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Comedian Ellen DeGeneres receives America’s highest civilian honour

Comedian Ellen DeGeneres was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, which is America’s highest civilian honour. President Obama honoured 21 people with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in the...

November 23, 2016

Bharat Bandh on Nov 28 against demonetisation

United Opposition consisting of major political parties like Congress, Trinamool Congress, and the BSP have given a call for nationwide Bharat Bandh to escalate their protest over the...

November 23, 2016

5th International Tourism Mart begins in Imphal

5th International Tourism Mart organized by the Ministry of Tourism in association with the North Eastern States and West Bengal has begun in Imphal, Manipur. It will be...

November 23, 2016

Larsen & Toubro sheds 14,000 employees from its workforce

Owing to economic challenges, Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has shed 14,000 employees or 11.2% of its total workforce across businesses between April-September in the current fiscal. This is considered...

November 23, 2016

Virat Kohli reaches career-high fourth position in the ICC Player Rankings for Test Batsmen

India’s Test captain Virat Kohli has attained a career-high fourth position in the ICC Player Rankings for Test Batsmen. He attained this feat during the second Test against England...

November 23, 2016

Defence Ministry to relook at defence blacklist guidelines

The Union Defence Ministry is planning to relook at defence blacklist guidelines for dealing with global defence firms engaged in corruption in arms deals. Thus, under recently released...

November 23, 2016

Former ISRO chief MGK Menon passes away

An acclaimed physicist and ex-ISRO chief, MGK Menon passed away at the age of 88 years. He became the director of Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) at...

November 23, 2016

India, Switzerland sign Joint declaration on bank account holders

As a step towards fighting black money stashed abroad, ‘Joint Declaration‘ for implementation of Automatic Exchange of Information (AEOI) has been signed between India and Switzerland. This will...

November 23, 2016

Renowned Scientist MGK Menon passes away

Acclaimed high energy particle physicist and an institution builder of Indian science  Prof. M G K Menon passed away. He was 88. He was Scientist, Science & Technology...

November 23, 2016

RBI doubles cap on PPIs to Rs. 20,000

The Reserve bank of India (RBI) has increased the per month limit of Prepaid Payment Instruments (PPIs) to Rs. 20,000 from Rs. 10,000 and to Rs. 50,000 for...

November 23, 2016

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