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Sikkim Assembly elections 2014: SDF to retain power for fifth term in a row

May 17, 2014

Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) led by incumbent Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling has emerged as the single largest party by winning 22 seats out of total 32 in the 2014 assembly elections of Sikkim. The newly established party Sikkim Krantikari ..

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General Election 2014: Resounding victory for BJP, Congress faces drubbing in 6 states

May 17, 2014

World’s biggest democratic exercise- India’s 16th Lok Sabha (Lower House) elections which ran from April, 7 to May 12, 2014 are over and its verdict is out. Of the total 543 seats for which elections were contested, BJP led NDA ..

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Lt Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag appointed as new Army chief

May 16, 2014

​The government appointed Lt Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag as the next Chief of the Indian Army. The Union Cabinet cleared the name of Vice Army Chief Lieutenant General Dalbir Singh Suhag as the successor to Gen Bikram Singh, who will ..

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Indian Railways releases: ‘India Junction – A Window to The Nation’

May 13, 2014

Indian Railway released a book, titled ‘India Junction – A Window to the Nation’. The book has been brought out by Public Relations Directorate, Railway Board. The book has been edited by Ms Seema Sharma. About the Book: ‘India Junction – A Window to the ..

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Thailand court sacks PM Yingluck Shinawatra

May 10, 2014

The Prime Minister of Thailand, Yingluck Shinawatra and several cabinet ministers have been ordered to resign by the Constitutional Court of the country. The court ordered that Ms Yingluck acted illegally when she transferred her national security chief Thawil Pliensri to another ..

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Gary Becker, economist and winner of Nobel Prize passed away

May 6, 2014

Gary Becker (83), a professor in University of Chicago who was conferred the Nobel Prize in economic sciences in 1992, passed away. He is credited for his path-breaking approach to economics as the study of human behavior. Becker applied his economic ..

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Ahmed Maiteeq- Libya's youngest and fifth Prime Minister since dictator Kadhafi was toppled and killed in 2011 uprising

May 5, 2014

Businessman Ahmed Maiteeq (42) of Libya’s National Conference has been elected as the new Prime Minister. Maiteeq defeated his rival Omar al-Hassi, a university professor. It comes three weeks after former PM Abdullah al-Thinni resigned from the post. Libya has been grappling ..

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Egypt: 683 alleged supporters of ex-President Morsi sentenced to death

May 2, 2014

Muslim Brotherhood’s supreme guide, Mohamed Badie and 683 alleged supporters of the group have been sentenced to death by an Egyptian judge. The judge confirmed the death sentences of 37 of 529 alleged supporters condemned earlier. If the sentence is ..

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Polo, India's only gorilla, breaths his last

May 2, 2014

Polo (43), India’s only gorilla, listed as one of the world’ s critically endangered species, passed away at the Mysore Zoo (Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens), Karnataka. The male Western Lowland Gorilla, which was gifted to Mysore zoo by Dublin zoo ..

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Ramesh Agrawal honored with Goldman Prize 2014

April 30, 2014

The Goldman Environmental Foundation awarded six environmental activists from India, Peru, Russia and three other countries Goldman Prize for year 2014. India’s Ramesh Agrawal has been given the prize for helping villagers to battle coal mining in Chhattisgarh. Other Awardees: Awardees                      ..

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