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"Favouritism" in govt judgments down; India betters its global rank

India’s global ranking in favouritism shown by government officials to powerful corporates has bettered sharply from 94th in the last year to 49th place this year. The Rank...

September 7, 2014

Minsk Agreement (2014): Ukraine and Russia ceasefire agreement inked in Minsk

On September 5 2014, Representatives of Ukraine, the Russian Federation, the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), and the Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR) inked the Minsk Agreement (2014) to stop...

September 6, 2014

Obama in Estonia: Critical stopover

Ahead of the NATO summit in Wales, US President has chosen to stop at Estonia to discuss various ends and means to contain the full-blown crisis in Ukraine....

September 3, 2014

Global Competitiveness List 2014-15: India slides down to 71st rank

Challenging economic environment for most of the last year has pushed India down to 71st position in an yearly Global Competitiveness List 2014-15, released by the Geneva-based World...

September 3, 2014

EU Top slots refreshed

In a growing atmosphere of uncertainty and war in Ukraine, economic crisis and an unstable middle-east, EU has made its choice of the new faces for the topmost...

September 1, 2014

Russian soldiers cloud Putin-Puroshenko dialogue

A latest video released by Ukraine has put the impending dialogue between Ukraine and Russia under shadow. The video shows 10 Russian paratroopers being captured by Ukrainian forces....

August 26, 2014

Hindi Sevi Samman for 2010 and 2011 presented by President Pranab Mukherjee

The President of India Pranab Mukherjee presented the Hindi Sevi Samman for the years 2010 and 2011: Various Categories included:  Ganga Sharan Singh Award (For work in the...

August 26, 2014

Russia hackers stole 1.2 billion usernames and passwords

As per Hold Security – a US firm with expertise in spotting breaches, a Russian group of hackers dubbed ‘CyberVor’ has stolen 1.2 billion usernames and passwords belonging...

August 8, 2014

World has only 3,200 tigers left: WWF report

In a sharp contrast to the 100,000 tigers that once lived in the wild a century ago, the number now has reduced to just 3,200. This was revealed...

July 30, 2014

Ukraine's PM submits resignation

Ukraine’s Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk has resigned from the office. This means that Ukraine will have fresh elections that would mirror the country’s changed political picture after the...

July 26, 2014

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