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“National Investment Board” renamed as “Cabinet Committee on Investment”, also changes made in it’s powers

The Union Cabinet approved a renamed and modified version of the original proposal, creating a new Cabinet Committee on Investment (CCI) to fast-track decisions on infrastructure and manufacturing...

December 19, 2012

Tata Sons appoints Cyrus Mistry as it Chairman

Cyrus P Mistry will be the Chairman of Tata Sons from December 28 following retirement of Ratan N Tata. Ratan Tata will be conferred with the honorary title...

December 19, 2012

New UN telecommunication treaty inked amid splits

89 member countries on UN signed the first new U.N. telecommunications treaty introduced by U.N.’s International Telecommunications Union or ITU since the Internet age amid disapproval from the...

December 19, 2012

Moon crash site named after Sally Ride

NASA has honored Sally Ride, the first woman in space who died  earlier this year, by naming a crash site of a pair of spacecrafts Ebb and Flow....

December 19, 2012

Rajya Sabha approves controversial Quota Bill by huge majority

Rajya Sabha passed a Constitution (117th Amendment) Bill, 2012, providing for quota for SCs and STs in government job promotions with an overwhelming vote of 206 in the...

December 19, 2012

India successfully test-fires Agni-I ballistic missile

The Strategic Force Command of the Indian Army conducted a successful practice trial of indigenously developed nuclear capable Agni-I ballistic missile with a strike range of 700 km...

December 19, 2012

Longest extraterrestrial River discovered on Saturn's moon Titan

Images from NASA’s Cassini mission have revealed the existence of the longest extraterrestrial river system ever – on Saturn’s moon Titan – and it looks like a small...

December 19, 2012

Solution to Global Warming: Re-freeze the Arctic

As per a novel solution offered by an American scientist David Keith to tackle global warming, we could refreeze the Arctic by injecting reflective particles into the atmosphere...

December 18, 2012

Rs 1,768 crore spent by Government in the last 3 years to promote its brand

As per the information and broadcasting (I&B) ministry, the government has spent over Rs 1,768 crore in the last 3 years to publicize itself. The amount has been...

December 18, 2012

Former first class cricketer BB Nimbalkar passed away

Often described as "a man who nearly beat Bradman" Former first class cricketer BB Nimbalkar (93), known for unbeaten   443- run innings he played for Maharashtra against Kathiawar...

December 18, 2012

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