IITs and ONGC to come together to make it big. PAN-Indian Institute of Technology and ONGC come together for a research and development to develop technologies which would help in exploring and exploiting hydrocarbons and alternative sources of energy.
The European Union lifts the ban on mangoes. A 7 month long ban on the import of Indian mangoes has been lifted by the European Union.It has been after considerable measures implemented by the country made significant improvements in plant health control and certification system. However, the ban on vegetables persist.
H1N1 swine flu spreads panic across the nation. Since Monday, several deaths have been reported from different parts of the country. As per reports, seven deaths have been reported from Telangana and it is the state worst hit by the virus.
India's tiger population goes up. The latest reports indicated a rise of thirty percent increase in the tiger population of the country as compared to the tiger population in 2010. The current tiger count in India is 2226, according to the preliminary estimates in 'Status of Tiger in India: 2014' which is 70% percent of the world's.
Kiren Bedi - BJP's chief ministerial candidate. Kiren Bedi who is the first women IPS officer has been decred as BJP's chief ministerial candidate and she will stand from the Krishna Nagar constituency.
India's growth rate to surpass china's - IMF. International Monetary Fund estimates India's growth to be 6.5 in the year 2016 by when it is likely to cross China's estimated growth rate.
