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Anti-rape law not to be named after the victim

As per the Government, the anti-rape law, which is under revision to make it more stringent and facilitate speedier justice, is unlikely to be named after the Delhi...

January 3, 2013

Sanjiv Bhatt honored with Mother Teresa Award

Suspended IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt honored with the Mother Teresa Memorial International Award for Social Justice for 2012. The Harmony foundation who recognized Bhatt as one who stood...

January 3, 2013

Bhakti Sharma: World’s youngest to cross seven seas

22-year old Bhakti Sharma from India is the youngest in the world to have crossed seven seas, including four oceans. Besides, she is only the third person in...

January 3, 2013

SBI unveils MobiCash Easy

  State Bank of India (SBI) has unveiled its mobile wallet named State Bank MobiCash Easy which provides facilities such as fund transfer, bill payment, balance inquiry, mini...

January 3, 2013

China unveils “Beidou Navigation Satellite System (BDS)” in Asia-Pacific

China launched Beidou Navigation Satellite System (BDS), a kind of global positioning system, in the Asia-Pacific from its Beidou satellite network with an aim to gain up to...

January 3, 2013

Government cuts down launch of cash transfer scheme

The Centre has scaled down the launch of its ambitious Direct Cash Transfer scheme to cover 20 districts, instead of 43 as planned. It has also kept LPG...

January 3, 2013

Russia puts condition to supports Geneva plan

Moving a step closer towards seeking solution of Syria crisis, Russia and Lakhdar Brahimi (the U.N. and Arab League envoy on Syria) supported the Geneva plan. But Russia...

January 3, 2013

India stiffens medical visa facility for Maldivians

In what is being seen as retaliation to the cancellation of GMR contract, India has tightened visas for Maldives as New Delhi has stopped Maldivians from using their...

January 2, 2013

Pakistan recognizes Kosovo as an Independent State

Pakistan became another country to officially recognize Kosovo as an independent state. Kosovo had declared its independence from Serbia in 2008. With this Pakistan became the 98th sovereign state...

January 2, 2013

Kamal Nath appointed as new ex-officio chairman of Planning Commission

Prime Minister’s office has re-constituted the Planning Commission by appointing parliamentary affairs and urban development minister Kamal Nath as the new ex-officio member of the Plan panel in...

January 1, 2013

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