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Union Cabinet decides to grant 'Minority' status for the Jain community

The Union Cabinet decided to grant minority status to Jain community. Objective: The status would help to give constitutional safeguards on Jains and make them eligible for welfare...

January 23, 2014

India successfully test fired long range nuke-capable Agni-IV missile

India successfully test fired a nuclear-capable Agni-IV strategic missile from the Wheeler Island off the Odisha coast near Dhamra in Bhadrak district, about 200 km from state capital...

January 23, 2014

National Urban Health Mission (NUHM) for urban poor launched

The Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad launched the National Urban Health Mission (NUHM) in Bangalore, Karnataka. It will cover Bangalore, Mangalore, Mysore, Ullal and Bagalkot in Karnataka...

January 23, 2014

How difficult would have been the achievement of Indian independence without Mahatma Gandhi?

Gandhi sacrificed four decades of his life for the country and spent many years of his life in British jails. Many times during the freedom movement, he went...

January 22, 2014

How difficult would have been the achievement of Indian independence without Mahatma Gandhi?

Gandhi sacrificed four decades of his life for the country and spent many years of his life in British jails. Many times during the freedom movement, he went...

January 22, 2014

Mr. Hery Rajaonarimampianina: New President of Madagascar

Mr. Hery Rajaonarimampianina (55) has been declared as the President of Madagascar to restore democracy on the island nation in the following elections. He was officially declared as...

January 22, 2014

Amish Tripathi's The Immortals Of Meluha set for a Hollywood adaptation

Author Amish Tripathi, who created waves in Indian publishing with a $1 million book contract, has cracked it even bigger this time with an American producer purchasing the...

January 22, 2014

What is Net Neutrality? What is the significance of Net Neutrality?

Net Neutrality (or Internet neutrality) is the idea that broadband Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Verizon and others, should treat everything that flows across the...

January 22, 2014

India saved Rs 14,000 cr as US refuses higher IMF quota

The US Congress has not approved International Monetary Fund (IMF) reforms because it has refused to ratify a capital increase for the fund which was agreed to four...

January 22, 2014

Bimal Jalan panel on new bank licences to meet on Feb 10, 2014

The Bimal Jalan panel which is scrutinizing applications for new bank licences will hold a meeting on February 10, 2014. Which are the entities in the race for...

January 22, 2014

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