Wednesday, June 25, 2014

INDIA Slow Monsoon creates drought-like conditions, food inflation might go up    June to September is usually Monsoon in India. However, the Monsoon has advanced very little in the last 10 days leaving agricultural lands dry and arid. Unless Monsoon advances rapidly, the country will have to deal with rising food prices and a weak rural demand. The rainfall deficit in the country...

Wednesday, June 18, 2014

India First kerosene-free city in India Delhi has become the first kerosene-free city in the country. A kerosene - Free scheme was launched in 2012 in collaboration with three Oil Marketing Companies and Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas under which no subsidized kerosene were being issued, had an...

Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Highlights of major events that took place this week: Sports Rafael Nadal wins French Open Men’s Singles; Maria Sharapova becomes Women’s Singles champion Spain’s Rafael Nadal, the current World no. 1 Tennis player, defeated Serbian player and World no. 2 Novak Djokovic to win the Men’s singles title in...

Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Highlights of major events that took place this week: India 6 gang rapes in 96 hours in UP, reveals utter state of lawlessness: Two teenage cousin sisters aged 14 and 15, were brutally raped and murdered by attackers who hung their bodies from a Mango tree in Uttar Pradesh’s Badaun district. The incident that has enraged the nation has led to a huge public outcry and forced the international community...