India’s Attero Recycling, an electronic and electrical goods e-Waste management services company; and Goonj, an NGO aiming to reduce textiles waste; as well as the UK’s renewable energy company SeAB have made it to NASA’s forum on waste management. Read more
Pranab Mukherjee was today elected as the 13th president of India. He will take oath on Wednesday, July 25, 2012. Read more
Maruti Suzuki imposes lockout at its riot-hit Manesar plant
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NEW DELHI -- Maruti Suzuki has declared a lockout at its Manesar factory on Saturday until investigation into the riot incident -- that led to the death of a manager -- is carried out. Read more
London Metropolitan University’s licence to issue visas for foreign students has been suspended by the immigration officers at the Home Office. Read more
Indian spinner Rahul Sharma’s cricketing career is in jeopardy as he faces arrest after testing positive for consumption of drugs in a party held on May 20, 2012 in Juhu, Mumbai. Read more
London Business School’s Nirmalya Kumar, one of the world’s leading authorities on strategy and marketing, has been honoured for his contribution to Indian art. Read more
Just days after the US magazine Time called Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh an ‘underachiever’, Indian magazine Outlook does the same to US President Barack Obama. Read more
For the first time, India has become the largest source of permanent migrants to Australia. China and the UK were its second and third largest sources of permanent immigrants. Read more
Vidarbha Express and Mumbai local collide, 3 dead, say reports
Three people died and nearly 80 passengers were seriously injured after Vidarbha Express collided with a derailed Mumbai local train near Kasara, a town in Thane district. Read more
Half a million pages from the archives of the East India Company and India Office will be made freely available online for the first time as British Library and Qatar Foundation sign an £8.7m deal to digitise the files. Read more
