25 March 2020

Current Affairs For The Year 2015 And Month Feb


Current Affairs For The Year 2015 And Month Feb

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Union Government blocked private email network for official work

In this regard, Union Government notified E-mail Policy of Government of India and Policy on use of Information Technology resources of Government of India on 18 February 2015.
2015-02-28 Read More

Words Ride-share, unboxing added to Oxford Dictionary

Ride-share has been defined as to participate in an arrangement in which a passenger travels in a private vehicle driven by its owner, for free or for a fee, especially as arranged by means of a website or app.
2015-02-28 Read More

A person can be accorded Scheduled Caste status on his re-conversion to Hinduism: Supreme Court

The ruling was given by two-member Supreme Court bench of Justice Dipak Misra and Justice V Gopala Gowda on a plea of KP Manu, a Kerala resident.
2015-02-28 Read More

Bharat Puri appointed as Managing Director of Pidilite Industries Limited

Puri will succeed MB Parekh who will step down from position of Managing Director on 10 April 2015.
2015-02-28 Read More

Ericsson sued Apple for telecom patent infringement

The patents include standard essential patents related to the 2G and 4G/LTE standards as well as other patents that are critical to features and functionality of Apple devices.
2015-02-28 Read More

AB de Villiers of South Africa hit the fastest 150 runs in ODI

AB de Villiers who took 64 deliveries to reach the 150, broke the previous best record of Australian Shane Watson by 19 balls. He struck 162 not out from 66 balls.
2015-02-28 Read More

Martin David Crowe inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame

He became the third cricketer from New Zealand to be inducted under the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.
2015-02-28 Read More

Indian Navy concluded TROPEX Exercise 2015

TROPEX-2015 was a month long exercise aimed at validating the Indian Navy’s Concept of Operations and the area of operations spanned across the Arabian Sea and Northern Indian Ocean.
2015-02-28 Read More

ZSL and Gujarat Forest Department signed a MoU for conservation of Asiatic lion

Apart from ZSL, Wildlife Institute of India will also be the knowledge partner with the forest department in conservation of lion.
2015-02-28 Read More

Acclaimed US actor Leonard Nimoy passed away

Renowned US actor Leonard Nimoy passed away on 27 February 2015 in Los Angeles following chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
2015-02-28 Read More

International Rare Disease Day observed on 28 February

On this day, hundreds of patient organisations from more than 80 countries and regions worldwide carried-on awareness-raising activities around the slogan Day-by-day, hand-in-hand.
2015-02-28 Read More

Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov shot dead in Moscow

Nemtsov had served Russia as its first Deputy Prime Minister in 1990s under the late President Boris Yeltsin.
2015-02-28 Read More

Noted sociologist Meera Kosambi died

Her works were known for brilliant and incisive scholarship and her crowning achievement was to turn the light on Pandita Ramambai, the great 19 century Indian reformer and educationist and early pioneer of women’s emancipation in India.
2015-02-28 Read More

Union Budget 2015-16: Highlights

Arun Jaitley presented Union Budget 2015-16 in the Parliament.
2015-02-28 Read More

IDC released a report on Indian Smartphone market

For the fourth quarter (October-December) of 2014, report highlighted that South Korean handset maker Samsung continued to retain its top position in the Indian Smartphone market.
2015-02-28 Read More

Haryana Government raised cash reward under Inter-Caste Marriage Scheme

The reward was constituted under rule 16 of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes prevention of Atrocities Act and the reward amount would be provided through bank accounts opened under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojna (PMJDY).
2015-02-28 Read More

Kshatrapati Shivaji appointed as CMD of Small Industries Development Bank of India

Shivaji was appointed on deputation basis for a period of three years.
2015-02-28 Read More

Assamese dictionary for Science and Technology terms released

The dictionary with over 40000 words was released with an aim to benefit large number of students of the state and to make scientific terminology simple and easily understandable.
2015-02-28 Read More

IBM Corporation tied-up with Tech Mahindra Ltd to accelerate Global Hybrid Cloud adoption

International Business Machines Corporation on 23 February 2015 tied-up with Tech Mahindra Limited to build a platform for the development of cloud-based apps for its clients to increase hybrid services adoption.
2015-02-27 Read More

Lenovo slapped with lawsuit over Superfish adware

The class-action suit was filed against Lenovo and Superfish after Lenovo admitted to pre-loading Superfish on some consumer PCs.
2015-02-27 Read More

NSE signed MoU with GIFT to establish an international exchange in Gujarat

The GIFT Special Economic Zone is being developed as India’s first International Financial Services Centre (IFSC). It is spread over 886 acres.
2015-02-27 Read More

Veteran cinematographer Aloysius Vincent passed away

He was a well-known cinematographer in various film industries including Telugu film industry, Tamil Film Industry and Bollywood as well.
2015-02-27 Read More

Justice Amitava Roy sworn in as Supreme Court judge

With his elevation, the strength of the SC judges has gone up to 29. SC has a sectioned strength of 31 judges.
2015-02-27 Read More

Parliament of Jamaica passed a law to decriminalise marijuana for personal use

Marijuana is widely grown in Jamaica and has cultural roots there. The country is also the biggest exporter of marijuana to the United States among Caribbean countries.
2015-02-27 Read More

Gopinath Pillai appointed as Special Envoy to Andhra Pradesh by Singapore government

At the time of appointment, Pillai was working as a Chairman of a Singapore based think-tank, Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS), and an ambassador for city-state's government.
2015-02-27 Read More

Economic Survey of India 2014-15: Highlights

The Economic Survey reviews the developments in the Indian economy over the previous 12 months, summarises the performance on major development programmes and highlights the policy initiatives of the government
2015-02-27 Read More

FBI announced 3 million US dollar award for information on Evgeniy Mikhailovich Bogachev

Bogachev is alleged for his involvement in a major cyber racketeering enterprise in which he played a role of administrator for the GameOver Zeus botnet.
2015-02-27 Read More

Researchers from Australia unveiled world's first 3D printed jet engine

It was developed by a team of researchers from Monash Centre for Additive Manufacturing of Monash University in partnership with Amaero Engineering Company.
2015-02-27 Read More

Wipro won seven awards at the CIO Choice Honour and Recognition 2015

Wipro won the award in the categories of Managed IT Services, Managed Security Services, Enterprise Infrastructure Automation Services, Systems Integrator, Network Maintenance Services, Service Assurance Program, and Application Managed Services.
2015-02-27 Read More

Railway Budget 2015-16: Statistical Highlights

Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on 26 February 2015 presented his maiden Rail Budget 2015-16 in the Lok Sabha.
2015-02-27 Read More

US Federal Communications Commission approved Net Neutrality Rules to protect Open Internet

The Order protects consumers no matter how they access the Internet, whether on a desktop computer or a mobile device.
2015-02-27 Read More

Former Haryana Chief Minister Hukam Singh died

He served Haryana as its Chief Minister in 1990-91 as a  member of Janata Dal.
2015-02-27 Read More

Railway Budget 2015-16: Quality of Life in Journeys

In the budget, Prabhu gave 11 thrust areas to improve quality of life in train journeys which also includes Swachh Rail - Swachh Bharat drive.
2015-02-26 Read More

Forbes released Asia’s 50 Power Businesswomen 2015 list

The Asia's 50 Power Businesswomen list showcases a year of accomplishments by the region's female entrepreneurs and executives.
2015-02-26 Read More

Clemson University honoured Ratan Tata with Doctorate of Automotive Engineering

He was awarded for his contributions to the global automotive industry.
2015-02-26 Read More

US District Court ordered Apple to pay 533 million US dollar to Smartflash in iTunes patent case

The jury decided that Apple’s iTunes software infringed three patents belonging to licensing firm Smartflash.
2015-02-26 Read More

Andhra Pradesh signed MoU with Wipro for building and implementing APSEA

The APSEA is aimed at bringing transformational change in the way government services are conceived, designed, delivered and consumed.
2015-02-26 Read More

Union Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers declared 2015 as Year of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients

The aim is to bring about self-sufficiency in the field of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) which is also consistent with the avowed objective of the Union Government Make in India initiative.
2015-02-26 Read More

Railway Budget 2015-16: Major Initiatives

In this regard, Rail Budget 2015 – 16 unveiled certain initiatives ranging from cleanliness drive to development of infrastructure to improving the overall quality of life in train journeys.
2015-02-26 Read More

Zoomcar tied-up with Tata Motors Limited to expand its fleet

Self-drive car rental service Zoomcar on 25 February 2015 tied-up with automaker Tata Motors Limited to add 50 more new Nano cars to its fleet.
2015-02-26 Read More

Railway Budget 2015-16: Highlights

Passenger fair was not hiked while the facility of booking tickets in advance has been increased to 120 days instead of 60 days which was available till date.
2015-02-26 Read More

TRAI issued 6th Amendment to Telecommunication Mobile Number Portability Regulation, 2009

