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P.C. Chacko committee: To recommend punitive measures for the pepper spray incident in the Parliament

The Lok Sabha Speaker, Ms. Meira Kumar referred the pepper spray incident in the Parliament to the Committee of Privileges, which has powers to recommend punitive measures. The...

February 21, 2014

Purushottam Express will get first Braille signage coach in India

Purushottam Express (Train Number 12801/12802) will become the first train in India to be attached with a Braille-embedded AC coach for visually challenged passengers by the end of February...

February 21, 2014

Avinash Arun’s Marathi film “Killa” won Crystal Bear award at Berlin Fest

Mr. Avinash Arun’s directorial debut, the Marathi feature film “Killa” won the Crystal Bear (Glasernen Bar) for the Best Film awarded by the Children’s Jury in Generation Kplus...

February 21, 2014

Dr. VV Dongre and Prof. Guocheng Zhang bagged International Gandhi Award 2013

The President of India, Mr. Pranab Mukherjee presented the International Gandhi Award for the year 2013 to Dr. Vijaykumar Vinayak Dongre and Prof. Guocheng Zhang for making outstanding...

February 21, 2014

Highlights of interim Union Budget 2014-2015 Tax proposal

The Union Finance Minister Mr. P Chidambaram presented an Interim Budget for 2014-15. For the period up to June 30, 2014, Mr. Chidambaram reduced excise duty on: (a)   Capital...

February 21, 2014

Interim Union Budget 2014-15

The Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram presented the Interim Budget 2014-15 in the Lok Sabha with an estimated plan expenditure of Rs. 5,55,322 crore and non-plan expenditure of...

February 21, 2014

Chennai and Panaji (India) to host World Bridge Championship 2015

For the first time, India will host the World Bridge Championship for Bermuda Bowl (men) and Venice Cup (women) in 2015. About 550 players from 66 countries are...

February 21, 2014

Football Legend “Sir Tom Finney”: Former Preston and England winger passed away

Former Preston and England winger, Sir Tom Finney (91) passed away. Mr. Finney was one of the England’s greatest footballers and the ultimate one-club man. He was famous...

February 21, 2014

67th BAFTA Awards 2014

The 67th BritishAcademy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) held at the Royal Opera House in London. Winners of the 67th Annual BAFTA Awards  Best Film: 12 Years...

February 21, 2014

International Mother Language Day of Bangladesh 2014

International Mother Language Day (Bhasha Divas) observed across the world, with Bangladesh leading on February 21, 2014. Theme: “Local languages for global citizenship: spotlight on science”. Objective: To...

February 21, 2014

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