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Union Cabinet approved a new process of strategic disinvestment to privatize selected Public Sector Units (PSU). Under this process, the Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) operating under the Ministry of Finance will be the nodal agency. The money earned by the government through the disinvestment policy will be deposited in the National […]
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced that the Delhi Cabinet approved a bill to set up India’s first Sports University that will offer graduate, postgraduate and doctorate degrees in hockey, football and cricket on 3rd October, 2019.The University will act as a State University and will also have a full-fledged Delhi Sports School that will […]
Union Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Minister of Steel, Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurated the ‘Paryatan Parv 2019’ that will be organised from 2nd to 13th October, 2019 across the country. It is dedicated to the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. The idea of celebrating Paryatan Parv is to propagate the message of ‘Dekho […]
On the occasion of the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, ‘The Gandhian Challenge’ for school children was launched by the Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog’s Atal Tinkering Labs (ATL) and UNICEF India, including Generation Unlimited. It provides a platform for every child across India to ideate innovative solutions for a sustainable India of […]
M P Birla Memorial Award 2019 was conferred upon Thanu Padmanabhan, a 62-year old Physicist and Cosmologist, for his contributions to the world of cosmology. He is a Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar awardee and a Padma Shri-recipient scientist (2007). The award was established in 1993 to recognise the excellence in research in space science, astrophysics, astronomy […]
Saraswati Samman Award 2018 was conferred upon K Siva Reddy, a Telugu poet for his collection Pakkaki Ottigilite, published in 2016. It was instituted by the KK Birla Foundation in 1991. It is an annual award for outstanding prose or poetry literary works in any of the 22 languages of India listed in the Schedule VIII of the Constitution […]
Chief of Army Staff General Bipin Rawat received the baton of the Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee (COSC) from the outgoing Indian Air Force (IAF) Chief Air Chief Marshal (ACM) BS Dhanoa, who retires on 30th September, 2019. The Chiefs of Staff Committee (COSC) comprises chiefs of India Army, Indian Navy and Indian Air Force. […]
Delhi High Court Chief Justice D N Patel launched a new mobile application on 27th September, 2019 to make the services of the court digitally accessible to litigants and lawyers. The application provides the details of the status of the case, cause list and other access links to the court’s website. Advocates can apply for […]
India and Pakistan will be attending the SAARC Council of Ministers meeting in New York on 26th September, 2019. The meeting is being chaired by Nepal. SAARC is South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation with member nations as Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Pakistan. SAARC comprises 21% of the world population […]
The Bangladesh Government lifted the ban on the export of its national fish – Hilsa – to India prior to the eve of Durga Pooja. Bangladesh, which accounts for nearly 75% of the world’s Hilsa production, had imposed a ban on its export to India due to its over–exploitation. The fish had received the status […]