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A group of Hindi professors have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi
requesting not to add dialects of Hindi, like Bhojpuri and Rajasthani, in the
Eighth Schedule of the Constitution as full-fledged Indian languages.
Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) member-states have finalised
Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) for cooperation in small and medium-sized
enterprises (SME) sector.
The World Economic Forum (WEF), NITI Aayog, World Intellectual Property
Organization (WIPO) and Cornell University will work to develop an India
Innovation Index to provide impetus to states to drive innovative
spirit.
The Union Government has Tamil Nadu government’s proposal to promulgate an ordinance to hold Jallikattu, a traditional bull taming sport.
According to the United Nations World Economic Situation and Prospects
(WESP) 2017 report, India’s economy is projected to grow by 7.7% in fiscal 2017
and 7.6% in 2018
India has positioned itself as the most dynamic emerging economy among
the largest countries and is expected to remain the fastest growing.
The Supreme Court has ruled that Canon law and decrees of divorce given by ecclesiastical tribunals or ‘Church Courts’ cannot veto the statutory law of divorce.
The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) was officially launched at World Economic Forum (WEF) Davos after it received $460-million to develop vaccines against 3 emerging highly-contagious and fatal diseases.
The Supreme Court has ruled that Canon law and decrees of divorce given by ecclesiastical tribunals or ‘Church Courts’ cannot veto the statutory law of divorce.
The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) was officially launched at World Economic Forum (WEF) Davos after it received $460-million to develop vaccines against 3 emerging highly-contagious and fatal diseases.
The Union Cabinet has excluded States and Union Territories except Arunachal Pradesh, Kerala, Delhi (UT) and Madhya Pradesh from National Small Savings Fund (NSSF) investments with effect from 1 April 2016
According to recently released annual by Jones Lang LaSalle’s City Momentum Index (CMI), Bengaluru (capital of Karnatak) has emerged as the most dynamic city in the world.
The index tracks the speed of
change of a city’s economy and commercial real estate market. It covers 134
major established and emerging business hubs and ranks them on parameters like
technology, connectivity, population, education and real estate
investments.
The Union Government launched a dedicated web portal ShaGun
(http://ssashagun.nic.in) for monitoring the progress of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan
(SSA).
The second edition of Ministry of External Affairs’ annual
Raisina Dialogue was held in New Delhi with the theme “The New Normal:
Multilateralism in a multipolar world”.
Corporation
Bank has bagged the SKOCH silver award for attaining the position of number1
channel partner of LIC of India for the past three financial years.
Platinum
Award was won by Office of the Registrar General, India.
The Health and Family Welfare
and Directorate of Marketing & Inspection won the Gold Award.
The Silver award was bagged by
the Rajya Sabha and National Crime Records Bureau.
Union Minister of State (IC)
for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy and Mines, Piyush Goyal launched
‘Coal Mitra’, a Web portal for flexibility in Utilization of Domestic Coal.
§ The Coal Mitra Web Portal has
been designed to bring about flexibility in Utilization of Domestic Coal.
§ It will transfer the reserves
to more cost efficient State/Centre owned or Private sector generating
stations, leading to lower generation costs and ultimately lesser cost of
electricity for the consumers.
Chinese online giant Alibaba today
became the worldwide Olympic partner through 2028 after signing the first
long-term partnership with International Olympic Committee (IOC).
FIFA has appointed All India
Football Federation (AIFF) president Praful Patel as a member of its Finance
Committee for the period of 2017-2021.
Delhi Police Commissioner and Senior IPS officer
Alok Kumar Verma was appointed as new Director of the Central Bureau of
Investigation. He will have tenure of two years.
The Union Cabinet has given its approval for amendment
in the Modified Special Incentive Package Scheme (M-SIPS) for electronics
manufacturing.
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Justice
Jagdish Singh Khehar is appointed as Chief Justice of India
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S.
Padmanabhan nominated as Chairman of Tata Power
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Ex-IAS
officer Anil Baijal appointed new Delhi LG
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Lt
Gen Vinod Vashisht took over the reins of National Cadet Corps (NCC) as its
Director General on 23 December 2016.
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Acclaimed
Bengali poet Shankha Ghosh to get 2016 Jnanpith Award
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India
created history by winning the FIH Junior Hockey World Cup after a gap of 15
long years with a clinical 2-1 victory against Belgium in the final.
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Sahitya
Academy Award for Lomte's story collection 'Alok'
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Miss
World 2016 is Stephanie Del Valle from Puerto Rico
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India
becomes Associate Member of CERN, Geneva
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Dr.
Karan Singh re-nominated as Chairman of Auroville Foundation
Morocco has banned the
sale, production, and import of the Burka in the country. Due to some security
concerns, this decision was taken. Morocco Government did not issue any formal
announcement but the burka producers and retailers had issued the warnings
telling them to stop making and selling burka.
Norway becomes the
first nation to shut FM Radio network. It had convert completely to digital
signals. 66% Norwegians oppose this decision and 17% are in favor. This step is
taken to make Norway completely digital and this Digital radio can provide many
more channels for the same price.
US fast-food giant
McDonald’ has recently announced to sell its businesses in mainland China and
Hong Kong. It aims to sell the business for $2.08 billion to Citic, a
state-owned conglomerate, and the Carlyle Group
The Expert Group set up to prepare
Socio Economic and Caste Census (SECC) has submitted its report to the Ministry
of Rural Development (MoRD). The expert group was headed by former Finance
Secretary Sumit Bose.
According to recently released World
Employment and Social Outlook for 2017, the number of unemployed people in
India is expected to rise by 1 lakh in 2017 and another 2 lakh in 2018.
India asked the World Bank not to rush
in brokering a deal on its dispute with Pakistan over Ratle and Kishenganga
projects coming up in Jammu and Kashmir.
The 14th edition of Pravasi Bhartiya
Divas (PBD) began in the country’s IT hub Bengaluru, Karnataka. The theme of
this edition is “Redefining Engagement with the Indian Diaspora”.
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