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June 16, 2010 6:55 PM

Samir Ravikant Damare bags Young Scientist Award of CSIR

Dr. Samir Ravikant Damare, of the National Institute of Oceanography, has been awarded the Young Scientist Award of CSIR in the field of Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean and Planetary Sciences. <br/><br/>Dr Samir's pioneering contribution in demonstrating presence of fungi in deep sea se...

June 16, 2010 6:06 PM

Konkan Railway gets ACD Patent for its ‘Track Identification System’

Konkan Railway has been granted Anti Collision Device (ACD) Patent in United States of America for its 'Track Identification System', recently. <br/><br/>Patent is in addition to the ACD Patents which have already been granted to Konkan Railway in India and abroad earlier. The ma...

June 16, 2010 5:08 PM

Heavy rain claims 9 nine lives in Mumbai; disrupts normal life

Heavy rain in Mumbai and adjoining areas on Wednesday claimed nine lives and disrupted normal life in the city where road, air and rail traffic was disrupted. <br/><br/>With incessant rains continuing to lash the city since last night, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation issue...

June 16, 2010 5:07 PM

CPI (M) demands withdrawal of higher 3G licence fee for BSNL

The CPI (M) today dubbed as discriminatory the government's order asking state-owned BSNL to pay higher licence fee for 3G spectrum than private operators and demanded its withdrawal.<br/><br/>The party Politburo said in a statement in New Delhi that while the private operat...

June 16, 2010 5:07 PM

Krishna to leave for Seoul on three-day visit on Thursday

Civil Nuclear Co-operation, enhancing trade ties and strengthening of defence co-operation between India and South Korea will be high on the agenda of discussions. <br/><br/>The discussions will take place in the 7th India-South Korea Joint Commission meeting to be held at Seoul ...

June 16, 2010 4:52 PM

EC expresses concern over poll related paid news

With assembly polls in some states due by early next year, the Election Commission today expressed concern over the alarming proportion of paid news. It also directed officials to closely monitor poll-related reports. <br/><br/>The EC said in a statement that the recent phenomeno...

June 16, 2010 4:51 PM

Weaker section students to get education loans at 4 percent

Students from weaker economic backgrounds will now get education loans at four per cent per annum. The Ministry is Human Resource Development is considering an institutional mechanism for ensuring affordable access. <br/><br/>The conference of State Education Ministers on Friday ...

June 16, 2010 2:52 PM

Guidelines for Off-Grid, roof-top solar applications launched

<br/>Union New and Non Renewable resources minister Dr. Fahrooq Abdulla on Wednesday launched the guidelines for Off-Grid and roof-top solar applications under Jawaharlal Nehru National solar Mission in Delhi. <br/> <br/>The project developers can apply for their projec...

June 16, 2010 1:49 PM

World Bank approves two projects worth 372 million dollars to India

<br/>The World Bank has approved two projects worth 372 million dollars to India. The two projects include the integrated coastal zone management project worth rupees 222 million dollars and an additional finance of 150 million dollars for the ongoing Karnataka rural water supply and sanit...

June 16, 2010 12:59 PM

Govt drops plan to tax Provident Fund withdrawals

<br/>In a sigh of relief to the salaried class, the government dropped the contentious proposal to tax provident and pension funds withdrawls and decided to continue with the major tax incentive on housing loans.<br/><br/>In the revised Draft Taxes Code or DTC, which wi...

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