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North Eastern Rural Livelihood Project (NERLP)

Introduction North Eastern Rural Livelihood Project (NERLP) is a major initiative for addressing the needs of employment, income and natural resource sustainability of the rural population of the...

May 24, 2013

Google offers cash by email service

Web search giant Google has introduced a new feature on company’s Gmail service which will enable its users to send cash. The service has currently been launched in...

May 23, 2013

SEBI to double charges for Algorithmic (Algo) trading

Market regulator SEBI has announced that it will double the charges for orders based on Algorithms (algo) in stock exchanges from May 27, 2013. What is Algo Trade?...

May 23, 2013

Shashi Kant Sharma sworn-in new CAG

The President of India has appointed Shashi Kant Sharma, IAS, as Comptroller & Auditor General of India, in terms of Article 148 (1) of the Constitution of India. Sharma...

May 23, 2013

Delhi – Most preferred tourist destination of India

As per latest Hotel Price Index released by Hotels.com, Delhi topped the rankings as the most preferred tourist destination for overseas travellers to India. Top 10 Indian destinations...

May 23, 2013

Vitamin C shows potential to kill drug-resistant TB

Scientists at Yeshiva University have found through a study that Vitamin C kills drug-resistant Tuberculosis (TB) bacteria in laboratory culture. What they discovered? The researchers who were actually trying to...

May 23, 2013

Fact Box: Janani Suraksha Yojana

Age eligibility norm to get financial aid under JSY relaxed The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has relaxed the eligibility criteria for the Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY),...

May 23, 2013

India test-fires BrahMos successfully from INS Tarkash

India has successfully test fired the 290-km range BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from the Navy’s latest guided missile frigate INS Tarkash off the coast of Goa as part...

May 23, 2013

Yahoo offers 1TB free storage on Flickr

With an aim to woo more users, Yahoo has redesigned its Flickr photo-sharing service by offering 1 TB of free storage space besides adding new features to it....

May 23, 2013

Pallava Dynasty

Pallavas {literally means a branch} were a prominent power in India for more than four centuries between the 6th and 9th centuries. Origin of Pallavas There are no...

May 23, 2013

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