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Expert panel to assess Backwardness of States

Following the Budget announcement, the Union Government has set up an expert panel under the chairmanship of Raghuram G Rajan, Chief Economic Adviser to evolve a composite index to...

May 19, 2013

Fact Box: Justice Radha Binod Pal

Justice Radha Binod Pal- An important link b/w Indo-Japan foreign relations He was an Indian jurist who was a legal adviser to Indian government in 1927. He was dispatched...

May 18, 2013

Fact Box: Dr. Dwarakanath Kotnis

Chinese PM to meet the relatives of Dwarakanath Kotnis during India visit Keeping the tradition alive, Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang, who will be visiting India in coming...

May 18, 2013

Devas investors move The Hague against Antrix

Investors companies of  Devas have moved the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague (Netherlands) against Antrix Corporation — the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) commercial arm....

May 18, 2013

RBI imposes restriction on gold imports by banks

The Reserve Bank of India placed restrictions on banks to import gold with immediate effect to contain the soaring Current Account Deficit (CAD). Why this restriction on Gold...

May 17, 2013

Dinesh Thakur to get Rs 244 crore for exposing dubious manufacturing practices of Ranbaxy

Dinesh Thakur, a former director of research information at Ranbaxy, who is a whistleblower on the deficient manufacturing practices of Ranbaxy will get Rs 244 crore ($48 million) for his act. What...

May 17, 2013

Siddaramaiah gains control as CM of Karnataka

Siddaramaiah from the Indian National Congress has been sworn in as the 22nd Chief Minister of Karnataka. Governor HR Bhardwaj administered him the oath of office and secrecy.  Siddaramaiah...

May 17, 2013

NRI Sunil Chopra becomes Deputy Mayor of a London Borough

Delhi-born NRI Sunil Chopra has been elected as the Deputy Mayor of a London Borough. Chopra, General Secretary of the Indian Overseas Congress, London, is the first and...

May 17, 2013

Indira Goswami honored with Asom Ratna Award 2012

The President of India, Pranab Mukherjee honored legendary storyteller and prolific novelist Indira Goswami with the Asom Ratna Award for the year 2012 posthumously. Sharmila Tagore received the Srimanta Shankardeva Award for the year 2008....

May 15, 2013

Eminent Islamic scholar Asghar Ali Engineer passed away

Famous Islamic scholar, Asghar Ali Engineer (73) passed away in Suburban Santa Cruz, Mumbai. Key facts about the life of Asghar Ali Engineer Born in 1940, Ashgar was...

May 15, 2013

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