As per Planning Commission data, Bihar has left Gujarat behind in terms of growth as it emerged as the fastest growing state in the country with figure of...
The retired US General Norman Schwarzkopf who led the U.S. Forces for a victory in the first Gulf War in Operation Desert Strom in 1991 died. Operation Desert...
The EU is increasingly promoting potato as crop which can replace rice as a staple in the Asian rice-consuming countries. As per researchers: Potato, which is a ‘tuber...
India achieved a third consecutive success in the launch of anti-aircraft air-to-air Astra missile, which was fired from a static launcher on the ground at Chandipur, Odisha. Astra...
The underwater missile K-15 (K-15 Sagarika missile) developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) was successfully launched off the Visakhapatnam coast. After one more flight, the two-stage...
Terrorist group TTP or Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (also called Pakistani Taliban) which has been the perpetrator of many of the brazen attacks across Pakistan has offered to negotiate with...
Italy’s President Giorgio Napolitano dissolved parliament following the resignation of Prime Minister Mario Monti. Monti resigned early after former premier Silvio Berlusconi’s center-right People of Freedom party (PdL)...
US President Barack Obama nominated John Kerry to replace Hillary Clinton as secretary of state. Kerry, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the 2004 Democratic presidential...
Australian batsman Mike Hussey will retire from Test cricket after the final match of the series against Sri Lanka at Sydney starting on January 3, 2013. It will...
Former England captain and cricket commentator Anthony William "Tony" Greig (66) passed away. Greig played 58 tests for England and scored 3,599 runs at an average of 40.43...
