New Delhi. 17 December, 2015. BAE Systems has announced the appointment of Alistair Castle as Vice-President and General Manager of its India operations, with effect…
New Delhi. 17 December, 2015. BAE Systems has announced the appointment of Alistair Castle as Vice-President and General Manager of its India operations, with effect…
New Delhi. 17 December, 2015. As per Press Note 12 (2015 Series) dated 24th November, 2015, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) has enhanced the…
Mumbai. 17 December, 2015. Air India has introduced a scheme to upgrade passengers on the basis of spot payment of cash at airports. The scheme is called…
New Delhi. 17 December, 2015. Mumbai International Airport Private Limited (MIAL) has approached Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India (AERA) to allow levy and collection of…
New Delhi. 17 December, 2015. Government of India has granted site clearance to Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation Limited (DMICDC) for setting up of a…
New Delhi. 17 December, 2015. The Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, N. N. Vohra delivered the Dr Anandswarup Gupta Memorial Lecture, 2015 to commemorate the 45th…
New Delhi. 17 December, 2015. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is not facing shortage of engineers/ scientists/physicists to fill up the sanctioned post. In order…
Madrid. 15 December, 2015. Airbus Defence and Space has received a firm order from the French Defence Procurement Agency (DGA) for a further eight A330…
1718 – France, Britain and Austria declare war on Spain (War of the Quadruple Alliance 1718–1720) 1777 – France recognizes independence of British colonies in…
1653 – Oliver Cromwell became lord protector of England, Scotland and Ireland. 1773 – Nearly 350 chests of tea were dumped into Boston Harbor off…
1612 – German Astronomer Simon Marius is 1st to observe Andromeda galaxy through a telescope 1877 – Thomas Edison patents phonograph 1939 – Snip departs…
1542 – Princess Mary Stuart succeeds her father James V and becomes Queen Mary I of Scotland at 6 days old 1751 – The first…
1866 – 1st yacht race across Atlantic Ocean 1872 – 1st black US govenor took office, Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback (La) 1901 – Guglielmo Marconi,…
New Delhi. 11 December 2015 Following is the full text of the India-US Joint Statement on Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar’s visit to the United States from…
1887 – Austria-Hungary, Italy and Great Britain sign Balkan military treaty 1898 – Spanish-American War formally ended by the Treaty of Paris; US acquires Philippines,…
1747 – Great Britain & Netherlands sign military treaty 1762 – British parliament accepts Treaty of Paris 1783 – First execution at Newgate Jail in…
New Delhi. 07 December, 2015. News reports that India’s $1.5 billion global tender for man-portable very short-range air defense (Vshorad) systems is facing cancellation for…
Mumbai. 07 December, 2015. The government has approved setting up a satellite port project at Vadhavan near Dahanu in Maharashtra. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has…
1792 – 1st cremation in US, Henry Laurens 1914 – Battle of the Falkland Island: British Royal Navy destroys a German battle squadron 1923 –…
1741 – Elisabeth Petrovna becomes tsarina of Russia 1835 – Bavarian Ludwig railway opens – first German steam railway 1877 – Thomas Edison demonstrates his…