USA’s Serena Williams defeated Romania’s Simona Halep to clinch the BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore Singles title. Williams’ won the US $2.05 mn prize money, along with the...
Zimbabwean national Cara Black and Indian Sania Mirza won the BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore Doubles title. They defeated the defending champions Peng Shuai and Hsieh Su-wei. With...
SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft has concluded its mission to the ISS (International Space Station) and returned to Earth. The spacecraft was launched in September in SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launch...
A deep depression that has formed over the Arabian Sea is expected to turn into a tropical cyclone Nilofar. Nilofar has the potential to strengthen to the equivalent...
Jairam Ramesh, former Environment Minister, has been asked to chair the Future Earth Engagement Committee. Future Earth Engagement Committee The Committee is a global research platform panel on...
The Centre is planning to create a SPV (Special Purpose Vehicle) to implement the Ken-Betwa River Linking Project. Interlinking the rivers of India has been one of the...
The northeast monsoon is active over south India, according to the IMD (Indian Meteorological Department) which has forecast rain or thundershowers in the region. The northeast monsoon is...
A World Bank report titled ‘India Development Update’ has said that India’s GDP is likely to expand at 5.6% in the current fiscal year, 2014-15 The report also...
Japanese telecom giant SoftBank has pledged to invest US $10 bn in India’s IT and communications sector in the coming years. This is one of the biggest investment...
