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Jharkhand bans gutkha & pan masala

Showing concern about the increasing number of oral cancer cases, the state cabinet of Jharkhand has approved a complete ban on the manufacture, storage and distribution of all...

July 27, 2012

Famous Painter Sumahendra passes away

Famous Painter Sumahendra passed away. He was the director of Visual Art in Jawahar Kala Kendra, Rajasthan. He had also served as Principal of Rajasthan School of Art....

July 27, 2012

Kulandei Francis receives Ramon Magsaysay award

Mr. Kulandai Francis has been awarded with Ramon Magsaysay award for his endeavors to alleviate more than one lakh rural women out of poverty and empowering for 35...

July 27, 2012

July 26: Kargil war 13th anniversary, Nation remembers martyrs

Nation remembered its martyrs on 13th anniversary of Kargil war which officially came to an end on July 26, 1999. Defence Minister A K Antony paid homage to...

July 27, 2012

Ban Ki Moon urges world leaders to halt Syria killings

The U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon has urged to world leaders to put a halt on the killings in Syria. UN has pulled out more than half...

July 27, 2012

Departments will now have the right to give out of turn promotions to 3 sportspersons, 2 for coaches

The Govt allowed departments to give 3 out of turn promotions to sportspersons who do perform extraordinarily in big events and 2 for coaches. Objective: Encouraging sportsperson for...

July 27, 2012

Every block to get One model school : Govt

The government has sanctioned one model school for every block across the country. Objective: To provide quality education, Under this programme, centre will bear 75 % expenditure of...

July 27, 2012

A new test for Human Growth Hormone (HGH) to identify drug cheats in Olympics: WADA

WADA or World Anti-Doping Agency launched a new weapon to tackle the menace of drug cheats in London Olympics. It is for the first time a high-end new...

July 27, 2012

Director of the News International Group, Rupert Murdoch resigns

Founder of the News Corporation, and ‘media mogul’ Rupert Murdoch has resigned. He gave resignation from Directorship from a number of companies- NI Group, the Times Newspaper Holdings,...

July 27, 2012

UN mission in Iraq gets extended for another year: Security Council

The Security Council has given its mandate to extend the UN Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) for another year and urged all communities there to contribute in the...

July 27, 2012

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