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Firoz Bakht Ahmed nominated as new Chancellor of Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU)

Firoz Bakht Ahmed, the noted social activist, educationist and columnist, has been nominated as new Chancellor of Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) for a period of 3...

May 18, 2018

India's economy is projected to grow 7.6% in 2018-19: UN WESP

According to UN World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP), India’s economy is projected to grow 7.6% in fiscal year 2018-19, making it fastest growing economy in the world....

May 18, 2018

Indore ranked as India’s first cleanest city, as per latest survey report “Swachh Survekshan-2018”

Indore has been ranked India’s first cleanest city, as per latest survey ‘Swachh Survekshan-2018’. Bhopal has been ranked second and Chandigarh third in the survey at the national...

May 17, 2018

V K Saraswat honoured with DRDO Lifetime Achievement Award – 2017

To commemorate the National Technology Day (NTD-2018), the Union Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman gave away the DRDO Awards- 2016 & 2017 to various DRDO scientists for their outstanding...

May 17, 2018

Regional Conference on “Physical and Social Infrastructure for Regional Development” held in Guwahati

The 2-day regional conference on “Physical and Social Infrastructure for Regional Development” was held in Guwahati, Assam on May 14, 2018. It was inaugurated by Prof. Jagdish Mukhi,...

May 17, 2018

Yamunabai Waikar, acclaimed Lavani singer passes away

Yamunabai Waikar (103), the acclaimed Lavani singer and Padma Shri recipient, has passed away in Satara district, Maharashtra on May 15, 2018. Born into a poor family, Yamuna...

May 16, 2018

Jivya Soma Mashe, noted tribal artist passes away

Jivya Soma Mashe (84), the noted tribal artist who popularized the Warli paintings world over, has passed away in Ganjad village near Dahanu, about 150 km Northwards of...

May 16, 2018

The 4th edition of Global Exhibition on services (GES-2018) started in Mumbai

The 4th edition of Global Exhibition on services (GES-2018) has been inaugurated by President Ram Nath Kovind at Bombay Exhibition Centre in Mumbai on May 15. He has...

May 16, 2018

4th meeting of SAWEN held in Kolkata, India

The fourth meeting of South Asia Wildlife Enforcement Network (SAWEN), an inter-governmental wildlife law enforcement agency was in Kolkata, West Bengal (India) from May 8-10, 2018. It was...

May 15, 2018

India was world’s largest remittance-receiving country in 2017: Repot

According to recently released report ‘RemitSCOPE – Remittance markets and opportunities – Asia and the Pacific’, India was largest remittance receiving country in the world with US $69...

May 14, 2018

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