With this, subscribers will be able to retain the same mobile number on relocating to anywhere in India although they can change their service provider.
2015-02-26 Read More

Mumbai University signed MoU with Indian Railways to set up Rail Innovation and Technology Centre

Under the MoU, Mumbai University will provide education, distribution of facilities for higher education, effective administration and financial control.
2015-02-26 Read More

Union Cabinet approved the implementation of 15000 MW Grid-connected SPV Projects under NSM

The scheme will be implemented through NTPC and NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Limited in three tranches.
2015-02-26 Read More

Scientists discovered quasar SDSS J0 100+2802 with central black hole mass of 12 billion solar mass

The findings were published in the journal Nature on 26 February 2015 and Prof. Xue-Bing Wu at Peking University is the lead author of the study.
2015-02-26 Read More

Russia and Cyprus signed an agreement to allow Russian navy ships to use Cypriot ports

The deal allows access to Russian navy ships to the Cypriot ports in the Mediterranean Sea. It seems that the deal have ended Russia’s hunt an access to Mediterranean ports after it lost access to the ports of sea on Syria coast.
2015-02-26 Read More

Union Cabinet approved creation of two additional benches of the Authority for Advance Rulings

For these two benches, there will be a creation of two posts of Vice-Chairmen in the Apex scale and four posts of Members (two posts of Revenue Members and two posts of Law Members).
2015-02-26 Read More

Madhya Pradesh Budget 2015-16: Highlights

State Budget of 2015-16 is inspired by the aim to realise 'Make in Madhya Pradesh' by increasing employment opportunities for youth of the state and by increasing production capacities.
2015-02-26 Read More

Union Government accepted 14th Finance Commission recommendations

14th Finance Commission led by Dr YV Reddy seeks to provide more power to states for their progress.
2015-02-25 Read More

House of Lords of UK passed a legislation allowing creation of babies using DNA of three people

The House of Lords voted in favour of the Bill that amends the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act (HFEA), 1990.
2015-02-25 Read More
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Abdul Jabbar sentenced to life imprisonment for war crimes in Bangladesh

He was sentenced for crimes committed during the Liberation War in 1971 and if he fails to submit the fine then his jail term would be extended by two years.
2015-02-25 Read More>>

Ravi Chaudhary appointed as Executive Director for Regions and Centre Operations at FAA

Chaudhary will be responsible for executing a 288 million US dollars operating budget of FAA and will lead over 2100 Federal Employees in nine nationwide regions.
2015-02-25 Read More

US announced to allow work permits to spouses of H-1B visa holders from May 2015

The move will benefit thousands of talented and professional Indian spouses who come to America but are unable to work.
2015-02-25 Read More

Delhi Government launched mLiquorSaleCheck Mobile App to put cap on sale of illicit liquor

The application will prevent the circulation of counterfeit products and help the Excise Department with information on where spurious, illicit liquor sale is rampant.
2015-02-25 Read More

Uttar Pradesh Budget 2015-16

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on 24 February 2015 presented the State Budget 2015-16 of 302687 crore rupees.
2015-02-25 Read More

Google acquired Facebook mobile marketing startup Toro

The acquisition will shift Toro’s focus away from Facebook. The company will continue to optimize campaigns and update dashboards for existing marketing customers
2015-02-25 Read More

World Bank report Building Resilience for Sustainable Development of the Sundarbans

NLTA findings suggested that 10 percent of Sundarban’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2009 was invested on the environmental damage and health effects in the region.
2015-02-25 Read More

PR Mohana Rao authored a book titled Flora of Guntur City Andhra Pradesh

The book carries information on 431 flowering plants, shrubs and trees belonging to 76 families of angiosperm and the list have been arranged systematically on the basis of Bentham and Hooker System of Classification.
2015-02-25 Read More

DK Pandey appointed as Director General of Police of Jharkhand

Prior to his posting as DGP of Jharkhand, D K Pandey was the Additional Director General (ADG) of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).
2015-02-25 Read More

Kristen Stewart won the Best Supporting Actress Award at France's Cesar Awards

With this, she became the first American actress ever to win a trophy at France's Cesar Awards.
2015-02-25 Read More

Rajya Sabha passed Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Orders (Amendment) Bill, 2014

The bill seeks to modify the list of Scheduled Castes in three states- Haryana, Karnataka, Odisha and one Union Territory- Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
2015-02-25 Read More

Rajendra K Pachauri resigned as Chairperson of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Pachauri who chaired the IPCC since April 2002 is serving as the Director General of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) and is also a member of the Prime Minister’s Council on Climate Change.
2015-02-25 Read More

3rd Tortoise Festival organised at Hajong Lake in Assam

Hajong Lake is a unique tortoise habitat in Assam and is a habitat of few varieties of Hill Terrapins, considered as a rare species.
2015-02-24 Read More

Ranchi Rays crowned Champions of Hero Hockey India League 2015

The Grand Finale was witnessed by the eminent personalities. This is the third season of the professional field hockey tournament, Hockey India League.
2015-02-24 Read More

Veteran Tamil director RC Sakthi passed away

RC Sakthi was mentor of the famous actor Kamal Haasan and had launched him as lead role in his Tamil directorial debut Unarchigal in 1972.
2015-02-24 Read More

National Green Tribunal banned plying of Vintage cars on Delhi roads

Moreover, no fitness certificates to the vintage cars will be issued by any authority without specific permission of the tribunal.
2015-02-24 Read More

Maria Golovnina, Reuters bureau chief for Afghanistan and Pakistan, found dead

She was found collapsed and unconscious in the bureau and was rushed to hospital, but medical teams were unable to save her.
2015-02-24 Read More

Hitachi announced to acquire Finmeccanica Rail Businesses for 2 billion US dollar

An Italy based company Finmeccanica has agreed to sold its rail car unit AnsaldoBreda and Ansaldo STS to the vast Japanese conglomerate.
2015-02-24 Read More

Takahiro Hachigo appointed as President and CEO of Honda Motor Co Limited

Prior to this appointment, Hachigo was Managing Officer of Honda Motor Co. Limited.
2015-02-24 Read More

Yaduveer Raj Urs adopted as heir to Wadiyar dynasty

Yaduveer, a son of Tripura Sundara Devi and Swarup Anand Gopal Raj Urs is a grandson of Princess Gayathri Devi, the eldest daughter of last Maharaja of Mysuru Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar.
2015-02-24 Read More

TRAI issued Regulation on domestic carriage charges

The regulation prescribed a revised domestic carriage charges. The regulation will particularly benefit users of fixed-line phones.
2015-02-24 Read More

Ram Niwas Goel elected as Speaker of Delhi Legislative Assembly

AAP legislator Bandana Kumari was elected as the Deputy Speaker of the House.
2015-02-24 Read More

Rana Bhagwandas, the first Hindu Chief Justice of Pakistan died

Bhagwandas served Pakistan’s Supreme Court as acting Chief Justice in 2005, 2006 and 2007. He was the first Hindu and second non-Muslim to head the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
2015-02-24 Read More

Pioneer of mobile theatre in Assam Adya Sharma passed away

Adya Sharma, a cultural icon and pioneer of mobile theatre in Assam, passed away on 23 February 2015 in Nalbari town, Assam following a brief illness.
2015-02-24 Read More

Chris Gayle became first cricketer to score Double Century in Cricket World Cup

Gayle is the fourth cricketer to score an ODI double century after Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag and Rohit Sharma.
2015-02-24 Read More

Union Ministry of Youth Affairs revised the National Sports Awards Schemes

The ministry revised the Schemes of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, Arjuna Award, Dhyan Chand Award and Dronacharya Awards.
2015-02-24 Read More

Indo-Nepal joint military exercise Surya Kiran VIII started in Nepal

The two-week long exercise will be conducted in the foothills of Salajhandi, Nepal. The exercise will simulate a scenario, where both nations will work together in a counter insurgency and counter terrorism environment in mountainous and jungle terrain.
2015-02-24 Read More

Indian Army and State Bank of India inked MoU on Defence Salary Package

The revised MoU will benefit 19.5 lakh pensioners and 10 lakh serving personnel who hold Pay or Pension accounts with SBI.
2015-02-24 Read More

WHO approved ReEBOV Antigen rapid test kit to identify Ebola-infected patients

The key feature of the rapid test kit is that it can correctly distinguish Ebola infected patients from non-Ebola infected patients within 15 minutes
2015-02-23 Read More

Oscar Awards 2015

87th Academy Award was conferred on 22 February 2015 at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles. The Best Actor Award was won by Eddie Redmayne for The Theory of Everything and the Best Actress Award was won by Julianne Moore for Still Alice
2015-02-23 Read More

Centre for Science and Environment released a report titled Heat on Power

The thermal power generating units are among the most inefficient in the world in terms of compliance of pollution norms, use of resources and overall operation efficiency.
2015-02-23 Read More

