National
Defence Ministry to relook at defence blacklist guidelines
The Union Defence Ministry is planning to relook at defence blacklist guidelines for dealing with global defence firms engaged in corruption in arms deals.............Read More
Portugal Prime Minister Antonio Costa to be Chief Guest of 14th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas
António Costa (54), the Indian origin Prime Minister of Portugal will be the chief guest at the 14th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) Convention..............Read More
Nuclear capable Agni-I ballistic missile successfully test-fired
The indigenously built nuclear capable Agni-I ballistic missile was successfully test-fired from a test range off Odisha coast, as part of a user trial by India Army..............Read More
Business and Economy
RBI doubles cap on PPIs to Rs. 20,000
The Reserve bank of India (RBI) has increased the per month limit of Prepaid Payment Instruments (PPIs) to Rs. 20,000 from Rs. 10,000 and to Rs. 50,000 for merchant bank..............Read More
India becomes Associate Member of CERN
India became an associate member of the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN), the world’s largest nuclear and particle physics laboratory..............Read More
New Appointments
Pankaj Patel elected as FICCI President for 2017
Pankaj Patel was elected as the President of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) for the year 2017..............Read More
Sports
Gaganjeet Bhullar wins Indonesia Open
Ace Indian Golfrer Gaganjeet Bhullar has won the US $ 300,000 BANK BRI-JCB Indonesia Open for the second time in his career. He won the title after closing with a four-under-par 68..............Read More
Awards
Radhika Menon becomes first woman to receive IMO’s Exceptional Bravery award at Sea
Captain Radhika Menon was awarded with the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea. With this, she became the first woman in the world to receive the Award..............Read More
Death
Veteran Carnatic Music exponent M Balamuralikrishna passes away
Legendary vocalist, playback singer and composer Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna passed away due to age-related geriatric problems in Chennai. He was 86..............Read More
Renowned Scientist MGK Menon passes away
Acclaimed high energy particle physicist and an institution builder of Indian science Prof. M G K Menon passed away. He was 88..............Read More
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