India dropped in the Global Innovation Index (GII) ranking of 2012 to 64th position from 62nd in 2011. Lowest among the BRICS nations in the 2012 GII. Nonetheless,...
India has urged Russia to open its flourishing $19-billion pharmaceuticals market and accelerate the list of 500 drugs that it presently imports from India. India has urged Russia...
In order to clear storage space for new crops, the government approved export of 2 million tonnes of wheat from its buffer stock with floor price of about...
India and Bangladesh will conjointly lionize the 90th Anniversary of the publication of the legendary poem, “Bidrohi”, by Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam for 3 days beginning from Wednesday...
"Hunar" – the skill development programme – under the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) will be extended to more girls from the Muslim community to enable them...
Russia has brought out the world’s longest cable-stayed bridge (1,104 m) linking Vladivostok to Russky Island. Russia is spending 20 billion US dollars in pursuit of its Soviet-era...
People with income of Rs 10 Lakhs per annum will have to file their tax returns electronically beginning 2011-12 Financial year. The CBDT (Central Board of Direct Taxes)...
1600-km long India’s Western Ghats mountain chain, which possesses forests older than the Himalaya Mountains, has been added to list of world heritage sites by the UN. UNESCO...
Anil Goswami, a 1978-IAS officer took over as the new Secretary of the Department of Social Justice and Empowerment in the ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. He...
A 5-day biyearly meeting b/w the BSF (Border Security Force) of India and Pakistan Rangers, has started in New Delhi to sort out border related issues. The issues...
