Oct 29, 2013

ET 29th Oct '13

After IMF, Rajan's men cut growth forecast...

  • RBI sponsored forecasters on Monday scaled down India's growth projection to 4.8% for the current fiscal from 5.7% estimated earlier. 
  • IMF & World Bank have also lowered their growth projections for India (their estimates ranges between 4.3% to 5.9%).

Sahara told to submit title deeds to Sebi

  • Holding that it was playing "hide and seek" and can't be trusted anymore, the Supreme Court directed the Sahara Group to hand over title deeds of its properties worth ₹20,000 crores to Sebi.
  • Without depositing the investors' money with the market regulator, Subrata Roy has been ordered not to leave the country. 

Sebi may allow Convertible bonds...

  • May allow firms to issue convertible debentures along with shares during an IPO, so that risk-averse retail investors will have the choice to either go for shares or subscribe to the debentures. 

Want a good cook, go to a Kerala prison...

  • Jails in the state are sprouting culinary talents & the food prepared by inmates has become a hit among the public.
  • Jail inmates from organic vegetables are preparing chapatis, curries, idlies, chips, laddus & cakes of mouth watering taste and that to at half the market price.
  • It's a win-win situation for everyone, the govt. got as much as ₹14 crores last hear from this & for convicts job offers from restaurant owners are flowing in.

NBA Team co-owner bets India to be the biggest market after USA & China...

  • Vivek Ranadive, the Mumbai born is more famous today for being part of the three-man group that bought NBA team 'Sacramento Kings' at record $534 million, than for digitising Wall Street trading in the 1980s. 
  • With a vision of making Kings India's home team, they recently unveiled a hindi website; the first NBA team to do so apart from other promotional activities.
  • NBA is also pinning its hopes on a 17 year old 7-foot one inch teenager from Punjab, Satnam Singh Bhamara, to do the sport in India, what Yao Ming did in China.
  • Satnam is now on a scholarship at the IMG Academy in Florida, being touted as the next LeBron James. 

University of Chicago to open a new centre in Delhi next spring, to enhance collaboration among scholars from India & Chicago. 

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