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MPA signed for the construction of Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT)

Five countries participating in the project TMT- Canada, China, India, Japan and the U.S. have inked Master Partnership Agreement (MPA) for the construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope...

July 31, 2013

Provision for Clinical trial of untested drugs: Supreme Court

The Centre has been asked by the Supreme Court to organize a meeting of Chief Secretaries or Health Secretaries of all the states to frame a law for regulation of clinical...

July 31, 2013

India's K. Jennitha Anto wins IPCA World Women's Chess Championship

India’s K Jennitha Anto won the 13th IPCA World Women’s Individual Chess Championship title organised by the Interntional Physically Disabled Chess Association, at Velke Losiny in the Czech...

July 31, 2013

EU barred funding settlements for Israel

European Union (EU) has issued an instruction that will bar all 28 member states from funding projects connected to Jewish settlements in the occupied territories, including annexed east...

July 31, 2013

By 2016, India to be the 3rd largest automobile market: IHS

As per IHS Automotive, a global market information provider India will become the 3rd largest automotive market in the world by 2016 ahead of Japan, Germany and Brazil with...

July 31, 2013

India to restore kerosene and LPG subsidy to Bhutan

Giving a significant relief , especially its 12 % poor, India has decided to restore the subsidy on cooking gas and kerosene by the first week of August...

July 31, 2013

Bradley Manning faces 130 years of imprisonment

Bradley Manning has been prosecuted by the U.S. government for being the whistleblower behind Wikileak’s publication of confidential State Department cables and video evidence of U.S. military attacks in...

July 31, 2013

Those who spend Rs. 3,000/month in a village are among top 5% in the country

As per the National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO), an individual who spends over Rs. 2,886 per month in a rural area or Rs. 6,383 per month in an...

July 31, 2013

E-surveillance to monitor various tiger habitats

India plans to start electronic surveillance of some of the tiger habitats using high definition cameras as the tiger deaths each year are increasing mainly due to poaching...

July 31, 2013

Significant decline in percentage of poverty in Odisha and Bihar

As per the recent data, in Odisha the proportion of people below the poverty line (BPL) declined from 57.2% in 2004-05 to 32.6% in 2011-12 which resulted in...

July 31, 2013

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