[Indian Current Affairs:903] Current affairs briefing for 28th November, 2009

Hi friends,

Happy Bakrid to all those celebrate it.

Here is our link for today: http://indiancurrentaffairs.blogspot.com/2009/11/28112009.html

In today's briefing:

1.  It's Dubai, Dubai and Dubai for us today.  Yesterday, while making the notes, we were shocked to know the developments happening in Dubai and stayed glued to the story to get a feel.  So, there was no notes for yesterday.  What we noted yesterday on subject became part of today's notes.

2.  Looks like there is nothing much to fear from Dubai's crisis for now.  The action is temporarily on hold; at least till December 14, when Nakheel's fate would be decided. Along with its fate, it will decide too about Dubai's fate to a large extent.  But the sailing is expected to be smooth with Abu Dhabi coming to its rescue.  But let's wait and see.

3.  In the mean time our banks -- thanks to the tighter regulation by RBI -- are reporting that they do not have much of an exposure to Dubai.  That gives lot of comfort.  Let's wait and see for further developments in the coming days.

4.  Why is the government thinking of infusing more money into our banks?

5.  Ever heard of 'trail risk'?  In banking parlance.

6.  India too catches up with US and China and announces voluntary emission cuts on the eve of the Copenhagen meet.

7.  Language lessons: sherry, port, aperitif, easel.

That's it for today.  Happy reading.

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[Indian Current Affairs:900] Current affairs briefing for 26th November, 2009

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Here is our link for today: http://indiancurrentaffairs.blogspot.com/2009/11/26112009.html

In today's briefing:

1.  We are really pround of our President.  Bravo President.  For flying in a Sukhoi.

2.  India, US ask Pakistan to act against terror; Pak mollifies by chargesheeting 7 accused in Mumbai terror attacks.

3.  You, a BJP baiter?  Pointer to an editorial comment that will help you hone your criticism of the party.

4.  Today is National Law Day.  What is it celebrated for?

5.  Battle lines for control of EIH drawn.

6.  A recap on transfer pricing.  For our newcomers.

7.  MBAs among you would love the piece on assessing corporate performance.

8.  An excellent criticism on excessive executive pay in banking and financial institutions across the globe.  From Ram Mohan.

9.  Language lessons: cooper, profundity, recondite, apparatchik.

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[Indian Current Affairs:902] Current affairs briefing for 21st November, 2009

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Here we go with our link for today: http://indiancurrentaffairs.blogspot.com/2009/11/21112009.html

In today's briefing:

1.  What is the need for vertical integration in cane growing and cane crushing?

2.  What remains to be done to operationalize 123 Agreement with the US?

3.  Kelkar on divestment in PSUs.

4.  A good graphic update on e-Governance in India.

5.  MNP to cost Rs. 19 only.  

6.  Easy borrowing policy to end from January?

7.  New lingo on the international relations scene: Cold Peace.

8.  LHC at CERN started after a year of repairs.

9.  Language lessons on various phobias.

That's it for today.  Happy reading.

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[Indian Current Affairs:901] Current affairs briefing for 20th November, 2009

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Here we go with our link for today: http://indiancurrentaffairs.blogspot.com/2009/11/20112009.html

In today's briefing:

1.  Govt. caves in to opposition onslaught on cane controversy.

2.  World Toilet Day observed on November, 19.

3.  A very news story on politicians being put on the mat by the Mumbai HC.

4.  An excellent article explaining the failure of regulatory design that led to global economic crisis.

5.  UK gives its FSA powers to ban short selling.

6.  A very good editorial advising India as to how it should articulate its views in the context of US seeking giving China a larger role in South Asia.

7.  EU choses its new President

8.  Sheik Hasina bags the Indira Gandhi International Peace Prize.

9.  Language lessons: spook, wonk, befuddled, bankroll, doughty

That's it for today.  Happy reading.

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[Indian Current Affairs:899] Current affairs briefing for 19th November, 2009

Hi friends,

Here we go with our link for today: http://indiancurrentaffairs.blogspot.com/2009/11/19112009.html

In today's briefing: 

1.  What is the sugar price issue that is rocking Parliament?

2.  Should CCI's role be confined to some sectors and not all?

3.  Government is reportedly thinking of auctioning ECB entitlements.

4.  The problems of plenty -- of capital inflows.

5.  Heard of the phrase "paradigm shift"?  Read today's op-ed piece by Janmejaya Sinha.  He explains the paradigm shift happening in the economic power of Asia.

6.  Governance code for unlisted companies too.

7.  What did India come up with on its part to make Copenhagen a success?

8.  Will you still work for Goldman Sachs?

9.  Language lessons: snide, dawdle, desultory, wino

That's it for today.  Happy reading.

