Old cheque books will be of no use from January 1, 2013 with the implementation of Cheque Truncation System (CTS-2010). Only new cheques with more security and standardized...
Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways is in talks with Indian carrier Jet Airways for the possible buyout of the latter. Etihad Airways is looking expand its global presence and...
The British Army’s first Sikh soldier Guardsman Jatinderpal Singh Bhullar, who joined Scots guard this year, went through racial abuse from his colleagues over his headgear and his...
Shreya Singhal is a 21-year-old girl from Delhi who came into news as: she filed public interest litigation (PIL) in the Supreme Court calling Section 66(A) of the...
Obama named a visually impaired Indian-American Sachin Dev Pavithran to head an independent US agency devoted to people with disabilities. Sachin Dev Pavithran will soon become a member...
NASA’s Mercury-orbiting probe, Messenger, has confirmed a vast amount of ice at the north pole on Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun. Mercury’s north pole is always...
American plastic surgeon Dr Joseph Murray (93), the surgeon who operated the first successful kidney transplant and later won a Nobel Prize for his work. Murray along with...
China launched Sri Lanka’s first satellite from western Sichuan province, China. This shows China’s deepening strategic and economic engagements with Srilanka. Launch carried out by SupremeSAT, a private...
