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Statue of Field Marshal SHFJ Manekshaw was unveiled at the Manekshaw Centre, Delhi Cantt. India was ranked 102 out of 132 countries on the Social Progress Index (SPI) published by the US-based non-profit organisation Social Progress Imperative. This... Read More

Bangalore based Aditi Technologies acquired by Symphony Teleca Corp (STC), a US based company. International aid organisations launched a series of emergency measures against Ebola across West Africa. Gulabi Gang documentary based on the life of an... Read More

Veteran poet and film lyricist Gulzar has been chosen for the coveted Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2013. This was announced by Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. The multi-faceted Gulzar, whose real name is Sampooran Singh Kalra, is a... Read More

Robin K Dhowan took over as chief of the Indian Navy nearly two months after D K Joshi quit the post in the wake of a series of mishaps. Dhowan is a navigation and direction specialist and he has commanded frontline warships INS Khurki, INS Ranjit... Read More

Hamid Mir, Senior Pakistani TV Journalist, shot dead in Karachi. He faced threats from terror groups and from Taliban. He was shot by 4 unidentified motorcycle borne gunmen near a bridge when he was going to the office. Leading fertilizer co... Read More

Earth Day being observed today. World celebrates 22 April 2014 as the 44th anniversary of Earth Day, an occasion for people to celebrate and raise awareness of the nature. It was founded by the US senator Gaylord Nelson as an environment teach-in... Read More

Manuel Valls is the new Prime Minister of France. France's president has named 51-year-old Socialist Manuel Valls as the country's new prime minister. Nancy Powell, the US Ambassador to India on 31 March 2014 announced her resignation in the US... Read More

Ram Navami, the birth of Lord Ram is being celebrated today with religious fervor and gaiety. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has asked banks to make credit card charges reasonable and directed them not to levy interest on card dues till the next... Read More

Noted economist and RBI Chair Professor at the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, Ila Patnaik has been appointed as Principal Economic Advisor in the Union Finance Ministry. Ms. Patnaik did her Ph.D. in Economics from the University of... Read More

Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Anja Niedringhaus shot dead by a policeman in Afghanistan while covering 2014 presidential elections. She was 48 years old. Along with her Kathy Gannon, Canadian Reporter got wounded. President Barack Obama... Read More