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Haryana mulls to introduce ‘Right to Play’ Bill

Keeping in view that access to sports facilities should be the right of every person, Haryana’s CM has ordered to constitute a 5-member committee headed by Chief Secretary...

May 25, 2012

West Bengal to repeal SEZ Act

West Bengal Govt will repeal the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) Act, 2003. Why the SEZ Act is being opposed by the Trinamool Congress in West Bengal? Though the...

May 25, 2012

Government hikes interest rate on SDS, SPF, GPF to 8.8% for 2012-13

Interest rates have been increased on the following Schemes for the year 2012-13 to 8.8% from 8.6% currently: Special Deposit Scheme (SDS) State Provident Fund (SPF) General Provident...

May 25, 2012

Govt constituted Task Force on National Security submits report to PM

The Task Force, constituted by the government to review the working of the national security, presented its report to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Task Force headed by Naresh...

May 25, 2012

‘Review Central Acts, Articles of Constitution extended after Delhi 1952 Agreement’:J&K interlocutors

The Jammu and Kashmir interlocutors report has called for a review of all central Acts and articles of constitution extended to the state after the Delhi Agreement, 1952...

May 25, 2012

Akash missile test fired successfully

Akash test fired from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur, about 15 km from Balasore in Odisha coast. Akash Surface-to-surface air missile System Indigenously-developed under Integrated Guided...

May 25, 2012

Polio a global health emergency: WHO

WHO may declare Polio a global health emergency. Why WHO might declare Polio a Global Health Emergency? WHO may declare this owing to complacency in efforts to eradicate...

May 25, 2012

Persons in News:

Nisha Rani Dutta Archery player The Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs approved an ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakh (from National Welfare Fund for Sportspersons) to archery player...

May 23, 2012

No Govt decision yet on doing away with LPG subsidies for rich

The Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas R.P.N. Singh held that the Standing Committee on Petroleum and Natural Gas had advocated that the government may consider...

May 23, 2012

‘Medara community’ included in K’taka ST list

The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Bill, 2012 seeks to amend the Constitution to include the Medara community in the list of Scheduled Tribes in Karnataka. It received...

May 23, 2012

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