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Bhim Sain Bassi is the new Delhi Police Commissioner

Bhim Sain Bassi, the 1977-batch IPS officer of AGMU (Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram-Union Territories) cadre has taken over the charge as the 20th Delhi Police Commissioner as he succeeded Neeraj Kumar,...

August 3, 2013

Abortion Law passed in Ireland

Ireland adopted the law to allow abortion under limited circumstances after President Michael D. Higgins signed the Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill passed by Parliament. How will the Abortion...

August 2, 2013

Bollywood's Cop Jagdish Raj passed away

Jagdish Raj (85), a noted veteran actor passed away. Raj had the record of playing a police officer 144 times in various Bollywood films. He was an ideal...

July 31, 2013

Bradley Manning faces 130 years of imprisonment

Bradley Manning has been prosecuted by the U.S. government for being the whistleblower behind Wikileak’s publication of confidential State Department cables and video evidence of U.S. military attacks in...

July 31, 2013

Mamnoon Hussain is Pakistan's new President

Mamnoon Hussain, the candidate of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has been elected as the 12th President of Pakistan. Members of the national Parliament and provincial assemblies in Pakistan...

July 31, 2013

Parliament to approve "1974 Indira-Mujib pact"

The government will bring a constitutional amendment Bill in Parliament during the forthcoming session for implementation of the Indo-Bangla land boundary agreement. India intends to ratify the 1974...

July 31, 2013

Simons Investigators Awards 2013 to four Indian-Americans

Four Indian American Professors Kannan Soundararajan, Rajeev Alur, Salil P Vadhan and Senthil Todadri are among the 13 mathematicians, theoretical physicists and theoretical computer scientists who have won...

July 31, 2013

Indonesia’s Corruption Eradication Commission wins “Ramon Magsaysay Award”

Indonesia’s Corruption Eradication Commission has been conferred with the Ramon Magsaysay Award for its successful campaign against corruption in Indonesia. What is the special achievement of the Corruption...

July 30, 2013

WikiLeaks party launched by Julian Assange to contest Australia polls

Julian Assange (42), an Australian citizen and founder of WikiLeaks has launched his Australian political party WikiLeaks via a video link from the Ecuadorian embassy in London. The party was...

July 30, 2013

Suresh Chandra Mohanty – The new president of Institute of Cost Accountants of India (ICAI)

Suresh Chandra Mohanty will succeed Rakesh Singh to become the new President of the Institute of Cost Accountants of India (ICAI) for the year 2013-14. Mr. A. S. Durga Prasad...

July 30, 2013

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