Monthly Archives: August 2014

Emma Watson was named ‘Goodwill Ambassador of UN Women’

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Hollywood actress Emma Watson of ‘Hary Potter’ fame has been appointed a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador by UN Women, a specialized UN agency dedicated to gender equality and women empowerment. Watson, popularly known for her role of Hermione Granger in Harry Potter series recently completed her graduation from Brown University. She will dedicate her efforts […]

Jitu Rai Becomes World No. 1 Air Pistol Shooter

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India’s air pistol shooter Jitu Rai who clinched three medals in the ISSF World Cups in Munich and Slovenia this year achieved the world’s number one ranking in men’s air pistol event on July 1, 2014. He is the seventh Indian shooter to achieve this success. International Shooting Federation found Jitu’s recent performance in the […]

Expenditure Management Commission

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Expenditure Management Commission has been set up by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It will be headed by former RBI Governor Bimal Jalan. This commission will suggest the ways to reduce food, fertiliser and oil subsidies and narrow the fiscal deficit. The other members of this commission is former finance secretary Sumit Bose and former RBI […]

গণিতে পৃথিবীর শ্রেষ্ঠ শিরোপা পেলেন মঞ্জুল ভার্গব

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ভারতীয় বাংসতভুত মাঞ্জুল ভারগভ গনিতে পৃথিবীর শ্রেষ্ঠ শিরোপা ‘ফিল্ডস মেডেল’, পেলেন । যাকে গণিতের নোবেল প্রাইজ বলেই মনে করেন গবেষকরা। ভারতীয় বংশোদ্ভূত মঞ্জুল এখন আমেরিকার প্রিন্সটন বিশ্বদ্যালয়ের অধ্যাপক।  Manjul Bhargava, the Canadian-American number theorist from Princeton University, is one of the four who have been chosen for the highest award in mathematics, the Fields Medal, which is […]