Weekend news date wise collection by me, plz note if u not get the same>>>>>>>. 29-03-2014 :: • Norway’s ex-PM Jens Stoltenberg has been appointed Nato’s next secretary general, replacing Denmark’s Anders Fogh Rasmussen. • Astronomers have discovered a miniature planet named Charkilo with two rings of ice and pebbles between Saturn and Uranus in the Kuiper Belt. This is the first ever discovery of a celestial body with rings like giant planets Saturn and Jupiter. 30-03-2014 :: • President Pranab Mukherjee has on 30 March cleared the re-promulgation of the SEBI Ordinance Securities Laws (Amendment) Bill 2013. The ordinance aims to give powers to Securities and Exchanges Board of India (SEBI) to act against Ponzi scheme. • Zubin Mehta was conferred the special jury award by Times Now at the channel’s NRI of the Year awards held in Mumbai on 30 March. In their first year, the awards recognize non-resident Indians’ contribution across categories, including entrepreneurship, arts, entertainment and philanthropy. • Best Fund House Award achieved by ICICI Prudential on 30 March .This was given by Morning star India. Company had achieved this award in the category of debt, equity and multi assets. 31-03-2014 :: • US ambassador to India Nancy Powell has resigned her post on 31 March . US Ambassador to India Nancy J Powell announced in a US Mission Town Hall meeting March 31 that she has submitted her resignation to President Obama. 01-04-2014 :: • The Sports Ministry of India has derecognised the Indian Amateur Boxing Federation (IABF) with an immediate effect on 1 April because of the boxing body’s refusal to comply with its directives on holding a re-election.This ban can be considered as a second blow to IABF, as earlier it was terminated by its international parent body. • The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 1 April released it first Bi-monthly Monetary Policy statement 2014-15 keeping the repo rate unchanged at 8 per cent.The CRR has been kept at 4 per cent.On the basis of an assessment of the current and evolving macroeconomic situation, it has been decided to :- * keep the policy repo rate under the liquidity adjustment facility (LAF) unchanged at 8.0 per cent; * keep the cash reserve ratio (CRR) of scheduled banks unchanged at 4.0 per cent of net demand and time liability (NDTL); and * increase the liquidity provided under 7-day and 14-day term repos from 0.5 per cent of NDTL of the banking system to 0.75 per cent, and decrease the liquidity provided under overnight repos under the LAF from 0.5 per cent of bank-wise NDTL to 0.25 per cent with immediate effect. Consequently, the reverse repo rate under the LAF will remain unchanged at 7.0 per cent, and the marginal standing facility (MSF) rate and the Bank Rate at 9.0 per cent. 02-04-2014 :: • The seventh annual World Autism Awareness Day 2014 was celebrated across the world on 2 April 2014. The day is celebrated to raise fund and to create awareness about autism. The United Nations General Assembly unanimously adopted the resolution on Autism on 18 December 2007 and decided to designate 2 April as World Autism Awareness Day. • Viswanathan Anand ranked World number 3 in the rating list released by FIDE . Anand with the Victory at the Candidates Tournament held in Russia. 03-04-2014 :: • The government has appointed R Gandhi as deputy governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 3 April. Gandhi has been handed over a three year term, and replaces Anand Sinha who retired from his post in January. • Union Government appointed senior IPS officer D K Pathak as the new Director General of the Border Security Force (BSF). The post of the DG of BSF was vacant since 28 February 2014 when Subhash Joshi retired from the post of DG. 04-04-2014 :: • Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) received the Most Efficient Navratna Award for the year 2013. It received the award at the 5th Dalal Street Investment Journal Awards ceremony held in New Delhi. The award was collected by the Chairman of HAL, Dr. R K Tyagi. • Europe has launched the first in a constellation of hi-tech satellites designed to monitor Earth for climate change and environmental damage and help in disaster relief operations. Sentinel-1A, a satellite designed to scan the Earth with cloud-penetrating radar, had lifted off at 2102 GMT aboard a Soyuz rocket from Kourou, French Guiana. thnx ----- DEB-------
Posted on: Sun, 06 Apr 2014 11:50:46 +0000
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