Somdev Devvarman retained the Delhi Open title of Tennis

He won the Open tennis title by defeating Yuki Bhambri by 3-6, 6-4, 6-0. With this, he won his second 100000 US dollar ATP Challenger Delhi Open title in a row
2015-02-23 Read More

Purnendu Dasgupta won the J. Calvin Giddings Award 2015 of American Chemical Society

He was awarded for developeding an environment friendly field analyser for checking toxic arsenic levels in water.
2015-02-23 Read More

10th Aero India show concluded in Bengaluru

The 10th edition of Aero Show was focused on Make in India campaign of the Union Government which is aimed at encouraging small and medium industries to invest in defence manufacturing base.
2015-02-23 Read More

Union Government launched portal MADAD to redress consular grievances

MADAD, an online grievances monitoring system, is a joint effort of Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and Ministry of Overseas Indians Affairs (MOIA) and the tagline of the portal is Because You Are Us
2015-02-23 Read More

Nitish Kumar took oath as Chief Minister of Bihar

He succeeds Jitan Ram Manjhi who resigned from his office on 20 February 2015. With this, Nitish took oath as the state’s chief minister for the fourth term.
2015-02-23 Read More

Former President of Maldives Mohamed Nasheed arrested in Male under anti-terror law

He was arrested under anti-terrorism laws for allegedly ordering the arrest of Criminal Court judge in 2012, which triggered violence in Maldives.
2015-02-23 Read More

Anirban Lahiri won Indian Open title of Golf

He defeated compatriot SSP Chowrasia to clinch the Indian Open title at the Delhi Golf Club.
2015-02-23 Read More

29th Surajkund International Crafts Mela celebrated

Chhattisgarh was selected as the Theme State while Lebanon was Partner Nation for the Surajkund Mela. Sri Lanka was chosen as Partner Nation for 28th Surajkund International Crafts Mela-2014.
2015-02-23 Read More

Anil Kumble and Betty Wilson inducted into ICC Cricket Hall of Fame

Anil Kumble and Betty Wilson became the 77th and 78th inductees into the ICC Hall of Fame. They were inducted in the Hall of Fame at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Australia.
2015-02-23 Read More

International Mother Language Day observed on February 21

The theme for the year 2015 is Inclusive Education through and with Language - Language Matters. The year 2015 is the 15th anniversary of International Mother Language Day.
2015-02-21 Read More

Parliament of Thailand passed a law to ban commercial surrogacy for foreigners

The legislation is aimed at ending rent-a-womb industry that made the Southeast Asian country a top destination for fertility tourism.
2015-02-21 Read More

Tapan Misra appointed as Chief of ISRO’s Space Application Centre

He succeeded AS Kiran Kumar, who was appointed as Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) on 12 January 2015.
2015-02-21 Read More

Veteran CPI leader Govind Pansare died

Govind Pansare, leader of Communist Party of India (CPI), died on 20 February 2015 at Breach Candy hospital in Mumbai.
2015-02-21 Read More

Maheshwar Sahu appointed as Independent Director on board of RIL

With this appointment, Sahu joins RIL as one of the eight independent directors on its 14-member board.
2015-02-21 Read More

UNSC adopted Resolution 2201 demanding Houthis withdrawal from Yemen’s government institutions

The Resolution 2201 was brought after the UN Secretary-General Ban ki-Moon had warned the 15-member UNSC that Yemen was collapsing under the weight of a protracted political crisis
2015-02-21 Read More

KVIC, RSETIS signed MoU to provide vocational training to unemployed youth

The MoU was signed to enhance the business skills and project-related skills of the beneficiaries under Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP).
2015-02-21 Read More

Eminent filmmaker Nirad Mahapatra passed away

Eminent Odia filmmaker Nirad Mahapatra passed away on 19 February 2015 in Mumbai following a brief illness.
2015-02-21 Read More

Manuel Valls headed Socialist Government in France won confidence vote over market reforms

The no-confidence vote brought in National Assembly saw only 234 lawmakers voting in favour of the motion which was far short of the number required to bring down the government.
2015-02-20 Read More

Two tropical cyclones Marcia and Lam hit Australia

Tropical cyclone Marcia is a category five storm and it made the landfall at central Queensland and left a trail of destruction over Yeppoon and Rockhampton.
2015-02-20 Read More
DATE 3

Samsung acquired US-based mobile wallet startup LoopPay

Samsung had also invested in LoopPay, along with Visa Inc and Synchrony Financial, before its acquisition.
2015-02-20 Read More>>

Prime Minister presented Krishi Karman Awards 2013-14 to State Government functionaries

The awards were presented during the launch of the Soil Health Card scheme nationwide at Suratgarh, Rajasthan.
2015-02-20 Read More

India and the US held first-ever bilateral dialogue on United Nations

The bilateral dialogue on the UN was held in the spirit of the Delhi Declaration of Friendship which was released during the visit of US President Barack Obama as a chief guest on 2015 Republic Day.
2015-02-20 Read More

Researchers combined solar telescope with Laser Frequency Comb to search for Earth-like planets

The study was led by Rafael Probst, a doctoral candidate at Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Germany.
2015-02-20 Read More

Chief Minister of Assam advocated Naturonomics for NE states to usher in a robust economy

Tarun Gogoi advocated for naturonomics, a blend of nature and economics, for Assam and other North Eastern States to usher in a robust economy in the region.
2015-02-20 Read More

CCEA approved continuation of incentive scheme for marketing of raw sugar production

The CCEA also fixed uniform rate of export subsidy at 4000 rupees per metric tonne for 2014-15 sugar season
2015-02-20 Read More

CCEA approved four Highway Projects in Uttar Pradesh, Odisha and Chhattisgarh

The four highway projects will be carried on in Uttar Pradesh, Odisha and Chhattisgarh.
2015-02-20 Read More

Union Government launched single window eBiz portal to foster business environment

eBiz, an Indian Government-to-Business (G2B) portal was conceptualised by National Institute of Smart Government (NISG) and developed by Infosys ltd, Bangalore.
2015-02-20 Read More

Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi resigned

He was elected by the Janata Dal (United) Party as the 23rd Chief Minister of Bihar following Nitish Kumar's resignation.
2015-02-20 Read More

Rashad Hussain appointed as US Special Envoy for Strategic Counterterrorism Communications

Hussain will lead a staff drawn from a number of US departments to expand international engagement and partnerships to develop strategic counterterrorism communications around the world.
2015-02-20 Read More

Legendary Urdu Poet Dr. Kalim Ahmed Ajiz died

The recipient of Padma Shri award for his contribution to Urdu literature was serving as the Chairman of the Urdu Advisory Committee, Government of Bihar.
2015-02-20 Read More

Justice KS Radhakrishnan panel on road safety submitted its report to the Supreme Court

Pointing out deficiencies in enforcement of the motor vehicles by the state governments, the panel directed the states to strengthen enforcement of law against drunken driving, over speeding and other offences.
2015-02-20 Read More

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched Soil Health Card Scheme

The scheme will provide 14 crore Soil Health Cards to farm owners across the country in the next three years.
2015-02-20 Read More

Union Government proposed Oil Subsidy Sharing Formula between Public Sector Oil Companies

Under the new formula, the upstream companies or the oil refining companies will have to make zero contribution towards subsidy for crude oil price less than and equal to 60 dollars per barrel
2015-02-20 Read More

Rajya Sabha MP from Uttarakhand Manorama Dobriyal Sharma died

The Chief Minister of Uttrakhand, Harish Rawat declared three-day state mourning following her death.
2015-02-19 Read More

Union Government approved Project-17A worth 8 billion US dollar

Under the Project-17A seven frigates will be built indigenously with stealth features to avoid easy detection. The frigates under the Project-17A will be built at government shipyards in Mumbai and Kolkata.
2015-02-19 Read More

The first National Tribal festival Vanaj 2015 concluded

The festival was organised by the Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs. The festival ended after a series of weeklong colourful presentations especially depicting the spring time tribal festivals of Phagu, Phagua and Phagun Parab.
2015-02-19 Read More

Nuclear capable Prithvi-II missile test-fired from Chandipur in Odisha

The missile was tested for a shortened range of 250 km as against its full range of 350 km.
2015-02-19 Read More

Demand for dowry can be made at any time and not necessarily before marriage: Supreme Court

The decision was given by the SC Bench in the State of Uttarakhand vs Bhim Singh & Anr., (2015) while upholding the life term awarded to Bhim Singh for poisoning and burning his wife Prem Davi to death in 1997.
2015-02-19 Read More

BJD Vice-President kalindi Charan Behera passed away

Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Vice-President Kalindi Charan Behera passed away on 18 February 2015 at Bhubaneswar following a brief illness.
2015-02-19 Read More

Snapdeal.com acquired luxury fashion portal Exclusively.com

With this acquisition, Snapdeal.com aims to further strengthen its fashion business and reach 2 billion US dollars in gross merchandise value in the fashion category in 2015.
2015-02-19 Read More

