In all, 425 officers and men of the armed forces received gallantry and other defence decorations this year.
Experts from TIME istitute attempt to answer the most frequently asked questions students face for CAT.
The release of Mohd Aseeb Shaikh early on Wednesday morning came after sustained efforts, including negotiations with the abductors, sources told PTI in Delhi. Shaikh, who hails from Mumbai, was abducted alongwith three of his co-workers of a petroleum company on May 13 in the oil-rich Heglig area in southern Sudan.
The Reliance Dhirubhai Ambani Group revealed plans of venturing into the power equipment business.
Inter-University Accelerator Centre offers a PhD Programme for CSIR-UGC NET (JRF) Qualified Candidates
The study 'Orissa in Transition: From Fiscal Turnaround to Rapid and Inclusive Growth' was conducted by the World Bank in 2007. The study found that the poverty headcount ratio for the state, after rising during 1993-99, declined during 2000-2005 by more than 8 percentage points in rural Orissa and 2.5 percentage points in urban Orissa. This is better than the all-India average decline of 5 percentage points for urban India and 2 percentage points for rural India.
Youths from Malaysia, South Africa and Sudan too were trained in these camps.
Here we take a look at what dividend is, why mutual fund dividend is not a true dividend and why investing just for the sake of dividend can make you poorer.
Ever attempted to walk down the sidewalk while composing an email? Well, with a smartphone in your pocket, you can now email on the move.
From a wild card entrant on Season 2 of Comedy Circus, Juhi Parmar, popular for her soap Kumkum, along with her partner VIP beat Kamya Punjabi and Rajiv Thakur to win the hilarious reality series.
A controversial penalty three minutes into added time gave Paris St Germain a 2-1 win over fellow Ligue 1 strugglers Racing Lens in the French League Cup final at the Stade de France on Saturday.
The plant, with a capacity to produce 330 MW of electricity, is being constructed with China's assistance.
Given the rare honour to a visiting dignitary, the prime minister laid out the roadmap for ties in his address to the joint session of the Nigerian National Assembly, which was attended by all sections of the House including a group which had threatened to boycott it because it had a running duel with Speaker Patricia Etteh on corruption charges against her.
M Damodaran took a bow as Sebi chief after many bold initiatives during his 3-year tenure.
India and China are emerging as significant sources of foreign direct investment in Africa even as the overall percentage of FDI from Asian countries targeted towards the continent remains low, the United Nations has said.
India does not play any military role in the Sri Lankan conflict, the country's envoy to the US has said, while hailing New Delhi's role in the "political context".
Controversial anti-doping rules requiring athletes to state their location for an hour every day will need at least a year to 'bed in', the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) said on Tuesday. 'We're eight weeks into this and I don't know of anyone who has missed a test yet,' WADA president John Fahey said of the new rules that came into effect on Jan. 1.
In conjunction with the British Council, the 11th One World Fellowship Scheme invites applications for its 2006 programme.
DIG Vishwaranjan and a top CRPF official said there were no casualties from the security personnel team.
The new work was carried out by computer scientists Marcus Rogers and Kirti Tidke from Purdue University in Indiana, US, and psychologist Kathryn Seigfried from John Jay College in New York, US.
Ragpickers in Mumbai and Delhi are working for a new cause. They are helping Tetrapak India sort out used tetrapak covers to be recycled into fibre meant for paper mills.
The winter session of Parliament beginning Thursday will see sparks fly with a range of issues from Nandigram violence and the stalled India-United States nuclear agreement to problems faced by farmers and wheat imports providing the ammunition for rival parties. The Nandigram issue is expected to make the three-week session of Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha a stormy affair and may push the nuclear deal to the back seat amid signs of a thaw between UPA and the Left.
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While Nokia remains the clear number one, the number two and three positions are seeing the real strategising.
Education consultant NNS Chandra shares advice on entrance examinations, admission procedures at international universities.
To lend a Mughal-era ambience to shopping in the city of the Taj, Quality Constructions Ltd, an Agra-based real-estate developer, announced the completion of its Taj shopping plaza project near Taj Mahal on Monday.
In the midst of a political controversy over the Sethusamudram project, the Centre on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that there was no historical evidence to establish the existence of Lord Ram or the other characters in Ramayana.
Air-India dished out an entirely forgettable display yet ended with an infinitely memorable result as they shut out Sporting Clube de Goa by a 1-0 margin in a 12th round I-League match at the Cooperage on Sunday.
'I am not scared of corona, I am sure God is protecting us.'
Reliance Industries and IPCL have consolidated their stake in the two Mukesh Ambani group entities over the past quarter.
Shakeel and Syed Haji are both residents of Hyderabad.
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Crisis gripped an embattled Janata Dal-Secular in Karnataka on Wednesday in the wake of a section of its partymen opening parleys with Congress to revive coalition ties for forming a government to avoid a snap poll and the top brass expressing dissent over the move.
He will deputise for Vaughan in the first Test against West Indies starting at Lord's on Thursday.
Brazil forward Ronaldinho has asked to be left out of the squad for the Copa America because he is tired, the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) said on Tuesday.
Inflation is likely to remain above 11 per cent this year and may come down to around 9 per cent by March next year, says a survey of economists conducted by the Reserve Bank.
"I will appeal to the apex court to uphold the sentences if the convicted accused file a petition for mercy," said Uma Krishnaiya.
Australian skipper Ricky Ponting was seen tapping Sharad Pawar on the shoulder to leave the stage after receiving the trophy.
The Sensex opened with a positive gap of 209 points at 14,458
Roy Keane suffered his first Premier League setback as his side were rolled over at the JJB Stadium.
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