The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its fourth bi-monthly monetary policy review for year 2016-17 has cut the repo rate by 25 basis points to 6.25%. Key Reserve Ratio’s: Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR): 4% Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR): 20.75% Key Policy Rates: Repo rate under the liquidity adjustment facility (LAF): 6.25%. Reverse repo rate …
The Nobel Prize in Physics for 2016 has been divided, one half awarded to David J. Thouless, the other half jointly to F. Duncan M. Haldane and J. Michael Kosterlitz “for theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases of matter.” They will share the 8 million Swedish kronor prize. Their Work: The three …
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On 2nd October, 147th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, India ratified the Paris Agreement on Climate Change by depositing the instrument of ratification with the United Nations. India is the 62nd country to ratify the agreement, which will enter into force one month after 55 countries that account for 55 per cent of global emissions ratify the …
Rajasthan has achieved the distinction of being the second state in the country after Gujarat to accomplish full voluntary fortification of edible oil. Currently, only fortified Salt is sold in Rajasthan. Chief Minister of Rajasthan, Vasundhara Raje had made the announcement in her budget speech of 2015-16 for a complete switch over to edible oil fortification to …
About Kaveri/Cauvery River: Kaveri river origins at Talakaveri, Kodagu in Karnataka and flows generally south and east through Karnataka and Tamil Nadu and across the southern Deccan plateau through the southeastern lowlands, emptying into the Bay of Bengal through two principal mouths in Poompuhar, Tamilnadu. Rising in southwestern Karnataka, it flows southeast some 800 kilometers to fall into the …
