Petro Poroshenko, billionare owner of the Roshen chocolates group, who is also popular as Chocolate King, sworn in as the Ukraine President. Poroshenko offered political concessions to people...
P K Mishra (65), a 1972-batch retired IAS officer of Gujarat cadre and former Agriculture Secretary, has been appointed as the Additional Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Narendra...
The Uttarakhand Government has given nod to two popular schemes including a pension scheme for farmers and a scheme to air-lift doctors to remote areas of the state. Pension...
Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) achieved its full power generation potential and thus became India’s first nuclear power plant to generate 1,000 Mega Watt (MW) of electricity. Other nuclear...
From July 12, 2014, non-scheduled Urban Co-operative Banks (UCBs) will have to keep more of their deposits with the central bank as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has raised the...
Two ships ICGS Achook and ICGS Agrim, the fifth and sixth ships in a series of 20 fast patrol vessels have been inducted into the Indian Coastguard. These ships are...
Recently, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) made it compulsory for debit and credit card holders to key in the Personal Identification Number (PIN) while making transactions at...
Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi (59), former army chief of Egypt, has been sworn in as the President of the country for a 4-year term. Egypt has been facing political turbulence...
Spaniard Rafael Nadal maintained his dominance in the French Open as he defeated Serbian Novak Djokovic in the final match. French Open 2014 is Nadal’s 14th career Grand...
Maria Sharapova won French Open women’s title after defeating Simona Halep in the final. It was Sharapova’s second French Open title victory. She has now won five Grand...
