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Five new Governors has been appointed by the President of India

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The President has been pleased to appoint the following as Governors:- 1. Shri Ram Naik as the Governor of Uttar Pradesh 2. Shri Balramji Dass Tandon as the Governor of Chhattisgarh 3. Shri Keshari Nath Tripathi as the Governor of West Bengal 4. Shri Om Prakash Kohli as the Governor of Gujarat 5. Shri Padmanabha […]

Srinivasan becomes first ICC chairman

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সমস্ত জল্পনার অবসান ঘটিয়ে আইসিসি-র প্রথম চেয়ারম্যান হিসাবে এন শ্রীনিবাসনের নামেই সিলমোহর দিল বিসিসিআই। মেলবোর্নে অনুষ্ঠিত বিশ্ব ক্রিকেটের বার্ষিক সভায় ৫২ সদস্যের শ্রীনিকেই প্রথম চেয়ারম্যান হিসাবে স্বীকৃতি দিল। আইপিএল-এর স্পট ফিক্সিং-এ তাঁর নাম জড়িয়ে যাওয়ায় বোর্ড সভাপতির দৈনন্দিন কাজ থেকে তাঁকে সরিয়ে দেওয়ার সিদ্ধান্ত নেয় সুপ্রিম কোর্ট। কিন্তু শ্রীনিবাসনের আইসিসি-তে যাওয়ার উপর কোনওরকম নিষেধাজ্ঞা জারি […]

Global pat for Bengal’s girl child scheme

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Kanyashree Prakalpa, a West Bengal government scheme that provides scholarship to girls from economically-backward backgrounds, has been given international recognition by the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID) and UNICEF. State representatives have been invited to the Girl Summit 2014 in London, in June, and to talk about the scheme to a global audience. […]

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Kedarnath Singh chosen for Jnanpith Award 2013

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Noted Hindi poet Kedarnath Singh has been chosen for the prestigious Jnanpith award for 2013. He is the 10th Hindi writer to receive the honour and joins the likes of Sumitra Nandan Pant, Ramdhari Singh Dinkar among others. Eighty-year-old Singh, who has also written essays and stories, was born in Balia, Uttar Pradesh. ‘Abhi bilkul […]

Kolkata Airport Bags Service Quality Award

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Kolkata Airport has won the Airport Service Quality (ASQ) Award by Airport Council International (ACI) in the category of the best improved airport in Asia Pacific Region. This category includes airports which have experienced the biggest improvement in ASQ rating between 2012 and 2013 in their region. The ASQ Awards are presented in four categories: […]

ফের গ্রেফতার অ্যামওয়ে কর্তা উইলিয়াম এস পিঙ্কনি

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চিট ফান্ড বন্ধের আইন না-মেনে ব্যবসা করার অভিযোগে এই নিয়ে দ্বিতীয় বার গ্রেফতার হলেন ভারতে অ্যামওয়ে-র এমডি-সিইও উইলিয়াম এস পিঙ্কনি। কেরলের পর এ বার পিঙ্কনিকে গ্রেফতার করল অন্ধ্রপ্রদেশের পুলিশ। আপাতত তাঁকে ১৪ দিনের জন্য বিচার বিভাগীয় হেফাজতে রাখার নির্দেশ দিয়েছে ওই রাজ্যের একটি জেলা আদালত। খারিজ করা হয়েছে তাঁর জামিনের আবেদন। অন্ধ্রের কুর্নুলের পুলিশ সুপার […]

Yemen to become 160th WTO member

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Yemen deposited its “Instrument of Acceptance” on 27 May 2014 with Director-General Roberto Azevêdo, confirming its membership terms. According to WTO rules, Yemen will become a full-fledged member on 26 June 2014.

15th PM of India and his Cabinet Minister

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Shri Narendra Damodar Das Modi has been taken oath as 15th Prime Minister of India along with his cabinet minister & minister of state. Minister’s Name Portfolio Cabinet Ministers Mr. Narendra Damodar Das Modi Prime Minister of India Mr. Rajnath Singh Home Minister Mr. Arun Jaitley Finance, Corporate Affairs and Defence Ms. Sushma Swaraj External […]

President of India to dedicate RuPay to the nation

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The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee will dedicate ‘RuPay’ India’s own card payment network to the nation tomorrow (May 8, 2014) at function at Rashtrapati Bhavan. The RuPay card is accepted at all the ATMs (1,60,000+), 95% of PoS terminals (9,45,000+) and most of the eCom merchants (10,000+) in the country. A variant of […]

Activist Ramesh Agrawal wins Green Nobel

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Ramesh Agrawal, 60, will be recognized in a ceremony in San Francisco as one of six recipients of this year’s $175,000 Goldman Environmental Prize, often called the “Green Nobel.” Agrawal – who has no formal legal training – has been waging a one-man campaign to educate illiterate villagers about their rights in fighting pollution and […]