Goa Tourism Minister Parulekar conferred with PATWA 2015 award
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Raghavendra Gadagkar awarded with Germany's Cross of Order of
the Merit
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President Pranab Mukherjee presented Saraswati Sammaan to Dr. M
Veerappa Moily
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Vice President Hamid Ansari presents “Gujar Mal Modi Award for
his commendable contribution in the field of Science and Technology” to Prof.
Mustansir Barma
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The two young men, Rakesh Sharma and Vikramjit from Udhampur in
Jammu and Kashmir, who overpowered and caught alive a suspected Pakistani
terrorist, were given Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Bravery award by the All
India Anti Terrorist Front (AIATF)
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Maldivian president assured Indian PM that his country will not
allow any foreign power to set up a military base
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MoU between India and Nepal for construction of petroleum products pipeline from Raxaul
(India) to Amlekhgunj (Nepal)
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MoU between India and United States of America on cooperation to
establish the Pace Setter Fund (a fund to support the Promoting Energy Access
through Clean Energy)
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MoU between India and Mongolia to establish basis for
cooperative institutional relationship to encourage and promote technical
bilateral cooperation on new and renewable energy
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MoU between India and France to establish basis for cooperative
institutional relationship to encourage and promote technical bilateral
cooperation on new and renewable energy issues
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MoU signed b/w India and Slovakia on technical cooperation in
Railway sector
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Can't forget support India gave us during difficult times: Iran
Foreign Min (Javad Zarif)
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India-US Combined Military Training Exercise YUDH ABHYAS 2015, will commence on Sep
09-23, 2015 at USA
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India and Bangladesh agreed to work in close to curb the fake
currecny
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'Made in India' vehicles for UN Mission in Mali
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Xiaomi:
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu to Launch Company's 1st
India-Made Phone
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India has become the 7th country in the world
to produce Titanium sponge commercially (at Chavara in Kerala)
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China devalues its currency Yuan by 1.9%
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POSCO to set up first steel plant in India (at Maharashtra)
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India Signs Financing Agreement with World Bank for US$ 308.40
Million for National Cyclone Risk Mitigation Project-II
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$500mn Taiwan Electronic Cluster in Bengaluru
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Rs. 70000 crore big-ticket reform to revamp Public Sector Banks
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Jaitley unveiled 'Indradhanush', a
major banking plan that includes setting up a Bank Board Bureau to monitor
performance
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Axis Bank launched the First Multi-Currency Contactless Card
service in India
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A P Shah committee on MAT (Minimum Alternate Tax) of FIIs
submitted to SC
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Parliamentary Committee examining the Lokpal Bill has got two
months extension
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Freedom fighters to get 218% DA hike: Rajnath Singh
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Union Government launched "School Nursery
Yojana" to bring students closer to nature
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Param Tyag Chakra Initiative launched to honour families of
martyrs
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Dr. Najma Heptulla, the Union Minister for Minority Affairs
launched a new Central Sector Scheme 'Nai Manzil' in
Patna
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Government is not for moral policing; but child porn sites to be
blocked: Centre in SC
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Jains practice of fast unto death suicidal, punishable:
Rajasthan HC
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Kochi became first Indian city to join
World Tourism Cities Federation Council
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Aadhaar is not a must - SC; the personal info collected must be
used only for PDS and LPG
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Maharashtra: decided to impose 'drought tax'
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63 militants killed in J&K this year
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ISRO's "Bhuvan" to map 500 smart cities
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Government's new scheme: “Hamari Dharohar” -
to preserve the rich heritage of the Parsi minority community
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Om Prakash Rawat
Appointed as New Election Commissioner
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Alcohol prohibition in a phased manner is possible: SC to Kerala
Government
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Rs. 1000 crore sanctioned for integrating Chennai airport
terminals
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President approved 67 Gallantry Awards to Armed Forces Personnel
(2 Kirti Chakra; 10 Shaurya Chakra and others)
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Assam passed Witch Hunting Bill, 2015
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69th Independence Day across the country
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Modi's I-Day speech: "Start Up India, Stand Up India";
announces initiative to set up pan-India network to generate jobs for Dalits
and Tribals
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Agriculture Ministry is renamed as 'Ministry of
Agriculture & Farmers Welfare'
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Kerala: CM announces the State as 'Complete Digital
State'
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1st recipient of APJ Abdul Kalam Award:
