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  • ISB & CDM to Host Joint Seminar on Self Reliance in Defence Production

    Hyderabad : The Indian School of Business (ISB) and the College of Defence Management (CDM) will be organising the first ever joint Seminar on ‘Building Capability through Self Reliance in Defence Production’ on January 7-8, 2011. While the market for defence equipment in India expected to grow steadily for the next 25 years as a […]

    Devastating flood plays havoc in Queensland; Thousands of people evacuated

    In Australia, thousands more people are preparing to evacuate their homes as one of the country’s worst floods continues to inundate the state of Queensland. Forced evacuations are being planned in Rockhampton as rising floodwaters threaten the town of 77,000. Queensland’s prime minister said the floods have affected about 200,000 people over an area larger […]

    UK would back moves to oust Gbagbo: William Hague

    British Foreign Secretary William Hague has said his country would back any UN -led military action taken to force out incumbent Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo. Hague said they have deployed a military liaison officer to the country to work on various contingencies with the French. However, he said this did not mean he was […]

    S Africa relaxes Zimbabwe deportation paperwork

    South Africa has relaxed requirements for Zimbabweans to get permits to stay in the country as thousands queue at government offices. They have to get correct paperwork before a New Year deadline, otherwise they will face deportation. Officials now say that passports are no longer required and those still in the queues by closing time […]

    India was not under pressure on transactions with Iran: MEA

    Dismissing reports that it is acting under pressure, India today termed as technical the problem in settling the current account transactions with Iran under the Asian Clearing Union, ACU. An External Affairs Ministry press release said that efforts were being made to resolve the issue as soon as possible. The RBI had on December 23 […]

    Wage Boards recommend three fold hike in basic pay

    A three fold hike has been recommended for the Working journalists and other newspaper employees in their basic pay. The Wage Boards for Working Journalist and Non-Journalists and other newspaper employees submitted their recommendations to the Government on Friday. They also recommended 65 years as the retirement age. Chairman of the Boards Justice G R […]

    NHRC recommends centre to impose ban on Endosulfan

    National Human Rights Commission on Thursday recommended to the Centre to impose a ban on , the pesticide whose use has led to havoc in Kerala. Taking a serious note of the human rights violation of the people affected by the use of pesticide endosulfan in Kerala’s Kasargod district, the Commission made a series of […]

    ISRO forms eminent panels to study failure, look at future

    ISRO has constituted a committee to probe the unsuccessful GSLV-F06 mission and a panel to look into the future of the GSLV Programme and assured launch of satellites, operationalisation of indigenous cryogenic stage and strategy for meeting communication transponder needs. ISRO Chairman K Radhakrishnan has formed a Failure Analysis Committee (FAC) to carry out an […]

    Speaker holds talks with non-BJP leaders to break Parl impasse on JPC issue

    Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar on Friday held talks with non-BJP leaders in her attempt to break the Parliament impasse on the 2G spectrum issue and hoped that the Budget session would run without interruptions. However, some leaders did not appear to share the same optimism and insisted that a Joint Parliamentary Committee probe was the only […]

    PAC will take decision on PM’s offer after consultations

    PAC will take a decision on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s offer to appear before it in 2G spectrum issue after consulting legal experts, its Chairman Murli Manohar Joshi said on Friday as he met Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar apparently to take her view on the issue. A day after seeking to clear the doubts […]