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Year 2015: India became fastest growing big economy
New Delhi, Dec 24: Notwithstanding a sharp cut in the government's growth forecast at the fag end, 2015 will go down as the year when India emerged as the fastest-growing large economy, despite setbacks such as 12 months of negative export…
Cricket world cup Google’s most trending Indian event of 2015
New Delhi, Dec 23: Google on Wednesday said cricket's showpiece event ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 trumped all other major happenings, hot trends and talking points to emerge as the most trending event in India in 2015.
"India's undying…
HAM to desert NDA in Bihar?
Patna, Dec 23: After its humiliating defeat in the Bihar assembly polls, the Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) is likely to desert the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA).
HAM state president Brishen Patel on Wednesday told the media…
These Odisha bird poachers transform into protectors
Chilika (Odisha), Dec 22: In a major transformation at Chilika, Asia's largest brackish water lake in Odisha and the largest winter resort for migratory birds in the subcontinent, a group of poachers has become a protector of birds,…
Modi Government implements major PDS Reforms in 2015
The Government achieved significant mile stones in the reforms of PDS by making it more transparent and leak proof. During 2015, digitisation of ration cards completed in 29 States while it was just touching two- digits in the beginning of…
Cow is Yahoo’s personality of the year 2015
New Delhi, Dec 22: Yahoo on Monday said the 'cow' pipped all other contenders in 2015 to emerge as the personality of the year in India.
"In an unexpected twist, the humble 'cow' emerged as 'Personality of the Year', trumping other…
The world’s most popular festival – and the writers who revived it
It is the world's most well-known religious and cultural festival, celebrated worldwide - including even by those who are not adherents of the faith. Many sentiments and customs attached to it have become common worldwide - even where there…
All you need to know about National Herald case
New Delhi, Dec 19: Congress president Sonia Gandhi and party vice president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday appeared in the Patiala House Court in the National Herald Case.
On a complaint of BJP leader Subramanian Swamy the court had summoned…
Governance is a casualty of India’s confrontationist politics
The contrast between the two main opponents of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Delhi could not have been more stark. On one side is the 130-year-old Congress, the so-called Grand Old Party whose grandeur has begun to fray at the edges.…
WANTED: Women to run for office of UN Secretary-General
United Nations, Dec 16: The election process for the next UN secretary-general that could see a woman ascend to the leadership of the world body has been launched with the promise of openness and universal involvement.
Assembly president…