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Business 20 (B20) Australia Summit opens in Sydney

July 18, 2014

The business leaders of G20 countries held a meeting named Business 20 (B20) Australia Summit in Sydney. They issued a blueprint for G20 leaders to boost economic and job growth and make global economy more resilient to deal with any ..

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N. Srinivasan appointed as the first Chairman of ICC

June 25, 2014

N. Srinivasan has been appointed as the first chairman of the ICC after its 52-member council approved a controversial overhaul of the body’s administrative structure. Amendments to the ICC’s Memorandum and Articles of Association at the Annual Conference were approved ..

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India ranked 143 on Global Peace Index 2014

June 18, 2014

Global Peace Index (GPI) for year 2014 has been released by Institute for Economics and Peace in London. The GPI measured peace in 162 nations on the basis of 22 parameters. India slipped two ranks than previous year and has ..

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Australia pips Netherlands to retain men’s hockey World Cup 2014

June 15, 2014

Australia defeated The Netherlands to retain the men’s hockey World Cup title in the final played at the Kyocera Stadium, Hague (The Netherlands​). For Australia it is second successive World Cup victory. ​ Australia and The Netherlands were standing against each other ..

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Japan kills 30 minke whales despite ICJ order

June 14, 2014

As per a report by Japanese Fisheries Agency, Japan has continued the hunting of whales and has killed 30 minke whales off Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefacture (at its north-east coast), in the first hunt since the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ..

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The Netherlands lift women’s hockey World Cup

June 14, 2014

Olympic gold medal winner The Netherlands defeated Australia in the title clash at the Kyocera Stadium, Hague (The Netherlands)to win the women’s hockey World Cup. Out of 13 women’s World Cups since the launch of the event in 1974, the Netherlands ..

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India becomes permanent member of Washington Accord

June 13, 2014

A long wait for India ended when the country became a permanent member of the Washington Accord, an esteemed international treaty on engineering studies and mobility of engineers across signatory countries including the US, the UK and Australia. Permanent membership ..

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Japan defeats Australia to lift AFC Women’s Asian Football Cup 2014

May 25, 2014

Japan won its maiden women’s Asian Football Cup (AFC) defeating defending champion Australia in the final match held in Vietnam. With this win, Japan became the first country to simultaneously hold both the FIFA Women’s World Cup (2011) and AFC ..

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"Putnisite" – A new mineral discovered with a unique composition

April 27, 2014

Australian scientists have discovered an entirely new brittle, translucent, orthorombic crystalline structure, purple and translucent mineral “Putnisite,” in a surface outcrop at Polar Bear peninsula, Southern Lake Cowan in Western Australia. It occurs as tiny crystals, smaller than 0.5 mm in diameter, and is found ..

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Asia-Pacific navies sign communication agreement at Western Pacific Naval Symposium (WPNS)

April 23, 2014

India and 21 other countries adopted an agreement at ameliorating communication at sea to cut down the possibility of conflict amid developing friction between a progressively assertive China and its neighbours. Naval chiefs of these nations participated at the biennial conference ..

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