RBI allows differential interest rate
on deposits
1. Banks
may soon pay you more interest if you place a "without pre-mature withdrawal
deposit" of more than Rs. 15 lakh.
2. The Reserve Bank
of India on Thursday said banks will have the discretion to offer differential
interest rates based on whether the term deposits are with or
without-premature-withdrawal-facility, subject to conditions.
3.
While all term deposits of individuals (held singly or jointly) of
Rs. 15 lakh and below should, necessarily, have premature withdrawal facility,
the RBI said for all term deposits above Rs. 15 lakh banks can
offer deposits without the option of premature withdrawal as well.
4.
Banks will pay more interest to depositors who exercise the without premature
withdrawal option.
5. Banks
should disclose in advance the schedule of interest rates payable on deposits,
that is, all deposits mobilized by banks should be strictly in conformity with
the published schedule.
6. The
banks should have a Board approved policy with regard to interest rates on
deposits including deposits with differential rates of interest and ensure that
the interest rates offered are reasonable, consistent, transparent and
available for supervisory review/scrutiny as and when required.
Former Nepal PM Surya Bahadur Thapa Dies
1. Former
Nepal Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa passed away at Medanta Hospital here
on Thursday.
2. He
was suffering from cancer and was admitted to Medanta Hospital in Gurgaon on
March 29
3. 87
year old Mr. Thapa served as Prime Minister of Nepal for five terms, under
three different Kings, in a politcal career spanning more than 50 years.
James Bond ( Daniel Craig) Appointed By UN
for elimination of Mine
1. Daniel
Craig, who won international acclaim playing James Bond
2. Secretary-General
Ban Ki-moon appointed the actor as the first U.N. Global Advocate for the
Elimination of Mines and Explosive Hazards.
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Barack Obama Remove cuba from state Sponsor of
Terror List
1. President
Barack Obama will remove Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism, the
White House announced
2. Cuba
will officially be removed from the terror list 45 days after the president’s
message was sent to Congress.
3. Cuba
was designated a state sponsor of terror in 1982
Canada, India unveil uranium supply deal,
bury nuclear discord
1. The
Canadian government unveiled a C$350 million ($280 million) deal to supply
uranium fuel to India, formally ending a lengthy dispute that began after New
Delhi used Canadian technology to develop a nuclear bomb.
2. Canadian
producer Cameco Corp will supply 7.1 million pounds (3.22 million kilos) of
uranium concentrate to India over the next five years.
3. Canada
banned exports of uranium and nuclear hardware to India in the 1970s after New
Delhi used Canadian technology to develop a nuclear bomb.
Nuclear-capable Agni-III ballistic missile
test-fired successfully
1. India
today successfully test-fired its nuclear-capable Agni-III ballistic missile
with a strike range of more than 3,000 km from Wheeler Island off the Odisha
coast.
2. The
indigenously developed surface-to-surface missile was test-fired from a mobile
launcher at launch complex-4 of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at
Wheeler Island by the Army at about 0955 hrs, defence sources said.
3. The
Agni-III missile is powered by a two-stage solid propellant system. With a
length of 17 metres, the missile’s diameter is 2 metres and launch weight is
around 50 tonnes.
Dr. Mohan Kumar appointed as Ambassador of
India to France
1. Dr.
Mohan Kumar on 15 April 2015 was appointed as the next Ambassador of India to
France.
2. He
is a 1981-batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer.
3. Prior
to this assignment, he was serving as Ambassador of India to Bahrain and he
will succeed Arun Kumar who was appointed Ambassador to the United States.
NASA spacecraft beams back its first colour
image of Pluto
1 NASA’s
New Horizons spacecraft has sent back its first colour image of the dwarf
planet Pluto and its largest moon Charon, after more than nine years of
travelling through the solar system.
Chemical scientists Susanta Lahiri and
Kattesh V Katti received Hevesy Medal Award 2015
1. Professors
Susanta Lahiri and Kattesh V. Katti received Hevesy Medal Award 2015 for their
outstanding contributions in the fields of radio and nuclear chemistry.
2. The
awards were presented to them at the Tenth International
Conference on Methods and Applications of Radio-analytical Chemistry held in
USA.
Fourth Lighthouse Museum of India to be
opened at Kannur, Kerala
1. The
fourth Lighthouse Museum of India will be opened at Kannur, Kerala to promote
lighthouse tourism. The Directorate General of Lighthouse and Lightships (DGLL)
announced on 14 April 2015 to open the museum by the end of April 2015.
2. The
other three lighthouses museums have been set up at Alappuzha in Kerala and
Chennai and Mahabalipuram in Tamil Nadu.
BHEL and Russian firm INTMA inked MoU to
set power plant in Kazakhstan
1. Bharat
Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) and Russian company INTMA (Indiana Chapter of
the National Tooling and Machining Association) on 15 April 2015 signed a
memorandum of understanding (MoU) to set up a gas-based power project in
Kazakhstan.
2. According
to the MoU, the two parties will Endeavour to assist each other in the
implementation of the deal.
3. The
MoU aims to set forth a path to combine the BHEL's competence in design and
manufacturing of power plants and INTMA's strength in handling EPC contracts so
as to bid and execute projects of mutual interest in Russia and Kazakhstan.