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Australia passes Anti-Terrorism law to strip citizenship

Australia’s Federal Parliament has passed Australian Citizenship Amendment (Allegiance to Australia) Bill, 2015 to strip citizenship of convicted persons on terrorism charges. The new legislation allows government to...

December 5, 2015

Scientist M. Nair Rajeevan appointed Earth sciences secretary

Distinguished Scientist M Nair Rajeevan (54) has been appointed as Secretary of Union Ministry of Earth Sciences. His for appointment of this post was cleared by Appointment Committee...

December 5, 2015

Paris Pact on Water and Climate Change Adaptation announced

Paris Pact on Water and Climate Change Adaptation has been announced by a broad coalition of nations, river basin organizations, business and civil societies from across the globe....

December 4, 2015

44th Navy Day observed on 4 December 2015

44th Navy Day was observed on 4 December 2015. On this occasion, Chief of Naval staff Robin K Dhowan along with Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha and Army Chief...

December 4, 2015

Lok Sabha passes The Bureau of Indian Standards Bill, 2015

Lok Sabha has passed The Bureau of Indian Standards Bill, 2015 by a voice vote to establish Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS). The Bill replaces the Bureau of...

December 4, 2015

Union Government releases postage stamp to mark centenary year of ZSI

Union Government has released a commemorative postage stamp to mark the Centenary year of Zoological Survey of India (ZSI). The postage stamp was released by Union Communication and...

December 4, 2015

First India International Science Festival begins at IIT-Delhi

The first India International Science Festival (IISF) has begun at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Delhi campus. It has been organised by Union Ministry of Science and Technology. The...

December 4, 2015

Britain launches airstrikes against IS-controlled oil fields in Syria

Britain has launched airstrikes against Islamic State (IS)-controlled oil fields in Syria after parliamentarians in the House of Commons overwhelmingly voted for military action. In this regard, a...

December 4, 2015

GAIL launches Bhuvan-GAIL Portal for satellite monitoring of pipelines

State-run energy major GAIL (India) Limited has launched geo-portal called ‘Bhuvan-GAIL Portal’ system for utilising space technology for its pipeline monitoring to address pipeline safety concerns. The project...

December 4, 2015

Union Government to allow e-Postal Ballot System for Overseas electors

Union Government is going to allow e-Postal Ballot System and Proxy voting to Overseas electors as an alternative voting option. This information was given by Union Law Minister...

December 4, 2015

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