International Affairs
Anti-government protesters begun blocking key intersections across the congested Thai capital in their bid to "shutdown" the city and force embattled Premier Yingluck Shinawatra to step down.
Iran will get USD 4.2 billion of its blocked funds in phases under a six-month landmark nuclear deal, as President Barack Obama cautioned that any congressional legislation that slaps fresh sanctions on Tehran will only risk derailing the peace efforts.
Natioanal Affairs
Celebrations for Bhogali Bihu or Magh Bihu, the harvest festival, have began at Assam with community feasts and prayers.
Festival of Lohri celebrated in North India to mark winter solstice and commemorate traditional onset of harvest season in Punjab.
Prime Minister inaugurates 9th Annual Conference of State Minorities Commissions.
PM laid foundation stone for 2800 MW nuclear power plant at Gorakhpur village in Fatehabad district (Haryana).
The World Health Organisation is set to officialy declare India a polio free nation soon as no polio cases have been detected in the country for the past three years.
Hit by successive complaints by two of its ex-students about sexual harassment during internship, the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (WB NUJS) on Monday said they were giving final touches to a policy to handle such cases.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday laid the foundation stone for a 2,800 megawatt nuclear power plant near Gorakhpur village in the Fatehabad district of Haryana.
First radio-based consumer helpline 'Radio Mewat' to be launched in Haryana on Jan 15 to raise awareness among consumers at community level.
Deaths
Sam Berns, a teenager whose battle with a rare genetic condition that accelerates the aging process became the subject of an HBO documentary has died. He was 17.
Telugu actress Anjali Devi died at a private hospital in Chennai on Monday. She is 86.
Appointments
Union Minister of State for Corporate Affairs Minister Sachin Pilot and party MP Arun Yadav were appointed Congress chiefs of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh on Monday, marking a generational shift in the politics of the two States where the party was routed in the recent Assembly elections.
Business and Economy
The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) on Monday proposed to raise the interest rate on the lifetime savings of nearly 50 million formal sector workers to 8.75% from 8.5%.
Upstream regulator DGH has put in a strong note of dissent against the Vijay Kelkar Committee suggestion to continue the present regime of allowing oil and gas producers to recover costs before paying the government its share.
Retail inflation moderates to 9.87% in December from 11.16% in November.
Google has announced that it is buying smart thermostat start-up Nest in a deal valued at USD 3.2 billion.
Sports
Vijay Zol to lead 15-member squad in ICC U-19 World Cup to be held in UAE in February
Anti-government protesters begun blocking key intersections across the congested Thai capital in their bid to "shutdown" the city and force embattled Premier Yingluck Shinawatra to step down.
Iran will get USD 4.2 billion of its blocked funds in phases under a six-month landmark nuclear deal, as President Barack Obama cautioned that any congressional legislation that slaps fresh sanctions on Tehran will only risk derailing the peace efforts.
Natioanal Affairs
Celebrations for Bhogali Bihu or Magh Bihu, the harvest festival, have began at Assam with community feasts and prayers.
Festival of Lohri celebrated in North India to mark winter solstice and commemorate traditional onset of harvest season in Punjab.
Prime Minister inaugurates 9th Annual Conference of State Minorities Commissions.
PM laid foundation stone for 2800 MW nuclear power plant at Gorakhpur village in Fatehabad district (Haryana).
The World Health Organisation is set to officialy declare India a polio free nation soon as no polio cases have been detected in the country for the past three years.
Hit by successive complaints by two of its ex-students about sexual harassment during internship, the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (WB NUJS) on Monday said they were giving final touches to a policy to handle such cases.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday laid the foundation stone for a 2,800 megawatt nuclear power plant near Gorakhpur village in the Fatehabad district of Haryana.
First radio-based consumer helpline 'Radio Mewat' to be launched in Haryana on Jan 15 to raise awareness among consumers at community level.
Deaths
Sam Berns, a teenager whose battle with a rare genetic condition that accelerates the aging process became the subject of an HBO documentary has died. He was 17.
Telugu actress Anjali Devi died at a private hospital in Chennai on Monday. She is 86.
Appointments
Union Minister of State for Corporate Affairs Minister Sachin Pilot and party MP Arun Yadav were appointed Congress chiefs of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh on Monday, marking a generational shift in the politics of the two States where the party was routed in the recent Assembly elections.
Business and Economy
The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) on Monday proposed to raise the interest rate on the lifetime savings of nearly 50 million formal sector workers to 8.75% from 8.5%.
Upstream regulator DGH has put in a strong note of dissent against the Vijay Kelkar Committee suggestion to continue the present regime of allowing oil and gas producers to recover costs before paying the government its share.
Retail inflation moderates to 9.87% in December from 11.16% in November.
Google has announced that it is buying smart thermostat start-up Nest in a deal valued at USD 3.2 billion.
Sports
Vijay Zol to lead 15-member squad in ICC U-19 World Cup to be held in UAE in February
