In recent Presidential elections in South Korea, Park Geun-hye gained the victory to become country’s first woman President, daughter of the former military ruler, Park Chung-Hee. Main challenges...
Justice Swatanter Kumar has become the first Supreme Court judge to be the chairperson of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) which was, till now, functioning without a full-time...
Congress leader Virbhadra Singh was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh for a record sixth time. Previously, he was Chief Minister 5 times b/w 1983...
Egypt voters approved a constitution drafted by President Mohamed Mursi’s Islamist allies. The new constitution was adopted with 63.8% of the vote which gave Islamists their third consecutive...
TIME magazine has named US President Barack Obama Person of the Year "For finding and forging a new majority, for turning weakness into opportunity and for seeking, amid...
The apex court elevated Chief Justices of three high courts as judges of the Supreme Court, enhancing the strength of the court to 28. The three new judges...
Narendra Modi led BJP registered a resounding victory in Gujarat. BJP won 115 seats in the 182-seat assembly which marks the third victory under Modi’s leadership, but two...
Julian Assange led WikiLeaks has launched a new platform called the “Freedom of the Press Foundation” to overcome banking blockade against it, and to promote aggressive, public-interest journalism...
Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma retained his position as he was re-elected for the presidency of Africa’s ruling African National Congress. He will remain at the position until 2017 if...
