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Railway Ministry raised passenger fare by 14.2%, freights by 6.5%

The Railway Ministry has effected a sharp hike of 14.2% in train passenger fares in all classes and a 6.5% surge in freight rates to earn Rs 8000...

June 20, 2014

GMR wins Maldives airport legal battle, demands compensation

The outcome of an 18-month long legal tussle between GMR Infra and the Maldives government on the issue of government cancellation of the company’s contract to develop and...

June 20, 2014

Rajeev Topno appointed Private Secretary to PM Narendra Modi

Senior IAS officer Rajeev Topno has been appointed Private Secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Topno, a 1996 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre, was already working as...

June 19, 2014

World Food Prize 2014 to India-born scientist Sanjaya Rajaram

Sanjaya Rajaram, an India-born plant scientist, has been chosen for the World Food Prize 2014 for scientific research that led to a stupendous increase in world wheat production....

June 19, 2014

BCIC recommendations on tax reforms accepted by Shome Committee

The Tax Administration Reform Commission (TARC) headed by Parthasarathy Shome has accepted the suggestions of the Bangalore Chamber of Industry and Commerce (BCIC) pertaining to realignment of the...

June 19, 2014

Defending champions Spain eliminated from FIFA World Cup race

Defending champions Spain is knocked out from the ongoing FIFA World cup. In a match against Chile, which Spain needed to win to keep their title dream alive,...

June 19, 2014

Government sets up Panel to look into the cause of gas leakage in Bhilai Steel Plant

An independent High Level Committee under the chairmanship of Shri K.K. Mehrotra, former CMD, MECON has been constituted by the Government to inquire about the cause of gas...

June 19, 2014

Germany to organize "myCopter Project Day" in November 2014

As per an announcement by myCopter coordinator, myCopter Project Day will be held in Braunschweig in Germany on 20 November 20, 2014. myCopter Project myCopter Project was conceptualized in...

June 19, 2014

Delhi is India’s first kerosene-free city

As per an announcement by the Delhi Government, the national capital has become the first ‘kerosene-free city’ in the country. It was announced that the ‘Delhi: A Kerosene-Free...

June 19, 2014

Ebola virus kills over 300 in West Africa: WHO

As per World Health Organization (WHO), the deadly Ebola virus has killed 337 people in West Africa so far. The region has reported 14 deaths and 47 new...

June 18, 2014

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