International Economy - Current Affairs for March, 2015
International Economy Current Affairs for March, 2015
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▼ India becomes third largest steel producer in first 2 months of 2015 [03-29-15]
Now India is behind China and Japan. Earlier India has been the fourth-largest steel producer for the past five years, behind China, Japan and the US.
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▼ Brazil receives USD 120 million dollars frozen by Swiss authorities as part of Petronas scam [03-28-15]
Brazilian prosecutors say a kickback scheme at Petrobras is the country's biggest graft case yet, with at least 800 million dollar paid by construction and engineering firms in bribes to politically appointed former executives at the oil company, all in exchange for winning inflated contracts.
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▼ Germany to provide Indian with concessional loans for renewable energy projects worth 1 billion Euros [03-28-15]
The government said that Kreditanstalt fur Wiederaufbau (KfW) Germany has agreed to provide a concessional loan of 1 billion Euro.
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▼ Syria joins UK in not joining AIIB [03-28-15]
The three European countries followed suit days after the UK became the first Western nation to join the bank disregarding reservations expressed by the US which raised concerns over its transparency. With joining of these countries, the total number of the bank's member states including India has gone up to 30. State-run Xinhua news agency quoted top officials of France, Germany and Italy as confirming their participation in the 50 billion dollar investment bank floated last year by President Xi Jinping.
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▼ Textile MoU signed between India and Kyrgystan on 17thMarch 2015 [03-28-15]
The two countries have agreed to set up a Joint Working Group (JWG) to explore details of cooperation within the scope of the MoU and the steps required to facilitate bilateral trade and investment.
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▼ Iceland withdraws from bid to join EU on March 12, 2015 [03-28-15]
Iceland announced that it is withdrawing its application for a membership in the 28-nation European Union (EU) as its interest could be served best while it remains out of the EU.
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▼ RBI forms Currency Swap Agreement with Sri Lanka [03-28-15]
The Reserve Bank of India has entered a $1.5 billion currency swap agreement with the central bank of Sri Lanka. It will help keep the Sri Lankan rupee stable. Sri Lanka rupee has been under pressure since early January and fallen around 1.5 percent so far this year despite the central bank defended it with selling dollars.
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▼ IRCON completes reconstruction of rail link in Sri Lanka [03-28-15]
The rail line is already proving to be the lifeline for the Tamil people of North Sri Lanka by providing them cheap and fast connectivity to the capital. The last station to be connected on the route will be Thalaimannar, which will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his Sri Lanka visit that starts from 13th Mar’15.
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▼ Saudia Arabia biggest weapons exporter of 2014 [03-28-15]
The top five importers in 2014 were Saudi Arabia, India, China, UAE and Taiwan.
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