Top Maoist leader Koteshwar Rao, alias Kishanji, is believed to have been killed in a joint ope...
Morocco votes for first time after constitutional reform
Moroccans go to the polls in the first legislative elections since the approval of a reform of ...
Unesco heritage sites on J&K stamps
The Department of Posts in Jammu and Kashmir is contemplating bringing out stamps on all the 24...
Award for C.N. Manjunath
Renowned cardiologist and Director of the Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and...
Aamir Khan to be Unicef national ambassador
After actors Amitabh Bachchan and Priyanka Chopra, Aamir Khan will be the latest celebrity face of Unicef in India. The 46-year-old acto...
India inks pact with EAG to combat money laundering
India on Thursday inked an agreement with the Eurasian Group (EAG), a group that enforces anti-...
Malaysia moves to lift 40-yr-old emergency decrees
Malaysia on Thursday moved to lift three 40-year-old emergency decrees that allowed detention without trial, with Prime Minister Najib Tun...
Pak naval ship on Sri Lanka visit
A Pakistani naval ship will arrive on a goodwill visit to Sri Lanka as both the countries step u...
Pak girl who stood up to Taliban awarded
A Pakistani girl Malala Yousufzai, who spoke out for children's rights in the restive Swat valley when it was controlled by the Talib...
Nairobi: Kannada Cultural Association Organizes International Cultural Extravaganza
Under the joint aegis of the local Kannada Cultural Association and Mangalore-based Kannada mon...
India-Pakistan reach broad pact on easy business visas
India has reached a broad agreement with Pakistan on liberalising visa regime for their business ...
Government tightens immigration rules for women for jobs in Gulf
Government has tightened immigration rules for women seeking employment in labour- intensive Gul...
Egypt’s Cabinet Offers to Quit as Activists Urge Wider Protests
The cabinet offered its resignation to Egypt’s transitional military rulers as security forces carried out an increasingly lethal crackdo...
Iran blasts new Western sanctions
Iran and its powerful ally Russia slammed new Western sanctions imposed on Tehran over its susect nuclear programme, saying they were ill...
Syria Slams UN Draft Resolution
Syria's envoy to the United Nations has harshly criticized a draft resolution submitted by Germany to the General Assembly's huma...
Jordan's king meets Abbas on rare West Bank visit
Jordan's King Abdullah II held talks in Ramallah on Monday with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas on his first visit to the West Ban...
Seawalls can worsen erosion
Karnataka's coastline is being threatened by the very edifice that was designed to protect it. Granite seawalls, constructed unsci...
Award for C.N.R. Rao
C.N.R. Rao, Honorary President of Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, has been awarded the Ernesto Illy Trieste Sci...
BioAsia-2012 to focus on vaccines, IPR, CROs and investments
The ninth edition of the annual global event, ‘BioAsia-2012' to be held here in February ne...
Air Vice-Marshal first to be awarded Ph.D
Air Vice-Marshal Arjun Subramaniam, serving at the Air Headquarters here, has been awarded a Doctorate by the University of Madras for hi...
SEWA to provide solar lanterns and energy-efficient stoves to its members
International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, is helping India’s S...
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, former Philippine president, arrested
Former Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was arrested on Friday for electoral fraud, which carries a life sentence, at aManila...
Nepal awaits Pranab Mukherjee’s visit
After Nepal's Prime Minister Dr Baburam Bhattarai's official visit to India, New Delhi is sending its finance ministerPranab Muk...
HONOURS AND AWARDS
a. NATIONAL: 1.Jnanpith Award 2009 and 2010 announced : Eminent Hindi authors Mr. Amar Kant and Mr. Shrilal Shukla were chosen for India’...
Places in news
a.Kabul (Afghanistan) : The place made the headlines when a Taliban suicide bomber assassinated the former Afghan President Burhanuddin Ra...
Space Research
a.Astronomers discover a new planet Astronomers, using National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)’s Kepler planet-hunting spacec...
Limca record holder Chikka Bhanu Prakash hoping for Guinness World Record
The string broke off and the first attempt went wrong. Though visibly nervous, the 26-year-old marshalled his resolve and with his thum...
Spanish conservatives party win general elections
Spain's opposition conservatives swept commandingly into power and into the hot seat Sunday as voters enduring a 21.5 percent jobless ra...
Now IFFI to have section on 3D movies
Giving a new technology boost to this year's festival, the 42nd International Film Festival of India will showcase 3D stereoscopic movie...
Karnataka opts out of 2012 medical entrance test
Karnataka has decided to remain out of the all-India common entrance examination to be conducted by the Medical Council of India (MCI) in ...
Singapore PM backs India for permanent UN seat
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong pitched for its permanent membership of an expanded UN Security Council
Palestinian president to seek unity government deal with Hamas
The Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, will meet the Hamas leader, Khaled Mashal, in Cairo t...
