•The Reserve Bank on Monday announced a 13-member committee, including former Citibank CEO Vikram Pandit and Axis Bank chief Shikha Sharma, to frame a clear and detailed vision for financial inclusion/deepening across the country. •The G20 Leaders Summit took place in St.Petersburg on 5-6 September 2013 presided by Russia. The G20 nations discussed ways to ensure economic growth and financial stability, create jobs and combat unemployment, stimulate investment and promote •. Hun Sen, 61, who has been in power for 28 years, was sworn in Tuesday as Cambodian prime minister for another five-year term. *. Moody’s has lowered its outlook for Indias GDP growth to 4.5 per cent for 2013-14 from 5.5 per cent. *. Rising shuttler P V Sindhu was conferred with the prestigious Arjuna Award by Sports Minister Jitendra Singh in New Delhi on Tuesday. *. India environmentalist Bunker Roy and Pakistans teenage education activist Malala Yousafzai were declared winners of this years of the prestigious Clinton Global Citizens Awards. *. Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) in partnership with GE and Saudi Aramco Tuesday launched first all-female business process outsourcing (BPO) centre in Saudi Arabia that will create nearly 3,000 jobs in the Gulf kingdom. *. Minister of State for PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, V Narayanasamy has said that two lakh persons will be appointed by 2015 through Staff Selection Commission. *. A high-level panel, headed by Economic Affairs Secretary Arvind Mayaram, on Monday submitted to Finance Minister P. Chidambaram its report on the alleged irregularities at the National Spot Exchange Ltd (NSEL). *. According to a UN report, the number of HIV infections and AIDS-related deaths, has fallen dramatically. UNAIDS said, death rates fell from 2.3 million during its peak in 2005 to 1.6 million last year. *. Veteran actress Kamini Kaushal will be honoured with Kalpana Chawla Excellence Award for her remarkable career in cinema. • Former South Africa president Nelson Mandela was honoured with the Humanitarian Achievement Award this year. *. The Board of Cricket Control of India (BCCI), today imposed a life ban on former IPL Comissioner Lalit Modi from any of its activities. . *. Ruchira Kamboj, currently the Chief of Protocol, has been appointed as the next Permanent Representative of India to UNESCO, Paris, with the rank of Ambassador. * ONGC is to explore shale gas in the Cambay Basin. It will spend nearly Rs 150-Rs 200 crore to drill the first set of wells starting next month, N. K. Verma, Director (Exploration) of India’s largest explorer, said on Wednesday.
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