With an aim to attract greater foreign expertise in the domain of asset reconstruction, the government has raised the foreign investment ceiling in Asset Reconstruction Companies (ARCs) to...
As per a study entitled “The Global Religious Landscape” by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, People with no religious affiliation make up the third-largest global...
The Tea Board of India cancelled the permanent licences of 156 tea exporters for non-performance. Many of the exporters were found to be bogus. Why licenses were cancelled?...
Indian American Rangaswamy Srinivasan, has been nominated by President Barack Obama for the National Medal of Technology and Innovation. Why this award? Why this laser is unique? About...
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...
Government has exempted services of life insurance business provided under Aam Aadmi Bima Yojana (AABY) and Janashree Bima Yojana (JBY)from service tax. Aam Aadmi Bima Yojana Launched in...
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...
India and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) finalized the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in services and investments. What does this mean? (more…)
