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Indian Tea Industry Records in Highest Production
Indian Tea Industry Records in Highest Production
Indian tea industry recorded the highest ever production as well as exports in FY18. The total tea production was 1325.05 million kgs, an increase of 74.56 million k....

Published On : 12 May 2018

India at 11th Spot in AT Kearney FDI Confidence Index 2018
India at 11th Spot in AT Kearney FDI Confidence Index 2018
Global consultant AT Kearney released the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Confidence Index 2018, an annual survey which tracks the impact of political, economic and ....

Published On : 07 May 2018

In Literature This Year, No Nobel Prize
In Literature This Year, No Nobel Prize
The Swedish Academy decided to postpone the 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature, with the intention of awarding it in 2019. The decision has been taken in the wake of a s....

Published On : 07 May 2018

Google Allocates $ 3 Million for E-learning, Teachers in India
Google Allocates $ 3 Million for E-learning, Teachers in India
Google's philanthropic arm Google.org has announced $3 million in grants for teacher training and educational content creation in India. ....

Published On : 05 May 2018

Campaign Begins for the Nobel Peace Prize, US House Nomination Sent to Donald Trump
Campaign Begins for the Nobel Peace Prize, US House Nomination Sent to Donald Trump
The campaign to get the Nobel Peace Prize for American President Donald Trump has begun. 18 Republican MPs of....

Published On : 04 May 2018

In the Most Beautiful Railway Station Competition, Ballarshah, Chandrapur Won
In the Most Beautiful Railway Station Competition, Ballarshah, Chandrapur Won
The work of decorating and grooming railway stations across the country is going on very fast. In order to give more speed to this work, the Railway Ministry organiz....

Published On : 03 May 2018

Mukesh Ambani Ranks 24th in the World's 50 Greatest Leaders 2018
Mukesh Ambani Ranks 24th in the World's 50 Greatest Leaders 2018
25 April 2018 Current Affairs: Richest Indian Mukesh Ambani (24th Rank) and human rights lawyer Indira Jaising (20th Rank) has been named by Fortune magazine as the ....

Published On : 25 Apr 2018

National Panchayati Raj Day Celebrated on 24th April
National Panchayati Raj Day Celebrated on 24th April
The nation celebrates the National Panchayati Raj Diwas (24th April) as this date marks a defining moment in the history of decentralization of political power to th....

Published On : 25 Apr 2018

Major Pradeep, Additional Commissioner of Income Tax Mumbai, Awarded the Shaurya Chakra
Major Pradeep, Additional Commissioner of Income Tax Mumbai, Awarded the Shaurya Chakra
Major  Pradeep Shoury Arya, Additional Commissioner of Income Tax, Mumbai, has been awarded the Shaurya Chakra. He is the first military officer who was awarded....

Published On : 24 Apr 2018

Dilip Chenoy Appointed As a New FICCI Secretary General
Dilip Chenoy Appointed  As a New FICCI Secretary General
Dilip Chenoy was appointed as the Secretary-General of industry body Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI). He has replaced....

Published On : 21 Apr 2018

GNFC Neem Project Launches in UP by Smriti Irani
GNFC Neem Project Launches  in UP by Smriti Irani
State-run Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals Limited (GNFC) started its socio-economic Neem Project, inaugurated by Union Minister Smriti Irani in Am....

Published On : 20 Apr 2018

Madhya Pradesh Got Most Film Friendly Award
Madhya Pradesh Got Most Film Friendly Award
The Most Film Friendly State Award was announced by the Chairman of the Jury, Shri Ramesh Sippy. Madhya Pradesh conferred Most Film Friendly Award. The Most Film Fri....

Published On : 20 Apr 2018

Aditi Rao Hydari, Receive Dadasaheb Phalke Excellence Award For Bhoomi
Aditi Rao Hydari, Receive Dadasaheb Phalke Excellence Award For Bhoomi
Aditi Rao Hydari will receive Dadasaheb Phalke Excellence Award 2018 for the Best Leading Lady (Critics Award) for her memorable performance in Bhoomi. The award cer....

Published On : 19 Apr 2018

Indian Swimmer is a Double Cross Bengla Channel, Sets a World Record
Indian Swimmer is a Double Cross Bengla Channel, Sets a World Record
Pune-based 17-year-old swimmer Sampanna Ramesh Shelar has set a world record to double cross the Bangla Channel. Shelar, is the first person to swim to and fro from ....

Published On : 17 Apr 2018

Smriti Irani opens the 7th edition of Home Expo India 2018
Smriti Irani opens the 7th edition of Home Expo India 2018
The seventh edition of the Home Expo India 2018, organized by the Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts (EPCH), was opened at India Expo Center & Martin the B....

Published On : 17 Apr 2018

India Can Play a Bigger Role in the Fourth Industrial Revolution
India Can Play a Bigger Role in the Fourth Industrial Revolution
India can play a key role in the fourth global industrial revolution based on digital technology. They can do this on the basis of Indian youth. On the basis of the ....

Published On : 16 Apr 2018

Sushil Devoted his Gold Medal to Dead Children in Himachal Bus Accident
Sushil Devoted his Gold Medal to Dead Children in Himachal Bus Accident
After winning the 'Gold Medal', wrestler Sushil Kumar has dedicated his victory to the children killed in a bus accident in Himachal Pradesh. 23 children died in thi....

Published On : 12 Apr 2018

Anushka Sharma will Receive the Dadasaheb Phalke Award
Anushka Sharma will Receive the Dadasaheb Phalke Award
Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma will be awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke Excellence Award for her successful films as a producer. The award will be given by an organiza....

Published On : 10 Apr 2018

NIRF Ranking In 2018, Miranda House College was given the status of Best College
NIRF Ranking In 2018, Miranda House College was given the status of Best College
The Central Government released a third edition of the NIRF ranking 2018 prepared by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) on 03 April 2018. In this ra....

Published On : 10 Apr 2018

India Ranks 37th in the Global Startup Ecosystem Report
India Ranks 37th in the Global Startup Ecosystem Report
According to a report published under the link "Startup", based on the global launch of the ecosystem, India was ranked 37th out of 125 countries in the global launc....

Published On : 04 Apr 2018