1. Which international forum is also known as ‘Outreach Five(O5)’? [A]G8+5 [B]BRICS [C]Mercosur [D]Permanent members of UN Security Council G8+5 Lately, both France and the United Kingdom have...
The Union Cabinet approved the Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2012, in Parliament to expand the reach of the legal offence of sexual assault to ensure more rigorous punishments...
The government has approved 10.82 % disinvestment of its hold in Steel Authority of India (SAIL). The SAIL public offer has got the clearance of the Cabinet Committee...
Now, salaried employees who are earning up to Rs 5 lakh a year, are not required to file income tax returns for assessment year 2012-13. The immunity from...
The Navy commissioned one of its most futuristic warships INS Sahyadri at Mumbai-based Western Naval Command headquarters. It will further embolden its stealth and anti-submarine warfare competence. INS...
In the direction of effectively arresting the falling sex ratio at birth in the country, the Government has made it compulsory for MBBS doctors to go through training...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration showed green signal to an anti-HIV drug, Truvada, by pharmaceutical firm Gilead Sciences. It can now be used as prophylactic drug. However,...
The Governor of RBI, D. Subbarao has mooted for a Producer Price Index (PPI) to measure the average change over time in the sale prices of domestic goods...
Pinki Pramanik is an Indian athlete specialized in 400m and 800m. She grabbed the limelight after winning gold at 2006 Asian Games, gold at 2005 Asian Indoor Games...
Veteran Bollywood superstar Rajesh Khanna (69) passed away. Born in 1942 as Jatin Arora, his uncle changed his named to Rajesh Khanna when he decided to join films....
Eminent motivational author Stephen R Covey (79) passed away. Covey served as co-founder and former vice-chairman and director of Franklin Covey. He began his career as a professor...
US President Barack Obama expressed concerns over deteriorating investment atmosphere in India and advised to endorse another wave of economic reforms. As per Mr Obama many American business...
