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Xi Jinping: China's new leader

Xi Jinping, elected as the general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC). Xi Jinping is the paramount leader of the People’s Republic...

November 16, 2012

Marcel Granollers & Marc Lopez win ATP World Tour doubles title

Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez won their first ATP World Tour Finals doubles title. They beat India’s Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna in finals held at London.

November 16, 2012

By 2017, US can become world's biggest oil producer

The world’s foremost energy watchdog, the  International Energy Agency (IEA) in its recent report “World Energy Outlook 2012” has held that US can become the world’s largest oil...

November 16, 2012

Suu Kyi comes to India after almost 40 years

Myanmar’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi arrived in India after a gap of almost 40 years. She is here as part of New Delhi’s ongoing engagement with...

November 16, 2012

Indiaex-2012: US And Indian Navies Demonstrate Submarine Rescue Operations

INDIAEX 2012: The U.S. and Indian navies bilateral exercise. First time where the compatibility of a U.S. Navy’s Submarine Rescue Diving and Recompression System (SRDRS) with Indian navy...

November 16, 2012

2G spectrum auction flops; less than Rs. 10K crore of bids received by Govt

The 2G mobile phone spectrum auction ended in a flop show with merely Rs. 9,407 crore being collected in the process contrary to the high valuation estimated by...

November 16, 2012

Greece’s economic depression deepens in 3rd quarter

Greece’s economic slump deepened in the 3rd quarter, with its O/P shrinking 7.2% on an annual basis as the debt-ridden country heads into its 6th year of depression.

November 16, 2012

Vulture population rises in India

As per a recent report by the Bombay Natural History Society (BHNS) rapid decline in the number of critically endangered Indian vultures has stopped. India’s vulture population has...

November 15, 2012

President launches Aakash-2 tablet

  ‘Aakash 2’ launched by President Pranab Mukherjee. ‘Aakash 2’ is the advanced version of Aakash 1 tablet. Developed under the aegis of IIT Bombay with the active...

November 15, 2012

Shanti Gandhi, Gandhiji’s great grandson elected to Kansas State Assembly

Mr. Shanti Gandhi, the great-grandson of Mahatma Gandhi has been elected to a State Assembly in the United Stated during the general elections held on November 6, 2012....

November 15, 2012

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