Life insurance policies of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) became costlier from 1 October, 2013 due to an IRDA guideline that came into effect from this date. What guideline is this? – Levy of 3% service-tax on all non-unit-linked products beginning 1 October 2013 2) The United States government went into a shutdown from the mid-night of 30 September, 2013. This meant that an estimated 800,000 federal workers faced furloughs (leave without payment) and most of the space agency and other government operations remained closed. What was the reason for this shutdown? – Collusion between Republicans and Democrats over the flagship healthcare programme of President Barack Obama in the US Congress which led to an interruption in Federal funding 3) Congress Rajya Sabha MP Rasheed Masood was on 1 October, 2013 sentenced to four years in jail by a Special CBI Court at New Delhi. What was the charge against Masood? – Fraudulently nominating undeserving candidates from across the country to MBBS seats allotted to Tripura medical colleges from the central pool in 1990-91
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