Current affairs briefing for 21st October, 2009

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Hi friends,

Here we go with our link for today: http://indiancurrentaffairs.blogspot.com/2009/10/21102009.html

In today's briefing:

1.  Jairam Ramesh and Kapil Sibal had to retract their positions.

2.  Why is Govt. thinking of luring retail investors back into IPOs?  Were there any precedents?

3.  Look at Nimesh Kampani; you will stop countenancing any idea of being an independent director; ever.

4.  A leading indicator index built for gauzing Indian economy.

5.  IT majors find that doing government business is a different ball game.

6.  GST set to rope in even small manufacturers into the tax net.

7.  Is there a case to tighten monetary policy now?

8.  Who is Kenneth Feinberg?

9.  Language lessons: on the same page.

That's it for today.  Happy reading.