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  • GOI approves revised Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement with South Korea

    GOI approves revised Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement with South Korea

    • May 7, 2015

    The Union Cabinet has gave its approval for the revision of the present double taxation avoidance agreement (DTAA) with South Korea. The current agreement was signed in 1985. The revised agreement will Provide tax stability to the residents of India and Korea Facilitate mutual economic cooperation. Stimulate the flow of investment, technology and services. Incorporates provisions for

  • GOI launched Credit Enhancement Guarantee Scheme for SCs

    GOI launched Credit Enhancement Guarantee Scheme for SCs

    • May 7, 2015

    Thaawar Chand Gehlot, Union Ministry for Social Justice & Empowerment, has launched the Credit Enhancement Guarantee Scheme for Scheduled Castes (SCs). The scheme will be properly implemented by Industrial Finance Corporation of India (IFCI) Ltd. The minister said that a sum of Rs.200 crores has been  allocated towards Credit Enhancement Guarantee for young and start-up entrepreneurs, belonging to Scheduled

  • Ornithologist Pramod Patil conferred with Whitley Award

    Ornithologist Pramod Patil conferred with Whitley Award

    • May 7, 2015

    Pune-based ornithologist Pramod Patil has been conferred with the distinguished Whitley Award, which is well known as the ‘Green Oscar’ at a ceremony at the Royal Geographical Society in London. He has been awarded for his work on the conservation of the Great Indian Bustard. A total of 9 winners were honored at the award giving ceremony and each

  • Oscar Holderer, the US moon rocket expert, passes away

    Oscar Holderer, the US moon rocket expert, passes away

    • May 7, 2015

    German born engineer, Oscar Holderer, who designed the Saturn V rocket that took astronauts to the moon, has passed away at the age of 95 due to stroke. Holderer was the last known surviving member of the German engineering team that came to the US, as part of “Operation Paperclip,” which brought German rocket technology to America. He

  • China proposes joint mining of Indian Ocean with India

    China proposes joint mining of Indian Ocean with India

    • May 7, 2015

    China has expressed its eagerness in cooperating with India on deep seabed mining in the Indian Ocean. It is reported earlier that the China’s deep diving vessel have founded large deposits of precious metals like gold and silver in the Indian Ocean. The Deputy Director of China Ocean Mineral Resource R&D Association, He Zongyu, who proposed the joint

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