Veteran Actress Reema Lagoo Passes Away
Veteran Bollywood actress Reema Lagoo died on 18 May 2017 at Kokilaben Hospital in Mumbai. She reportedly suffered a massive cardiac arrest. She was 59....
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David Letterman Wins Mark Twain Prize - 2017 For American Humour
David Letterman, who was the longest running host of late night TV shows in the United States, was on 17 May 2017 awarded with the Mark Twain Prize 2017 for American humour. With this, Letterman becam...
May 18, 2017
India And Palestine Inks 5 Agreements
India and Palestine exchanged five agreements for cooperation in different sectors including agriculture, information technology and health. The agreements were exchanged after a high level delegation...
May 17, 2017
Country's First Ornamental Fish Park To Come Up At Chennai
India’s first Aquatic Rainbow Technology Park (ARTP) will be set up in Chennai. The Park will include an ultra modern facility for Ornamental fish Equipped with multi species hatchery and live feed ...
May 17, 2017
ICC Hikes Prize Money For Champions Trophy
The International Cricket Council (ICC) in the second week of May 2017 announced that the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy Carries a total prize money of USD 4.5 million. The winner of the eight team tou...
May 17, 2017
Andhra Pradesh To Ink MoU With Singapore Government
In a move that can speed up the construction of its new capital, Amaravathi, the Andhra Pradesh Government will enter into a Memorandum of Understanding with Singapore recently. ...
May 17, 2017
Ovais Sarmad Appointed As The Deputy Executive Secretary Of UNFCCC
Ovais Sarmad is an Indian national appointed by the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres to the post of Deputy Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC...
May 17, 2017
World Telecommunication And Information Society Day - 17 May
The World Telecommunication and Information Society Day was observed on 17 May 2017. The 2017 theme of this day is “Big Data for Big Impact”. The theme focuses on the power of Big data for Big Im...
May 17, 2017
National Dengue Day May 16, 2017
The Government of India has declared 16th May as National Dengue Day by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt of India. Dengue is a viral Disease that is transmitted by the bite of Aedes Mosquit...
May 16, 2017
Aravind Kumar Rengan Bags INSA Young Scientist Award
Aravind Kumar Rengan, Assistant Professor in Department of Biomedical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT - H) Hyderabad has been awarded the prestigious Indian National Science Academy...
May 16, 2017
Indian Women Cricketers Sets New World Record in One-Day Internationals
The partnership of Deepti Sharma and Poonam Raut scored 320 in 45.3 overs to become the World’s first ever first Wicket Partnership , to achieve a 300 - run opening wicket Partnership in One-Day Int...
May 16, 2017
India Ranks 26 In World Bank Power List
India to be ranked 26th in World Bank’s electricity accessibility list in the current year from 99th spot in 2017. Out of the 15,452 villages which lacked electricity, over 13,000 villages has been ...
May 16, 2017
Edouard Philippe Named As Prime Minister Of France
French President Emmanuel Macron on 15 May, 2017 named Edouard Philippe as Prime Minister of France. Philippe comes from the ranks of a center right party outside Macron’s own movement. ...
May 16, 2017
Arjun Maini Becomes The First Indian To Win GP3 Race
Arjun Maini became the first Indian driver to win a GP3 Race when he won the sprint race at the circuit de catalunya, Barcelona....
May 16, 2017
North Korea Missile Test Way “New Type Of Ballistic Rocket”
North Korea has claimed that the missile Hwasong - 12 it tested on 15 May, 20107 was a new type of rocket capable of carrying a large nuclear warhead. The missile, launched at a steep angle, reached ...
May 15, 2017
Former Puducherry CM S. Ramaswamy Passes Away
Former Puducherry Chief Minister S. Ramaswamy passed away in Puducherry after a brief illness. He was 80. He was Home Minister in the DMK-CPT Coalition Ministry for a brief period. He was also the Chi...
May 15, 2017
Lewis Hamilton Wins Spanish Grand Prix
Lewis Hamilton cut Sebastian Vettel’s lead at the top of the Formula one drivers standings to six points as he won the Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona. Mercedes star Lewis Hamilton will start at pol...
May 15, 2017
International Day Of Families 15 May
The International Day of Families is Observed on the 15th May every year. This year’s Observance on the focuses role of families and family oriented policies in promoting education and overall well-...
May 15, 2017
India’s First Electric Cab Fleet To Be Launched In Nagpur
India’s first electric cab fleet is going to be launched in Nagpur from the 26th of May 2017. With India’s pledge to go all electric by 2030, this is a good way to get things rolling. Union Transp...
May 15, 2017
India Claim 2 Medals At World Para Athletics Grand Prix
India Claimed a gold medal and a bronze medal and a bronze medal at the World Para Athletics Grand Prix held in Beijing, China, Ramudu Someshwara Rao, who became the fastest Indian blade runner in the...
May 14, 2017