Business & Politics
Aadhar Cards
April 6, 2016
The Unique Identification Authority of India generated over 1 Billion aadhar cards with about 80 pc of India’s population being covered. According to a latest data released by the centre, aadhar enrollments in India crossed the 1 Billion mark as on April 4, 2016, with nearly 80...
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UNESCO Conference on the Zero
April 6, 2016
A bust of the renowned ancient Indian mathematician and astronomer, Aryabhatta, was unveiled by Irina Bokova, Director General of UNESCO and Smriti Irani, Indian Human Resource Development Minister here in Paris on Tuesday. Unveiling the bust, Bokova underlined the key contributi...
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Panama Papers
April 5, 2016
A huge leak of more than 11 million files of Panama law firm includes around 29 billionaires and more than 500 Indians linked to offshore firms. The panama papers are a leaked set of 11.5 million confidential documents created by the Panamanian corporate service provider Mossack ...
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Global warming
April 5, 2016
According to a new study, global warming of 2.5 centigrade degrees by the year 2100 would risk trillions of dollars of world’s financial assets As per a research by Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics and Political...
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EU India Summit
April 2, 2016
While the much awaited EU India summit in Brussels on March 30th failed to break the deadlock over the Bilateral Trade and Invest Agreement (BTIA) negotiations, it paved a way for the restoration and continuation of the annual EU-India summits. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi...
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India and France
March 28, 2016
According to a recent report released by Business France, a national agency in France, India made 12 new investments in the European country, creating or maintaining 290 jobs. As per the 2015 annual report released by Business France, India made 12 new investments in France and c...
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India-EU summit
March 23, 2016
As part of a three-nations tour from March 30, 2016, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Brussels to attend the 13th India-EU summit. Minister Narendra Modi will visit Brussels on March 30, 2016, to attend the 13th India-EU summit, which last took place in 2012. The te...
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World Sufi Forum 2016
March 22, 2016
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi stressed on the need to build peace and harmony in the world, as hundreds of people attended the World Sufi Forum from March 17-20, 2016 in New Delhi. With an aim to strengthen global peace, stand against violence and spread spiritual messag...
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A drop in child labour in India
March 21, 2016
According to India’s child labour ministry, the number of children working as child labours in India fell to 4.5 million, as compared to 12.6 million 10 years ago and this has compelled the Labour ministry to amend and reinforce the child labour laws in the country. The number ...
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Catholic Church – Kolkata
March 16, 2016
Mother Teresa, a nun who devoted her life to help the poorest of the poor, notably in Kolkata, will be made a Saint of the Roman Catholic Church at a ceremony on September 4, 2016. Pope Francis, the 266th and current pope of the Roman Catholic Church, announced that Mother Teresa...
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