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Cabinet approves revision of guidelines of Sovereign Gold Bonds Scheme

The Union Cabinet has approved revision of guidelines of Sovereign Gold Bonds (SGB) Scheme with a view to achieve its intended objectives. Need for Changes The Union Government...

July 26, 2017

Parliament passes Collection of Statistics (Amendment) Bill, 2017

The parliament has passed The Collection of Statistics (Amendment) Bill, 2017 after it was approved by the Rajya Sabha. The Lok Sabha has passed it earlier. The bill...

July 26, 2017

Cabinet apprised JDI on Indo German-Centre for Sustainability

The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has apprised Joint Declaration of Intent (JDI) between on Indo German-Centre for Sustainability (IGCS). The JDI was concluded in...

July 26, 2017

Shankuntala Barua honoured with 2017 Mahanayak Samman

The veteran actress Shakuntala Barua has been honoured with the 2017 Mahanayak Samman at Nazrul Mancha in Kolkata for her contribution to the world of cinema. Awards were...

July 26, 2017

Kylie Masse clinches gold in women’s 100m backstroke at 2017 World Aquatics Championships

Kylie Masse, a Canadian swimmer, has won gold in the women’s 100-metre backstroke with a world-record time of 58.10 seconds at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest,...

July 26, 2017

Subhash Chandra Garg appointed as India’s alternate Governor on Board of Governors of Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Subhash Chandra Garg, the secretary of Department of Economic Affairs (DEA), has been appointed as India’s Alternate Governor on the Board of Governors of the Asian Development Bank...

July 26, 2017

Rajnath Singh heads first-ever meeting of newly constituted Islands Development Agency (IDA)

The Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh chaired the first meeting of the newly constituted Islands Development Agency (IDA) on July 24, 2017. After detailed consultations, ten islands namely...

July 26, 2017

Government of Uttrakhand signs MoU with Airport Authority of India (AAI) for aviation development

The Airport Authority of India (AAI) has signed MoU with Govt. of Uttarakhand for development for aviation sector in the state. The scope of the MoU is to...

July 26, 2017

United Nations selects Dubai as data hub for MENASA region

The United Nations (UN) has selected Dubai as the data hub for the Middle East North Africa and South Asia (MENASA) region for the city’s integrated initiatives to...

July 26, 2017

Bolivia declares total independence from IMF and World Bank (WB)

Evo Morales, the President of Bolivia, has recently declared his government’s full independence from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank, after announcing last year that Bolivia...

July 26, 2017

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