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Railways to establish NHSRC to execute bullet train project

With the aim to accelerate the ambitious high speed corridor project, the government will establish a corporation to exclusively deal with aspects like its tendering process and execution....

July 31, 2012

300 crore compensation package to the victims of violence hit Assam : PM

A 300 crore compensation package for the violence hit people of Assam has been announced by the Prime Minister. The package includes Rs 100 crore for relief and...

July 31, 2012

India detected undisclosed income equivalent to Rs 565 cr in France

Undisclosed income of Indians amounting Rs 565 crore has been detected in France. This revealing information was shared by France which it shared under the exchange of information...

July 31, 2012

India leaves China behind in export growth rate: WTO

India is now ahead of China in terms of exports growth rate. It registered an increase of 16.1% in 2011. The country is at the pinnacle in the...

July 31, 2012

India successfully test fires user trial version of Brahmos supersonic cruise missile

India successfully test fired BrahMos supersonic cruise missile as part of a user trial by the Army from a Chandipur off Odisha coast. The Brahmos missile development is...

July 31, 2012

Modi inclined to develop “Dholera SIR” by emulating Kobe

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, on visit to Japan, has expressed his wish to develop Dholera SIR (Special Investment Region) as a model port city just like Kobe...

July 31, 2012

India’s largest industrial solar plant starts functioning

India’s largest ever industrial solar plant in Ludhiana district of Punjab started functioning. This unit has been built to perform dual functions of producing solar power besides and...

July 31, 2012

Prime Minister constitutes committee to review taxation of development centres & IT sector

To review taxation of development centres and IT sector a committee has been established by the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh. The Committee will function in consultations with...

July 31, 2012

‘Quantum dot’ solar cells

Researchers from University of Toronto (U of T) and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) have developed the most efficient Colloidal Quantum Dot (CQD) solar cell...

July 31, 2012

India’s anti-ragging portal unveiled

Government of India launched an anti-ragging website ‘www.antiragging.in’ which will facilitate students of various universities, colleges and professional institutes to register online complaints against ragging or harassment and...

July 31, 2012

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