India will become the most populous country in the world by 2028, surpassing China, while Nigeria will have more people than the United States by 2050, a latest report has said. The World Population Prospects — The 2012 Revision, released by the United Nations, projected an increase in the world population of 7.2 billion in [...]
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After a gap of over 20 months, India, Brazil and South Africa (IBSA) — large democracies from three different continents — will meet at the summit level in India on June. The sixth summit will also commemorate the tenth anniversary of IBSA founding. The Indian Prime Minister and the Presidents of the other two countries [...]
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India will witness the largest increase in urban population in the next four decades followed by China, a United Nations report has said. According to the U.N.’s ‘2011 Revision of the World Urbanisation Prospects’ report released on April 6, India will add another 497 million to its urban population between 2010 and 2050 China will [...]
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Achieving a major milestone, India has successfully carried out the maiden test flight of its second indigenous Airborne Early Warning and Control System aircraft in Brazil, the DRDO said on April 5. The successful flight is seen as a major boost as the aircraft are scheduled to be delivered in June to the IAF. India [...]
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Former captain of the Indian hockey team Ajit Pal Singh was on April 2 named as India’s Chef-de-Mission for the London Olympic Games, bringing and end to the wrangling for the post within the IOA. The seven-member committee unanimously selected the former hockey star to head the Indian contingent in the mega event in London. [...]
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The first day of the new financial year has seen a ban on the sale of tobacco-mixed gutka in Madhya Pradesh. Health Minister Narottam Mishra had said in the assembly some days ago that the licenses of seven gutka companies in the state have been cancelled. And to control the increasing number of mouth cancer [...]
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Preparations are underway for this month’s launch of an indigenously designed and developed satellite that has the unique capability of imaging during day and night and in all weather conditions. ISRO is looking at ‘lucky April 20′ for the blast-off from India‘s spaceport of Sriharikota. RISAT-1, a Radar Imaging Satellite with the capability to take [...]
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In its efforts to check blackmoney stashed in foreign banks, government has introduced a new column seeking details of foreign assets in the Income Tax Return (ITR) forms for the assessment year 2012-13. Taxpayers, who hold foreign bank accounts or properties, will now have to furnish details of their foreign assets which include information like [...]
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The US Senate on March 30 confirmed career diplomat Nancy Powell asambassador to India, a position that had remained vacant for the past year. Obama’s first ambassador to India, former congressman Timothy Roemer, had announced his resignation in April 2011. US president Barack Obama had nominated Powell as his next ambassador to India on December 16 last year, but since then her [...]
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ICDS: ICDS - Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme Launched on 2nd October 1975. ICDS Scheme represents one of the world’s largest and most unique programmes for early childhood development. ICDS is the foremost symbol ofIndia’s commitment to her children –India’s response to the challenge of providing pre-school education on one hand and breaking the vicious cycle [...]
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The foreign dignitaries visits here for various issues relating to bilateral, regional and multilateral matters were discussed. During the last six months, the Prime Minister of India visited South Africa, France, Maldives, Singapore, Indonesia, and the Russian Federation. The Minister of External Affairs visited Turkey, Germany, Israel, Palestine, Sri Lanka, China, Egypt and Singapore. Agreements/MoUs signed during various visits [...]
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The National Payment Corporation of India (NPCI) has charted out a three year growth plan to expand base of its newly launched first-ever indigenous payment gateway – Rupay. This in turn, is likely to give a good run for money to the multinational biggies like Visa or MasterCard. It now plans to use its just-launched debit cards [...]
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The world’s largest research databank for cleft lip and palate is being set up in the UK to determine what causes these common conditions The Haryana government will develop an online receipt system known as ‘Cyber Treasury’ in the state to improve service delivery to various depositors intending to make any payment to the government. [...]
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The Indian government has said it will review a new tax on unbranded gold jewellery, after 11 days of protests by gold shop owners.Shops have been closed in some parts of India since the levy was announced in the federal budget on 16 March.However authorities said they would not budge on an import duty hike [...]
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The United States Trade Development Agency on March 26 signed two deals with Indian firms to help develop clean energy projects. The deals will generate Indian demand forUSequipment worth over US $250 million. Under the first deal, the agency will support a feasibility study for development of a rural micro-grid solar power project that will [...]
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