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“The Green Bus project”: India‘s first ethanol-run public bus launched in Nagpur

India launched “The Green Bus project” in Nagpur with the launch of its first ethanol-run, environment-friendly public bus. The bus will emit carbon dioxide as low as 15%...

August 26, 2014

Oscar-winning director and actor Richard Attenborough passed away

Eminent Oscar-winning British director and actor Richard Attenborough (90) passed away. In his six-decade long career, he appeared in movies including Brighton Rock, World War Two prisoner of war...

August 26, 2014

General Prayuth Chan-ocha is new PM of Thailand

Thailand’s military’s top official, General Prayuth Chan-ocha (60), has been named the new Prime Minister of the country. Gen Prayuth was nominated in a legislature chosen by the junta...

August 25, 2014

President inaugurates India's first IIEST

President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the first Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST) of the country in Shibpur located in the city of Howrah, West Bengal. IIEST...

August 25, 2014

MoU inked between Ministry of Textiles and Flipkart: "ABHIYAAN Flipkart – Kaarigar Ke Dwar" to provide an online marketing platform to handloom weavers

With a view to provide online marketing platform to handloom weavers to boost the handloom sector, empower the weavers and boost manufacturing in the country, Ministry of Textiles,...

August 25, 2014

Hanuman Akhara selected for Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar

Guru Hanuman Akhara, a wrestling academy based in Delhi, has been chosen for Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar (RKPP) for year 2014. As per Sports Ministry, Guru Hanuman Akhara...

August 23, 2014

Overseas payment gateway for credit card transactions within India is now closed: RBI

The RBI has shut the overseas payment gateway for credit card transactions within India, saying that the rules need to be followed with respect to e-commerce credit card...

August 23, 2014

Noted Kanada writer U.R. Ananthamurthy passes away

Eminent Kannada writer and one of the most heralded public intellectuals in the country, U.R. Ananthamurthy (82) passed away. He was a contemporary writer and critic in the...

August 22, 2014

Hockey Madhya Pradesh inducted as a new Associate Member of Hockey India

Hockey India brought Hockey Madhya Pradesh on board by inducting it as its 23rd Associate Member. Prior to being the associate member of Hockey India, Hockey Madhya Pradesh was...

August 22, 2014

INS Kamorta: India's first domestically built stealth warship commissioned into Navy

India’s first indigenously-built stealth anti-submarine warfare INS Kamorta was commissioned into Indian Navy by Defence Minister Arun Jaitley at naval dockyard in Vishakhapatnam. The corvette has been built...

August 22, 2014

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