India and Poland are to increase bilateral cooperation in the Film sector. In this connection, the Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni is on a 3-day visit to...
In order to address the issue of lack of transparency in bank lending rates, the RBI has formed a committee. The working group headed by the RBI Deputy...
In the field of Physics a quantum jump was made as the scientists at the Switzerland’s CERN research centre near Geneva discovered a sub-atomic particle ‘Higgs boson’, prevalently...
The government sanctioned removal of about 350 metric tonnes of Union Carbide toxic waste in Bhopal. The sanction was given subsequent to commendations from a Group of Ministers...
Oscar Pistorius named for Olympics in 4×400 race, is the first ‘disabled athlete’ to qualify for an able bodied event in the 2012 London Olympics in 400 metres...
With a view to protecting the indigenous people, the Supreme Court has banned all commercial and tourism activities within a 5-km radius of the Jarawa Tribal Reserve on...
The Union Cabinet gave the green signal for the Rs.5,128-crore Kochi Metro Rail project, one of the largest social infrastructure initiatives to be launched in in recent years....
Person in News: Bob Diamond Bob Diamond, Barclays Chief Executive resigned. Mr. Diamond and COO Jerry del Missier stepped down the day after Barclays Chairman Marcus Agius resigned...
The Indian Railways have adjudicated to step-up the limit for online bookings per day from 3.5 lakhs to about 5 lakhs in the next four months and later...
Jawahar Thakur appointed as the new CGA (Controller General of Accounts) with effect from July 1, 2012. He belongs to the 1979 Indian Civil Accounts Services batch. Before...
