National
Income Declaration Scheme 2016 to open from 1st June 2016
The Income Declaration Scheme 2016 or four month window for declaration of domestic black money shall come into effect from 1st June 2016. ...Read More
Indigenous Advanced Air Defence interceptor missile, Ashwin successfully test fired
Indigenously, developed Advanced Air Defence (AAD) interceptor missile, Ashwin was successfully test fired....Read More
International
China launches Yaogan-30 remote sensing satellite
China has successfully launched Yaogan-30 remote-sensing satellite into sun-synchronous orbit (SSO) using the Long March-2D rocket....Read More
Business and Economy
HDFC Bank launches SmartUp
HDFC Bank Ltd. launched SmartUp, a first-of-its-kind dedicated solution for start-ups in Kolkata.....Read More
Sports
Max Verstappen becomes youngest Formula 1 winner
Red Bull F1 driver Max Verstappen (18) from Netherlands created history by becoming Formula One’s youngest race winner....Read More
Andy Murray wins 2016 Italian Open title
Andy Murray (World No.3) from Britain has won the 2016 Italian Open title of Tennis in the men’s singles category....Read More
New Appointments
Justice Mukul Mudgal appointed as deputy chairman of FIFA Governance Committee
Former Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court, Justice Mukul Mudgal has been appointed as Deputy Chairman of FIFA Governance Committee....Read More
Awards
Indian artist Anjali Chandrashekar wins award at UN poster contest on N-disarmament
Indian artist Anjali Chandrashekar (22) has won the third prize in UN Poster for Peace contest presented by the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs (ODA) to raise awareness of the need for nuclear disarmament....Read More
UR Rao becomes first Indian to be awarded IAF’s ‘Hall of Fame’ Award
Former ISRO Chairman and space scientist Prof Udupi Ramachandra Rao became the first Indian to be given Hall of Fame Award by the International Astronautical Federation (IAF)....Read More
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