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What is a ‘Block Deal’?

Block Deal is a single transaction between two institutional players or two parties of a minimum quantity of 5 lakh shares or at least Rs. 5 Crores in...

December 14, 2017

INS Kalvari: First Scorpene-class submarines inducted in Indian Navy

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has commissioned scorpene-class submarine INS Kalvari into the Indian Navy in Mumbai, Maharashtra. It is first of the six Scorpene-class submarines built under the...

December 14, 2017

Nakul Chopra elected as new chairman of BARC India

Nakul Chopra, currently President of AAAI and Senior Advisor at Publicis Communications, has been elected as the new Chairman of Television ratings agency Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC)...

December 14, 2017

Rajasthan becomes India’s first state to offer free e-mail address in Hindi to its residents

Rajasthan has become the India’s first state to offer free e-mail address in Hindi to its residents. The facility —[email protected] (in Devanagari script) — will lead to millions...

December 14, 2017

Buddhist monk Dhammapiya elected as new secretary general of International Buddhist Confederation (IBC)

Buddhist monk Dhammapiya from Tripura has been elected as the new secretary general of the International Buddhist Confederation (IBC) in New Delhi. The IBC is a global Buddhist...

December 14, 2017

Karnataka to launch a digital platform “Seva Sindhu” for hassle-free governance

The Karnataka government will soon launch a digital platform “Seva Sindhu” to address the issues of the common citizens in order to strengthen the ecosystem for government services....

December 14, 2017

India ranked 100th 2017 Legatum Prosperity Index (GPI)

India has been ranked 100th out of 149 countries at the 11th edition of Legatum Prosperity Index (LPI-2017). The index offers an insight into how prosperity is forming...

December 14, 2017

The 2017 National Energy Conservation Day (NECD)

The National Energy Conservation Day (NECD) is celebrated every year in India by Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), under Ministry of Power, on December 14 with an aim...

December 14, 2017

Neeraj Vora, Bollywood actor, writer and director passes away

Neeraj Vora (54), the Bollywood actor, writer and director, has passed away in Mumbai, Maharashtra on December 14, 2017. He was known for films such as “Satya”, “Phir...

December 14, 2017

Oman hosts 2nd second UNWTO/UNESCO World Conference on Tourism and Culture

The 2nd UNWTO/UNESCO World Conference on Tourism and Culture: Fostering Sustainable Development was held in Muscat, Oman from December 11 to 12, 2017. This conference was hosted by...

December 14, 2017

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