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YUDH ABHYAS 2015, India-US joint military training exercise will be held in September

India-US Combined Military Training Exercise YUDH ABHYAS 2015 will be held from 9th September 2015 at Joint Base Lewis McChord in United States. It was announced Union Defence...

August 16, 2015

Google unveils restructuring under new parent company Alphabet Inc

Search engine giant Google Inc has announced formation of a new holding or parent company called Alphabet Inc to encompass its search engine unit and all other subsidiaries....

August 11, 2015

70th anniversary of Atomic bomb dropping on Nagasaki observed

70th anniversary of dropping of disastrous Atomic bomb on Nagasaki city of Japan was observed across the world. A solemn ceremony including ageing survivors, relatives of victims observed...

August 10, 2015

ISRO to launch 9 nano/micro US satellites during 2015-16

During the 2015-16 time frame, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will be launching 9 nano/ micro satellites of United States (US). This will be the first time in...

August 6, 2015

Russia renews bid for Arctic regions

Russia has renewed its efforts to get the United Nations (UN) recognition for 1.2 million square kilometers of the Arctic shelf region which it claims to be its...

August 5, 2015

India’s Prabhroop Sekhon wins two golds in Special Olympics World Games

India’s 14 year old Prabhroop Sekhon has won two gold medals in the Special Olympics World Summer Games held at Los Angeles, US. He won the medals in...

August 1, 2015

Pakistan receives CSF tranche of $336 million dollars from US

Pakistan received 336 million dollars fund from the United States for its on-going role in combating a Taliban insurgency in its neighbouring country Afghanistan. The fund is provided...

July 30, 2015

Lupin acquires US pharmaceutical firm Gavis

Indian pharmaceutical major Lupin has acquired US based Gavis Pharmaceuticals in cash-free and debt-free transaction for 880 million dollars (around 5,606 crore rupees). In this regard, Lupin has...

July 24, 2015

Indian-American Amitoj Chhabra wins junior title at US Powerlifting Championships

20 year old Indian-American Amitoj Chhabra has won the Junior Title at the US Powerlifting Association National Championships 2015. He won this title after he lifted a total...

July 24, 2015

Acclaimed US novelist EL Doctorow passes away

Acclaimed United States novelist Edgar Lawrence Doctorow passed away in New York due to lung cancer. He was 84. His works was known for historical fiction i.e. re-imagination...

July 23, 2015

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