Honour for Nehru is honour for India
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Singapore's decision to honour India's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru with a bronze bust...
India, China Annual Defence Dialogue in december
India and China will hold their Annual Defence Dialogue (ADD) here starting December 9 during which they will discuss resumption of joint...
India donates USD 1 mln to Palestinian refugees
Reaffirming its firm support to the Palestinian cause, India has donated USD one million to UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) to provide ...
Indo-American awarded with Guyana's top award
Indian-American Yashpaul Soi has been awarded with one of the highest civilian honours of Guyan...
Ela Bhatt selected for Indira Gandhi Prize
Renowned social activist Ela Bhatt was selected for the prestigious Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development 2011 for h...
Govt notifies rules: N-supplier liability to be ‘limited in time’
The foreign suppliers of nuclear material to Indian nuclear power plants would not be held liab...
Yousaf Raza Gilani says MFN decision on India not yet taken
Pakistan has once again sent out confusing signals on granting most favoured nation (MFN) status to India, with Prime Minister Yousaf Raz...
Water found on Jupiter moon
NASA's Galileo spacecraft has found evidence of water beneath the icy surface of Jupiter'...
China donates $1 mn for Nalanda University revival
Efforts to revive the Nalanda University got a major boost when China gave a cheque of USD 1 million for building a Chinese-type library,...
India developing UAV similar to US Predator drone
India is developing an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) similar to American Predator drones with a...
New Kyrgyz Prez to take office in Dec
Kyrgyzstan says President-elect Almazbek Atambayev will take office on Dec. 1 in a ceremony that will mark the first ever peaceful handov...
US, Germany, Japan, India as major donors to Afghan
India, which has made a financial aid contribution of USD 2 billion to Afghanistan, has been identified by people of the war-torn country...
Ghaziabad world’s 2nd fastest growing city
Excessive urbanisation due to fast paced development and improvement in basic infrastructure ha...
Afghan, Palestinian win UN award in honour of Gandhi
United Nations award on tolerance and non-violence instituted in memory of Mahatma Gandhihas been instituted by renowned Indian writer an...
European chief of IMF resigns
Amidst deepening European economic crisis, the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Europe has resigned citing personal reaso...
Top Indian players sign up for WSH despite Hockey India warning
Notwithstanding Hockey India's diktat asking players to either stay away from the World Ser...
IBPS CLERKS BANKING AWARENESS PRACTICE MCQs
1.In context with the Banking Industry, which among the following was not a promise made by India’s Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in the...
Oman, IOR sign fishery unit pact
Oman and the Indian Ocean Rim (IOR) group signed an agreement to set up the Fisheries Support Unit (FSU) center in Muscat. On behalf of...
Kosovo Serbs seek security under Russian umbrella
More than 20,000 Kosovo Serbs have asked for Russian citizenship, seeking Moscow's protection from Kosovar authorities. Russia, tradi...
Kvitova crowns golden year with WTA awards
Czech Republic tennis star Petra Kvitova's astonishing year ended with her being voted by the press as the WTA player of the year on ...
National Krishi Mela begins at UAS
The country's biggest farmers' event, the National Krishi Mela organised by the University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore. T...
Children can claim right to education
The Tamil Nadu government has finally notified the rules under the Right of Children to Free and C...
Australia agrees US Marine deployment plan
Australia has agreed to host a full US Marine task force in the coming years, Prime Minister Julia Gillard has announced at a news confere...
China welcomes entry of Russia, U.S. into East Asia Summit
China welcomes the official entry of Russia and the United States into the EAS(East Asia Summit) The 16-member EAS was founded in 2005 ...
World Diabetes Day
As many as 366 million people the world over suffer from diabetes. This disease is claiming one life every seven seconds. Diabetes ...
c. Russia's Soyuz spacecraft docks safely at International Space Station
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying two Russian cosmonauts and an American astronaut has docked at the In...
75 years on, Jim Corbett National Park goes online
The Jim Corbett National Park opened its gates to wildlife enthusiasts for a landmark season, having turned 75. To mark the platinum jubil...
PM to meet Wen at ASEAN
Ahead of the Special Representative-level talks on boundary issues ,Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is set to meet Chinese Premier Wen Jiab...
Rs 1 cr fine for demanding capitation fee under proposed law
The government approved amendments to a proposed Bill to curb unfair practices in higher techni...
Mamata appoints panel to bridge Teesta dispute
The Teesta water sharing problem would be solved soon, Mamata Banerjee, chief minister of West ...
Green Infra Limited sets up its first 10 MW solar photovoltaic power plant in Gujarat
Green Infra Limited, a renewable energy-focused power generation company owned by IDFC Private Equity has set up its first 10 MW solar p...
Hamas and Fatah 'agree to hold elections May,2011
Azzam al-Ahmad, a top Fatah official, says the sides agreed to form a caretaker government to p...