ISRO Scientist Dr. N. Valarmathi; Erode truck driver
Ms. Jothimani Gowthaman won Kalpana Chawla Award (TN Government)
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IAS probationers will start their career from Delhi instead of
cadre state they have been allocated - Jitendra Singh
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Pranab Mukherjee hosted an ‘At Home’ reception for freedom
fighters on the occasion of the 73rd
anniversary of the Quit India Movement at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
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Amitabh Bachchan is roped as Maharashtra's "Tiger Ambassador"
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Sundar Pichai is new
Google CEO
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Indian army tops popularity charts on Facebook
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Aug 13: National Organ Donation Day
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2015 US - India Cyber Dialogue was held at the US Department of
State in Washington
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Union Government’s ambitious Pratyaksha Hastaantarit Laabh (PAHAL) scheme was acknowledged as the
world’s largest cash transfer program (households) by the Guinness Book of
World Records
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Smile torch campaign: to
raise awareness on the need for Orthodontics
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Documentary on Rajinikanth ('For
The Love of A Man') to be screened at Venice International Film Festival
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'Kikiki Huna': world's smallest insect measuring of about 0.16
mm
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Taj Mahal is the first monument in the world on
Twitter
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Around 1.5 lakh children in Delhi use drugs
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Minister of communications and information technology, Ravi
Shankar Prasad has launched a new mobile app ‘DISHA’
– Digital Saksharta Abhiyan to aid digital literacy in Bihar
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Google launched its parent company Alphabet Inc
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Researchers discovered evidence of lake in Mars
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Junior Federation Cup Athletics Championships 2015: Winner: (1)
Kerala (2) Haryana; Men's team: (1) Haryana (2) Tamil Nadu; Women's team: (1)
Kerala (2) Tamil Nadu
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Junior Federation Cup Athletics Championships 2015: Best Male
athlete: Ajay Kumar (Haryana); Best Female athlete: Stuti Singh (Uttar
Pradesh)
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Algorithm: a
documentary on young visually challenged chess players
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India emerges as Championships (with 17 medals) in the Asian
Youth Chess championships (at Suwon, South Korea)
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Honorary Madras Cricket Club membership to Rahul Dravid and VVS
Laxman
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Pankaj Advani won
his 13th World Snooker Championships
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India's Prakash Nanjappa
has earned a quota for 2016 Rio Olympics in shooting; sixth India to
book berth in Rio Olympics
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Sania Mirza
becomes the second tennis player to be recommended for Rajiv Gandhi
Khel Ratna award
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PR Sreejesh, Satish Sivalingam, Jitu Rai among 17 recommended
for Arjuna Award
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India's Chain Singh won the
2016 Rio Olympic Quota place in men's 50m
rifle 3-position
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World Badminton Championships: India's Saina Nehwal
settles for Silver; Spain's Carolina Marin won the title
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World Archery Championships: Indian recurve mixed pair (Deepika
Kumari and Mangal Singh Champia) won Silver medal
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World Archery Championships: India's Abhishek Verma
won Gold medal; World
Archery Championships held at Poland
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India retained its top spot as the world's largest exporter of
beef
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According to the Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index 2015, India ranks 52nd position (last year it was
in 65th place)
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Bill Gates: richest techie in the world followed by Larry
Ellison (Oracle) and Jeff Bezos (Amazon)
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Azim Premji is richest Indian techie - placed at 13th position
followed by Shiv Nadar
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Tamil Nadu is at the top of employment generation in the country
in 2012-13: ASSOCHAM
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Singapore celebrated its 50th National Day
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Scotland to ban GM crop cultivation
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PM of Libya Abdullah al-Thani announced his resignation live on
television
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Government would remain opposed to gay marriage during the
current Parliament - Australian PM Abbott
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Change of guard in Boko Haram head; Abubakar Shekau was replaced
by Idriss deby
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China, Pakistan signed deals worth 1.6 billion US dollars to
implement CPEC
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Japan: restarted Fukushima Nuclear
Power Plant
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Explosion in Chinese warehouse kills more than 50
|
Swedish government dropped sexual assault case against Julian
Assange as the time limit on the case had expired
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John Kerry unveiled US flag at the embassy in Cuba
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Denmark opened its first LGBT elderly home
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Indonesian airlines crashed; 54 feared dead
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Protest over new Nepal Constitution
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Exercise Joint Sea - 2015 (II) b/w
China and Russia in Sea of Japan
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