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Winners of 2015 Indian Wells Open Tennis Titles (BNP Paribas Open)

Men’s Singles Title Serbia’s Novak Djokovic has won the Indian Wells Open Tennis Men’s Singles Title. In the final match he defeated Switzerland’s Roger Federer by  6-3 6-7...

March 23, 2015

Kidambi Srikanth wins Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold 2015

India’s ace shuttler Kidambi Srikanth on 15 March 2015 won  badminton’s prestigious $120,000 Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold title in Men’s singles category. In the final match he...

March 15, 2015

Switzerland to examine Black Money info requests on priority basis

A High Level meeting took place in Berne between India’s Revenue Secretary and his Swiss counterpart, State Secretary for International Financial Matters to discuss tax matters. Various multilateral...

October 17, 2014

Black money pursuit: Swiss amend key law on foreign requests

Responding to the pressure coming from India and other nations, Switzerland has introduced key changes in its local laws pertaining to assistance to foreign countries in their pursuit...

August 11, 2014    International / World Current Affairs

Japanese women are world's longest-lived females; Hong Kong men longest-lived males

The average life expectancy of Japanese women increased to 86.61 years in 2013, up from 86.41 the previous year, making them the world’s longest-lived females for the second...

July 31, 2014    Science & Technology

Novak Djokovic overcomes Roger Federer to win Wimbledon men’s title

Novak Djokovic (Serbia) beat Roger Federer (Switzerland) in the final of 2014 men’s Wimbledon championship in a challenging contest. It was the first time since 2007 that Federer and Djokovic...

July 7, 2014    Sports Current Affairs

Provide information to SIT on black money: RBI directs banks and FIs

The RBI has asked all Banks and Financial Institutions (FIs) to provide information and documents sought by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) set up to uncover black money. The...

June 23, 2014

India ranked 143 on Global Peace Index 2014

Global Peace Index (GPI) for year 2014 has been released by Institute for Economics and Peace in London. The GPI measured peace in 162 nations on the basis...

June 18, 2014    Reports & Indexes Current Affairs

Swiss electors disapprove world's highest minimum wage, thwart new fighter jets buying plans

The voters in Switzerland turned down the proposals to introduce the world’s highest minimum wage and also blocked spending of 3.5 billion for buying new Gripen fighter jets from...

May 21, 2014    International / World Current Affairs

April 7: World Health Day

World Health Day was celebrated all over the world on April 7, 2014. Theme for 2014 was “Vector-Borne Diseases (VBDs)”. The campaign for World Health Day this year...

April 7, 2014    Science & Technology

Belgium became second country to allow Mercy Killing for children

The Catholic country, Belgium became the first country to allow euthanasia for terminally ill children of any age. This action of legalizing death for the children came 12...

February 20, 2014    International / World Current Affairs

Dr. Marco Lambertini: New Director-General of WWF International

Dr. Marco Lambertini appointed as the Director General of World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) International. He will begin his new role with the global conservation organization on...

February 15, 2014    Awards, Honours & Persons in News

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