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Shiva Thapa wins Silver medal at Asian/Oceania Qualifying event in China

Ace Indian boxer Shiva Thapa has won the silver medal at the Asian/Oceania Qualifying Tournament held in Qian’an, China in the 56 Kilogram category final In the final...

April 2, 2016

Renowned journalist Babu Bharadwaj passes away

Veteran journalist and writer Babu Bharadwaj passed away due to cardiac arrest in Kozhikode, Kerala. He was 68. As a journalist, he was part of prominent print and...

April 2, 2016

Flipkart acquires mobile payments firm PhonePe

India’s homegrown e-commerce giant Flipkart has acquired a Bengaluru-based mobile payments company PhonePe for an undisclosed sum. PhonePe has been co-founded by ex-Flipkart employees Sameer Nigam and Rahul...

April 2, 2016

Germany’s Development Bank KfW to provide loan assistance to metro system for Nagpur

Germany’s Development Bank KfW will provide loan assistance of 3750 crore rupees for the modern and sustainable metro system for Nagpur city. In this regard, a loan agreement...

April 2, 2016

India, US ink MoU for setting up LIGO observatory in India

India has signed a memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the United States for setting up Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) in India. LIGO is a large-scale physics experiment and...

April 1, 2016

4th Nuclear Security Summit begins in Washington

The fourth edition of Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) began in Washington, United States to discuss a gamut of issues pertaining to nuclear security. In this edition of summit,...

April 1, 2016

Researchers reveal first 3D map of Zika virus structure

Researchers from the Purdue University in Indiana in United States have achieved a breakthrough by revealing the first 3D map of the Zika virus structure It is considered...

April 1, 2016

Vietnam’s Parliament elects Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan as first female speaker

Vietnam’s National Assembly (NA) has elected Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan as the country`s first female house speaker She was sworn in as speaker after getting elected for the...

April 1, 2016

Union Government launches Startup India portal and mobile app

The Union Government has launched the Startup India portal (http://startupindia.gov.in) and mobile application. It was launched by the Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP) Ramesh Abhishek in...

April 1, 2016

Renowned Iraqi-British Architect Zaha Hadid passes away

Renowned Iraqi-born British architect Zaha Hadid passed away due to heart attack. She was 65. She was world’s most famous female architect and was known for her neofuturistic...

April 1, 2016

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