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March 28, 2012 8:36 PM

Russian Prez gets Ph.D. degree of Jawaharlal Nehru University

Russian President Dimitry Medvedev was conferred with the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Honoris Causa) by the Jawaharlal Nehru University on Wednesday. Speaking on the occasion Mr. Medvedev said, modern leaders have a lot to emulate from the vision of leaders like Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. He said,...

March 28, 2012 8:36 PM

NDA, Naval Academy Exam 2012 on April 15

The National Defence Academy and Naval Academy Examination 2012 will be conducted on the 15th of next month at 41 centers throughout the country. The e-admission certificates for the candidates have been uploaded on the Union Public Service Commission's web-site, www.upsc.gov.in. According to an off...

March 28, 2012 8:36 PM

262 BSF personnel committed suicide in last eight years

A total of 262 personnel of the Border Security Force committed suicide in the last eight years. Giving this information in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha, the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Mr. Jitendra Singh said domestic and personal problems are the main causative factors.The Minister s...

March 28, 2012 8:35 PM

No surplus coal with subsidiaries of Coal India Ltd : Govt.

The government admitted that there was no surplus coal with subsidiaries of Coal India Limited, CIL. He also said that there is a wide gap between availability and commitments made by the company to various consumers.This was informed by Coal Minister Sriparkash Jaiswal in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday...

March 28, 2012 7:21 PM

India test fires BRAHMOS supersonic missile successfully

Surface to surface cruise missile BRAHMOS was successfully test fired from the Interim Test Range, Chandipur from Balesore district of Odisha today. Built on Indo-Russian joint venture technology the missile was tested from the LC-3 of ITR. Carrying two hundred to three hundred kilograms of conventi...

March 28, 2012 7:17 PM

Govt. bans import of Chinese milk products

Government has banned the import of Chinese milk products. Giving this information in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha, the Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, Mr. Jyotiraditya Scindia said that the ban was imposed because the milk products were found contaminated with a dangerous chemica...

March 28, 2012 7:16 PM

Govt. rules out demoralization of ISRO scientific community

The government ruled out any demoralization of the ISRO scientific community following the recent action against four of its former scientists. The action has in no way affected the space programme. Giving this information in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, Minister of State in PMO, V. Narayanasamy said...

March 28, 2012 6:20 PM

Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s birthday declared as holiday

The government has declared holiday on 14th April on account of the birthday of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar. According to an official release, all central government Offices including industrial establishments throughout the country will close on this day.

March 28, 2012 5:06 PM

Govt. asks corporate sector to contribute to disaster management

The Minister of State for Defence MM Pallam Raju has urged the corporate sector to contribute the Government's Disaster Management efforts. Addressing a seminar on Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief in New Delhi on Wednesday, Dr. Raju advocated setting up of a system where private sector ef...

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