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Archive : Current News Summaries & Articles

From July 2010 Onwards, Updates have been included in our One Year Email Programme

June 2010

  1. Q+A: Global Peace Index 2010
  2. Mad Cow Disease : India is among safest countries
  3. Smriti Manjusha – The Time Capsule of Gujarat
  4. Technical Advisory Group for Unique Projects (TAGUP)
  5. UGC’s Notice to stop Distance learning in Physiotherapy
  6. Garuda IV
  7. Update: Bhopal Gas Tragedy Verdict
  8. South African President’s India Visit
  9. Update on Museum of Moving Images (MoMI), Mumbai
  10. State of Environment report for Delhi, 2010
  11. Notes from Dr A P J Abdul Kalam,speech on World Environment Day
  12. India’s First Mobile Adalat in Andhra Pradesh
  13. Government Bans Indian Mujahedeen
  14. Shivraj Patil Panel to preserve Chandigarh architectural heritage
  15. Elite Panel of ICC Umpires for 2010-11
  16. New Technique to identify sex of Date Palm at Nursery Stage
  17. Green Hiker campaign and Responsible Tourism
  18. International Centre for Automotive Technology : New Campus at Manesar

May 2010

  1. Rajasthan-Gujarat Oil Pipeline Completed
  2. Q+A : India’s 4 Maharatna Companies
  3. Q+A : Google TV
  4. 2010 Maharastra Premier League (MPL)
  5. Punjab : Shiromani Awards 2009
  6. Article: Highlights of 3G Auction in India
  7. Pakistan: Facebook , Youtube Blocked
  8. China – First Indian-style Buddhist temple in Luoyang
  9. FDI in Defense: DIPP Proposal
  10. First company to file for Indian Depository Receipt (IDR) issue: Standard Chartered PLC
  11. Hike in gas Price
  12. Punjab: Punjab Police Academic & Training Advisory Council
  13. Uttarakhand: Tribes Advisory Council
  14. Chhattisgarh: Annual Plan Rs. 13,230 Crore
  15. Delhi: Interceptor Sewer on Yamuna
  16. Arunachal Pradesh: Central Institute of Himalayan Culture Studies
  17. Innovation for India-2010 Awards (Marico Innovation Foundation)
  18. New Director of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre : Dr R K Sinha
  19. Chairperson NCPCR – Dr Shanta Sinha
  20. Obituary : Srihari Nayak
  21. Parsvnath Commonwealth Chess Championship 2010: Overall winner Pavel Maletin
  22. The latest AIBA rankings – Vijender on Top
  23. China: Shenzhen is first city to have a fleet of electronic taxis
  24. Bhutan’s First IT Park
  25. EU is India’s highest Seafood Exports Market
  26. World’s First OD Pain Killler Injection
  27. Amalgamation of The Bank of Rajasthan Ltd with ICICI Bank
  28. Tripura: Tagore Museum
  29. Himachal Pradesh: Asia’s Highest Astro Turf training center
  30. Kerala : First Braille Press
  31. Kerala: V S Achuthanandan government enters 5th year
  32. Andhra Pradesh: Road proposal for Nagarjunasagar-Srisailman Tiger Reserve rejected
  33. Orissa: KISS is now ISO-9001 certified:
  34. Punjab: Satluj Clean Up project
  35. India’s Defense Minister in Oman
  36. National Aquatic Animal : Ganges Dolphin
  37. Golden Jubilee of Project Beacon
  38. China: 2010 Shangahi Film Festival
  39. Diamond Jubilee: National Academy of Audit and Accounts (NAAA)
  40. Global Green Award – Sourabh Sen
  41. Canadian Helen Keller Center Award: Vim Kochar
  42. Rima Fakih – First Arab woman to win Miss USA
  43. Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Memorial Award – Bhupinder Singh Hooda
  44. Slide Show: Highlights of India’s 3G Auction
  45. Regional Committees for Uniformity in Minimum Wages
  46. India’s Biosphere Reserves
  47. Number of protected Areas in India
  48. Energy Conservation Fund
  49. World Press Freedom Day 2010
  50. I-Mark, India’s own design quality mark
  51. 2010 Asiatic Lion Census

April 2010:

  1. Time Line : Ambani Dispute
  2. Time Line : Great IPL Drama
  3. 4th IBSA Summit 2010
  4. RBI : Annual Monetary Policy 2010-11
  5. SEBI versus IrDA : The ULIP Battle : Featured Article
  6. Pulitzer Prize 2010
  7. How to Crack A Bank Interview – Featured Article
  8. List of Current Heads of International Organisations
  9. Commonwealth Writers’ Prize 2010
  10. 5 Years of National Rural Health Mission
  11. SCOPE Awards 2008-09 & 2007-08
  12. 16th ASEAN Summit 2010
  13. World Zinc Production 2009
  14. World Nickel Production 2009
  15. Army Ordnance Corps (AOC) : 235th Anniversary
  16. JATROPT Project
  17. World Production of Manganese
  18. Prevention of Torture Bill, 2010
  19. World Health Day, 2010
  20. Haryana Sahitya Academy Awards
  21. Featured Article : Nuclear Liability Bill
  22. Update on Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act
  23. 26th chief of the Indian Army: General V K Singh

March 2010

  1. 47th National Maritime Week : 2010
  2. National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST)
  3. India- Finland Agreement on Economic Cooperation
  4. On additional power generation capacity in 11th Plan
  5. Capital Infusion in Banks : The Tier 1 Exercise
  6. School Health Programme Orissa
  7. Punjab Labour Welfare Fund (Amendment) Bill
  8. Arunachal Pradesh: 24th state to implement RSBY
  9. Chairman of the IPDC : Raghu Menon
  10. New START Treaty
  11. Gujarat : e-Vishwagram scheme & E-ration cards
  12. Fifteenth Census of India
  13. Bhartendu Harishchandra Awards 2007 & 2008
  14. National Knowledge Network
  15. Leprosy: India has Highest Number of Cases
  16. Tennis – Women’s World rankings
  17. World Tuberculosis Day 2010
  18. World Water Day 2010
  19. Successful launch of BrahMos
  20. World Forest Day 2010
  21. Credit Guarantee Fund Scheme for Micro and Small Enterprises
  22. Scheme of Fund for Regeneration of Traditional Industries (SFURTI)
  23. Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme
  24. DRDA Administration
  25. Integrated Wastelands Development Programme
  26. National Agricultural Insurance Scheme
  27. Rastriya Krishi Vikas Yojna
  28. Prime Minister Man Mohan Singh’s Visit to Saudi Arabia

February 2010

  1. Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowships & Awards 2009
  2. ‘Bharat Swabhimaan’ Andolan
  3. The Constitution (One Hundred and Eleventh Amendment) Bill, 2009
  4. Proposed National Seed Bank
  5. Update on Polavaram Project
  6. Task Force on Project Elephant
  7. Daniel Pearl Internship – Devin Banerjee
  8. Devendra Pandey Committee on Forest Rights Act
  9. Rural Business Hubs
  10. Public Health Foundation of India
  11. Internationalized domain name Research at CDAC
  12. Oil Price Reforms: Kirit S. Parikh Committee Recomendations
  13. Decent Work Country Programme
  14. South Asian Games 2010
  15. Laura Chinchilla – Costa Rica’s president-elect
  16. Successful Launch of Agni III
  17. Discovery of Haplocheirus sollers & Origin of Birds
  18. National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID)
  19. Third Military Doctrine of Russia
  20. First in-depth study of Malaria Parasite Genome
  21. Update on Rajasthan Atomic Power Project (RAPP)
  22. India-Hungary social security agreement
  23. Action Plan to Enhance Forestry Science
  24. Expert Committee to Enhance the Scientific Capacity of MoEF
  25. National Environmental Sciences Fellows Programme
  26. Global Advisory Network Group on Environmental Sciences (GANGES)
  27. First Consultative Committee meeting of the Ministry of Shipping
  28. India and Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants
  29. Corporate Responsibility for Environmental Protection
  30. “Change for Good” programme of Finair
  31. Mahatma Gandhi NREGA Sammelan–2010
  32. GlobGlacier Project:
  33. Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme
  34. 60th Anniversary of Fulbright scholarship programme in India
  35. International Wetland Day: 2010
  36. Third Quarter Review of The Monetary Policy 2009-10
  37. 52nd Grammy Awards
  38. National Tobacco Control Programme
  39. e-PRI Scheme
  40. New Market Development Scheme for Khadi & Village products
  41. India Nigeria Energy Cooperation
  42. Presidential Elections in Sri Lanka 2010
  43. Kravis Leadership Award : Pratham USA
  44. First Tagore Literature Awards 2009

