China rover sets record for longest stay on Moon

✷ China's first lunar rover, Yutu, has been operating on the moon for almost two years, setting a record for the longest stay by ...

John Magufuli elected as President of Tanzania

✸ The son of a peasant farmer, John Pombe Magufuli and renowned political leader of the ruling 

Raif Badawi wins EU’s Sakharov Prize 2015

✷ Raif Badawi, the Saudi blogger and activist who has been sentenced to 1,000 lashes and 10 years in jail for insulting Islam and for ...

India-Africa Forum Summit adopts framework for strategic cooperation and Delhi Declaration

✸ On the concluding day of the third India-Africa Forum Summit 2015, India and Africa have adopted a 'Delhi Declaration 2015' ...

33 per cent quota for women in government jobs in MP

★ The Madhya Pradesh government has decided to provide 33 percent reservation to women in government jobs. The decision in this regard...

New Chief Economist of Citi bank India- Samiran Chakraborty

✷ Global banking major Citibank has appointed Samiran Chakraborty as chief economist for India.

MoU on preserving Written Heritage at National Library in Kolkata inked by India and france

✸ The Union Ministry of Culture and National Library of France have entered into an MoU under which the two countries would coop...

5-member review panel appointed by Govt to review research grants offered by UGC

✹ Amid unrelenting protests by students against the scrapping of the non-NET fellowship by the University Grants Commission, the gov...

US Senate passes Cyber Security Bill

✦ The US Senate overwhelmingly passed a controversial cybersecurity bill which will facilitate sharing of cyber-attack threats by ...

Sylvie Lucas appointed as the new chair of UN Security Council reforms process

✷ Luxembourg envoy to the UN Sylvie Lucas has been appointed as the next chair of the Inter- Governmental Negotiations (IGN) on UN...

National Seed Congress begins in Hyderabad

✹ The 8th National Seed Congress 2015 is being organized at Hyderabad in the Pearl City of Telangana at the Hyderabad International...

Britain’s "Curry King" Lord Gulam Noon passes away

✸ Lord Gulam Noon, one of Britain's most prominent Indian-origin peers and "curry king" of the UK,

India, Sri Lanka bilateral naval exercise SLINEX 15 begins

★ The fourth edition of Sri Lanka India bilateral Naval Exercise (SLINEX) began off Sri Lanka’s Trincomalee coast. The exercise is m...