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India, Singapore agree to enhance scale of military interaction

India and Singapore have agreed to enhance the scale of existing bilateral military interaction and decided to expand the interaction between the armed forces. Decision in this regard,...

June 4, 2016

India ranks 70th on 2015 Good Country Index

In recently released 2015 Good Country Index (GCI), India has been placed at 70th position in the list of 163 countries. The list has been topped by Sweden...

June 4, 2016

P Dhanapal re-elected as Speaker of Tamil Nadu Assembly

Ruling AIADMK P Dhanapal was unanimously re-elected as Speaker of the 15th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. With this, he becomes first speaker to be elected for a consecutive...

June 4, 2016

Two Indian-origin women named in Forbes' Self-Made American Women List

Two Indian-origin women have been named in the Forbes’ second annual list of America’s wealthiest and most successful self-made women. The list includes names of 60 most successful...

June 4, 2016

Nita Ambani nominated for International Olympic Committee

Nita Ambani, Founder and Chairperson of Reliance Foundation has been nominated as a candidate to be a new member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). She is the...

June 4, 2016

India, Tunisia sign two MoUs for co-operation in handicrafts and IT sector

India and Tunisia have signed two Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for co-operation in Information Technology (IT) and promotion of traditional handicrafts. These MoUs were signed in the presence...

June 3, 2016

Scientists discover rare Einstein ring

An international team of astrophysicists have discovered an unusual astronomical object — an Einstein ring. This phenomenon was predicted by Einstein’s theory of General Relativity and has been...

June 3, 2016

Asia's largest annual security forum Shangri-La Dialogue opens in Singapore

Asia’s largest annual security forum Shangri-La Dialogue was inaugurated in Singapore to talk about security issues in the Asia-Pacific region. The forum has been organised by the London-based...

June 3, 2016

BRICS bank to issue first Yuan-denominated bonds

The New Development Bank (NDB) of the BRICS countries is set to issue its first yuan-denominated bonds to finance sustainable development projects. The NDB’s first five-year yuan-denominated bonds...

June 3, 2016

TRAI launches mobile app for subscribers to register complaints against pesky calls, SMSes

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has launched a DND (do not disturb) services mobile application for telecom subscribers to register their complaints against pesky calls and...

June 3, 2016

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