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Agni V missile expected to be operational by 2015

August 6, 2013

According to Tessy Thomas, director, Agni Missile Project, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), two or three more successful test firings, the Agni V missile is likely to be operational by 2015. Salient features of Agni V Intercontinental ballistic missile developed by the Defence Research ..

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India to launch indigenous Aircraft Carrier project

August 4, 2013

India will launch its biggest ever Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC) project, in terms of size and complexity of design, on August 12 at Kochi. Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC) project: It will be India’s biggest Indigenous Aircraft Carrier warship with a ..

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British government to go ahead with Rs 2.7 lakh visa bond

July 31, 2013

The British government decided to go ahead with Rs 2.7 lakh Visa bond despite Prime Minister David Cameron’s gave assurance to exempt India from the controversial visa bond scheme though the Home Office insisted that it was meant to target ..

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WikiLeaks party launched by Julian Assange to contest Australia polls

July 30, 2013

Julian Assange (42), an Australian citizen and founder of WikiLeaks has launched his Australian political party WikiLeaks via a video link from the Ecuadorian embassy in London. The party was created in part to support Julian Assange’s bid for a Senate seat ..

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“George Alexander Louis”- Duchess of Cambridge gives birth to baby boy

July 28, 2013

Britain has a new future king after the Duchess of Cambridge gave birth to a baby boy. Britain’s Prince William and his wife Kate have named their son as “George Alexander Louis”. He will be known as Royal Highness Prince ..

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Aussie Spinner Shane Warne included in ICC Hall of Fame

July 25, 2013

Legendary leg spinner, Australia’s Shane Warne was inducted into the International Cricket Council (ICC) Hall of Fame at Lord’s, England. Shane Warne’s Achievements: He represented Australia in 145 tests between 1992 and 2007. He took 708 test wickets at an ..

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Hezbollah's military wing added terrorist list by EU

July 25, 2013

The EU has decided to put the armed wing of Hezbollah on its list of terrorist organizations. It was made clear that it would maintain contact with all political parties in Lebanon, including the Hezbollah party, which is part of the country’s ..

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India emerges as the 2nd largest investor in London

July 25, 2013

India has come up as the 2nd largest investor in the city of London with Indian companies led by software major Infosys with the investment eagerness generated by the 2012 Olympic Games in the British capital. Infosys leads the inward Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) made ..

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India and ADB Sign an Agreement for Gujarat Solar Power Transmission System

July 24, 2013

With the rapid growing electricity demand, and increasing reliance on imported sources of fossil fuel the Government of India and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed an agreement for a $100 million ADB loan (A LIBOR based loan from ADB’s ..

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British Government decorates Krishna Menon’s London home with blue plaque

July 20, 2013

In commemoration to V.K. Krishna Menon’s long and eventful association with London, the British government has decided to put up an English Heritage blue plaque at the house where he lived when he first moved to the city. Mahatma Gandhi, ..

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