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IAF mountaineering squad explores unclimbed peaks in Arunachal Pradesh

June 1, 2014

Indian Air Force launched a mountaineering expedition to Gorichen area of Arunachal Pradesh with an aim to explore and climb unclimbed peaks. The 15-member team of IAF personnel was led by Wg Cdr D Panda. The expedition included both experienced ..

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Huge coronal mass ejection on Sun observed through IRIS

June 1, 2014

NASA’s Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph captured rare footage of a huge Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) erupting from the Sun. The Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) was launched in June 2013 to observe how solar material moves, gathers energy, and heats up as ..

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SBI’s Arundhati Bhattacharya amongst Forbes’ most powerful women

June 1, 2014

SBI Chairperson Arundhati Bhattacharya is amongst the 5 Indian women who featured in this year’s Forbes’ 100 most powerful women in the world list. The list was topped by German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Indian women in the list:- Indra Nooyi ..

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UN posthumously honors 8 Indian soldiers among 106 UN peacekeepers

June 1, 2014

The UN honored 106 peacekeepers, including 8 Indian soldiers, who lost their lives in various UN peacekeeping operations on the occasion of the International Day of UN Peacekeepers on May 30. Indian Army United Nations peacekeeping missions India has been the ..

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KKR wins IPL 7 trophy

June 1, 2014

Sharukh Khan’s Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) chased down a huge 200-run target to beat Preity Zinta’s Kings XI Punjab in the final of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 7. Kolkata Knight Riders beat Kings XI Punjab by 3 wickets. IPL-7 ..

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RBI tightens merger rules for NBFCs

May 31, 2014

According to Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) to take its prior approval before buying shares of other NBFCs or for merger and acquisition with another entity. This rule will be applicable to both deposit taking and ..

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Vishwanath Tripathi awarded Vyas Samman

May 29, 2014

Noted Hindi author Vishwanath Tripathi awarded the prestigious Vyas Samman for the year 2013. He was awarded for his memoir ‘Vyomkesh Darvesh’, a biolgraphy of noted Hindi scholar Acharya Hazari Prasad Dwivedi. ‘Vyomkesh Darvesh’ is a biographical criticism and its speciality ..

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Sushma Swaraj -The first woman to head MEA

May 29, 2014

In yet another first for BJP leader Sushma Swaraj (62), she has become the first woman External Affairs Minister of India. She is the country’s first woman to be appointed as a full-time Cabinet minister with the external affairs portfolio. Indira Gandhi ..

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Malavath Purna- Girl from Andhra becomes youngest woman to climb Everest

May 28, 2014

In a historic achievement, Malavath Purna (13) became the youngest female mountaineer to scale the Mount Everest. Purna was accompanied by Sadhanapalli Anand Kumar (16), a Class IX student from the Khammam district of Andhra Pradesh. Anand and Purna are ..

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T.R Zeliang take oath as Nagaland CM

May 28, 2014

T.R. Zeliang, leader of Naga Peoples Front (NPF), was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Nagaland following the resignation of Neiphio Rio, who has been elected to Lok Sabha. The NDF-led ruling Democratic Alliance of Nagaland (DAN-III) government was ..

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