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Maria Bueno, legendary Brazilian tennis player passes away

Maria Bueno (78) , the legendary Brazilian tennis player, has passed away in Sao Paulo on June 9, 2018. She won three Wimbledon and four US championship singles...

June 11, 2018

Laliteshwar Prasad Shahi, Congress leader and former Union minister passes away

Laliteshwar Prasad Shahi (98), the senior Congress leader and former Union minister, has passed away in New Delhi on June 9, 2018. Shahi, who hailed from Bihar, was...

June 11, 2018

New Zealand women cricket team posts highest-ever total in One-Day International (ODI) cricket

New Zealand women’s cricket team posted the highest-ever total in One-Day International (ODI) cricket by scoring an incredible 490-4 against Ireland in the first match in Dublin. New...

June 11, 2018

Kandaala Subrahmanya Tilak, noted freedom fighter passes away

Kandaala Subrahmanya Tilak (98), the noted freedom fighter and member of the first Lok Sabha, has passed away in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh on June 8, 2018. Tilak, who...

June 11, 2018

Anu Kumar wins gold in Sprint at 2018 Asian Junior Athletics Championships in Japan

Middle distance runner Anu Kumar from Uttarakhand claimed gold in the men’s 800m at the 2018 Asian Junior Athletics Championships in Gifu, Japan on June 9. While, Arpandeep...

June 11, 2018

Simona Halep wins women’s singles French Open tennis tournament 2018

Simona Halep from Romania won her first Grand Slam at the 2018 French Open tennis tournament in Paris. She defeated Sloane Stephens 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 in a gruelling...

June 11, 2018

Sunil Mehta committee constituted to examine setting up of ARC for faster resolution of stressed assets of Public Sector Banks (PSBs)

The Union finance ministry has set up a committee to examine the possibility of setting up an Asset Reconstruction Company (ARC) or an Asset Management Company (AMC) to...

June 11, 2018

China hosts 18th edition of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit 2018

The 18th edition of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit was held in Qingdao, China on June 9-10, 2018. The summit concluded with the adoption of the Qingdao declaration....

June 11, 2018

India ranked 136th in Global Peace Index

India has been ranked 136th among 163 countries in Global Peace Index 2018 due to a reduction in the level of violent crime driven by increased law enforcement....

June 11, 2018

Arvind Saxena appointed as acting Chairman of UPSC

Government has appointed Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) member Arvind Saxena as the acting Chairman of the commission. He will perform the duties of chairman of UPSC with...

June 11, 2018

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