Barry Knowles appointed as head of Youth Development Programme of Bharat FC

Knowles carries coaching experience with Blackpool FC and Chester City FC and he was head coach at Burnley College Football Academy.
2015-02-19 Read More

RBI issued Guidelines on Import of Gold by Nominated Banks and Agencies

RBI permitted the nominated banks to import gold on consignment basis, whereas, all sale of gold domestically will be against upfront payments.
2015-02-19 Read More

EPFO launched Online Help Desk to trace Inoperative Accounts

It was set up for settlement of EPF Inoperative Accounts having 27000 crore rupees as balance. There are about 8.15 crore inoperative provident fund accounts.
2015-02-19 Read More

India and Bangladesh decided to step up Joint Border Patrolling

The coordinated border management plan will also help in enhancing cooperation between the two nations.
2015-02-19 Read More

India’s first air quality checking Mobile App SAFAR-Air launched

SAFAR is an acronym for System of Air Quality Weather Forecasting and Research which was first launched in Delhi in 2010 during the Commonwealth Games.
2015-02-19 Read More

Bihar Government decided to grant 35% reservation for women in Non-Gazetted jobs

Government also hiked the MLA development fund from the existing 2 crore rupees in a year to 3 crore rupees from financial year 2016.
2015-02-19 Read More

Bharti Airtel Ltd tied-up with UNICEF to provide education content in 17 African countries

Their partnership is aimed at improving African population’s access to health and education-related information from various innovative projects supported by UNICEF.
2015-02-19 Read More

Producer Daggubati Ramanaidu died

Ramanaidu was a recipient of Dada Saheb Phalke and Padma Bhushan awards.
2015-02-19 Read More

Rahul Kaiche became first cardiac surgeon in Maharashtra to use titanium plates for coronary surgery

He used the titanium plates instead of the traditionally used wires for sternal closure in Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) surgery.
2015-02-18 Read More

Lupin signed an agreement with Celon Pharma for developing generic version of asthma drug

The collaboration is an important milestone in Lupin’s efforts to evolve its global inhalation pipeline.
2015-02-18 Read More

RUAG Aerostructures, Tata Group signed a pact to supply components for Airbus 320

As part of the contract, TAL will manufacture and supply over 550 sheet metal components, machined parts and sub-assemblies to RUAG for Airbus A320 programme.
2015-02-18 Read More

Bollywood Actor Ashraful Haque passed away

Bollywood actor Ashraful Haque passed away on 17 February 2015 at a private hospital in Andheri East, Mumbai after suffering from Myelodysplastic Syndrome.
2015-02-18 Read More

Bihar State Cabinet approved the inclusion of Dusadh caste in Mahadalit category

The approval was granted on the proposal of state SC/ST welfare department which demanded categorisation of Dusadh (Dhari and Dhadi) caste in the Mahadalit category.
2015-02-18 Read More

Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic sworn-in as President of Croatia

Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic is Croatia’s first female President and overall fourth President since Croatia gained independence from Yugoslavia in 1991.
2015-02-18 Read More

First Renewable Energy Global Investors Meet & Expo, RE-Invest 2015, held in New Delhi

The central theme of RE-Invest is to attract large scale investments for the renewable energy sector in India. The aim of the meet is to evolve innovative financial models for funding and to ensure the partnership of states and the Centre in harnessing renewable energy.
2015-02-18 Read More

Reliance Communications and Twitter partnered for ICC Cricket World Cup 2015

Under the partnership, Reliance customers will get a platform on twitter to follow the global commentary of the 2015 Cricket World Cup without any data charges.
2015-02-18 Read More

3 Indians in the shortlisted 100 applicants for the one-way trip to Mars

Ritika Singh, Shradha Prasad, Taranjeet Singh Bhatia are the three Indians who were chosen for third round for one-way trip to Mars under Mars One mission.
2015-02-18 Read More

5th India-Myanmar Joint Trade Committee meet held in Nay Pyi Taw

India and Myanmar agreed to enhance trade and investment between the countries by removing bottlenecks like lack of good connectivity and banking arrangements.
2015-02-18 Read More

Jawed Usmani sworn-in as Chief Information Commissioner of Uttar Pradesh

Jawed Usmani was appointed as UP Chief Information Commissioner in November 2014. But during this appointment, he was the Chairman of UP Board of Revenue.
2015-02-18 Read More

India-US Relations Post-Obama Visit to India

The visit of the US President on the back of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the US in September 2014 have created important positive momentum in the relations between the oldest and largest democracies of the world.
2015-02-18 Read More

Veteran cartoonist Rajinder Puri passed away

Veteran cartoonist, columnist and political activist Rajinder Puri passed away on 15 February 2015 in New Delhi following a brief illness.
2015-02-18 Read More

Government is expected to be a responsible litigant: Central Information Commission

Central Information Commission (CIC) on 17 February 2015 ruled that the Governments, at both the Centre and State level, are expected to be a responsible litigant and not treat a citizen as opposite party or its rival.
2015-02-17 Read More

Union Ministry of Finance imposed Anti-dumping duty on imports of graphite electrodes

With this move, government aims to protect the domestic industry from below-cost shipments of graphite electrodes.
2015-02-17 Read More

Creator of chocolate-like spread Nutella Michele Ferrero died

Michele Ferrero was Italy’s richest man and the owner of a global chocolate and confectionery empire that was built on the popular Nutella spread.
2015-02-17 Read More

Cyclist Alberto Contador of Spain announced to retire from Cycling after 2016 season

Before retirement, he wants to win the Tour de France and Giro d’Italia in the same year, the fete which was last achieved by Marco Pantani in 1998.
2015-02-17 Read More

Faisal Siddiqui appointed as South Asia President of HTC

Siddiqui will lead the company in the region which includes India, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and other emerging markets in Asia.
2015-02-17 Read More

Former Home Minister of Maharashtra Raosaheb Ramrao Patil died

Raosaheb Ramrao Patil, former Home Minister of Maharashtra and NCP leader, died on 16 February 2015 at Lilavati Hospital in Mumbai after suffering from oral cancer.
2015-02-17 Read More

Dosmoche festival celebrated in Ladakh

The festival was celebrated with week-long period of prayers and ritual at Liker monastery and marks the victory over evil forces.
2015-02-17 Read More

Ministry of Urban Development partnered with Bloomberg Philanthropies for Smart Cities Initiative

Under the agreement, the Bloomberg Philanthropies will provide assistance to the Ministry of Urban Development to select cities for Smart Cities Mission funding on a continuous basis.
2015-02-17 Read More
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Ancient Vishnu idol found in Punjab's Tran Taran

It seems that the statue belongs to the era of King Harshvardhana (590-647AD) and is surrounded by 21 other deities on a lotus flower base.
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India signed Grant Agreement of 8 million US dollars with World Bank for funding SLACC Project

The amount will be used to implement special projects under SLACC to improve adaptive capacity of the rural poor engaged in farm-based livelihoods to climate change in Bihar and Madhya Pradesh.
2015-02-17 Read More

Saurav Ganguly awarded Honorary Life Membership of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC)

Ganguly debuted for India in 1996 at the Lord’s against England and went on to score 131-run in first innings of his test debut. The knock at the Lord’s helped him to etch his name on the famous Lord’s Honours Board in process.
2015-02-17 Read More

French actor Louis Jourdan passed away

French actor Louis Jourdan passed away on 14 February 2015 in Los Angeles, United States following a brief illness.
2015-02-17 Read More

France signed an agreement with Egypt for sale of 24 Rafale fighter plane

Under the deal, France will supply 24 Rafale fighter jets to Egypt. The deal was inked after ISIS beheaded 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians in Libya.
2015-02-17 Read More

UNSC approved resolution targeting sources of financing for ISIS, Al-Nusrah Front

The Russia-led resolution adopted by the UNSC seeks to choke off the sources that help the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and Al-Nusrah Front (ANF) to earn millions of dollars from oil smuggling, antiquities trafficking and ransom payments.
2015-02-17 Read More

Punit Renjen appointed as CEO of Deloitte’s Global Operations

Renjen has rich and wide experience of 27 years with Deloitte and has held a number of leadership positions, including chairman and CEO of Deloitte Consulting LLP.
2015-02-17 Read More

India, Sri Lanka signed agreements on Civil Nuclear Cooperation, Cultural Cooperation

India and Sri Lanka on 16 February 2015 signed bilateral agreements on civil nuclear cooperation, cultural cooperation and cooperation in the field of Agriculture.
2015-02-17 Read More

Tsunami advisory issued in Japan after 6.9 earthquake

The tsunami advisory along the coast of Iwate prefecture was issued following a 6.9-magniture earthquake struck in the Pacific at a depth of 10 kilometres.
2015-02-17 Read More

