Sri Srinivasan was sworn in as judge of the US Courts of Appeal for the District of Columbia Circuit. The court is the second most powerful court of...
Randall Oliphant, Executive Chairman of the Canadian gold producer New Gold Inc., has been appointed as the Chairman of the World Gold Council (WGC) . He took over...
The panel set up by the government under the chairmanship of the then Chief Economic Advisor Raghuram Rajan (now RBI governor) has suggested ending the ‘special category’ criteria...
In the wake of India’s low performance in the rankings of higher educational institutions in world, the Union Government of India formed a committee under the chairmanship of...
The United Nations General Assembly elected by acclamation Ambassador John W. Ashe of Antigua and Barbuda as President of its upcoming 68th session. Made up of all the...
Veteran freedom fighter Captain Ranjit Singh (97) passed away. He was a close associate of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. About Ranjit Singh He served the Indian National Army...
A Chinese court in east China’s Shandong province sentenced top China Communist Party leader Bo Xilai to life imprisonment uphelding the charges of bribery, embezzlement and abuse of power against him....
Jawaid Akhtar, the Chairman of Coffee Board of India, has been elected as the Chairperson of the International Coffee Council. What is International Coffee Organization (ICO) Some key...
Bollywood actor Aamir Khan has been chosen for a U.S. award for his television show ‘Satyamev Jayate’ along with renowned American director Kathryn Bigelow and the International Center...