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Andhra Pradesh Government launches Bhuseva and Bhudaar web portal

Andhra Pradesh Government has launched Bhuseva and Bhudaar web portal through which people can view land records online. People can get land record records online through these portals...

November 24, 2018

Ashok Kumar Gupta appointed as new chairperson of Competition Commission of India

Ashok Kumar Gupta, a 1981 Tamil Nadu cadre IAS officer, has been appointed as new chairperson of Competition Commission of India (CCI). His tenure as the CCI Chairman...

November 10, 2018

S S Deswal appointed as new Director General (DG) of Indo-Tibetan Border Police

S S Deswal, a 1984 batch IPS officer of Haryana cadre, has been appointed as the new Director General (DG) of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) for a period...

November 1, 2018

Michael D Higgins elected as new President of Ireland

Michael D Higgins has been re-elected as the President of Ireland after receiving 56% of the country’s votes in the elections. He is serving the post of President...

October 30, 2018

Sanjay Kumar Mishra given charge of Enforcement Directorate (ED) director for three months

Sanjay Kumar Mishra, a 1984-batch Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer of the Income Tax cadre, has been appointed as the principal special director in the central probe agency...

October 29, 2018

National Police Commemoration Day (NPCD)

The National Police Commemoration Day (NPCD) is observed every year on October 21 to remember the sacrifices of ten policemen who died in Chinese firing in 1959 in...

October 23, 2018

India ranked 81st at 2018 Henley Passport Index

India has been ranked 81st at the 2018 Henley Passport Index with visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 60 destinations. The strength of the passport is determined by the...

October 10, 2018

Ajit Doval to chair high-level Strategic Policy Group (SPG) to assist National Security Council (NSC) to review security affairs of country

The Union government has constituted the high-level Strategic Policy Group (SPG) to assist the National Security Council (NSC), which advises the prime minister on matters of national security...

October 9, 2018

Pravin Srivastava appointed as Chief Statistician of India (CSI)

Pravin Srivastava, the 1983-batch Indian Statistical Service officer, has been appointed as new Chief Statistician of India (CSI). This appointment comes into effect from the date of his...

October 7, 2018

Barham Salih elected as new President of Iraq

Barham Ahmed Salih, the veteran Kurdistan politician, has been elected as the new President of Iraq on 2nd October 2018. He received 219 votes and defeated Fuad Hussein,...

October 4, 2018

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