The 1318-km Beijing–Shanghai High-Speed Railway opens after 39 months of construction. Amid heavy protests, the Greek parliament passes austerity measures in order to obtain the latest tranche of a 110 billion euro loan of the EFSF. Christine Lagarde is appointed Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, beginning 5 July. At […]

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AWARDS National Technology Award, 2010 A pioneer in processing rice bran oil, A.R. Sharma, who comes from dusty town of Dhuri in Sangrur district, has been honoured with the national award by the Technology Development Board of the Ministry of Science and Technology. Dan David Prize Noted Indian author Amitav […]