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‘Sahayog – Kaijin 2014’: India and Japan joint Coast Guard exercise

The 13th edition of joint exercise by the Indian Coast Guard and its Japanese counterpart held approximately at 20 nautical miles off Kochi. The bilateral exercise titled ‘Sahayog-Kaijin...

January 17, 2014

‘Money Maxima’: A new product by Tata AIA Life launched

Tata AIA Life Insurance launched a product ‘Money Maxima’, a long-term plan which is compliant with new IRDA guidelines.  What is Money Maxima? Money Maxima is a long...

January 16, 2014

Delhi becomes first state to withdraw FDI in Multibrand Retail

The Aam Aadmi Party-led government has withdrawn the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail in Delhi.  The government formally wrote to the Department of Industrial Policy and...

January 16, 2014

Sunil Gangopadhyay Awards 2012 & 2013

President Pranab Mukherjee bestowed the Sunil Gangopadhyay Memorial Award for Excellence in Bengali Literature for 2012 and 2013 upon eminent poet and litterateur Nirendranath Chakravarty and Sankha Ghosh...

January 16, 2014

Facebook acquires Bangalore based Little Eye Labs

The social networking site, Facebook has acquired Banglore-based start up Little Eye Labs. Little Eye is a tool that helps Android app developers to measure, analyze and optimize their...

January 16, 2014

Tata launches Nano Twist

Tata Motors launched the Nano Twist- a variant of its small car Nano. The Nano Twist comes with a power steering, which the earlier Nano models did not...

January 16, 2014

British engineer gives a new theory on how pyramids were built

As per a new theory, ancient Egyptians built the pyramids by piling up rubble on the inside and then attaching the large bricks on the outside later. This...

January 16, 2014

PM laid foundation stone for Haryana Nuclear Power Project (Haryana Anu Vidyut Pariyojna)

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh laid the foundation stone for a 2,800 MW nuclear power plant near Gorakhpur village in the Fatehabad district of Haryana. The Haryana Nuclear Power...

January 15, 2014

Bill Gates: The most admired person in the world

As per a new poll conducted by The Times, the co-founder of Microsoft and a billionaire philanthropist Mr. Bill Gates is the most admired person on the planet....

January 15, 2014

RBI inks a pact with Bank of Japan for raising BSA to $ 50 billion

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and Bank of Japan (BOJ) signed an agreement to enhance the maximum amount of the Bilateral Swap Arrangement (BSA) between the two...

January 15, 2014

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