Latest News on 7th September 2013 Continues 1. Thirty-two artistes under the age of 35 from all over the country in various categories of performing arts were today presented with the Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar for 2011 by Sangeet Natak Akademi. 2. In a notification issued from Mumbai on 6th Sept, RBI has said that swap facility will be available to scheduled commercial banks for fresh foreign currency non-resident bank – FCNR(B) deposits mobilized for a minimum tenor of three years. Although the swap window will be operated on a daily basis on all working days in Mumbai, a particular bank can avail of the swap facility only once in a week. 3. British Indian billionaire brothers Srichand and Gopichand Hinduja have been presented a Lifetime Achievement Award for their contributions to UK’s Asian community. 4. The Foreign Investment Promotion Board has cleared gold-loan company Muthoot Finance’s proposal to set up white-label ATMs in the country. Muthoot, which had received the RBI nod for the plan in June, is expected to set up its first batch of ATMs next month in one of the southern States. 5. Senior Congree leader and famous lyricist Vithalbhai Patel (78) passed away after prolonged illness. “Jhoot bole kauwa kaate” is among many popular songs penned by him. 6. After Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi launched the biennial Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors’ Summit in 2003, the very word “vibrant” has gone viral across the State and event organisers continue to tag their programmes with this word to cash in on its appeal. On 6th Sept, actor Karishma Kapoor inaugurated the three-day “Vibrant Vivah”, claimed to be India’s largest wedding festival, in Ahmedabad. State Tourism Secretary Vipul Mittra was the guest of honour on the occasion. 7. Soulful strains of some of the most popular and best known western classical music compositions reverberated in the majestic backdrop of Zabarwan Hills when Zubin Mehta, world famous conductor, performed before a mesmerized audience in the Shalimar Gardens on the banks of Dal Lake this evening.
Posted on: Sun, 08 Sep 2013 02:08:24 +0000
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