Year: 2015

    ‘Streedhan’ is woman’s exclusive property: SC  –    (Social Issues) Echoing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s words that gold is a great tool for the empowerment of women, the Supreme Court held that abused women judicially separated from their husbands had every right to invoke the domestic violence law to get back their ‘streedhan.’ The court said ‘streedhRead More…

    Pay panel moots 23.5% hike, to cost govt. Rs 1.02 lakh cr.  –   (Economics) In its report submitted to the Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday, the Seventh Central Pay Commission has recommended an overall increase of 23.55 per cent in pay, allowances, and pension for government employees. Within this, the Commission’s report recommends a 16 per cent increRead More…

27 killed as special forces storm hotel, free hostages  –    (Security) At least 27 people were reported dead on Friday as Malian special forces, aided by the U.S. and French commandos, stormed a luxury hotel in Bamako, where gunmen had held at least 170 people, including 22 Indians, hostage. Two gunmen were among the dead, according to a spokesperson of the Malian Foreign MinistrRead More…

    Bomb downed plane in Egypt: Russia  –    (International Relation) Hours after confirming for the first time on Tuesday that a bomb brought down a Russian charter jet over the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt more than two weeks ago, killing all 224 people aboard, Russia joined France in bombing Islamic State (IS) targets in Syria. Russian news reports said a Russian submarine Read More…

    India not intolerant: Modi  –    (International Relation) India and the U.K. announced an enhanced defence and strategic partnership as well as a civil nuclear agreement as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his British counterpart David Cameron met here on Thursday, and said trade deals worth £ 9 billion would be signed during Mr. Modi’s three-day visit. Facing questRead More…

    Diversity is our pride, strength: Modi  –    (Indian Polity) Prime Minister Narendra Modi, facing criticism back home over the government’s failure to address growing intolerance, said here on Friday that diversity is India’s “strength and pride” and underlined the importance of peaceful co-existence. “India is full of diversity. This diversity is our pride aRead More…

    China’s yuan takes another step towards SDR basket inclusion  –    (Economics) China’s currency, the yuan, took another step forward towards joining the elite group of global reserve currencies on Saturday when the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) staff on Saturday recommended that the Chinese currency be included in the IMF’s benchmark foreign exchange basket, Read More…

China’s yuan takes another step towards SDR basket inclusion  –    (Economics) China’s currency, the yuan, took another step forward towards joining the elite group of global reserve currencies on Saturday when the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) staff on Saturday recommended that the Chinese currency be included in the IMF’s benchmark foreign exchange basket, a move that willRead More…

    Proposed H-1B visa changes may not hit Indian software engineers  –    (International Relation) Prospective software engineers seeking jobs in the United States need not be perturbed by the recent changes proposed by the U.S. senators on the H-1B visa norms as the changes may not come through in the proposed form. This is the overwhelming view of the software industry Read More…

    De-link terror and religion: Modi   –    (Security) India late on Sunday called for a comprehensive global strategy to delink terror and religion, and to promote cooperation among countries to counter radicalisation. Addressing the G20 leaders here at a session on terrorism, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, “We need to involve religious leaders, thinkers and opinioRead More…