Amol Rajan, a Kolkata-born journalist, has created history by becoming the first non-white editor of a British national newspaper, The Independent. This is for the first time in the history of Fleet Street which has been...
With the aim to deepen ‘people-to-people’ contact through cultural means, India and China have decided to expand their collaboration in the realm of films through festivals, exchange of artistes...
1. In a recent survey released by NSSO, what is the status of India’s unemployment for the year 2011-12? [A]It rose by 2% [B]It declined by 2% [C]It...
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) will recommend the setting up of an ‘institutional buffer between corporate owners and newspaper management’ to the government. TRAI, which is also the regulator...
In an announcement which created waves in global stock markets, U.S. Federal Reserve Chief Ben Bernanke announced a gradual withdrawal of the extraordinary monetary stimulus programme, which ensured very low...
As per the latest data on household consumer expenditure for 2011-12 released by the National Sample Survey Organization (NSSO), families (both urban and rural) are spending more than half...
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved the following mechanism for supply of coal to power producers: Coal India Ltd. (CIL) to sign Fuel Supply Agreements...
Engineers from the Military College of Electronics and Mechanical Engineering (MCEME) have developed a ‘Smart Mine Field’ application which will pinpoint the location of friendly mines, whose position might have...
The International Data Group (IDG) Computerworld Honours Program, Computerworld Honors Laureate has honored Government of India initiative UIDAI with 21st Century Achievement Award 2013 under the category ‘Economic Development’. The award has been conferred in...
The Afghanistan government which is feeling let down by the US over the opening of the Taliban office in Qatar capital Doha, has indicated to the Americans that...
