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India Grabs 1st Place in Junior Asian Wrestling Championship

2013-10-25T18:02:00.000+05:30

India Tops Medal Tally in Junior Asian Wrestling Chmapionship

On June 16,2013 India leads the medal tally by winning 17 medals in the overall tournament.India managed to win three gold,five silver and nine bronze medals in the tournament.

India Bags Silver in Third China Open Boxing Tournament

2013-10-25T17:24:00.000+05:30

Manjeet Singh Of India Bags Silver in 3rd China Open Boxing Tournament

On June 22,2013 Manjeet Singh achieved Silver Medal for India at third China Open boxing tournament.

Indian Archery Team Bags Silver In World Cup

2013-10-25T16:55:00.000+05:30

Indian Team Wins Silver Medal In Archery World Cup 2013

On June 16,2013 Archery team of India missed gold medal this time also.Rajat Chauhan and Manjudha Soy of India won Silver Medal at the World Cup Archery Competition in Turkey.

Ministry Of Youth Affairs and Sports Sanction Several Project In Country

2013-10-25T16:22:00.000+05:30

Ministry of Youth Affair and Sports of India is in the process of implementing Urban Sports infrastructure Scheme(USIS) which will develop sports infrastructure in the country.

Sebastian Wins Maiden Canadian F1 Grand Prix 2013

2013-10-25T15:50:00.001+05:30

German Driver Sebastian Vettel Wins his Maiden Canadian F1 Grand Prix 2013

On June 10,2013 Sebastian Vettel won Canadian Grand Prix at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal.

In ATP Tennis Finals Roger Federer Register Victory

2013-10-25T15:10:00.002+05:30

Tennis Swiss Star Roger Federer Wins ATP Tennis Finals

On June 16,2013 Roger Federer who is also known as the king of grass court won Gerry Weber Open Halle ATP final defeating Mikhail Youzhny of Russia by 6-7 (5/7),6-3,6-4 at the Gerry Weber Stadium in Halle ,Germany.

Rafael Nadal and Serena William Achieved French Open 2013

2013-10-24T14:32:00.001+05:30

Rafael Nadal and Serena William are Titleholder of French Open 2013

On June 9,2013 Rafael Nadal didn't miss his 8th Men's Singles Title of the French Open Tournament 2013.He beats Spanish tennis player David Ferrer with three sets 6-3,6-2,6-3.

India Won ICC Champions Trophy 2013

2013-10-22T19:40:00.001+05:30

India Won ICC Champions Trophy 2013 on June 23,2013

India beat England by five runs and bagged ICC Champions Trophy 2013.India had won this title second time.

Indian Team Tops Current ICC ODI Ranking

2013-10-22T19:08:00.001+05:30

India has been ranked No. 1 in ICC ODI Ranking

After winning ICC Champions Trophy,2013 on June 23,2013 against England Indian Team ranked No.1 in ICC ODI Ranking.

List Of Important Days

2013-10-22T18:34:00.000+05:30

List Of Important Days In August 2013

National Days

List of Important Book and Authors in August 2013

2013-10-22T18:23:00.000+05:30

1. India's Tyrst With Destiny:Jagdish Bhagwati and Arvind Panagariya,Collins Business.

Connaught Place Of India's Capital Ranked As Fifth Most Expensive City Of World

2013-10-22T18:07:00.004+05:30

Connaught Place Of New Delhi Ranked As Fifth Most Expensive City Of World

Connaught Place is very famous market of New Delhi.It has been ranked as Fifth most expensive city of the world,because of the strong demand among limited supply as per CBRE report.

Krishi Vigyan Kendra to be opened at Nyoma,Leh

2013-10-21T19:48:00.003+05:30

Highest Krishi Vigyan Kendra to be opened at Nyoma,Leh

It will be the Nation's Highest Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) soon it will be established at Nyoma,Leh District of Jammu and Kashmir at height of about 14000 feet.

India Made Place For Best Sites In The World

2013-10-21T18:36:00.002+05:30

UNESCO Declared Six Forts Of Rajasthan For World heritage Status

Rajasthan will be splendid when UNESCO gives World Heritage Status to Six Forts of Rajasthan.On June 21,2013 UNESCO broadcasted this great news.

Everyday India Ruined 135 Hectare Forest Land:RTI

2013-10-20T13:05:00.000+05:30

India Losing Major Part Of Forest Land Daily

Seems like nobody is concerned about depleting forest land.Large area of Forest land have been handed over to public and private agencies in the name of development projects.

