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Roberto Azevedo to be head of WTO

Roberto Azevedo of Brazil has been nominated as the head of the WTO (World Trade Organization) based at Geneva at a time when there seems an impasse over talks b/w...

May 15, 2013

WCD Ministry formed 4745 SHGs in UP and Bihar under ‘PRIYADARSHINI’ scheme

The Ministry Women and Child Development (WCD) has supported 4745 Self Help Groups (SHGs) under its project ‘Priyadarshini’. The pilot project is being administered by the Ministry in...

May 15, 2013

President presents National Florence Nightingale Award 2013

On the occasion of International Nurses Day on May 12, 2013, the President of India, Pranab Mukherjee, presented National Florence Nightingale Award 2013 to 35 nursing professionals for their services with devotion, sincerity, dedication...

May 15, 2013

Indira Goswami honored with Asom Ratna Award 2012

The President of India, Pranab Mukherjee honored legendary storyteller and prolific novelist Indira Goswami with the Asom Ratna Award for the year 2012 posthumously. Sharmila Tagore received the Srimanta Shankardeva Award for the year 2008....

May 15, 2013

NSE launches India’s first Debt Trading Platform

India’s National Stock Exchange launched the India’s first Debt Trading Platform.  The newly launched Platform is yet to receive market regulator SEBI’s guidelines for allowing participation of mutual...

May 15, 2013

Eminent Islamic scholar Asghar Ali Engineer passed away

Famous Islamic scholar, Asghar Ali Engineer (73) passed away in Suburban Santa Cruz, Mumbai. Key facts about the life of Asghar Ali Engineer Born in 1940, Ashgar was...

May 15, 2013

Union Government approves National Cyber Security Policy

The Union Government of India approved a National Cyber Security Policy with the objective to create a secured computing atmosphere across the country.  Key objectives of the Cyber...

May 13, 2013

Kerala against creation of buffer zone in any populated area suggested in Western Ghats Report

Kerala Cabinet will oppose declaration of any populated area on the Western Ghats in the State as ecologically sensitive area. The Kerala government clarified that it was not...

May 13, 2013

National Skill Development Agency (NSDA) gets approval of Union Cabinet

The Union Cabinet has given its nod for the creation of an autonomous body called the National Skill Development Agency (NSDA) by subsuming the Prime Minister’s National Council...

May 13, 2013

Ministry for Women & Child Development unveils the World Bank aided ISSNIP programme

The Ministry for Women & Child Development launched the World Bank assisted ICDS Systems Strengthening and Nutrition Improvement Project (ISSNIP). Aim of ISSNIP: To improve of child development...

May 13, 2013