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Park Geun-hye becomes first woman South Korean President

In recent Presidential elections in South Korea, Park Geun-hye gained the victory to become country’s first woman President, daughter of the former military ruler, Park Chung-Hee. Main challenges...

December 28, 2012

NASA denies asteroid impact with Earth in 2040

The asteroid, 2011 AG5, which was previously thought to collide with the Earth in 2040 and had a collision chance of 1 in 500, will pass by earth...

December 28, 2012

FDI ceiling in ARCs increased to 74%

With an aim to attract greater foreign expertise in the domain of asset reconstruction, the government has raised the foreign investment ceiling in Asset Reconstruction Companies (ARCs) to...

December 28, 2012

Tea Board annuls 156 licences

The Tea Board of India cancelled the permanent licences of 156 tea exporters for non-performance. Many of the exporters were found to be bogus. Why licenses were cancelled?...

December 28, 2012

'No religion' group is world third-largest, after Christians and Muslims

As per a study entitled “The Global Religious Landscape” by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, People with no religious affiliation make up the third-largest global...

December 28, 2012

Indian American lasik pioneer to be honored with America’s top inventor award

Indian American Rangaswamy Srinivasan, has been nominated by President Barack Obama for the National Medal of Technology and Innovation. Why this award? Why this laser is unique? About...

December 28, 2012

Justice Swatanter Kumar is new NGT chief

Justice Swatanter Kumar has become the first Supreme Court judge to  be the chairperson of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) which was, till now, functioning without a full-time...

December 28, 2012

Aam Aadmi, Janashree Bima Yojana exempted from service tax

Government has exempted services of life insurance business provided  under Aam Aadmi Bima Yojana (AABY) and Janashree Bima Yojana (JBY)from service tax. Aam Aadmi Bima Yojana Launched in...

December 28, 2012

Virbhadra Singh takes oath as Himachal CM for a record sixth time

Congress leader Virbhadra Singh was sworn in as the Chief Minister of  Himachal Pradesh for a record sixth time. Previously, he was Chief Minister 5 times b/w 1983...

December 28, 2012

After referendum Egypt approves new constitution

Egypt voters approved a constitution drafted by President Mohamed Mursi’s Islamist allies. The new constitution was adopted with 63.8% of the vote which gave Islamists their third consecutive...

December 27, 2012

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