UPSC encourages women to apply for civil services exam for gender balance
- The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has encouraged women candidates to apply for the civil services examination for gender balance.
- Women were the top slots in the 2010, 2011 and 2012 civil services examinations and men in the 2013 examination
- This year, the preliminary examination will be held on August 23 in 71 centres at about 3,000 venues.
Nirbhay Sharma, new Governor of Mizoram
- Lt General (Retd) Nirbhay Sharma sworn-in as the Governor of Mizoram at the Durbar Hall of Raj Bhavan
- Justice T Vaiphei, judge of the Gauhati High Court, administered the oath of office to General Sharma
- He is the eighth Governor of Mizoram after the then state Governor Vakkom Purushothaman
ANZ Bank to open 2 India branches by early 2016
- Australia and New Zealand Banking group (ANZ) will open its first rural branch in Bengaluru by early next yea
- Currently, the bank has one branch in Mumbai, which was opened in 2011. Earlier, it owned British bank Grindlays before selling it to Standard Chartered in 2000
- Government approved FDI worth 280 Crore
- Union Government on 25 May 2015 approved 21 proposals of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) worth 280 crore rupees.
- These were based on recommendations of the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB).
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