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Former UN Secretary General Boutros Ghali passes away

Former United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali passed away in Cairo, Egypt. He was 93. Mr. Boutros-Ghali was Egyptian politician and diplomat who had served as sixth UN...

February 17, 2016

Union Government unveils National Capital Goods Policy 2016

The Union Government has unveiled a National Capital Goods Policy 2016 to give an impetus to the capital goods sector and the Make in India initiative. It was...

February 17, 2016

India participates in Cobra Gold 2016 multilateral exercise

For the first time, India has participated in the Cobra Gold 2016 multilateral amphibious exercise hosted by Thailand after 12 member Indian Army delegation joined it. In this...

February 17, 2016

Commemoration of Tatya Tope's 200th birth anniversary

Commemoration 200th Birth Anniversary of Tatya Tope, one of the notable generals in India’s First War of Independence (1857-58) of Revolt of 1857 was observed in NewDelhi. On this...

February 17, 2016

58th Grammy awards 2016

The 58th Annual Grammy Awards were announced by the Recording Academy announced at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. The ceremony has recognized the best recordings, compositions...

February 17, 2016

Sindh becomes first Pakistan province to adopt Hindu Marriage Bill

Sindh became the first Pakistan province to adopt landmark Hindu Marriage Bill, 2015 in order to allow the minority community to register their marriages. This is for the...

February 17, 2016

Jharkhand gets first Mega Food Park at Ranchi

Jharkhand’s first mega food park was inaugurated by Union Food Processing Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal at village Getalsud in Ranchi district of state. This park is promoted by...

February 17, 2016

NRDC inks MoA with IACS on Technology Transfer

NRDC has signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with IACS for commercialisation of technologies and intellectual properties (IP) developed at IACS. Under this MoA, NRDC will provide its...

February 17, 2016

M Devaraja Reddy elected as ICAI President

Devaraja Reddy has been elected as President of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI). He will have tenure of one year of ICAI which is an...

February 17, 2016

Fashion designer Manish Arora awarded France's National Order of the Legion of Honour

Indian fashion designer Manish Arora was awarded with the France’s highest civilian honour Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur (Knight of the Legion of Honour). He was presented with...

February 17, 2016

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