Employment News Oct To Nov 2013

Employment News Oct To Nov 2013 Monthly Employment News 2013

 1. Moscow, the Capital of Russia hosted the 14th India-Russia Annual Summit on 21 October 2013. Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh and the President of Russia Vladimir Putin co-chaired the summit.

2. Tata Steel won a new contract to supply Britain's Network Rail with more than 95 percent of its rails for at least five years.

3. The Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) unanimously elected Kanwar Deep Singh as the president of the Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) for a four-year term.

4. Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza came into the top 10 of the world women's doubles by gaining two spots to ninth place in the latest WTA Team Rankings issued on 21 October 2013. Sania Mirza jumped from 11th spot to 9th spot.

5. India Ratings & Research (Ind-Ra) expects India's GDP growth to remain sluggish at 4.9 per cent in the current financial year, due to a mix of domestic and external factors.

6. Mukesh Ambani-controlled Reliance Industries plans to run an exclusive chicken restaurant chain named "chicken came first" in India in partnership with a UK-based company.

7. The Finance Ministry decided to pump in Rs 2,000 crore in State Bank of India and Rs 1,800 crore each in IDBI Bank and Central Bank of India as part of the Rs 14,000 crore capital infusion plan for the current fiscal.

8. Four companies, including three Chinese firms, have participated in bids for the 1,320-MW Udangudi thermal power project. The other company is the Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited, says an official in the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (TANGEDCO), which has floated bids for the project.

9. Bangalore, known as India’s silicon city, has been ranked as the country’s top business destination, followed by Chennai, Mumbai and Pune in terms of infrastructure, human capital, city culture and basic quality of living, says a survey.

10. India and China on Wednesday inked a comprehensive pact which commits them not to use military capability to attack each other but a deal on a liberalised visa regime could not be signed with India strongly opposing China's stapled visa policy.

11. Aung Suu Kyi received the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought at Strasbourg, France.

12. India launched the first interplanetary probe, Mars Orbiter Spacecraft onboard the PSLV C-25 on the fifth of next month from Satish Dhawan Space Centre Sriharikota.

13. Canara Bank signed a MoU with industry body CII to facilitate cheaper credit access to micro, small and medium enterprises.

14. Bank International Indonesia (BII) marked its re-entry into India after five years by opening a branch in Mumbai.


15. India Post released a commemorative postage stamp on the Golden Jubilee of Bhakra Dam

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