January 2010

  1. 56th National Film Awards 2008
  2. First BCBP compliant airport in India- Bangalore
  3. Sheikh Hasina’s Visit to India
  4. SM Krishna’s Visit to Nepal
  5. Update on Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS)
  6. Marxist Patriarch Jyoti Basu
  7. Pravasi Bhartiya Diwas 2010
  8. National Noise Monitoring Network
  9. Anna University is First University in India to Test Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS)
  10. South Asia’s Largest Monastery : Padma Sambhava Mahavihara
  11. State Farmers Commission (SFC) – Orissa
  12. List of India’s Grand Masters
  13. MSME: Quality of Technology Support Institutions and Programmes
  14. National Immunisation Day 2010 (Pulse Polio)
  15. Jeevan Raksha Padak Awards 2009
  16. Professional Education Improvement Project
  17. Delivery Monitoring Unit
  18. Concept of Primary Producers’ Companies (PPC)
  19. e-Dharini of Project of Orissa
  20. 97th Indian Science Congress
  21. K M Music Conservatory of A R Rahman
  22. Rajiv Gandhi Udyami Mitra Yojana
  23. World Wildlife Fund : Most Threatned Species 2010
  24. Africa Visit of Vice President Hamid Ansari
  25. International year of Biodiversity & India

2009

  1. Projects Under Implementation for Commonwealth Games 2010
  2. What is Dubai Crisis 2009?
  3. India’s Bilateral Relationships: Bhutan
  4. Vital Notes: History of Telecommunication in India & Latest Figures on Teledensity
  5. Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation Awards -2009
  6. Asian Indoor Games : Memorable Points
  7. Current Article : India’s Bilateral Relationships : Nepal
  8. United States embargo against Cuba
  9. List of Committees Related to Banking & Finance in India
  10. 63,000 MW by 2032 is the target of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited

October 2009

  1. Current Article: Visit of Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner to India
  2. National Skill Development Corporation
  3. Right To Education Bill (The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act )
  4. Right To Education Bill
  5. Microcredit in India
  6. Story of Bt Brinjal
  7. Navjaat Shishu Suraksha Karyakram
  8. Saakshar Bharat Mission
  9. Latest FDI Data:
  10. Assocham Elections
  11. National Livelihood Mission (NLM)
  12. IT Return through ATM facility by Corporation Bank
  13. Industrial growth 10.4 % in August
  14. 6th ICC Awards 2009
  15. Jamnalal Bajaj Awards 2009
  16. Tamilnadu State Film Awards 2007 & 2008
  17. Nobel Prize – Chemistry
  18. Nobel Prize : Medicine
  19. Nobel prize – Physics
  20. Nobel Prize Literature
  21. Some facts From Recently released Reports of Food and Agriculture Organization
  22. Typhoon “Parma “& More
  23. Kunwar Narain gets 41st Jnanpith Award for 2005
  24. Report of Steel ministry estimates threat to $100 Billion Investment
  25. Discovery of Largest ring around Saturn
  26. UNDP report says Canada is best for immigration
  27. Greater Role for Women in UN Peace keeping : Some excerpts from a debate by HS Puri
  28. International Conference On Peaceful Uses Of Nuclear Energy, New Delhi
  29. India, Denmark MoU on Labour Mobility
  30. NREGA is now Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act

