Business News
India agree to allow 1,000 and 500 rupee notes in
Nepal
Nepal and India have agreed in principle to allow
circulation of Rs.500 and Rs.1,000 denomination Indian bank notes within
Nepalese territory, ending a ban in place for over a decade.
Indian bank notes above Rs.100 were banned in Nepal as per
India's request to curb unauthorised trade between the two neighbours.
During the Nepal-India Inter Governmental Committee (ICG)
meeting that concluded in Kathmandu on Sunday, the two sides decided that any
Indian national visiting
Nepal can carry Indian Rs.500 and Rs.1,000 notes up to
Rs.25,000, said Joint Secretary of Nepal's Commerce Ministry Jeev Raj Koirala.
However, both the sides are required to work out modalities
before the decision is put into practise.
The new arrangement will mainly
benefit Indian tourists travelling to Nepal.
India's Commerce Secretary S R Rao
said that the decision was taken during the Home Secretary-level meeting held
in Kathmandu in June.
Both sides have said that necessary regulations will be
introduced for circulation of the higher denomination Indian bank notes in
Nepal during the recent Commerce Secretary-level meeting.
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Political News--
Marpadi Veerappa Moily , the petroleum and natural gas
Minister took an additional charge of the Environment and
Forests Ministry after the exit of Jayanthi Natarajan.
The last Environment minister from congress was Jayanthi
Natarajan.
Marpadi Veerappa Moily (born
12 January 1940) is a congress MP from the state of Karnataka, and the current
Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas.
He was the former Minister of Corporate Affairs and Minister of
Power in the Indian government.
Moily was elected as MP of the Chickballapur district. Moily
was the former Chief Minister (and the first ethnic Tuluva CM) of the Indian
state of Karnataka (19 Nov 1992 - 11 Dec 1994).
He was elected to Karnataka
state legislative assembly from Karkala constituency of Udupi district.
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President Pranab Mukherjee is to inaugurate the '86th Nikhil
Bharat Banga Sahitya Sammelan', an annual convention of Bengali literary
personalities of India, in Allahabad On 25 December 2013
The president
will also inaugurate the new building complex of Jagat Taran Girls Inter
College and unveil the statue of late Chintamani Ghosh, the founder of 'Indian
Press', in the college premises.
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Sports News
South Africa's legendary all-rounder Jacques Kallis will
retire from Test cricket(165 Test matches) after the second Test against India starting at
Kingsmead here Thursday.
He will be available for the shorter
formats of the game.
He said--
It's been an honour and a privilege to have been part of the South
African Test team since making my debut 18 years ago.
I have enjoyed every
moment out in the middle but I just feel that the time is right to hang up my
Test whites.
It wasn't an easy decision to come to, especially with
Australia around the corner and the success this team is enjoying, but I feel
that I have made my contribution in this format.
About Kallis--
Kallis made his Test debut as a young and humble 20
year-old, and finishes his Test career as one of the greatest cricketers to
have played the game.
His statistics speak volumes for the illustrious career -
13,174 runs, 292 wickets and 199 catches
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