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Bangalore hosts 11th ministerial meeting of IOR-ARC

Bangalore hosted Indian Ocean Rim countries meet: India’s tech hub Bangalore, hosted the 11th ministerial meeting of the Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation (IOR-ARC) that will...

December 29, 2011

India-Pakistan: Implications of MFN Status

According to WTO, MFN status means that every time a country lowers a trade barrier or opens up a market, it has to do so for the same...

December 29, 2011

Statue of Liberty completes 125 yrs

The Statue of Liberty is located on the Liberty Island in New York Harbor. It was dedicated on October 28, 1886 and recently it completed 125 years of...

December 29, 2011

What is UK ArcelorMittal Orbit?

ArcelorMittal Orbit is the name of an Observation constructed in Olympic Park, London at the cost of £23 m. This 115 meter high observation tower cum steel sculpture...

December 29, 2011

Russia: Putin for expansion of SCO membership

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin told the SCO s Council of Ministers summit in St Petersburg that Russia favoured the expansion of the membership of the Shanghai Cooperation...

December 29, 2011

Validity of cheques, drafts cut to 3 months

From April 1, 2012, the cheques and bank drafts will have a life of just three months instead of the earlier six months. RBI has recently issues a...

December 29, 2011

Rs 373 crore to be spent till 2014 under National Saffron Mission

Saffron has been cultivated for thousands of years to be used in medicines, perfumes, dyes and as a wonderful flavoring agent for foods and beverages. Kashmir saffron is...

December 29, 2011

Cabinet clears amendments to the Prasar Bharati Bill

Union Cabinet has cleared the proposal to make some official amendments to the Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of India) Amendment Bill, 2010 pending in Rajya Sabha in Parliament....

December 29, 2011

Railways reduces ‘Tatkal’ reservation period to 1 day to check misuse

Measures taken by the Railways to prevent the misuse of Tatkal travel scheme by agents/unscrupulous elements during opening hours of the reservation counters. The Advance Reservation Period (ARP)...

December 29, 2011

Rustom UAV

The fifth test flight of indigenously designed and developed Rustom-1 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) was successful recently. What is Rustom-1? Rustom-1 is the name of India’s a medium-altitude and long-endurance...

December 29, 2011

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