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Anti-rape law not to be named after the victim

As per the Government, the anti-rape law, which is under revision to make it more stringent and facilitate speedier justice, is unlikely to be named after the Delhi...

January 3, 2013

Sanjiv Bhatt honored with Mother Teresa Award

Suspended IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt honored with the Mother Teresa Memorial International Award for Social Justice for 2012. The Harmony foundation who recognized Bhatt as one who stood...

January 3, 2013

Kamal Nath appointed as new ex-officio chairman of Planning Commission

Prime Minister’s office has re-constituted the Planning Commission by appointing parliamentary affairs and urban development minister Kamal Nath as the new ex-officio member of the Plan panel in...

January 1, 2013

Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship for the Year 2012

The General Council of Sangeet Natak Akademi, the National Academy of Music, Dance and Drama, New Delhi honored 3 renowned personalities in the field of performing arts as...

January 1, 2013

U.S.General Norman Schwarzkopf who led Operation Desert Storm died

The retired US General Norman Schwarzkopf who led the U.S. Forces for a victory in the first Gulf War in Operation Desert Strom in 1991 died. Operation Desert...

January 1, 2013

Italy's parliament dissolved

Italy’s President Giorgio Napolitano dissolved parliament following the resignation of Prime Minister Mario Monti. Monti resigned early after former premier Silvio Berlusconi’s center-right People of Freedom party (PdL)...

January 1, 2013

John Kerry nominated as next secretary of state for USA

US President Barack Obama nominated John Kerry to replace Hillary Clinton as secretary of state. Kerry, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the 2004 Democratic presidential...

January 1, 2013

Pratibha Ray to get 2011 Jnanpith Award

Pratibha Ray who is a famous Oriya novelist has been chosen for the prestigious Jnanpith award for the year 2011 in recognition to her contribution to the field...

January 1, 2013

“Gangnam Style” – Collins dictionary’s words of the year

Collins dictionary has named “Gangnam Style”, as one of the top 12  words of the year, one word from each month. The Gangnam Style video also entered Guiness...

January 1, 2013

Shinzo Abe: Japan's new prime minister

Shinzo Abe, the leader of Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), has been named as the new Prime Minister of Japan by country’s lower house of Parliament. The LDP which...

December 30, 2012

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