Who has been appointed as UNSC’s special adviser on Myanmar? Vijay Nambiar Which film directed by Ashvin kumar was released online on 26th January 2012? Inshallah Kashmir: Living Terror Name the woman pilot who led the Air Force contingent creating history at the 63rd Republic Day parade. Sneha Shekhawat Which cinema feature ended 35 mm’s [...]
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K. Vijay Kumar, 58, Director, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy, Hyderabad, will be the new Director-General of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) headquartered in New Delhi, authoritative sources reported. He replaces Vikram Srivastava, who has been transferred and posted as Director of the Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D), in the place [...]
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The Government of India in April, 2006, constituted a Gandhi Heritage Sites (GHS) Panel, with eminent Gandhians. It submitted its Report on 26th November, 2008. The Panel was chaired by Shri Gopalkrishna Gandhi, the then Governor of West Bengal. The major recommendations of the Panel were the setting up of the Gandhi Heritage Sites Mission [...]
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The annual Bhartendu Harishchandra awards for the year 2007 and 2008 have been announced. Bhartendu Harishchandra was a patriot, prolific writer and a great social reformer. He dedicated his life to the development of Hindi literature. These Awards are given by the government since 1983 to encourage original book writing in Hindi on subjects related [...]
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Lusaka is the capital of Zambia Rupiah Bwezani Banda- President ,Zambia Magsaysay award winner Medha Patkar leads Narmada Bachao Andolan and Sandeep Pandey founded Asha for Education Romila Thapar- Historian Kenneth Kaunda-Zambia s First President. He served as the first President of Zambia, from 1964 to 1991. Cologne is a city in Germany
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Prime Minister Taro Aso dissolved the powerful lower house of Japan’s Parliament and vowed his divided ruling party will make a new start in national elections next month.
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The pro-democracy Myanmar leader and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has been felicitated with the Mahatma Gandhi International Award for Peace and Reconciliation here. The award was bestowed by the South African-based Mahatma Gandhi Foundation.
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The doyenne of Hindustani classical music and one of the foremost exponents of the Kirana Gharana, Gangubai Hangal, died. A recipient of more than 50 awards, including the Padma Vibhushan, the Padma Bhushan and the Central Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, four honorary doctoral degrees and 24 titles, Ms. Hangal had the rare honour of being [...]
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Michael Jackson, whose quintessentially American tale of celebrity and excess took him from musical boy wonder to global pop superstar to sad figure haunted by lawsuits, paparazzi and failed plastic surgery. Michael Jackson (50) known as the King of Pop died of cardiac arrest. From his days as the youngest brother in the Jackson 5 [...]
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A towering bronze statue of Mahatma Gandhi, made by an Indian sculptor, was unveiled in Leicester , cementing the city s reputation as “Little India and bringing to a happy end a two-year row that nearly scuppered the project. The £20,000 statue, sculpted by Gautam Pal and shipped from Kolkata, has been donated by Samanwaya [...]
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Venu Srinivasan, Managing Director of Sundaram-Clayton and Chairman-cum-Managing Director of TVS Motor Company took over as the President of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for 2009-10. Mr. Srinivasan succeeds M. V. Kamath as the new CII President.
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Bollywood superstar Aishwarya Bachchan may soon join the ranks of Hollywood beauties like Beyonce Knowles, Elizabeth Taylor and Diana Ross, by becoming the first Indian face of the legendary doll ˜Barbie. The representatives for the actor are reportedly in negotiations with the toy giant, Mattel. The former Miss World will have a Barbie modelled after [...]
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The International Project Management Association (IPMA), Switzerland, has awarded its highest level (Level A) certification of Project Directorship to A. Sivathanu Pillai for his contribution in the field. Dr. Pillai is the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of BrahMos Aerospace Private Limited, New Delhi. He is the first Indian to receive this certificate. The [...]
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Soldiers broke into an unoccupied presidential palace on Monday and took it over in a symbolic show of force after Madagascar s Opposition leader called on the army to arrest the President. President Marc Ravalomanana has been in another palace in recent days, with supporters and presidential guards protecting him. Madagascar ” Capital: Antananarivo Madagascar’s [...]
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Petrochemicals giant Reliance Industries chief Mukesh Ambani has snatched the title of the world s richest Indian from NRI steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal even as both saw their fortunes dwindle to less than half in a year, according to U.S. magazine Forbes. With a net worth of $19.5 billion, Mukesh Ambani has been ranked seventh [...]
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