Chhattisgarh Government awarded for Renewable Power Development in the State

The state was considered for this award on the basis of criteria fixed by 13th Finance Commission headed by Vijay Kelkar.
2015-02-16 Read More

Balasubramaniam Venkataramani appointed as MD & CEO of Multi Commodity Exchange

Balasubramaniam Venkataramani succeeded Manoj Vaish as Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX). Prior to this appointment, Venkataramani was Chief Business Officer of Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).
2015-02-16 Read More

Third National Lok Adalat disposed 56000 cases, disbursed 265 crore rupees for final settlement

The third National Lok Adalat disposed 56000 cases in a single day and disbursed 265 crore rupees as claims towards final settlement in bank recovery and cheques bounce cases.
2015-02-16 Read More

Indian-origin scientist Professor Srikanth Jagabathula received CAREER Award

He received the award for developing data-driven modelling and learning techniques to improve the accuracy of operational decision making.
2015-02-16 Read More

Nagesh Kukunoor’s film Dhanak won two awards at 65th Berlin International Film Festival

The 65th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 5 February 2015 to 15 February 2015.
2015-02-16 Read More

Muthoot Group tied-up with WWF for its Friends for Life project

The partnership is aimed at strengthening existing efforts of managing human-elephant conflict (HEC) to protect the habitats of Asian elephants in six states as 4 priority landscapes and 1 priority site earmarked by WWF-India.
2015-02-16 Read More

Election Commission announced to launch Electoral Roll Authentication Mission

Under the mission, the EC will use the huge database of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to link Aadhaar number of citizens with the electoral database to further authenticate and purify electoral rolls.
2015-02-16 Read More

Dr. Tessy Thomas, Geeta Varadan jointly named for Nayudamma Award 2014

This is the first time in the history of the trust that two eminent women scientists are being concurrently honoured.
2015-02-16 Read More

Infosys announced to acquire automation technology firm Panaya Inc for 1200 crore rupees

The deal is a part of Infosys Renew and New strategy to enhance the competitiveness and productivity of current service lines by leveraging automation, innovation and artificial intelligence.
2015-02-16 Read More

President of Singapore Tony Tan Keng Yam visited India

The two nations had wide-range of discussions to enhance bilateral relations and to strengthen cooperation on regional and international issues. They agreed to raise the partnership to a higher level.
2015-02-16 Read More

Maldivian Foreign Minister Dunya Maumoon visited India

During the visit, Maumoon met External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj in New Delhi and reviewed the developmental projects in Maldives.
2015-02-16 Read More

Vanaj 2015, the first National Tribal Festival

The weeklong festival has been organised by Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs and will showcase the culture of the tribal people from across the country.
2015-02-16 Read More

35th National Games concluded in Thiruvananthapuram

Kerala Governor Justice P Sathasivam was the chief guest on the closing ceremony, while Sachin Tendulkar was the Chief Guest on the opening ceremony.
2015-02-16 Read More

BIS announced to develop Standards for Solid Waste Management and Potable Drinking Water

The move was aimed at promoting the use of available Indian Standards on street food and public supply of potable drinking water. These standards will be made mandatory in phased manner.
2015-02-16 Read More

Virat Kohli became first Indian cricketer to score century against Pakistan in World Cup

Virat Kohli scored 107-run at the Adelaide Oval, Australia. The previous highest score by an Indian batsman against Pakistan in World Cup was held by Sachin Tendulkar, who scored 98 in Centurion in 2003.
2015-02-16 Read More

The US Senate appointed Ashton B Carter as Defense Secretary

The senate approved the Bill of his appointment with an overwhelming vote of 93 to 5. Carter will be the United States’ 25th and Obama's fourth defense secretary in six years after Hagel, Panetta and Robert Gates.
2015-02-16 Read More

Usain Bolt to retire after 2017 World Championships in London

The six-time Olympic Gold medalist has decided to retire after 2017 World Championships in London in which he will concentrate only in 100 meter event.
2015-02-16 Read More

RBI decided to bring back one rupee notes

The notes printed by the Government of India will carry the bilingual signature of Rajiv Mehrishi, Finance Secretary.
2015-02-14 Read More

BrahMos missile successfully test-fired from INS Kolkata

It was test-fired from INS Kolkata which was commissioned in Indian Navy in August 2014.  BrahMos supersonic cruise missile is one of the fastest cruise missiles in the world with top speed of Mach 2.8.
2015-02-14 Read More

Prime Minister Narendra Modi initiated Cricket diplomacy, called four SAARC leaders

Prime Minister Narendra Modi used Cricket Diplomacy to bridge gap between the five cricket playing SAARC nations. This would help India to better diplomatic relations with SAARC nations mainly with Pakistan.
2015-02-14 Read More

Tintu Luka won gold in 800m in 35th National Games

In 800m race, she broke the 18 years old record of Rosa Kutty of Kerala.  Tintu finished the distance with a time of 2:01.86 sec to win gold.
2015-02-14 Read More

Religious decrees cannot override the written code of law: SC

The PIL asked the Bench to put its law of stamp on the decrees of divorce and other such decrees issued by an ecclesiastical court or tribunal.
2015-02-14 Read More

Arvind Kejriwal sworn-in as Chief Minister of Delhi

The oath of office and secrecy was administered by Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung at Ramlila Ground, Delhi.
2015-02-14 Read More

The United Arab Emirates closed its embassy in Yemen

The UAE followed Saudi Arabia, the United States, Germany, Britain, France and Italy in shutting their missions in the Yemeni capital Sanaa.
2015-02-14 Read More

Union Government approved revised Guidelines for Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana

The guidelines were revised to accord priority in the selection of roads for new connectivity as well as upgradation, leading to the eligible habitations in the Gram Panchayats identified by the Members of Parliament (MP) under Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY).
2015-02-14 Read More

Researchers found new 3D vaccine for cancer and infectious diseases

The vaccine is able to self-assemble into a 3D structure and manipulate immune cells, teaching them to attack cancer as well as infectious disease.
2015-02-14 Read More

Parle Products launched nationwide Litter Free Campaign

The campaign aimed at setting the course for community and raise awareness with its positive messaging, across the country through a series of Television Commercials.
2015-02-14 Read More

SC directed CBI to probe RBI and SEBI in multi-crore chit-fund scam

CBI was directed to investigate the role of market regulator SEBI and the RBI for effecting a mechanism.
2015-02-14 Read More

Chhetri and Devi presented with 2014 AIFF Player of the Year award

Earlier, Chhetri was named as the Player of the Year having in 2007, 2011 and 2013 and with this he surpassed the legendary IM Vijayan who won the award thrice.
2015-02-14 Read More

Russian Central Bank cut its interest rate from 17 percent to 15 percent

The move implies a shift in the Bank of Russia's priorities away from clamping down on rising inflation and supporting the ruble, towards trying to support economic activity, which the bank expects to fall sharply in the coming months.
2015-02-13 Read More

Pfizer announced to acquire Hospira for 17 billion US dollar

The acquisition of the British drug maker Hospira would be the largest ever so-called inversion. The deal is the land of opportunity as the deal would push emerging market for biosimilars.
2015-02-13 Read More

BT acquired U.K. Wireless Carrier EE for 19 Billion US dollar

The combination will generate cost savings valued at about 3 billion US dollar. The deal is projected to be completed by March 2016.
2015-02-13 Read More

RWB released the World Press Freedom Index 2015: India ranked at 136th position

In the WPFI 2015, India was placed at 136th position out of 180 nations that were surveyed worldwide in terms of press freedom.
2015-02-13 Read More

ICC Cricket World Cup started with ceremonies in Melbourne and Christchurch

Australia and New Zealand are co-hosting the 2015 Cricket World Cup that will see 49 matches spread over 43 days.
2015-02-13 Read More

Telugu novelist Kesava Reddy passed away

Veteran Telugu novelist Kesava Reddy passed away on 13 February 2015 in Nizamabad district of Telangana following a prolonged illness.
2015-02-13 Read More

World Radio Day observed on 13 February

The day is observed as a global celebration of radio as a forum for entertainment and information, as a bridge of communication for remote communities and its role in empowering people.
2015-02-13 Read More

Editor Unplugged: Media, Magnates, Netas and Me authored by Vinod Mehta

The author in the book has highlighted the sweeping changes that took place in the print and TV media. He also shared his views on Narendra Modi, Arvind Kejriwal and the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty.
2015-02-13 Read More

Union Government issued guidelines to tackle increasing number of H1N1 cases

Union Government asked States to categorise cases for screening, isolation and hospitalization.  It has been categorised in three categories.
2015-02-13 Read More

ICICI Bank Limited tied-up with UAE Exchange to offer instant bank transfer service

Using FLASHremit service, the customers of the bank residing in UAE can send money instantly to any ICICI Bank account in India in rupee denominations.
2015-02-13 Read More

Indian-American Gurpreet Singh presented with National Science Foundation CAREER award

