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American author Lydia Davis wins Man Booker International Prize 2013

June 15, 2013

American author Lydia Davis has been announced the winner of Man Booker International Prize 2013. She was chosen winner out of ten shortlisted authors.  About Man Booker International Prize 2013 The prize, worth £60,000, recognizes an authors’s achievement in fiction. It is awarded every ..

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Fact Box: Who was William Lambton?

June 13, 2013

Lieutenant-Colonel William Lambton was a British soldier, surveyor, and geographer. He made remarkable contribution as the Superintendent of the Trigonometrical Survey of India, which he began in 1802. He launched his work from St Thomas Mount in Chennai and mapped the south India.  Trigonometrical Survey ..

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BJP appoints Narendra Modi as Chairman of its Campaign Committee for 2014 polls

June 11, 2013

All the uncertainties about who will head the major opposition party- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) were brought to an end as party President Rajnath Singh announced Narendra Modi as the Chairman of the party’s Campaign Committee for 2014 general elections. Modi was recently appointed a member of ..

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NAC re-constituted, tribal expert Virginius Xaxa replaces Aruna Roy

June 7, 2013

Union Government has restructured the National Advisory Council by inducting eminent sociologist Virginius Xaxa into the 12-member panel headed by Sonia Gandhi. Xaxa is a Professor at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Guwahati and has worked extensively on tribal communities of the country Aruna Roy who had ..

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Susan Rice will be US National Security Adviser

June 7, 2013

President Barack Obama to appointment Ms Susan Rice as national security adviser for US Govt. Ms Susan Rice who currenttly US ambassador at the UN, will take over the position in July 2013 from Mr Tom Donilon. The decision to ..

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Tomas Brunegard is new WAN-IFRA president

June 7, 2013

Tomas Brunegård, chairman of Sweden’s Stampen Media Group, has been elected as the new president of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-INFRA). He will have a two-year term. He succeeds Jacob Mathew of the Kerala-based Malayala Manorama . The 65th ..

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Uttarakhand CM opposes declaring Gomukh-Gangotri as eco-sensitive zone

June 7, 2013

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna has urged the Centre to review the recent notification declaring the 100 km stretch from Gomukh to Uttarkashi as an eco-sensitive zone. The declaration is being opposed by the locals in that area who are saying that ..

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Nawaz Sharif takes oath to the PM office of Pakistan

June 6, 2013

Nawaz Sharif of PML-N party has sworn in as the Prime Minister of Pakistan for his 3rd term after formally being elected as the Prime Minister by the National Assembly. Sharif has regained the reigns of Pakistan after 14 years after ..

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Four-Year Undergraduate Programme (FYUP): UGC forms advisory committee on DU's new format

June 5, 2013

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has set up an advisory committee, headed by S. K. Joshi, member UGC and former Director-General of CSIR, to monitor the progress of the implementation of the new Four-Year Undergraduate Programme (FYUP) being introduced by Delhi University. The ..

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Scripps National Spelling Bee contest: Indian-Americans dominate for 6th consecutive year

June 4, 2013

Indian-American Arvind Mahankali (13) won the Scripps National Spelling Bee contest, as children from the community created history by dominating the prestigious contest for the 6th year in a row, holding top three positions this year. This is the sixth consecutive year that an Indian-American ..

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