RTI gathered data from ministry of environment and forests by a group of environmentalists on depletion of forest and the numbers were alarming.According to them 135 hectare or you can say 333 acres of land is occupied for development projects.

Rajasthan Launches Scheme For Energy Conservation

2013-10-18T12:28:00.000+05:30

Rajasthan Launches Scheme For Energy Conservation

On June 27,2013 government of Rajasthan launched an energy scheme called Mukhyamantri Bijli Bachat Lamp Yojana for energy conservation.

State Government will provide 2 CFL free bulb to all electricity consumers in villages and BPL consumers in urban areas.This scheme will be in power till August 2013.

Awards Announced for UN Food and Agriculture Organisation

2013-10-13T12:03:00.002+05:30

On June 12,2013 United Nations Food Agency The Food and Agriculture Organisation(FAO) announced its following awards.

These awards will be distributed on June 15,2013 at the start of 38th FAO Conference in Rome.

The Jacques Diouf Award(Jacques Diouf was a Senegalese diplomat who was Director-General of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) ) was given to the EU for its 'EU food Facility'.

President distributed awards on June 26,2013 International Day Against Drug Abuse

2013-10-12T23:20:00.001+05:30

President of India,Pranab Mukherjee presented the National Award for Outstanding services in the field of prohibition of Alcoholism and various types of drug substances available in the market on June 26,2013 that is the occassion of International Day against Drug Abuse and illegal Trafficking at function at Vigyan Bhavan,New Delhi.

24:- Tan Twan Eng Declared as the winner of Walter Scott Prize 2013

2013-10-12T19:26:00.000+05:30

Malaysian author Tan Twan Eng was declared as the winner of Walter Scott Prize 2013 for his English Fiction Novel 'The Garden Of Evening Mists'.

23:- A lost city found in cambodian jungle

2013-10-10T20:18:00.001+05:30

A lost city that flourished on a mist –covered Cambodian mountain 1,200 years ago has been discovered by archeologists using airborne laser technology reported by Herald of The Sydney Morning on June 15,2013.

22:- Sanjeev Goenkar Business Leader Of The Year 2013

2013-10-09T23:14:00.001+05:30

At Global India Business meeting which was held at Belfast,UK Mr.Goenka was Honoured with the Business leader of the year 2013 award.

Award was given by Anand Sharma Union Minister of Commerce and Industry.It is the global gathering of Indian business leaders and their global counterparts.

Award is in recognition of the success of his business enterprise and to acknowledge his position as an outstanding entrepreneur in India.

Goenka's Group annual revenue is US $2.5 billion

21:- Kiran Bedi Honoured with Nomura Award

2013-10-09T22:58:00.000+05:30

Former Indian IPS Officer kiran Bedi had been honoured with 10,000$ Nomura Award in Singapore for her Humanitarian works.

She decides to donate the money for prisoner's children education who was present at the award function in Singapore.

She was given the award constituted by Nomura Group of Japan for improving the world for future Generations.

20:- Oprah Winfrey Declared as the most Powerful celebrity of World

2013-10-09T22:50:00.001+05:30

On June 26,2013 Oprah Winfrey was named as the most powerful celebrity by forbes among six women and four men who made to top 10.

Lady gaga came 2nd followed by director/producer Steven Spielberg and singer Beyonce and Madonna.She had 77 million dollar earning during June 2012-2013

She is an American media proprietor,talk show host,actress,producer and philanthropist.She is best known for award winning talk show The Oprah Winfrey Show which was highest rated show and was nationally syndicated from 1986 to 2011.

She has been ranked the richest African-American of the 20th Century.She was also considered for a time the world's only black billionaire.

19:- S Ramadorai to be Chairman Of Air Asia India

2013-10-09T22:36:00.002+05:30

S Ramadorai,Tata group veteran was appointed as Exucitive Chairman of Air Asia India by CEO Tony Fernandes of Air Asia India.

Ramadorai also brings back Ratan Tata on board and made him chief advisor.he is also known for his great success of Tata Consultancy Services(TCS).he currently holds the position of Vice Chairman at TCS.

He's also adviser to PM Manmohan in national Council on skill Development and holds a Cabinet Minister's rank.

18:- Avinash Chander appointed as new DRDO chief

2013-10-09T19:37:00.001+05:30

Avinash Chander,man behind Agni series of missiles.On May 31,2013 he was appointed as new scientific adviser to the defense minister and Diretor-General of Defense Research and Development Organisation(DRDO).

He will also hold the post of secretary,department of defense research and development.Dr. Chander was recently awarded Padma Shri,he was behind the successful development of 5000KM range Agni-V.