Gurpreet Singh was honoured for his research on Scalable liquid exfoliation processing of ultrathin two-dimensional metal dichalcogenides nanosheets for energy storage devices.
2015-02-13 Read More

PAS spiritual leader Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat died at 84

He was spiritual leader of Malaysia’s opposition Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS).  For the first time, he was elected to the Parliament of Malaysia on 1967 and since then continued to be an elected politician for 48 years.
2015-02-13 Read More
DATE 5

Odisha‬ Chief Information Commissioner Tarun Kanti Mishra resigned

The Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) of Odisha‬ Tarun Kanti Mishra on 12 February 2015 resigned from his position.
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SpaceX successfully launched Falcon 9 rocket from Florida

The rocket carried an unmanned Deep Space Climate Observatory satellite that will be used by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to monitor the Sun.
2015-02-13 Read More

Union Government constituted SIT to reinvestigate 1984 anti-Sikh riot cases

The SIT was constituted on recommendation of Mathur Committee which in its report asked the government to start a fresh probe in the case. The new SIT will be headed by Pramod Asthana, an IPS officer of 1986 batch.
2015-02-13 Read More

US announced new cyber security agency CTIIC to respond to enhanced cyber threats

The CTIIC will be created as part of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and will be structured like the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC).
2015-02-12 Read More

7th round of India Kenya Joint Trade Committee meeting held in New Delhi

The two sides agreed to enhance cooperation in the fields of bilateral investment, infrastructure, SMEs, agriculture, health, energy, skill development & entrepreneurship, pharmaceuticals and tourism.
2015-02-12 Read More

Aditya Birla Chemicals to merge with Grasim Industries

The approval of merger of ABCIL with Grasim was given by the Board of Directors of Grasim Industries Limited.
2015-02-12 Read More

Krishna Chaudhary took charge as DG of ITBP

The Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi had issued orders for appointment of the officer in January 2015.
2015-02-12 Read More

Uber introduced two new India-specific safety features

Uber apps will now have a send status feature, where passengers can share details about the driver and the vehicle with their friends and family.
2015-02-12 Read More

Himachal Pradesh Government launched Crime and Criminal Tracking Network System Project

The project will connect 177 sites and 114 police stations in the state besides 13 district headquarters, 26 sub-divisional police officers and three police ranges along with state crime records bureau.
2015-02-12 Read More

Web-based tool Atrocity Tracking and Monitoring System launched

It was launched by National Dalit Movement for Justice with an aim to monitor atrocities perpetrated against Dalits and Adivasis and to deliver timely and speedy justice.
2015-02-12 Read More

Digital Magazine App Flipboard launched Web Browser Version

Users can log in to the new web version to access the same curated content as on their mobile platforms.
2015-02-12 Read More

35th National Games mascot Ammu named in Limca Book of Records

National Games mascot Ammu, the Great Hornbill entered the Limca Book of Records for its play, Kalikkunna Kuttikalkkayi Bharatham Kathirikkunnu (India Awaits Children Who Play) in which Ammu is featured.
2015-02-12 Read More

Microsoft acquired Sunrise for 100 million US dollars

The Sunrise app will remain in market and free after the acquisition. It will continue to support a wide range of third-party apps and calendar services.
2015-02-12 Read More

Four new species of Fish discovered in Kerala

Four new fish species named Puntius nelsoni, Puntius nigronotus, Systomus chryseusand and Systomus rufus were discovered in Kerala by Mathews Plamoottil, a zoology professor at Baby John Memorial Government College, Kollam.
2015-02-12 Read More

India Cements Limited transferred IPL team Chennai Super Kings franchise to CSKC Limited

The decision was taken by India Cements Vice-Chairman and Managing Director (MD) N Srinivasan led Board of Directors meeting held in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
2015-02-12 Read More

West Bengal Government launched Micro Business Credit Card to boost MSME sector

With the help of this card, the small and medium entrepreneurs will be able to avail the cash credit or loan up to 5 lakh rupees for their business activities.
2015-02-12 Read More

Brigade of Guards and Sikh Regiment jointly awarded Best Marching Contingents on Republic Day 2015

The award was presented by Chairman Chief of Staff Committee, Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha at an award ceremony held at Ministry of Defence, New Delhi.
2015-02-12 Read More

Star India Pvt Ltd acquired Telugu television channel Maa Television Network Ltd

With this acquisition, Star India will get access to the Telegu TV market, the second largest regional market in India in terms of revenue potential.
2015-02-11 Read More

HADR Exercise conducted by Indian Navy in the Lakshadweep Islands

The HADR exercise was designed to validate Indian Navy’s readiness and capability to handle major cyclone striking the Lakshdweep Islands and disrupting essential services, loss of life and dislocation of personnel.
2015-02-11 Read More

Veteran journalist Diptosh Majumdar died

Senior journalist Diptosh Majumdar died on 8 February 2015 after suffering from acute myelocytic leukemia (AML) at a private hospital in Delhi.
2015-02-11 Read More

Union Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports revised Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar Scheme

The Puruskar will be given in four categories, like identification and nurturing the talent, encouragement of sports through CSR, employment of sportspersons and development of sports.
2015-02-11 Read More

Delhi Legislative Assembly elections 2015 results declared

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) headed by Arvind Kejriwal secured absolute majority in the assembly by winning 67 seats out of 70 seats.
2015-02-11 Read More

Dr. Ambedkar National Merit Awards conferred by Thaawar Chand Gehlot

The awards were distributed among 84 students belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes category.
2015-02-11 Read More

US closed its embassy in Yemen

The U.S. Embassy in Yemen is the third in an Arab country that has closed since the turmoil of the Arab Spring began in December 2010.
2015-02-11 Read More

Fragile Frontiers: The Secret History of Mumbai Terror Attacks written by SK Rath

The book was published by Routledge, London and simultaneously published in India and the United States in August 2014.
2015-02-11 Read More

Sanjay Mathur resigned as VP, Global Technology Centres, Asia Pacific at Cisco Systems

He was leading a team of 700 engineers and managed the Cisco Technical Assistance Centres in Bengaluru and Sydney since August 2011.
2015-02-11 Read More

Facebook, Reliance Communications Ltd tied up to provide free Internet access to people

Both the companies jointly launched Internet.org with an aim to bring the power of Internet to a billion people in India in order to increase internet inclusion.
2015-02-11 Read More

ICICI Bank launched India's first digital bank, Pockets

Pockets, the digital e-wallet that uses a virtual VISA card that enables the users to transact on any website or mobile application in India can be downloaded from Google Playstore.
2015-02-11 Read More

Earth's inner core has an inner core of its own: Study

The findings of the study titled Equatorial anisotropy in the inner part of Earth’s inner core from autocorrelation of earthquake coda were published in the journal Nature Geoscience.
2015-02-11 Read More

Japanese industrial designer Kenji Ekuan died

Ekuan was famously known for crafting a tabletop bottle for Kikkoman Corporation in 1961, winning international popularity both for the handy, flask-shaped dispenser.
2015-02-11 Read More

Union Government approved increase of authorised Share Capital of NMDFC

Union Cabinet approved a proposal to enhance the authorised share capital of the NMDFC to 3000 crore rupees from 1500 crore rupees.
2015-02-11 Read More

Telecom regulator TRAI released a report

India telecom subscriber base reaches all-time high at 970 million at the end of December 2014.
2015-02-10 Read More

15th Delhi Sustainable Development Summit

The summit was organized by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI). The theme of the summit was Sustainable Development Goals and Dealing with Climate Change.
2015-02-10 Read More

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured the rare triple-moon conjunction

The three largest moons of Jupiter namely Europa, Callisto, and Io were captured by Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 while racing across the banded face of the gas-giant planet. This was a rare occurrence, as the event occurs once or twice in a decade.
2015-02-10 Read More

Amartya Sen won Charleston-EFG John Maynard Keynes Prize 2015

With this, Professor Sen will receive 7500 British pounds to commission a work of art and will give the annual Charleston-EFG Keynes Lecture at the Charleston Festival in the United Kingdom.
2015-02-10 Read More

Union Health minister declared 10 February as National Deworming Day

Union Government declared 10 February as National Deworming Day. On the occasion, National Deworming Initiative was also launched.
2015-02-10 Read More

North Korea test fires homegrown anti-ship short range missiles

The missiles hit the sea after about 200 km (120 miles). This is the first time the ship and the missiles have been shown by North Korean state media.
2015-02-10 Read More

Naveen Chopra appointed as Chief Operating Officer of Vodafone India

He succeeded Sunil Sood, who was elevated to post of CEO in the company and his tenure as COO will start from 1 April 2015.
2015-02-10 Read More

Google-appointed panel to recommend right to be forgotten for EU only

Google appointed the panel to advise it on how to implement the ruling from the EU's Supreme Court (SC) ordering it to remove links to information that is inadequate, irrelevant or no longer relevant from search results for a person's name.
2015-02-10 Read More

Union Ministry for Health & Family Welfare launched National Deworming Initiative

The initiative is aimed at protecting more than 24 crore children in the ages of 1-19 years from intestinal worms.
2015-02-10 Read More

Kiran Bedi released comic book titled Kiran Bedi — Kaise Bani Top Cop

The 32-page Comic book titled Kiran Bedi — Kaise Bani Top Cop is penned down by Bedi’s Sisters Reeta Peshawaria Menon and Anu Peshawaria and narrates the story of first woman IPS officer of the country.
2015-02-10 Read More

Alibaba decided to invest 590 million US dollar in Meizu Technology Co

Alibaba and Meizu issued a joint announcement and said that they would form a long-term strategic cooperative partnership.
2015-02-10 Read More

China launched first Maritime Silk Road cruise liner from Beihai port

The cruise was launched from Beihai port located in southwest China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. In its maiden journey, the liner will visit Vietnam, the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia.
2015-02-10 Read More

M Ravindran appointed as Chairman of Indraprastha Gas Limited

M Ravindran succeeded KK Gupta who has handed over the charge upon completion of his two-year tenure.
2015-02-10 Read More

Damyant Singh appointed as Brand Director of Adidas India

Damyant Singh succeeds Tushar Goculdas who will now be the Brand Director-Adidas Emerging Markets.
2015-02-10 Read More

Vinod Mehta awarded with Yash Bharti Samman 2015 by UP Government

The Yash Bharti Samman is conferred by the Uttar Pradesh Government for excellence in literature, fine arts, folk and classical music and sports.
2015-02-10 Read More

Adani Enterprises, Rajasthan Government signed MoU to set up 10000 MW Solar Park

The project will help in producing 16644 million units of clean and green energy and help in reducing carbon footprint by approximately 16.2 metric tonnes.
2015-02-10 Read More

First World Ocean Science Congress held in Kochi

The aim of the WOSC was to find sustainable means to utilize the resources carefully without causing any damage to the oceans and its marine life.
2015-02-09 Read More

Alibaba signed an agreement to acquire 25 percent stake in One97 Communications

With this deal, Alibaba announced its debut in m-Commerce space in India. Both the companies did not disclose the value of the transaction.
2015-02-09 Read More

57th Annual Grammy Awards

The 57th Annual Grammy Awards were held on 8 February 2015 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. In all, 83 Grammy Awards were presented at the function.
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DATE 6

68th British Academy Film Awards announced

The awards were announced to honour the best British and international contributions to film in 2014. The nominees for the award were announced on 9 January 2015 by Stephen Fry and actor Sam Claflin.
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Chambal Fertilisers shut down its urea plant in Kota

The plant was shut down due to unfavourable government policy for production beyond 100 per cent capacity of the plant for the fiscal year 2014-15.
2015-02-09 Read More

Reliance Jio Infocomm President Sumit Dutta Chowdhury resigned

He joined Reliance Jio in September 2012 as the Chief Information Officer (CIO) for one year and then moved into business leadership role.
2015-02-09 Read More

Uttarakhand Government launched Himalaya Darshan programme to boost tourism in the State

The motto of the programme is to enable common people to fly around the beautiful mountains of Uttarakhand for 5000 rupees to 10000 rupees.
2015-02-09 Read More

First Robot-staffed Hotel of the World to open in Japan

Japan’s Henn-na Hotel announced its plan to open the modern hotel with robot staff and other advanced technologies. The hotel will be launched on 17 July 2015.
2015-02-09 Read More

Nickolay Mladenov appointed as UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process

Nickolay Mladenov of Bulgaria appointed as United Nations (UN) Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Personal Representative to the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority.
2015-02-09 Read More

Veteran Marathi theatre artist Atmaram Govind Bhende died

The Father of Marathi Farce and pioneer of experimental plays in Marathi theatre Atmaram Govind Bhende died at the age of 91 in Pune, Maharashtra.
2015-02-09 Read More

Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan named in LIMCA Book of Records

Loksabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan's name was included in LIMCA book of records as she is the only woman in India to represent the same constituency on the same party ticket eight times in a row.
2015-02-09 Read More

Eminent Marathi writer Bhalchandra Nemade chosen for Jnanpith Award 2014

Eminent Marathi Writer Bhalchandra Nemade, known for his novel Kosala published in 1963 that changed the dimensions of Marathi literature, chosen for the Jnanpith Award for the year 2014.
2015-02-09 Read More

Union Government decided to infuse 6990 crore rupees in nine Public Sector Banks

Among the beneficiaries, SBI leads the pack with a capitalization of 2970 crore rupees and is followed by BoB with 1260 rupees, Punjab National Bank with 870 crore rupees and Canara Bank with 570 crore rupees.
2015-02-09 Read More

Prime Minister constituted 3 sub-groups of Chief Ministers within NITI Aayog

The three sub-groups within NITI Aayog were constituted to study the 66 centrally-sponsored schemes and for poverty alleviation and creation of skilled manpower within states.
2015-02-09 Read More

Siemens bagged orders worth 450 crore rupees from Varanasi-based Diesel Locomotive Works

Siemens Ltd, a major engineering firm on 9 February 2015 bagged orders worth 450 crore rupees from Varanasi-based Diesel Locomotive Works of Indian Railways.
2015-02-09 Read More

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott survived vote of confidence on leadership of Liberal Party

Tony Abbott survived the vote of confidence on leadership as the ruling Liberal Party voted to defeat the spill motion, 61 to 39.
2015-02-09 Read More

Acclaimed Indian sculptor and artist Mrinalini Mukherjee passed away

Mrinalini Mukherjee was best known for her sculptures crafted using knotted hemp ropes and cast bronzes.
2015-02-06 Read More

Tata Communications Ltd signed 20 million US dollars deal with KION Group

As part of the deal, Tata Communications will replace the KION Group’s existing stable of multiple WAN providers with a single global network.
2015-02-06 Read More

Jharkhand Government to provide tablets to all girls student of KGBV

The announcement was made during the two days Baal Samagam festival held at Morhabadi Stadium in Ranchi, Jharkhand.
2015-02-06 Read More

Madras HC directed Tamil Nadu government to ban beauty contests in colleges

Justice T S Sivagnanam in his interim order said that it is not known as to how walking the ramp would benefit a student pursuing a course of engineering.
2015-02-06 Read More

MO Garg appointed as Director General of Council of Scientific & Industrial Research

Prior to his present posting, Garg was Director in CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum (IIP), Dehradun.
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CSIR-NCL signed MoU with Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Ltd

The MoU is aimed at fostering collaboration on research and exchange of technical expertise in areas of material sciences and testing capabilities for bank notes, security documents and coins.
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Chief Minister of Nagaland TR Zeliang government's trust vote in the 60-member Assembly didn’t saw any opposition.
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Under the deal, Google will have complete access to tweets on the social networking site Twitter. The deal will make tweets available outside the Twitter.
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Hurun Report Inc released the Hurun Global Rich List 2015

The Hurun Global Rich List 2015 ranked 2089 billionaires from 68 countries. Around 649 billionaires saw their wealth increase and there were 341 new faces in the list.
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Amy Pascal, co-chairman of Sony Studio resigned

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77th Annual Convention of Presiding Officers of Legislative Bodies held in Lucknow

Four-day convention was held between 31 January and 3 February 2015. It was held in Uttar Pradesh after a long gap of 30 years.
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Zakir Naik won King Faisal International Prize for the year 2015

The awards were announced by Mecca Governor Prince Khaled Al-Faisal and KFIP Secretary-General Abdullah Al-Othaimeen. Zaik is an international preacher on Islam and president of the Islamic Research Foundation of India.
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His appointment was announced by the US President Barack Obama. Presently, Banga is President and CEO of MasterCard since 2009.
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60th Filmfare Awards announced

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Visitor’s Awards for Best University, Innovation and Research presented by the President

Visitor’s Awards for Central Universities in the categories of Best University, Innovation and Research for the year 2015 were given at a function held at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
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HAL bagged 1090 Crore contract to supply 14 Do-228 Aircraft to IAF

Along with 14 Do-228 aircrafts, HAL will also supply six reserve engines, one flight simulator and associated equipment. The aircrafts will be manufactured by the Transport Aircraft Division (TAD) at Kanpur.
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Micromax became India’s biggest and world’s third largest smartphone vendor

According to the report, in October-December 2014 (Quarter 4), Micromax controlled 22 percent market share in smartphones shipments in India compared to 20 percent market share of Samsung.
2015-02-05 Read More

Justice MM Das appointed as Chairman of Commission of Inquiry probing Chit Fund Scam

The post was lying vacant since 28 January 2015 after the death of Justice Radha Krushna Patra who was heading this one-man commission.
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World Cancer Day observed across the world

