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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 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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