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BSF & BGB agreed on vulnerability mapping to implement CBMP along Bangladesh border

An agreement has been reached between the Border Security Force (BSF) and Board Guard Bangladesh (BGB) to carry out vulnerability mapping in every 6 months. It will be...

August 26, 2014

NASA to launch SMAP satellite in November 2014

American space agency NASA has planned to launch Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) satellite in November 2014. It is part of the first tier of missions recommended for...

August 26, 2014

'Coal block allocations from 1993 to 2010 illegal, done arbitrarily': Supreme Court

The Supreme Court declared illegal all coal block allocations between 1993 and 2010, saying these were done in an unfair, arbitrary and non-transparent manner without following any objective criteria....

August 26, 2014

“The Green Bus project”: India‘s first ethanol-run public bus launched in Nagpur

India launched “The Green Bus project” in Nagpur with the launch of its first ethanol-run, environment-friendly public bus. The bus will emit carbon dioxide as low as 15%...

August 26, 2014

Oscar-winning director and actor Richard Attenborough passed away

Eminent Oscar-winning British director and actor Richard Attenborough (90) passed away. In his six-decade long career, he appeared in movies including Brighton Rock, World War Two prisoner of war...

August 26, 2014

General Prayuth Chan-ocha is new PM of Thailand

Thailand’s military’s top official, General Prayuth Chan-ocha (60), has been named the new Prime Minister of the country. Gen Prayuth was nominated in a legislature chosen by the junta...

August 25, 2014

All about Richard Attenborough

A well known actor-cum-director Richard Samuel Attenborough died at the age of 90 on August 24, 2014. Career He had served in Royal Air Force during WWII before...

August 25, 2014

SC declares all coal allocations between 1993-2010 illegal

The Supreme Court of India, has given a new turn to the infamous coalgate scam which surfaced during the UPA tenure and involved some of the ministers of...

August 25, 2014

What is happening in France?

French PM Manuel Valls has submitted his resignation after President Francois Hollande asked him to form a new government in compliance with the President’s vision for the country,...

August 25, 2014

President inaugurates India's first IIEST

President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the first Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST) of the country in Shibpur located in the city of Howrah, West Bengal. IIEST...

August 25, 2014

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