The government allowed Swedish furniture company IKEA to invest Rs 10,500 crore- the largest investment in the single brand retailing – for setting up home furnishing stores in...
US authorities held that they will be unable to execute the request by India for serving summons to 11 US-based websites including Google and Facebook. US authorities also held...
RBI reduced the Repo Rate (the rate at which RBI lends money to commercial banks), to 7.25% from 7.5% while keeping the CRR (Cash Reserve Ratio- the portion...
The RBI’s has projected a GDP growth for 2013-14 at 5.7% as against finance ministry’s projection of 6.1%- 6.7%. Indian economy grew by 5% in 2012-2013 on account of...
World Press Freedom Day celebrated its 20th anniversary in on May 3, 2013. The theme of World Press Freedom Day 2013 was “Safe to Speak: Securing Freedom of Expression in All...
The Ramsar Convention Standing Committee has appointed Dr Christopher Briggs to the position of Secretary General. He will succeed Mr. Tiéga Anada who has served the Convention for...
China has successfully placed its “Zhongxing-11” communications satellite into orbit which was launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China’s Sichuan Province. What this satellite is...
With an aim to expand and promote the reach of vaccination, the Union Government has kicked off its four-week special immunization programme in high-risk areas across the nation....
The mortal body of Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh was consigned to flames in his village with full state honors amid mournful emotions. Sarabjit Singh: Indian citizen from Bhikhiwind, Punjab....
Researchers from IBM have made the world’s smallest movie, made with one of the smallest particles of any element in the universe: atoms. The movie named “A Boy...
