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Various Issues around Ordinance Making power of President of India

Article 123 of the Indian constitution empowers the President to promulgate ordinances. This mechanism has been devised to enable the executive to deal with a situation that may...

January 28, 2015

Things you wanted to know about falling global oil prices

Global oil prices have fallen sharply over the past one and half years.  This fall started in mid of 2014. From 2010 till mid of 2014, the oil...

January 28, 2015

Australian cricketer Sean Abbott wins Bradman young cricketer of the year award

Australian cricketer Sean Abbott has won Bradman young cricketer of the year award 2015. While, Steve Smith was awarded the Allan Border Medal and being named both Test...

January 28, 2015

RBI signs an information sharing agreement with Brazil’s Central Bank

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Supervisory Cooperation and Exchange of Supervisory Information with Brazil’s Central Bank- Banco Central do Brasil...

January 27, 2015

DP Sinha appointed as secretary (security) in the cabinet secretariat

Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has appointed Divya Prakash Sinha as secretary (security) in the cabinet secretariat. Since November 2013, this post was lying vacant after Yashovardhan Azad...

January 27, 2015

K Durga Prasad appointed as Special DG of CRPF

Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has appointed K Durga Prasad as the special director general (DG) of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF). He will be in office...

January 27, 2015

Salient Features of the 10th ASER report (Rural)

Recently provisional data of 10th Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) has been released; full data will be released by 1 August 2015. 1st report was released in...

January 27, 2015

Barack Obama becomes first US President to be Chief Guest at Republic-Day

US President Barack Obama has become the first American President to be Chief Guest on Republic Day celebrations. He is also the first American President to visit India...

January 27, 2015

Libby Lane, first female bishop of England consecrated

Church of England has consecrated Reverend Libby Lane as its first female bishop in a ceremony held at York Minster (a Gothic cathedral) in northern England. With this...

January 27, 2015

Famous Greek singer Demis Roussos passes away

Famous Greek singer Demis Roussos passed away in Athens, Greek. He was 68. He was best known for his hit operatic pop ballads in the 1970s and 1980s...

January 27, 2015

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