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Pakistan gives Gwadar port to China for operations

Pakistan has handed over the operations responsibility of its strategically located Gwadar port to China’s Overseas Port Holdings. Previously it was with Singapore’s PSA (Port of Singapore Authority)...

February 5, 2013

UK bans sale of five invasive non-native aquatic plants

The British Government, for the first time, has declared to impose a ban over the sale of five species of invasive non-native aquatic plants. Why this ban? According...

February 5, 2013

Microsoft takes Office to the cloud

Now, people can subscribe to Office 365 as a service in the Internet cloud, obviating the need to buy the popular productivity software on a disk. How would...

February 5, 2013

RIM renamed as BlackBerry

Developer of Blackberry, Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM) is changing its name to BlackBerry to refresh its tarnished image as it begins marketing a reengineered line of BlackBerry...

February 4, 2013

SEBI permits HSEL to exit

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has allowed the erstwhile Hyderabad Stock Exchange (now Hyderabad Securities and Enterprises Limited (HSEL)) to exit as a stock exchange....

February 4, 2013

India falls nine places to 140th rank in World Press Freedom Index

India has stumbled nine places to 140th position in the list of 179 countries in the latest World Press Freedom Index2013. India’s show is worst since 2002. The...

February 4, 2013

John Kerry new Secretary of State in Obama’s govt

Democratic Senator from Massachusetts and former presidential candidate John Kerry chosen as U.S. President Barack Obama’s Secretary of State. He replaced incumbent Ms Hillary Clinton. Mr. Kerry had...

February 4, 2013

Scientists discover 10 million year old star still creating planets

Scientists have discovered a 10-million-year old star named TW Hydrae located 176 light years far from Earth may still be giving birth to new planets. As per NASA,...

February 4, 2013

China approves construction of three new dams on Brahmaputra

China gave green light for the construction of three new hydropower dams on the middle reaches of the Brahmaputra River, ending a two-year halt in approving new projects...

February 4, 2013

SBI slashes base rate to 9.7%

India’s largest public sector bank, State Bank of India, has cut its base rate (minimum lending rate) marginally from current 9.75% to 9.70%. The decision came following RBI...

February 4, 2013

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