Nripendra Misra appointed as chairman of Ram Temple Complex Development Committee

Nripendra Misra, the former principal secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been selected as the chairman of the Ram Temple Complex Development Committee. Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas chief Nritya Gopal Das has been named as the Chairman of the Sri ..

Union Cabinet approves the constitution of 22nd Law Commission of India

The Union Cabinet of India recently approved to constitute the 22nd Law Commission of India. The term of the proposed Law Commission is three years. The term of the previous law Commission, which was headed by Retired Justice B.S. Chauhan, ..

Union Cabinet approves Phase II of Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen)

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has recently approved the Phase II of the Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) till the financial year 2024-25. The second phase will be implemented from 2020-21 to 2024-25, with main focus ..

India to use Euro-VI emission compliant fuels from April 1, 2020

It was recently announced that India is set to use Euro-VI emission compliant fuels from April 1, 2020. It is the world’s cleanest petrol and diesel, which has a sulphur content of just 10 parts per million. At present, India uses Euro-IV equivalent ..

International Mother Language Day observed on 21st February

Matribhasha Diwas or International Mother Language Day (IMLD) is observed annually across the world on 21st February. It is celebrated in India by the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development. The theme of the programme is ‘Celebrating our Multilingual Heritage’. For ..

22nd edition of Ethnologue released

The 22nd edition of the world language database Ethnologue was recently released. As per the list, Hindi is the third most spoken language of the world in 2019. The language is spoken by nearly 615 million speakers. English is placed ..

Indian-American becomes Chief Judge of the US Court of Appeals for DC Circuit

Indian-American judge Sri Srinivasan has been recently appointed the Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit. The judge has created history as he became the first ever Indian-American to lead the powerful federal circuit ..

Prince Charles launches new Tata Motors’ JLR innovation centre in London

Prince Charles has recently launched a new £150-million Tata Motors’ Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) innovation centre in London. The centre called the National Automotive Innovation Centre (NAIC), is created along with the Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG) It is the largest ..

THE Emerging Economies University Rankings 2020 released

11 Indian institutions have been placed in the top 100 of ‘Times Higher Education’s (THE) Emerging Economies University Rankings 2020’, released in London. The Indian Institute of Science (IISc), India’s top-ranked institution, is ranked 16th among the top 100 universities ..

Three members appointed for NDMA

Retired Army General and former Military Secretary-Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain, Former Director General of the Coast Guard-Rajendra Singh and United Nations Development Programme’s Policy advisor in Disaster reduction-Krishna Vatsa are the three members recently appointed as the members of ..