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Railway Minister launches grievance redressal website for employees

India, News

Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Thursday launched ‘Nivaran’ portal, an online system for redressal of service-related grievances of serving and former Railway employees. Speaking on the occasion,Prabhu said it was a new system which would also be launched in regional languages. “The external grievance redressal portal is successful because of the work of railways employees. Today we are launching the portal for […]

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Indian-American physicist donates $11 million to UCLA

India, News, USA

An Indian-American physicist has donated $11 million to University of California to establish a center devoted to advancing knowledge of the basic laws of nature, the largest donation in the history of the varsity. “I thank Mani Bhaumik for his philanthropic leadership and for believing in UCLA,” said UCLA Chancellor Gene Block. Bhaumik rose from poverty to become an eminent scientist […]

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Duterte sworn in as President of Philippines

News, World

Rodrigo Duterte was sworn in Thursday as President of the Philippines, with some hoping his maverick style will energize the country but others fearing he will undercut one of Asia’s liveliest democracies amid threats to kill criminals en masse. The 71-year-old former prosecutor and longtime mayor of southern Davao city won a resounding victory in May’s elections in his first […]

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India Test-Fires Surface-To-Air Missile

India, News

India today successfully test-fired a new surface-to-air missile developed jointly with Israel, from a defence base off Odisha coast. The medium range missile, which will fulfill a huge Indian army requirement, was fired from a mobile launcher in the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur around 8.15 am, said an official of the Defence Research and Development Organisation or DRDO. “The […]

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