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NITI Aayog’s Rajiv Kumar Panel to reform Urban Planning Education System
The NITI Aayog recently constituted a 14-member panel to reform the urban planning education system. The panel is to be headed by Rajiv Kumar, Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog. The other members of the panel are Amitabh Kant, CEO of NITI Aayog, secretaries of Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Ministry of Panchayati Raj and ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2020
Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News • Persons in News
Topics: 74th amendment • Constitutional amendment • NITI Aayog • Persons in News • Sustainable urban planning • Urban Local Bodies • Urban planning
ITBP deputes First Officer to the newly created Guwahati based Eastern Command
The Indo Tibetan Border Police guards the line of actual control. It has recently posted the first officer to head the newly created Guwauhati based Eastern command. The ADG Amrit Mohan Prasad has been posted to the Guwahati headquarters of the ITBP. Eastern command The Eastern command overlooks the Indo Tibetan Border Police battalion posted ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2020
Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News • Defence Current Affairs • Persons in News
Topics: Eastern Command • Indian Army • ITBP • Line of Actual Control • Naxalism • Persons in News
PM Modi: Rs 100 Commemorative Coin in honour of Vijaya Raje Scindia
On October 12, 2020, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi is to release a commemorative coin of 100 rupees in honour of Vijaya Raje Scindia. Vijaya Raje Scindia is also known as Rajmata of Gwalior. The coin is being released to celebrate the birth centenary of Vijaya Raje Scindia. She was one of the Founder members ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2020
Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News • Persons in News
Topics: Bharatiya Jana Sangh • Birth Centenary • BJP • Coinage Act • Commemorative coin • Gwalior • Persons in News • Vijaya Raje Scindia
Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan passes away
On October 8, 2020, the Union Consumer Affairs Minister Shri Ram Vilas Paswan passed away at the age of 74. He underwent a heart surgery at Delhi’s Fortis hospital. About Ram Vilas Paswan He founded the Lok Janshakti Party in 2004. He was one of the most noted Dalit leaders of India. He was born ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2020
Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News • Persons in News
Topics: Persons in News • Ram Vilas Paswan • union minister • Union Minister of Consumer Affairs
Rajeshwar Rao appointed the new Deputy Governor of RBI
On October 7, 2020, the Government of India appointed M Rajeshwar Rao as the new Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India. The post fell vacant in March 2020 when the previous Deputy Governor N R Vishwanathan resigned citing health issues before his term completed. His term completes in September 2020. Highlights The Deputy Governor ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2020
Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News • Persons in News
Topics: deputy governor • Governor of RBI • Monetary Policy Commitee • Persons in News • RBI Act 1934 • Reserve Bank of India