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Comprehensive Sustainable Tourism Criteria India (STCI) launched

August 27, 2014

In a proposal to augment its sustainability offerings, the Union Ministry of Tourism launched the comprehensive Sustainable Tourism Criteria for India (STCI) for accommodation, tour operators and beaches, backwaters, lakes and rivers sectors. STCI has been launched to develop tourism ..

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Dot Bharat (.भारत) domain lauched by Govt.

August 27, 2014

Union Government launched a new domain Dot Bharat (.भारत) in Devanagari script . Originally the domain will cover 8 languages like Hindi, Bodo, Dogri, Konkani, Maithili, Marathi, Nepali and Sindhi. These 8 languages are from the list of 22 languages that has been ..

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Union Cabinet revokes restriction of one LPG cylinder per month

August 27, 2014

Union Cabinet announced to withdraw the limitation of one LPG cylinder per month per household. However, the Union Cabinet did not alter the overall cap of 12 subsidized cylinders per year. Consumers will now get 12 cylinders of 14.2-kg at subsidized ..

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‘Gods of Antarctica’: Book penned by 13-year-old Yashwardhan Shukla

August 27, 2014

Yashwardhan Shukla, a 13-year old school boy based in Delhi, has penned a novel titled ‘Gods of Antarctica’. The book is a fictional tale of gods and monsters. The book was published by the Readers Paradise. The book tells a ..

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Seema Malhotra appointed Labor Party’s First Shadow Minister in UK

August 27, 2014

Seema Malhotra (42), an Indian-origin British MP, has been appointed as the Labour party’s maiden shadow minister dealing with violence against women and girls. Malhotra was nominated shadow minster by Britain’s Opposition party leader Ed Miliband. Malhotra’s responsibility will also ..

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Snapdeal partners with Tata Value Homes to sell affordable housing on its platform

August 26, 2014

Snapdeal has partnered Tata Value Homes in order to sell the latter’s affordable apartments on its e-commerce platform. This is the first an e-commerce company has tied up with a real estate venture. The deal has now put Snapdeal on ..

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Rajiv Gandhi National Quality Awards for 2012 declared

August 26, 2014

Rajiv Gandhi National Quality Awards for the year 2012 were declared by Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Ram Vilas Paswan. The awards are awarded by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS). BEST OF ALL AWARD Rail ..

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Hindi Sevi Samman for 2010 and 2011 presented by President Pranab Mukherjee

August 26, 2014

The President of India Pranab Mukherjee presented the Hindi Sevi Samman for the years 2010 and 2011: Various Categories included:  Ganga Sharan Singh Award (For work in the field of promotion and training of Hindi) 2010: Janhu Barua Padma Sachdev ..

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BSF & BGB agreed on vulnerability mapping to implement CBMP along Bangladesh border

August 26, 2014

An agreement has been reached between the Border Security Force (BSF) and Board Guard Bangladesh (BGB) to carry out vulnerability mapping in every 6 months. It will be conducted to implement a Coordinated Border Management Plan (CBMP) to check trans-border ..

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NASA to launch SMAP satellite in November 2014

August 26, 2014

American space agency NASA has planned to launch Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) satellite in November 2014. It is part of the first tier of missions recommended for NASA by the Earth Science Decadal Survey. Utility of SMAP The satellite ..

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