Tehran to limit its nuclear activities in return for sanctions relief from international trade and financial sanctions.
3. Reserve Bank today widened the definition of infrastructure lending including hotels with project costing more thanRs. 200 crore as well as convention centres with project worth Rs. 300 crore.
4. YES BANK, India’s fourth largest private sector bank, today signed a multi-year deal with the Hockey India League (HIL) commencing with the 2014 season.
5. BJP’s Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi is among Time magazine’s shortlisted candidates for its ‘Person of the Year’ title and has emerged as an early favourite among the readers in an online poll.
6. Alec Reid, an unassuming Roman Catholic priest who played a quiet but crucial role in clandestine negotiations that led to the historic Good Friday peace accord in Northern Ireland in 1998, died.
7. Tax rates for companies in India are among the highest in the world and the number of payments is also more than the global average, putting the country at a low 158th rank on the 'Paying Taxes 2014' list, jointly prepared by World Bank And PwC.
Neeraj Sahai, 56, a top Indian-American executive at Citigroup has been appointed president of Standard & Poor's Ratings Services.
8. Scotland today unveiled a blueprint for its independence from the UK ahead of a historic referendum next year to end the 300-year union.
9. India's Deepak Lathore won a Gold and two Silver medals in the Boys' 50 kilogramme category of the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships today.
10. According to several Angolan newspapers, Angola (Southern Africa) has banned Islam, condemning it as "illegal" and taking first measures by destroying different mosques in the Southwest African nation.
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