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Govt appoints Parthasarathy Shome as adviser to FM

Government of India appointed tax expert Parthasarathy Shome as adviser to Finance Minister P Chidambaram with the rank of Minister of State. Earlier, he was also appointed by...

December 11, 2012

Manmohan, Sonia Gandhi in the list of top 20 'most powerful persons'

Forbes magazine has enlisted the name of Indian Premier Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi in list of the top 20 most powerful persons in the world....

December 10, 2012

No curb in Internet freedom: UN telecom head Hamadoun Toure

UN telecom body (International Telecommunication  Union, ITU) head Hamadoun Toure held that internet freedom will not be regulated or curbed. He clarified this in the recently held World...

December 8, 2012

World’s oldest woman dies at 116

The oldest person on this earth Besse Cooper passed away at the age of 116. She was from Georgia. In 2011, she was chosen as the world’s oldest...

December 7, 2012

Bifurcation of News Corp, Indian to be the CFO

News Corp would undergo a restructure of the top management of the company. The company has decided that the top management would split into the two publically traded...

December 7, 2012

Menon first to visits China after changes in Communist Party of China

India’s National Security Advisor and negotiator in border talks with China, Shiv Shankar Menon, was the first top ranking Indian official to visit China after changes announced in...

December 7, 2012

British Army’s first Sikh soldier faces racial remarks by his collegues

The British Army’s first Sikh soldier Guardsman Jatinderpal Singh Bhullar, who joined Scots guard this year, went through racial abuse from his colleagues over his headgear and his...

December 3, 2012

Who is Shreya Singhal?

Shreya Singhal is a 21-year-old girl from Delhi who came  into news as: she filed public interest litigation (PIL) in the Supreme Court calling Section 66(A) of the...

December 3, 2012

Visually impaired Indian-American Sachin Dev Pavithran to head US agency for the disabled

Obama named a visually impaired Indian-American  Sachin Dev Pavithran to head an independent US agency devoted to people with disabilities. Sachin Dev Pavithran will soon become a member...

December 3, 2012

Shweta Bhatt to contest polls against Modi

Congress is fielding Shweta Bhatt to contest against Narendra Modi from Maninagar for the Assembly elections. Who is Shweta Bhatt? Shweta Bhatt is the wife of the suspended...

December 2, 2012

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