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Logo of Housing Start Up Index (HSUI) launched

The Union Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Girija Vyas launched the Housing Start Up Index (HSUI) logo, web site and monitoring tool “Integrated Urban Poverty...

January 20, 2014

Federal Bank to hire 3,000 employees over next three years

The private sector bank, Federal Bank plans to recruit about 3,000 employees and add 300 branches in the next three years. As per Federal Bank Managing Director and...

January 20, 2014

Survey: Education standards declining in India despite funding

The annual survey done by the Indian education research group Pratham disclosed that the standards of education in rural India have declined every year since 2009 in spite...

January 18, 2014

UK govt ordered urgent probe into Thatcher link to Operation Bluestar (1984)

British Prime Minister David Cameron ordered his cabinet secretary to inquire into newly-released documents suggesting Margaret Thatcher government facilitated the Indian government in 1984 to plan Operation Blue...

January 18, 2014

Universal health coverage: Karnataka first state to provide tertiary care to all

Karnataka became the  first  state  in  the  country  to  provide  universal health coverage for tertiary care to all the sections of society. Under  the  newly  launched  Rajiv Arogya...

January 18, 2014

POSCO's steel plant gets environmental clearance

India’s Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has given environmental clearance to South Korean steel manufacturer POSCO for its Rs 52,000 crore steel plant in Odisha. The company who made the largest...

January 13, 2014

Social Activist Ila Pathak passed away

Well-known Social activist Ila Pathak (80) passed away. Ila Pathak: Born in 1933, she was an active member of Movement for Secular Democracy (MSD) and vice-president of Peoples’ Union...

January 13, 2014

Trident Group first corporate to pay salaries via Aadhaar Payment Bridge (APB)

Diversified business house Trident Group became the first corporate to use Aadhaar Payment Bridge (APB) for payment of salaries to its employees. The facility launched in the presence...

January 13, 2014

Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram: India's first adolescent health programme launched

The Government of India has started the country’s first comprehensive adolescent health programme- Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram, which will also focus on adolescents’ reproductive health. Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram...

January 11, 2014

CAG can audit Telecom firms’ accounts: Delhi HC

As per the ruling of the Delhi High Court, the Comptroller and Auditor-General (CAG) can audit the accounts of mobile companies on a condition that the audit has...

January 8, 2014

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