On the 63rd Republic day, India and Thailand decided to frame a duty free agreement which can be concluded towards the middle of this year. This duty free agreement with Thailand may have far reaching consequences and may double the bilateral trade between the two countries to $14 billion by the year 2014.
The National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) receives more than a dozen complaints every day regarding the problems patients face when they visit the primary health centers and also the sub-centers. In many cases, patients are sending complaints about the absence of doctors when they are going for treatment.
The altercation and tiff of words at the Jaipur Literature festival created by forestalling the visit of renowned author Salman Rushdie is seeing new development with each passing day. Now the authors who read aloud portions of the banned book Satanic Verses have been isolated.
On Wednesday a video footage of semi-naked Jarawa tribal women has taken media by storm. In the rarest form of indecency a middleman was lured by some UK tourists to make a semi naked Jarawa tribal woman dance in front of them.
12th January, 2012 is the 150th birth centenary of Swami Vivekananda. The entire country is in a mood to celebrate the birth anniversary of this great man, who is known as the first modern man of India. Swami Vivekananda was the first man to sell India at the international level.
Pongal festival is being celebrated every year in the months of January. It is widely known as the festival of harvest and is being celebrated with great enthusiasm in different parts of India. The festival of Pongal is mainly celebrated in the states of Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Kerala with much pomp and vendor.
Pongal or samkranti is known to be the main festival in southIndia. This festival is celebrated for four days. In Tamilnadu Pongal is celebrated as Bhogi Pongal, Surya Pongal, Mattu pongal and Kaanum pongal and these festivals will fall on 14th, 15th, 16th and 17th January 2012 respectively. South Indian states give holidays for schools and colleges for Pongal festival
Tamilnadu coasts have been hard hit by cyclone Thane and this has lead to huge landfall between Cuddalore and Puducherry. There is heavy rainfall going on in Puducherry and strong wind is blowing. Government authorities have asked the people to stay indoors.
The noted social activist Anna Hazare has started his three day hunger strike in Mumbai, demanding a stronger Lokpal Bill than the one being debated in the Indian Lok Sabha. Anna reached Juhu beach around 11 AM and did some meditations in front of the bronze statue of Mahatma Gandhi.
A report prepared by the US analysts has suggested that there is a huge possibility of BJP returning to power at the center. The report has warned the US lawmakers that if such things happen, then the Gujarat CM Narendra Modi will be all set to become the Prime Minister of India.
