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India and Mauritius ink five MoUs to boost bilateral co-operation

India and Mauritius have inked 5 Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) to give new impetus to bilateral co-operation. These MoUs were signed in Port Luis, Mauritius during Prime Minister...

March 12, 2015

High Court's cannot entertain plea against Armed Forces Tribunal: Supreme Court

Supreme Court has barred High Courts (HCs) from entertaining pleas under writ jurisdiction against the verdicts of the Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) in disputes pertaining to Armed forces.  SC...

March 12, 2015

Union Government appoints 9 Executive Directors in Public Sector Banks

Union Government has appointed 9 Executive Directors (EDs) in Public Sector Banks (PSBs). Their appointment was approved by Appointments Committee of the Cabinet on recommendation of selection panel...

March 12, 2015

Indian Railways inks MoU with LIC for Rs 1.5 lakh crore investments in rail infrastructure

Indian Railways on 11 March 2015 inked an MoU with Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) to raise Rs 1.5 lakh crore for financing the development of its various commercially...

March 11, 2015

Parliament passes Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2015

Parliament has passed the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2015. It was first passed in Lok Sabha on 3 March 2015 and later in the Rajya Sabha on 11...

March 11, 2015

India's literacy rate rose to 72.98 % in 2011: Union Government

Union government has announced that India’s literacy rate has risen to 72.98%. It was informed by Union Minister Human Resource Development (HRD) Smriti Irani while replying to the...

March 11, 2015

Kumar Sangakkara creates record by scoring four consecutive ODI centuries

Sri Lankan cricketer Kumar Sangakkara became first batsman to score four consecutive one-day international (ODI) centuries in a Cricket World Cup. He achieved this feat by hitting 4th...

March 11, 2015

Attorney General is a public authority and comes under RTI: Delhi High Court

Delhi High Court in its ruling has held that Attorney General of India comes under the ambit of Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005. This ruling reversed the...

March 11, 2015

Five sick PSUs to be closed down: Union Government

Union Government has announced that 5 sick public sector undertakings (PSUs) will be closed. It was announced by Union Heavy Industries Minister Anant Geete while replying to a...

March 11, 2015

Highlights of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Seychelles

Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Seychelles as part of three-nation tour for cementing strategic partnership with island countries of Seychelles, Mauritius and Sri Lanka. Narendra Modi is first Prime...

March 11, 2015

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