September 2009

  1. S. C. Gupta Panel for Control on Money Lenders in India
  2. Current Article: Elections in Germany : Quick Review
  3. Current Article : Bharti MTN Deal: Timeline, The Deal, Intricacies & Hurdles
  4. Forbes’s annual ranking of the best of Asia-Pacific
  5. “Invest India” a Unique Not-for-Profit Company
  6. List of India’s Export Development Centers
  7. Successful launch of Oceansat 2
  8. High Level Summit on Climate Change at UN Headquarters
  9. Quick Fact Sheets : Some Important International Environment Treaties
  10. RBI Proposed norms for repo deals in corporate bonds
  11. RBI’s Financial Literacy Drive Programme for Financial Inclusion
  12. Orissa government signs MOU with SBI for Electronic benefit transfer for NREGA
  13. India’s first Islamic bank will open in Kerala by 2010
  14. What is ” Wadi” ? Its a Tribal Livelihood Programme of NABARD
  15. National Film Awards 2007-08
  16. Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha Puraskars 2007-08
  17. IMAGES Retail Awards 09
  18. Guest Article: Google vs. Microsoft & Yahoo: It’s time for Tech-war
  19. India and Switzerland prepare to renegotiate the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement
  20. Chandrayan-1 Mission is Over
  21. Assembly Polls in Maharashtra, Haryana & Arunachal on October 13.
  22. 500,000 women to get traing through ITI in food process
  23. UNIDO will launch projects worth 9 million dollars to benefit Indian Industry
  24. India’s Global roadshows for Hydrocarbon projects
  25. Business Incubation Centers in Tamilnadu & Haryana for food processing
  26. Formal launch of Mangla Oil Fields in Rajasthan:
  27. Some memorable facts about the Most Traded Currencies of The World
  28. Current Issues : North Korea : A Chameleon or A Change Agent
  29. Some Facts about Norman Borlaug who died recently
  30. Latest Projections for India’s Growth rates
  31. Global Competitiveness Report 2009-10
  32. Current Article : Visit of Nepali Premier to India
  33. Genesis of WTO & Doha Development Round?
  34. Issues & Priorities of Developing Countries
  35. Current Article: Doha Round : Issues , Implications & Challenges
  36. Current Article: New Notice on Investment in Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
  37. Dhoni ranks first in ‘The World’s Top-Earning Cricketers’: Forbes
  38. Our Tributes to YSR

August 2009:

  1. India’s Foreign Trade data: July, 2009
  2. History of Development & Employment Programs in India: at a Glance
  3. ICC Rankings : latest top 5
  4. Miss Universe 2009 : fDI Personality of the Year Awards 2009
  5. Current Article : India’s Foreign Trade Policy 2009-14
  6. Macro Management of Agriculture
  7. Politically Exposed Persons PEPs
  8. Indian Version of Russian T-90 is Out
  9. New NATO Secretary General : Anders Fogh Rasmussen
  10. Current Article: Indo-China talks on Border disputes
  11. The Biggest Gas Deal Ever Between India and Australia
  12. Some Development Loans Sanctioned Recently
  13. The Menace of E-wastes & Strictest Rules Ever
  14. Indian Archers : Youth World Champion Deepika Kumari & Others
  15. Expansion of Metro Train in Kolkata
  16. Gujrat Govt. approved 34 Solar Power projects
  17. The Controversy of Tipaimukh Dam
  18. Current Article : New Exploration License Policy (NELP)-VIII
  19. List of Various Committees & Their Focus Area
  20. Prime Minister’s Speech on Independence Day : Main Points
  21. New Direct Tax Code Bill : Main Points
  22. Current Article : National Solar Mission
  23. Companies Bill, 2009
  24. Lean Manufacturing Scheme
  25. Current Article : India Asean Free Trade Pact
  26. Current Article : The Ambani Saga 2009
  27. Current Article : Global Food Crisis
  28. Current Issues: Green Buildings :Real Estate of Green Future

January – July 2009

  1. Some latest Forecasts by IMF
  2. Poverty in India : Some Latest Projections of IMF
  3. Millennium Development Goals & India
  4. Human Development Index
  5. Macroeconomic and Monetary Developments: First Quarter Review 2009-10 (Main Points)
  6. Hillary Clinton’s Visit & India’s Stand on Climate Change
  7. Hillary Clinton’s India visit: Main Points
  8. India’s Textile Industry & Union Budget
  9. Summary of Union Budget 2009-10-Part 1 of 5 : Various Allocations
  10. Union Railway Budget 2009-10 : Main Points (Highlights)
  11. Indian Money Market & Development of Banking in India
  12. Interim Exim Policy 2009 – 10
  13. National Food Security Mission
  14. India’s Seed Sector Reforms
  15. Prof. M.S. Swaminathan Committe on Management of Coastal Zones
  16. India’s International cooperation in Environment & Biodiversity Conservation
  17. National Updates March 23, 2009
  18. National Updates February 20, 2009
  19. National Updates February 19, 2009
  20. National Updates February 15, 2009
  21. National Updates February 8, 2009
  22. National Updates January 26, 2009
  23. National Updates January 24, 2009
  24. National Updates January 24, 2009

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