Shirdi awarded “Solar City” status by Centre

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• Shirdi awarded “Solar City” status by Centre
• World Sparrow Day: March 20
• Rs 1,900 Crore for Panch Parmeshwar Yojana
• BSE, NSE launch exchanges for SMEs
• U.S. military identifies ‘KILLER' soldier
• 18 seed banks in country to aid farmers
• Work resumes at Kudankulam nuke power plant after 6 month gap
• Mukul Roy new Railway Minister
• Poverty rate reduction in 5 yrs about 1.5% pts per yr: Montek
• Help for Chendru Mandavi the 'Tiger Boy'
• G.D. Agarwal (Swami Gyan Swaroopanand), the green activist continues indefinite fast
• Kenya keen on India's participation in LAPSSET

Shirdi awarded “Solar City” status by Centre Posted: 20 Mar 2012 02:50 PM PDT The Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has awarded Sri Sai Baba Sansthan, Shirdi, in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra the status of "Solar City". In the next 5 years

World Sparrow Day: March 20 Posted: 20 Mar 2012 02:49 PM PDT House Sparrow: Passer domesticus The World Sparrow Day (WSD) celebrated on 20th March every year worldwide to raise public awareness about the decline of the house sparrow and throw light

Rs 1,900 Crore for Panch Parmeshwar Yojana Posted: 20 Mar 2012 02:46 PM PDT Rs 1,900 crore have been sanction in Madhya Pradesh for the "Panch Parmeshwar Yojana" in 2012-13. This means an increase of Rs 500 Crore in comparison to current fiscal. Under

BSE, NSE launch exchanges for SMEs Posted: 20 Mar 2012 02:45 PM PDT BSE Ltd, the oldest bourse of Asia, inaugurated its platform for Small And Medium Enterprises (SME) under the brand name of BSE SME Exchange with listing of  BCB Financewith, while

U.S. military identifies ‘KILLER' soldier Posted: 20 Mar 2012 02:40 PM PDT The soldier who allegedly killed 16 Afghan civilians, mostly women and children, has been identified by US Military as Staff Sergeant Robert Bales (38). Sergeant Bales was flown out of

18 seed banks in country to aid farmers Posted: 20 Mar 2012 02:33 PM PDT As per the Agricultural Minister Sharad Pawar, 18 seed banks are presently functioning in India and they are sufficient to meet the needs of the farmers. They are located in

Work resumes at Kudankulam nuke power plant after 6 month gap Posted: 20 Mar 2012 02:32 PM PDT Work resumed in Tamil Nadu at the Kudankulam nuclear power project site. Russian scientists and employees of Nuclear Power Corporation of India resumed work in order to ascertain early commissioning

Mukul Roy new Railway Minister Posted: 20 Mar 2012 02:29 PM PDT Trinamool Congress leader Mukul Roy took over as new Railway Minister. He replaced Dinesh Trivedi, who was forced to resign after his party criticised his proposal to hike the railway

Poverty rate reduction in 5 yrs about 1.5% pts per yr: Montek Posted: 20 Mar 2012 02:28 PM PDT Montek Singh Ahluwalia, the Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission held that the rate of reduction in poverty in 5 years b/w 2004-05 and 2009-10 is about 1.5% points per annum.

Help for Chendru Mandavi the 'Tiger Boy' Posted: 20 Mar 2012 02:26 PM PDT Chendru Mandavi (78) famous as the "Tiger Boy" was recently hospitalized following a paralytic stroke. Chendru Mandavi, the septuagenarian belongs to the primitive Muria Tribe. His friendship with the Tigers

G.D. Agarwal (Swami Gyan Swaroopanand), the green activist continues indefinite fast Posted: 20 Mar 2012 02:23 PM PDT G.D. Agarwal (Swami Gyan Swaroopanand), Noted environmentalist who has been on a fast- unto-death since Jan 15, 2012 to save the Ganga river, is determined to continue his fast albeit

Kenya keen on India's participation in LAPSSET Posted: 20 Mar 2012 02:21 PM PDT LAPSSET: The Lamu Port and Lamu Southern Sudan-Ethiopia Transport Corridor aka The Lamu corridor is a transport and infrastructure project in Kenya that when complete will be the country's second

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