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[Indian Current Affairs:898] Current affairs briefing for 17th November, 2009

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Here we go with our link for today: http://indiancurrentaffairs.blogspot.com/2009/11/17112009.html

In today's briefing:

1.  Nirmal Gram Puraskars awarded.  What are they awarded for?

2.  White House throws another surprise -- it celebrates Guruparb.

3.  FII inflows to reach record levels this year.  Is it time for Tobin tax?

4.  Ads on mobiles prove cost effective for car majors.

5.  Launch of new CPI gets delayed.

6.  How do small savings impose an extra burden on the economy?  Ax explanation.

7.  Excerpt from an excellent article on emission cuts economics.  From Bjorn Lomborg.

8.  Language lessons: tepid, genial, immiserate, skulking.

That's it for today.  Happy reading.

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[Indian Current Affairs:897] Current affairs briefing for 16th November, 2009

Hi friends,

Here we go with our link for today: http://indiancurrentaffairs.blogspot.com/2009/11/16112009.html

In today's briefing:

1.  National solar mission is set for launch.

2.  Buffet's betting on US economy.

3.  A very good explanation on how subsidy meant for the poor ends up the states' treasuries.

4.  Is GoI's lifeline of Rs. 2,000 crores enough to revive Air India?  What needs to be done?

5.  What is shale gas?   RIL is reportedly entering into this business.

6.  A titbit on WTO talks.  

7.  A very good explanation of how there is occurring (or has occurred) a shift to the east; of markets.

8.  Know what is November 11 remembered as?

9.  Sachin gets into trouble with Shiv Sena.

10.  Language lessons: sputtering, antsy, bone-dry, munificent.

That's it for today.  Happy reading.

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[Indian Current Affairs:896] Current affairs briefing for 13th November, 2009

Hi friends,

Here we go with our link for today: http://indiancurrentaffairs.blogspot.com/2009/11/13112009.html

In today's briefing:

1.  Indian Army loses more officers than it can recruit.

2.  How should political parties be funded?  Some useful thoughts.

3.  Pepsi pays a tribute to the dabbawallahs of Mumbai; in its own way.

4.  IIP numbers bring lot of cheer.

5.  India becomes export hub for mobiles too.

6.  Titbit on our rural consumer market.  It is not for nothing that 'bharat' is reportedly shining.

7.  Ten must reads for budding entrepreneurs.

8.  Some gyan on booze.  

9.  Language lessons: kosher, slather, what is sauce for the goose is (not) sauce for the gander.

That's it for today.  Happy reading.

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[Indian Current Affairs:895] Current affairs briefing for 12th November, 2009

Hi friends, 

Here is our link for today: http://indiancurrentaffairs.blogspot.com/2009/11/12112009.html

In today's briefing:

1.  Cyclone 'Phyan' fizzles out.

2.  .bharat to be available from Feb 2010 

3.  Air India suffers huge loss.

4.  Pointer to an excellent article on tackling global warming issue.

5.  On disinvestment in PSUs.  Another good article.  Some excerpts picked out for you.

6.  Supreme Court deliberates whether it can usurp Parliament's powers.

7.  Language lessons: presage, feisty, stupor, tedium, suss, noblesse oblige

That's it for today.  Happy reading.

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[Indian Current Affairs:894] Current affairs briefing for 11th November, 2009

Hi friends,

Here we go with our link for today: http://indiancurrentaffairs.blogspot.com/2009/11/11112009.html

In today's briefing:

1.  National Education Day celebrated.  Can you remember the reason for the celebration?

2.  Cyclone 'Phyan' threatens Maharashtra and Gujarat.

3.  A good discussion on subsidy / benefit administration programs and NREGS.

4.  White paper on GST released.

5.  What is the row that India is having with US over Boric acid imports?

6.  China appears to be making right noices on the eve of Obama's visit.  This is on their currency valuations.

7.  Germany's goal keeper Robert Enke dead.  Suspected suicide.

8.  Language lessons: moue, diastema, exeunt, didactics, gentrify.

That's it for today.  Happy reading.

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[Indian Current Affairs:893] Current affairs briefing for 10th November, 2009

Hi friends,

Here we go with our link for today: http://indiancurrentaffairs.blogspot.com/2009/11/10112009.html

In today's briefing:

1.  Maharashtra Assembly becomes a real goons assembly.

2.  An excellent backgrounder to the dispute between India and China over Arunachal Pradesh.

3.  India's per capita income to overtake US and UK's by 2048?

4.  SEBI proposes sweeping changes in public offers.

5.  Take a look at hawala transactions take place.

6.  CK Prahalad now champions sustainable development.

7.  An excerpt about how the US dollar came to become strong / overvalued.

8.  A note on Bharti Airtel's me-tize.

9.  Language lessons: deracinate, stanching.

That's it for today.  Happy reading.

