To call the year 2011 the most difficult year for the ruling UPA will not be an understatement. The beleaguered Congress has had to face several embarrassing moments this year…

The year 2011 saw the emergence of an unlikely leader in Anna Hazare, who took the country by storm through his fight against the corruption. The 74-year-old Gandhian crusader launched…

JanuaryJanuary 1 – Estonia officially adopts the Euro currency and becomes the seventeenth Eurozone country.[2]January 9–15 – Southern Sudan holds a referendum on independence. The Sudanese electorate votes in favour of independence, paving the way for the creation of the new…

A bullet train crash which killed 40 people in China in July was caused by design flaws and sloppy management.Almost 200 people were injured in the crash near the south-eastern…