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Infosys Prizes for Five Scientists:: 1. Kalyanmoy Deb, Professor of Mechanical Engineering at IIT-Kanpur, won the prize for Engineering and Computer Sciences. 2.  For Life Sciences was awarded to Imran Siddiqi, Scientist at the Centre for Cellular Biology, Hyderabad, for “breakthrough contributions to the understanding of clonal seed formation in plants. 3. Kannan Soundararajan, Director of the Mathematical Research Centre at Stanford University, won the prize for Mathematical Sciences. 4. Sriram Ramaswamy,…

1. Sachin Tendulkar, completed 22 years of playing international cricket. 2. Infosys, country’s second largest information technology services company, plans to set up new development centre at Indore in Madhya Pradesh at an investment of Rs 100 crore in phase one. 3. The 31st India International Trade Fair (IIFT) kicked off at Pragati Maiden, New Delhi. However, opens for general public only on November 19. 4. Uttar Pradesh(Mayawati) cabinet, has proposed division of Uttar…

1. Mining near Viashno Devi Temple get Center’s nod::The J&K government’s proposal for mining 12,40,000 tonne per annum of high-grade magnesium deposit in land owned by the Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board, and setting up of a 30,000-tonne per annum magnesium plant have got the Centre’s nod. 2.  The Sikh community has hailed Union law minister Salman Khurshid’s statement regarding implementation of the Anand Marriage Act (Sikh’s separate marriage Act) in the near future….

1. Saving accounts Interest Rates deregulated::RBI has explicitly sent notification to the banks for changing their savings bank interest rates. Simply, banks are free t0 set their interest rates for their customers. Till now they are compulsory to pay 4.0%. The RBI has told banks to pay a uniform rate to all customers having savings account balance of up to Rs 1 lakh. For balances above Rs 1 lakh, banks are free to choose…