After Rs 2000 notes, get ready for Rs 200 note in your wallet. Top level sources from the North Block have confirmed to India Today that the Reserve Bank of India will be releasing the new lower denomination note as soon as next month. “We have already started printing of the first batch of 200 rupee note in June. It […]
» Read moreFive members of a family were killed while four others, including three children, were injured after their vehicle was hit by a dumper on National Highway 24 near East Delhi’s Mayur Vihar in the early hours of Wednesday. The family, after receiving a few members from Iran, was returning from Indira Gandhi International Airport and heading towards Meerut when the […]
» Read moreVeteran scientist, administrator and popular science communicator, Professor Yash Pal died on Monday in Noida, Uttar Pradesh. He was 90. His last rites will take place at 3 p.m. on Tuesday. Mr. Pal made significant contributions to the field of science and to the study of cosmic rays, high-energy physics, astrophysics and development, among others. He was also instrumental in […]
» Read moreThe President-elect Ram Nath Kovind is sworn in as the 14th President of India. Polling over 65 per cent votes in electoral college, Mr. Kovind defeated his rival Meira Kumar by over 33,000 votes. Mr. Kovind is the second Dalit President of India after late President K.R. Narayanan but, more significantly, the first from politically significant Uttar Pradesh and the […]
» Read moreA suicide blast near the residence and office of Pakistan’s Punjab province Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif in Lahore on Monday killed at least 20 people, including policemen, and wounded 30. Lahore police chief Capt (R) Amin Wains said the “target of blast was police.” He also confirmed that it was a suicide blast. “Police and the Lahore Development Authority officials […]
» Read moreEmployees of state-owned telecom firm BSNL have called a day-long nationwide strike on July 27 for not being given wage hike by the third pay revision committee. The committee recommends hike on the basis of performance of public sector firms.The recommendation of the third Pay Revision Committee was approved by the Cabinet on July 19. “BSNL became a loss making […]
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