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[Indian Current Affairs:892] Current affairs briefing for 9th November, 2009

Hi friends,

Here is our link for today: http://indiancurrentaffairs.blogspot.com/2009/11/09112009.html

In today's briefing:

1.  Excerpts from today's ET editorial on funding for political parties. Good one.

2.  IRDA cooking up a good scheme to provide health cover for all the poor people in India.

3.  BJP crisis in Karnataka is over.

4.  RIL set to acquire a US based company?

5.  Should insurance agents be paid commission by the beneficiaries?

6.  Pointer to an excellent graphic on GST.

7.  The stimulus packages announced worldwide seem to be reflating asset prices than reviving economies.

8.  SEBI mulls reforming the MF industry.

9.  Two decades since Berlin Wall fell.

10.  Language lessons: execrable, whinge, zombified, palaver.

That's it for today. Happy reading.

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[Indian Current Affairs:891] Current affairs briefing for 7th November, 2009

Hi friends,

Here we go with our link for today:  http://indiancurrentaffairs.blogspot.com/2009/11/07112009.html

In today's briefing:

1.  India signs fusion energy pact with EU

2.  Supreme Court stays High Court order on reservation for the disabled.

3.  FBT burden for employees in the next four months?

4.  India's tea gardens go in for rejuvenation of the tea bushes

5.  Why is divestment in PSUs good?

6.  And what should we understand by 'strategic' in the context of PSU investments?

7.  Scientists map body bacteria

8.  India to meet China in Asia Cup Hockey final for women.

9.  Ganguly back as KKR captain.

10.  Language lessons: gainsay, pussyfoot, bawl

That's it for today.  Happy reading.

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[Indian Current Affairs:890] Current affairs briefing for 5th November, 2009

Hi friends,

Here we go with our link for today: http://indiancurrentaffairs.blogspot.com/2009/11/05112009.html

In today's briefing:

1.  Justice Raveendran recuses himself from hearing the Reliance brother dispute about KG basin gas.

2.  LeT targets National Defence College.

3.  Finance comes to the rescue of ADAG for raising ECBs.

4.  Credit growth shrinks.

5.  Let's not backtrack on financial sector reforms says Montek.

6.  Should banks get into insurance business?

7.  On India's totalisation agreements.

8.  Should Israel be tried for crimes against humanity?

9.  Some snippets of info on waste management.

10.  Obituary: Claude Levi Strauss.  He has no connection with jeans.

11.  Language lessons: corpulent, lascivious, doctrinaire, hoi polloi

That's it for today.  Happy reading.

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[Indian Current Affairs:889] Current affairs briefing for 4th November, 2009

Hi friends,

Here we go with our link for today: http://indiancurrentaffairs.blogspot.com/2009/11/04112009.html

In today's briefing:

1.  Jamiat asks Muslims to shun cinema, TV and a lot else.

2.  Look at the alarming levels of poverty in South Asia.  Provided by UNICEF.

3.  RBI chips in to bring lot of clarity to the foreign investment guidelines.

4.  RBI buys gold from IMF.  It is a record for more reasons than one.

5.  BTW do you know the difference between a troy ounce and an ounce?

6.  Pointer to SixthSense, a revolutionary technology that is being pioneered by an IITian.

7.  Language lessons: cummerbund, kilter, slouching, slovenly

That's it for today.  Happy reading.

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[Indian Current Affairs:888] Current affairs briefing for 2nd November, 2009

Hi friends,

Here we go with our link for today: http://indiancurrentaffairs.blogspot.com/2009/11/02112009.html

In today's briefing:

1.  A very good graphic that lists out the issues surrounding the ongoing price war in telecom business.

2.  "All the best" from us to Ms. Rukhsana, her brother and uncle.  Isn't it time the government makes such appointments as a matter of policy?

3.  Cell phone waste is the next big think posing a threat to the environment, says a Deloitte study.

4.  RIL is reportedly foraying into education.

5.  Some thoughts on reforming the DGH

6.  Government gives priority to education loans.

7.  Titbit on regional trade agreements.

8.  Serena bests Venus to cliam Doha final.

9.  Deriba Merga wins Delhi half marathon in a cool 59:54 minutes.

10.  Language lessons: gratuitously, gratuitous, calypso, jibe, vibe

That's it for today.  Happy reading.

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