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Train service linking Banihal in Jammu to Qazigund in Kashmir launched

PM Manmohan Singh and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi flagged off the first train connecting Banihal in Jammu region with Qazigund in Kashmir Valley. It was the first train to pass...

June 29, 2013

UNESCO allows 19 new additions to World Heritage List

The World Heritage Committee of UNESCO has recognized 19 sites to be added into the World Heritage List.  The new additions have brought the grand total of World Heritage...

June 26, 2013

Six Forts of Rajasthan get entry into World Heritage List

The World Heritage Committee which recently held its meeting in Cambodia has announced the international recognition to six Forts of Rajasthan by including them in the list of...

June 26, 2013

UNESCO world heritage status to Mount Fuji and Mount Etna

The World Heritage Committee of the UNESCO, which recently held a meeting in Cambodia, has granted World Heritage status to Japan’s cone-shaped, snow-topped volcano, Mount Fuji. The mountain has...

June 24, 2013

Nicaragua plans to build a parallel Panama Canal

Moving a step further for the fulfillment of its ambitious plan of constructing a canal to compete with Panama Canal, Nicaraguan lawmakers granted a Hong Kong company the...

June 18, 2013

Renewable energy transmission corridors to be set up in Tamil Nadu

Two major high-capacity transmission corridors, exclusively meant for renewable energy, are being set up in Tamil Nadu. The projects which is being executed by the Tamil Nadu Transmission...

June 15, 2013

DMRC to build monorail in Kozhikode and Thiruananthapuram

The Cabinet has given its nod for the signing the general consultancy agreement with Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) for the Rs. 5,581-crore elevated mass rapid transit system...

June 15, 2013

Number of Royal Bengal Tiger in Sudarbans exceeds 2011 census estimates

As per a new study conducted in collaboration with World Wildlife Fund For Nature (WWF) and Wildlife Institute of India, the number of Royal Bengal tigers in the four...

June 13, 2013

ONGC adopts six monuments under Campaign Clean India

The Archeological Survey of India (ASI) has agreed to the initiative of Ministry of Tourism for permitting ONGC for adopting six monuments under Campaign Clean India. The six...

June 7, 2013

First All-Women Police Station starts functioning in Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh)

To combat the issue of increasing crimes against the women, the first all-women police station started functioning in Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh). The state cabinet had recently passed a proposal...

June 6, 2013

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