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Sethuraman Panchanathan to head USA’s National Science Foundation
20 Dec 2019
Panchanathan would assume the position of NSF director, a senate-confirmed position, after France Córdova ends her six-year term as NSF director in 2020
US President Trump impeached for abuse of power, obstructing Congress
19 Dec 2019
While the initiation of impeachment procedure is one of the most shameful episodes for an elected president, House Republicans are sure that the President did absolutely nothing wrong and that he will come out of the “entire sham impeachment” unscathed
PM Johnson’s Conservative party sweeps UK snap polls
13 Dec 2019
By 6:30am (06:30 GMT) today, with results in five seats still to be declared, the Conservatives have already secured 361 of the 650 seats in the House of Commons
Supreme Court grants bail to P Chidambaram in INX Media case
04 Dec 2019
The apex court, however, restrained Chidambaram from giving press interviews or making statements with regard to the case as also from traveling abroad without the court's permission
Supreme Court grants bail to P Chidambaram in INX Media case
04 Dec 2019
The apex court, however, restrained Chidambaram from giving press interviews or making statements with regard to the case as also from traveling abroad without the court's permission
Former CEC T N Seshan passes away
11 Nov 2019
Seshan, 86, who brought new vigour to Election Commission and strived for free and fair elections by introducing the moral code, passed away at his Chennai residence
Relief for PM Boris Johnson as MPs vote for 12 Dec election
30 Oct 2019
The House of Commons approved the bill by a margin of 430 to 20, paving the way for the general election ahead of the extended Brexit deadline of 31 January
Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde appointed next Chief Justice of India
30 Oct 2019
Justice Bobde, 63, who will take charge as the 47th Chief Justice of India on 18 November when the present CJI Ranjan Gogoi retires, will have a tenure of over 17 months and is due to retire on 23 April 2021
Reduce govt’s PSB stake to below 51%: Abhijit Banerjee
23 Oct 2019
On the crisis in the banking sector, he said the government should reduce its equity stake in PSU banks to below 51 per cent so that there is no oversight by the CVC
SC grants bail to Chidambaram in INX Media case
22 Oct 2019
The Supreme Court bench, however, made it clear that Chidambaram will not leave the country without prior permission of the court and make himself available for interrogation as and when called by the probe agency
INX Media case: ED to get custody of P Chidambaram
15 Oct 2019
The agency plans to arrest him from Tihar jail in the morning and produce in court around 4 PM when the agency applies for his custody
INX Media case: ED to get custody of P Chidambaram
15 Oct 2019
The agency plans to arrest him from Tihar jail in the morning and produce in court around 4 PM when the agency applies for his custody
Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer share Economics Nobel
14 Oct 2019
The Laureates’ research findings – and those of the researchers following in their footsteps – have dramatically improved our ability to fight poverty in practice, the according to the Nobel Prize Committee
Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed awarded 2019 Nobel Peace Prize
11 Oct 2019
Abiy Ahmed, who became Prime Minister in April 2018, made it clear that he wished to resume peace talks, and with support from Eritrian President Afwerki signed the peace agreement in Asmara and Jeddah in July and September this year - accepting the arbitration ruling of an international boundary commission in 2002
Literature Nobel: Olga Tokarczuk wins 2018 award, Peter Handke gets 2019 Prize
10 Oct 2019
Polish author Olga Tokarczuk won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature “for a narrative imagination that with encyclopedic passion represents the crossing of boundaries as a form of life,” while Austrian author Peter Handke has been awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Literature “for an influential work that with linguistic ingenuity has explored the periphery and the specificity of human experience”
Three share 2019 Physics Nobel
09 Oct 2019
This year’s Nobel Prize in Physics rewards new understanding of the universe’s structure and history, and the first discovery of a planet orbiting a solar-type star outside our solar system
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