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  • IAF to induct biggest 70-tonne heavy-lift transport aircraft C-17 into service

    Defence Minister AK Antony will formally induct IAF’s biggest 70-tonneheavy-lift transport aircraft C-17 into service at the Hindon Air Base near Delhi today. This will help in bolstering the IAF’s capability to swiftly transport combat troops and equipment such as tanks to the front. IAF officials said, the aircraft procured from the US will be […]

    Ailing Mandela discharged from hospital

    Ailing anti-apartheid icon and former South African President Nelson Mandela was discharged from Pretoria hospital today. In a statement the South African Presidency said in Johannesburg that Mandela was discharged from the hospital this morning though his condition remains critical and is at times unstable. The statement added that his Houghton home has been reconfigured […]

    Thomson Reuters to Host the Fourth Pan-Asian Regulatory Summit in Singapore

    Singapore:   Financial institutions in Asia Pacific are increasingly concerned with the rising expectations and costs associated with cross-border and domestic regulatory change, according to a new survey by Thomson Reuters. Survey findings will be elaborated at Thomson Reuters fourth Pan-Asian Regulatory Summit to be held in Singapore on 25 and 26 September. The event will […]

    Dot Commodity to Open Representative Office in Hong Kong as a Strategic Base for Global Development

    Tokyo  :  Dot Commodity, Inc. (Dot), Japan’s premier commodity futures broker, is pleased to announce that Dot will open a representative office in Hong Kong on September 2nd, 2013. Dot Commodity began expanding its overseas business in 2010 in response to the rapidly developing economies of Asia. In 2012, Dot started offering front-end trading and […]

    ULVAC-RIKO Starts the Sales of Microbe Activity Measurement Systems ‘Spica/Antares/Leonis’

    Yokohama : ULVAC-RIKO, Inc. will start the sales of ‘Spica/Antares/Leonis’ whose systems can evaluate the activity of a microbe (vitality) and the dynamics (Growth rate) by measuring ‘Quantity of heat’ which is emitted from microbial cells. Those systems have features of capability of observing many samples simultaneously and non-destructively with a overwhelmingly little work, capturing […]

    National meet on Workplace Safey in city from September 3rd

    Panaji : Workplace safety is very important.  Safety measures that exist in workplaces so far are not sufficient.  Lot of improvements required.  A National Conference on Fire, Safety and Security is to be held in city at Hotel Cidade De Goa from September 3rd to 4th.  The meet is supported by Indian Institute of Corporate […]

    Health Minister launches new initiatives worth 500-cr under NRHM in Assam

    Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad launches new health initiatives worth Rs. 500-crore under NRHM in Assam. Schemes to provide accessible, equitable and affordable healthcare services across the country. In Assam, Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad along with the state Chief Minister Tarun Gagoi launched a number of health schemes for strengthening the public health […]

    Yemen PM escapes assassins in Sanaa

    The Yemeni Prime Minister Mohamed Basindawa escaped an assassination bid in the capital Sanaa yesterday. Yemense Security agencies said that four unknown gunmen opened fire on his convoy in central Sanaa as he was heading home. However he was unharmed and no one was hurt in the attack. Basindawa has been heading a national unity […]

    Subbarao to bid adieu after 5 stormy years

    Career bureaucrat-turned-banker D Subbarao demits office on Wednesday after a 5-year stint as RBI Governor during a tumultuous period of global financial stress that has left rupee plumbing new depths, falling economic growth and high inflation. While there were brickbats for his tight monetary policy that his critics called hawkish, there were any number of […]

    RTI Amendment Bill may come up for discussion tomorrow

    A bill seeking to amend the RTI Act to shield political parties from providing information under the transparency law is scheduled to come up for discussion in Lok Sabha on Monday. The Right to Information (Amendment) Bill 2013 was introduced on 12th August in the Lower House by Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances […]