State governments of India Current Affairs, GK & News
Cabinet Expansion in Madhya Pradesh; 28 ministers appointed
On July 2, 2020, 28 MLAs of the Madhya Pradesh Assembly took oath as ministers Highlights There are now 34 ministers in the cabinet of Mr Shivraj Singh Chouhan. Earlier there were only 5 ministers when the government was formed in March 2020. Chouhan had taken oath as Chief Minister of the state after 22 ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020
Category: States Current Affairs
Topics: Cabinet • Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh • Constitution • Council of Ministers • Shivraj Singh Chouhan • state government • State governments of India
New Jharkhand High Court Chief Justice
On 18 Nov, Justice Ravi Ranjan took oath as the new chief justice of the Jharkhand High Court. Governor Draupadi Murmu administered the oath to him. The post of the Chief Justice was lying vacant after the elevation of former chief justice Aniruddha Bose to the Supreme Court this year. The swearing ceremony was attended ..
Topics: Aniruddha Bose • Bengali people • Chief justice • Chief Justice of the United States • Draupadi Murmu • Government of Jharkhand • India • Jharkhand • Legal professions • Murmu • State governments of India • States and union territories of India
40th UNESCO General Conference being held in Paris
On 13 Nov, Union HRD Minister Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ holds bilateral talks with Education Ministers of Norway, Bangladesh, Mexico, Thailand and Malaysia on the sidelines of 40th UNESCO General Conference being held in Paris. He emphasized on collaborative research opportunities between Indian educational institutions and eminent educational institutions of Norway. He emphasized on the world’s ..
Topics: Culture • Culture • Education • Education • Internationalization of higher education • Ministry of Human Resource Development • Ramesh Pokhriyal • State governments of India • SWAYAM
Dilip Parikh, former Chief Minister of Gujarat passes away
Former Gujarat Chief Minister Dilip Parikh (82) has passed away in Ahmedabad on October 25. He started his political career as a BJP MLA. Industrialist by profession, he also served as President of the Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He served as the 13th Chief Minister of Gujarat during 1997-98 when he was with ..
Topics: Dilip Parikh • Gujarat • Kantilal Amrutiya • Keshubhai Patel • Politics of Gujarat • Rashtriya Janata Party • Shankersinh Vaghela • State governments of India • States and union territories of India • Vaghela
Manohar Lal Khattar becomes CM of Haryana state for second time
Manohar Lal Khattar represents Karnal constituency in Haryana Legislative Assembly, and was sworn-in as Chief Minister of Haryana after BJP’s win in the 2014 Haryana Legislative Assembly election. He was sworn in a second time as the Chief Minister on 27 October 2019 after making an alliance with Jannayak Janta Party post 2019 Haryana Legislative ..
Topics: Haryana • Haryana Legislative Assembly • Haryana Legislative Assembly election • Indian Hindus • Jannayak Janta Party • Karan Dev Kamboj • Karnal • Manohar Lal Khattar • Punjabi people • Ram Bilas Sharma • State governments of India