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Mr. Rishang Keishing: India's oldest Parliamentarian retired after serving seven decades

February 27, 2014

India’s oldest parliamentarian, Mr. Rishang Keishing (94) decided to retire after serving the nation for seven decades. His term at Rajya Sabha (the Upper House of Parliament) ends on April 9, 2014. Mr. Keishing started his political career as a ..

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“SOMAH Solution- to preserve donated organs”; developed by Indian origin doctor Dr. Hemant Thatte

February 27, 2014

An Indian origin doctor, Dr. Hemant Thatte developed a 21-chemical solution known as SOMAH Solution that could preserve a donated organ for up to a week before a transplant. Dr. Hemant Thatte is a senior cardiovascular surgeon at HarvardUniversity. What ..

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Ashok Kumar Mathur-7th Pay Commission: Cabinet approved merger of 50% DA with Pay and 7th Pay Commission Terms of Reference

February 27, 2014

In order to benefit over 50 lakh employees and over 30 lakh pensioners, the Union Cabinet approved terms of reference for seventh pay commission. This includes merging dearness allowance above 50% with basic pay. At present, Dearness Allowance (DA) is ..

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Sikkim: Best State in implementation of rural tourism projects.

February 26, 2014

The Union Ministry of Tourism declared Sikkim as the best State in the implementation of rural tourism projects. The Union Minister for Human Resource Development Dr. Shashi Tharoor presented the National Tourism Award 2012-13 to Sikkim’s Tourism Minister Bhim Dhungel ..

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“Odia”- 6th Indian classical language

February 25, 2014

The Union Cabinet gave its nod for classifying Odia as a classical language to give impetus to scholarships in the language. It is the sixth Indian language to get such prestigious tag after Sanskrit, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam.  There ..

ASI & Google jointly launched the 360 Degree Online View of Indian Heritage Sites

February 25, 2014

The Archaelogical Survey of India (ASI) and Google jointly launched 360-degree panoramic imagery of 30 out of 100 “nationally-important monuments”. Objective: To create a dynamic, immersive online experience by which people within India and around the world can understand and ..

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Connaught Place: World’s 8th costliest office location in 2013

February 25, 2014

As per the global property consultant Cushman & Wakefield report, Connaught Place in Delhi is the world’s eighth costliest office location in 2013.  It fell to the eighth position (from 4th position) due to an appreciation in both the US ..

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Goverment directs banks: 'Don't publish pics of education loan defaulters'

February 25, 2014

The Union Government has directed banks not to publish photographs of education loan defaulters in newspapers. The banks have been adopting ‘name-and-shame’ policy to force borrowers to pay up defaulted loans, but the step by the government may act as ..

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“Email Miles”- Tracks how far our email has traveled

February 25, 2014

Email miles is a new GPS based system that tells us how far our email has travelled. This new technology uses Global Positioning System (GPS) and internet tracking to calculate the number of miles an email has travelled before reaching an ..

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“Public Issues before Parliament”- Mr. Vijay Darda’s book released by Vice President of India

February 23, 2014

The Vice President of India, Mr. Hamid Ansari released a book entitled “Public Issues before Parliament” authored by Mr. Vijay Darda (MP) in New Delhi. The book is the summarization of the significant contributions made by Mr. Darda during his ..

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