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Jacob Zuma regains ANC leadership

Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma retained his position as he was re-elected for  the presidency of Africa’s ruling African National Congress. He will remain at the position until 2017 if...

December 23, 2012

Miss Universe 2012: Olivia Culpo of US

Miss US, Olivia Culpo was announced winner of the Miss Universe    2012 contest held in Las Vegas. US has won this title after a gap of more than...

December 23, 2012

Minority Rights Day observed

December 18 was celebrated as Minority Rights Day by the National Commission for Minorities which is headed by Justice Mohammed Shamim. On this day in 1992 that the...

December 23, 2012

CDSCO passes WHO standards, expected to boost Indian vaccine exports

WHO (World Health Organization) has approved that India’s national  regulatory authority — Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) — and its affiliated institutions meet the prescribed international benchmarks....

December 23, 2012

Gas production from KG-D6 declines

Gas output from India’s biggest gas producing fields in the Krishna Godavari basin (KG-D6) continued to decline and reched its lowest level since its inception. After touching peak...

December 23, 2012

Tata Steel develops new anti-ballistic steel Super Bainite

Tata Steel’s Port Talbot plant in the UK has developed a new kind of anti-ballistic steel named Super Bainite which could transform safety of soldiers and security forces...

December 23, 2012

Banking bill approved in Lok Sabha

Lok Sabha passed the Banking Laws (Amendment) Bill 2011, paving way for foreign investments in the sector and establishment of new private banks and also to achieve greater...

December 23, 2012

Queen Elizabeth-II creates history by attending cabinet meeting

Queen Elizabeth-II became the first peacetime British ruler since 1781 to attend a cabinet meeting. This was the first time a monarch had attended a cabinet meeting since...

December 23, 2012

Google makes available 5000 images of the Dead Sea Scrolls online

Google collaborated with an Israel museum to put 5000 images of the Dead Sea Scrolls which contains ancient biblical artifacts on online library. The digital library contains the...

December 23, 2012

Ireland to legalize abortion

Following the pressure from the European court of human rights, which ruled that abortions should be allowed in the republic in cases where a woman’s life was at...

December 23, 2012

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