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Kerala became first state with bank accounts for all families

Kerala Finance Minister KM Mani has announced that Kerala has become the first state in the country to have bank accounts for all families under Pradhan Mantri Jan...

November 12, 2014

Government bans Kamatapur Liberation Organisation

Central Government has banned Kamatapur Liberation Organisation (KLO), which operates in West Bengal and Assam. An official gazette notification of Union Home Ministry mentioned that under the Unlawful Activities Prevention...

November 11, 2014

India-Israel joint venture LRSAM missile successfully tested

Long Range Surface-to-Air Missile (LRSAM) co-developed by India and Israel, was successfully test-fired from a range in Israel. The test fire was carried by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI)...

November 11, 2014

Prime Minister Launches Jeevan Pramaan: Digital life certificate for pensioners

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched the Jeevan Pramaan scheme- an Aadhar based Digital Life Certificate for pensioners. This digital life certificate scheme will benefit over 1 crore...

November 11, 2014

Various Issues around legal framework for Indian Diaspora

Figures compiled by the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs show that there are over 2,19,09,875 NRIs spread out across over different countries. The actual numbers are expected to...

November 11, 2014

Tory Plan

The term “Tory Plan” broadly refers to the policy programme of the Conservative Party (UK) (often informally called the “Tories”) in the United Kingdom. It encompasses the party’s...

November 11, 2014

Jnanpith award 2013 conferred on Hindi poet Kedarnath Singh

President Pranab Mukherjee conferred the 49th Jnanpith Award (for year 2013) to eminent Hindi poet Kedarnath Singh for his outstanding contribution towards Indian literature.  He was conferred this...

November 10, 2014

Virat Kohli became fastest cricketer to reach 6000 ODI runs

Indian cricketer Virat Kohli has become the fastest cricketer in the history to reach 6000 one-day international run mark. He achieved this run mark during his 53-run knock in...

November 10, 2014

DRDO develops herbal drug Lukosin for Leucoderma

Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) has developed herbal drug Lukosin, for treatment of leucoderma (white patches on skin). This drug is developed from medicinal plants. The scientists of...

November 10, 2014

Gujarat becomes first state to make voting compulsory in local body polls

In first week of November 2014, Gujarat Governor O P Kohli gave his assent to the controversial Gujarat Local Authorities Laws Bill, 2009 and gave his sanction for...

November 10, 2014

Communist Leader M V Raghavan Passes away

Communist Marxist Party (CMP) founder in Kerala and leader Melathu Veettil Raghavan died on 9th November 2014. He was 81. He died after a prolonged illness due to...

November 10, 2014

India test fires Agni-II missile

On 9th November 2014, India test fired nuclear-capable Agni-II ballistic missile. This successful test was conducted from Wheeler Island, Odisha. The test was a part of training exercise...

November 9, 2014