Current affairs briefing for 2nd and 3rd April 2008

Hi friends,

Yesterday my Internet connection did not work somehow.  Hence yesterday's notes is given today.

Here are our links:

http://indiancurrentaffairs.blogspot.com/2008/04/02042008.html

http://indiancurrentaffairs.blogspot.com/2008/04/03042008.html

Now the briefing:

1.  UBS takes the biggest hit financially.

2.  SEBI is about to make underwriting for IPOs manadatory.  What does this imply?

3.  Government finally approves active infrastructure sharing by telcos.  Remember the components of active infrastructure and passive infrastructure?

4.  WiMax and WiFi.  What is the big difference between them?  In layman's terms?

5.  An excellent invention from a Chennai based firm.  Water from thin air!!!

6.  Is India decoupled from the rest of the world?  One more debate.

7.  Ketan Parekh gets jail term.  Don't ask me Ketan Parekh; who?  Remember the 1992 stock market scam?

In today's briefing:

1.  A recap of the definition of market capitalization.

2.  Impact of globalization on trade unionism.

3.  How can cell phones be made to work on flights?  Which is the first airline in the world to allow this?

4.  Is Microsoft also a tax evader?  In India, that is.

5.  SMS shopping.

6.  A bit about cosmic rays.

7.  Why is SLR status for oil bonds a must?

8.  Some more advice to Tatas on their JLR deal.

9.  Is the Sixth Pay Commission award very generous?

10.  Microsoft wins the battle for document format standards.

That's it for today.  Happy reading.
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http://quizindia.blogspot.com
http://funnyaffairs.blogspot.com
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