incongruity There is yet another incongruity as well: Of the four from India named by Volcker report as non-contractual beneficiaries (meaning that they had no obligation to supply food or humanitarian goods to Iraq), Reliance Petroleum and Prof Bhim Singh had already corroborated the entries about them, with the former maintaining that the allocations were handled as a regular commercial transaction, and the latter, that an offer of the allocation of the specified number of barrels was indeed made to
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April 2013 Current Affairs Study Material INTERNATIONAL China, Russia, Pakistan discuss Afghanistan situation Officials from China, Russia and Pakistan on 3 April 2013 held talks on the issue of coordination between their positions on Afghanistan.The officials from three nations backed the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) that is grouping to play a great role in Afghanistan after the withdrawal of NATO Forces in 2014. These talks were held to enhance coordination. The talks followed a
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corruption, and the failings of this system were due largely to its poor implementation. In 1991, India adopted liberal and free-market principles and liberalised its economy to international trade under the guidance of Former Finance minister Manmohan Singh under the
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will also assist Vietnam in the modernization and training of the defence and security forces of Vietnam and agreed to give a 100 million dollar line of credit to Vietnam for defence purchases. The agreements were signed by Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh and General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Nguyen Phu Trong in New Delhi after delegation level talks. India and Australia on 18 November 2013 signed two agreements in New Delhi during the visit of Foreign Minister of Australia, Julie
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GK Power Capsule – January 2015 (The Hindu Review) This GK Capsule has been prepared by Career Power Institute Delhi (Formerly Known as Bank Power). This has been prepared on the basis of news and events appeared in The Hindu Newspaper in the month of January 2015. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. RBI cut its benchmark rate by 25 basis points to 7.75 per cent. RBI’s growth estimate for 2014-15 is 5.5 per cent. a. Bank Rate – 8.75 % (0.25% Decreased) b. Cash Reserve Ratio – 4 % (Unchanged)
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detailed regulations, and suffocated private economic activity with controls and bureaucratic impediments. Then in 1991, the big breakthrough happened. Spurred by a balance of payments crisis, Indian policy makers turned to technocrats such as Manmohan Singh, who promptly began the process of liberalizing the economy. Trade barriers were slashed, foreign investment was welcomed, the license raj was dismantled, and privatization began. The economy started to boom, with software exports and call centres
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THE ACCIDENTAL PRIME MINISTER THE ACCIDENTAL PRIME MINISTER THE MAKING AND UNMAKING OF MANMOHAN SINGH SANJAYA BARU VIKING Published by the Penguin Group Penguin Books India Pvt. Ltd, 11 Community Centre, Panchsheel Park, New Delhi 110 017, India Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014, USA Penguin Group (Canada), 90 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 700, Toronto, Ontario, M4P 2Y3, Canada (a division of Pearson Penguin Canada Inc.) Penguin Books Ltd, 80 Strand, London
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to be fiercely visible to all and then justice is given. When a person is in love, he willingly trusts the judgement or rather to say the cause. And once there is readiness and acceptance, nothing else matters. Many freedom fighters like Bhagat Singh are exemplary of this wondrous human tendency. The valid reason, here is cause. When Louise XIV was beheaded, during French revolution, justice was shaped by cause, again. Moreover, punishment should be a resort chosen to change the guilty
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APPLICATION FORM THE ECONOMICS SOCIETY, SRCC 2013-14 1. Name: Arpit Agarwal 2. Course: B.Com (H) 3. Current Address: S-166 Panchsheel Park, New Delhi-110017 4. Post applying for: a) Treasurer b) Organising Head c) Chief Coordinator, Ecostasy 5. Contribution to the society (Other Than Fest or Summit): Apart from extending my help in the fest and the summit, I have been actively attending all society meetings throughout the year. These include the set of group discussions held
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ANNEXURE ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Case Study 1: Technology changing the face of education ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Technology is changing rapidly with new innovations and discoveries being made across the world. The change has touched our lives, directly and indirectly. One of the core aspects of an individual’s life is education and today, technology through
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