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Nishant Rao is new India manager of LinkedIn

LinkedIn appointed Nishant K Rao as the new Country Manager for its India operations. His appointment came as the former Country Manager Hari V Krishnan was promoted for...

January 12, 2013

Air Marshal Kulwant Singh Gill takes charge as new commandant of NDA

Air Marshal Kulwant Singh Gill took charge as the new commandant of the National Defence Academy (NDA) at Khadakwasla, Pune. The NDA provides three-year training in defence and...

January 12, 2013

Railways to hike fares from January 21

The Railway Ministry has decided hike in fares of all classes from midnight of January 21 ranging from 2 to 10 paise per km to generate an additional...

January 12, 2013

Jharkhand CM Arjun Munda resigns

Chief Minister of Jharkhand Arjun Munda submitted his resignation to Governor Syed Ahmed. He resigned after the BJP-led government lost the support from Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM). Mr....

January 12, 2013

India successfully test-fires BrahMos manoeuvrable version

India successfully test-fired a highly manoeuvrable version of the 290-km range supersonic cruise missile BrahMos from a naval warship off the coast of Vishakhapatnam in Bay of Bengal....

January 12, 2013

Aadhaar number will be an acceptable proof of Identity in passport making

In order to make passport documentation less onerous, the Ministry of External Affairs has advised all Passport Issuing Authorities to accept Aadhaar letter as Proof of Address and...

January 12, 2013

Justice D K Jain to head 20th Law Commission

Justice D K Jain, who is about to retire from Supreme Court, has been appointed as the chairman of the 20th Law Commission of India. Task for 20th...

January 12, 2013

Turkey withdraws duty on Indian cotton yarn imports

The duty on Indian cotton yarn imports imposed by Turkey came to an end when the country decided to remove it with effect from December 31, 2012. Turkey,...

January 12, 2013

Curiosity discovers flower-like object

Curiosity rover which was sent to Mars by NASA to explore the planet has spotted an unusual flower-like formation embedded in the Martian rock, along with a snake-like...

January 12, 2013

Kohli wins ‘CEAT International cricketer of the year’

Virat Kohli has won the ‘CEAT international cricketer of the year’ 2011-12 award. Other Awards: ‘CEAT Indian youngster of the year’ : Unmukt Chand (captained Indian team to...

January 12, 2013

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