The tagline for the WCD 2015 was Not beyond Us. The tagline signified that solutions do exist across the continuum of cancer, and that they are within our reach.
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JK group chairman Gaur Hari Singhania died

He was the president of JK Organisation and a promoter director of JK Cement Ltd since its inception in 1994.
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Union Government constituted Anil Baijal Panel to suggest a framework to assess CSR activities

The Union Ministry of Corporate Affairs and the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA) will jointly provide the secretarial and technical support to the panel.
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Union Government announced 850 crore rupees development package for Andhra Pradesh

The development package was provided for the development of backward areas and Rayalaseema and North Coastal region of the State under Sections 46 (2) and 46(3) of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014
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Two algal species Ulva paschima Bast, Cladophora goensis Bast discovered off India’s west coast

A team of researchers discovered two algal species Ulva paschima Bast and Cladophora goensis Bast with carbon capture properties.
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SMAP: NASA’s first satellite to collect global soil moisture

The satellite is built to measure moisture in the top 2 inches (5 centimeters) of soil. It can measure the moisture content of the soil from its spot in orbit about 426 miles (685 kilometers) above Earth's surface.
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LC Goyal appointed as the Union Home Secretary

LC Goyal, a 1979-batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre was appointed as the Union Home Secretary on 4 February 2015. He succeeded Anil Goswami who resigned from the post.
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Gujarat Handloom Corporation signed MoU with E-commerce firm eBay

Through this MoU, GSHHDC seeks to expand the sales base from retail shops to the online market and to increase the market share of handloom and handicraft products of Gujarat.
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British House of Commons voted to allow creation of babies with DNA from three people

The controversial mitochondria donation procedure includes receiving of a small amount of healthy so-called Mitochondrial DNA (mDNA) from woman donor into the usual nuclear DNA from its mother and father.
2015-02-04 Read More

Microsoft launched Outlook app for iOS, Android users

The Outlook app will support Office 365, Exchange, Outlook.com, Yahoo Mail, Gmail, iCloud and other key email services.
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International Court of Justice ruled Neither Croatia nor Serbia committed genocide during Balkan War

The 17-judge panel headed by Judge Peter Tomka ruled that a 1995 Croat offensive to win back the territory from rebel Serbs featured serious crimes, but did not reach the level of genocide.
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Vijay Kumar won the Gold of 25 metre Centre Fire Pistol event at the 35th National Games

He won the Gold with a total score of 583 and finished with a clear seven-point lead over Silver medalist Samresh Jung (Himachal Pradesh) with a score of 576.
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Bangladesh Cabinet approved National ICT Draft Policy 2015

The draft seeks establishment of a transparent and accountable government through ICT expansion to enhance the standards of citizen service.
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Madhusudhan Prasad appointed as Secretary in the Union MoUD

Madhusudhan Prasad was on 3 February 2015 appointed as the Secretary in the Union Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD).
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Haryana Government launched e-registration of properties in all tehsils of the State

The e-stamping of property registration in the state will begin from 15 March 2015. The system will be implemented in all the tehsils by June 2015.
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Taj Mahal Gardens perfectly align with Sun Solstices: Study

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Maharashtra Netball player Mayuresh Pawar died during the 35th National Games

Netball player Mayuresh Pawar who was in Kerala to represent Maharashtra in National Games 2015 died due to cardiac arrest few hours after the match against Chandigarh.
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Bihar decided to provide free education to SC, ST and girl students till PG

Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST) and girl students of Bihar will be granted free education till Post Graduation in the state. The decision was made in meeting of the state cabinet of Bihar Government.
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NASA Launched its first earth satellite Soil Moisture Active Passive

The satellite was lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, on a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket.
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Saloni Dalal became youngest medal winner in National Games 2015

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Joint Communiqué of tri-nation meet of Foreign Ministers of India-Russia-China released

Foreign Ministers of India, Russia and China released a joint communiqué after 13th meet of Foreign Ministers held in Beijing, China. They emphasised on to maintain international and regional peace and stability and promoting global economic growth and prosperity.
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SC sought response from Union Government on making Moral Science a compulsory subject in Schools

The bench comprising Chief Justice HL Dattu and Justice AK Sikri issued notices to the Ministry and the CBSE while hearing a PIL filed by lawyer Santosh Singh.
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Madhya Pradesh won the 10th National Award for excellent work in MGNREGA

The award was presented to Madhya Pradesh Panchayats and Rural Development Minister Gopal Bhargava by the Union Rural Development Minister Virendra Singh at the MGNREGA summit held in New Delhi.
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Pakistan successfully test-fired Air Launched Cruise Missile Ra’ad

The missile gave Pakistan a strategic standoff capability on land and at sea indicating that Ra'ad can be launched at sea-based targets such as ships as well as land-based targets.
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Lupin got USFDA nod for marketing its diarrhea drug vancomycin hydrochloride in US

Lupin Limited received final approval from USFDA for marketing generic version of Vancocin capsules of ANI Pharmaceuticals Inc that is used in treating diarrhea.
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Photo journalist Krishna Murari Kishan passed away

Renowned Photo journalist Krishna Murari Kishan passed away on 1 February 2015 after suffering multi-organ failure at a private hospital in New Delhi.
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Telangana government decided to organise Godavari Pushkaralu on the lines of Kumbh Mela

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Andhra Pradesh Government approved reformed Solar, Wind Energy policy

Single window system, easy permissions and treatment like industries for according clearances are some of the salient features of the two policies unveiled.
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Former Delhi state footballer Peter Gomes died

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Nandita Chatterjee appointed as Secretary in the Union Ministry of HUPA

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Arvind Kumar Jain appointed as Director General of Police of Uttar Pradesh

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10th century sculpture of Buddha discovered in Thanjavur

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Australian Open 2015

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06 July 2019

Updated International Days & Events

January  February   March   April   May   June   July   August   September   October   November   December


January

4 January

World Braille Day

24 January

International Day of Education

27 January

International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust

February

4 February

World Cancer Day

6 February

International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation

10 February

World Pulses Day

11 February

International Day of Women and Girls in Science

13 February

World Radio Day

20 February

World Day of Social Justice

21 February

International Mother Language Day

March

1 March

Zero Discrimination Day

3 March

World Wildlife Day

8 March

International Women's Day

20 March

International Day of Happiness

20 March

French Language Day

21 March

International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

21 March

World Poetry Day

21 March

International Day of Nowruz

21 March

World Down Syndrome Day

21 March

International Day of Forests

22 March

World Water Day

23 March

World Meteorological Day

24 March

World Tuberculosis Day

24 March

International Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims

25 March

International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade

25 March

International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members

April

2 April

World Autism Awareness Day

4 April

International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action

6 April

International Day of Sport for Development and Peace

7 April

International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda 

7 April

World Health Day

12 April

International Day of Human Space Flight

20 April

Chinese Language Day

21 April

World Creativity and Innovation Day

22 April

International Mother Earth Day

23 April

World Book and Copyright Day

23 April

English Language Day

23 April

Spanish Language Day

24 April

International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace

25 April (starting in 2020)

International Delegate’s Day (A/RES/73/286)

25 April

World Malaria Day

25 April

International Girls in ICT Da

26 April

International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day

26 April

World Intellectual Property Day

28 April

World Day for Safety and Health at Work

30 April

International Jazz Day

May

2 May

World Tuna Day

3 May

World Press Freedom Day

8-9 May

Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives During the Second World War

11 May (second Saturday of May)

World Migratory Bird Day

15 May

International Day of Families

16 May

International Day of Living Together in Peace

16 May

International Day of Light

17 May

World Telecommunication and Information Society Day

17 May

"Vesak", the Day of the Full Moon

20 May

World Bee Day

21 May

World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development

22 May

International Day for Biological Diversity

23 May

International Day to End Obstetric Fistula

29 May

International Day of UN Peacekeepers

31 May

World No-Tobacco Day

June

1 June

Global Day of Parents

3 June

World Bicycle Day

4 June

International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression

5 June

World Environment Day

5 June

International Day for the Fight against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing

6 June

Russian Language Day

7 June 

World Food Safety Day

8 June

World Oceans Day

12 June

World Day Against Child Labour

13 June

International Albinism Awareness Day

14 June

World Blood Donor Day

15 June

World Elder Abuse Awareness Day

16 June

International Day of Family Remittances

17 June

World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought

18 June

Sustainable Gastronomy Day

19 June

International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict

20 June

World Refugee Day

21 June

International Day of Yoga

21 June

International Day of the Celebration of the Solstice

23 June

United Nations Public Service Day

23 June

International Widows' Day

25 June

Day of the Seafarer

26 June

International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking

26 June

United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture

27 June

Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day

29 June

International Day of the Tropics

30 June

International Asteroid Day

30 June

International Day of Parliamentarism

July

6 July (first Saturday in July)

International Day of Cooperatives

11 July

World Population Day

15 July

World Youth Skills Day

18 July

Nelson Mandela International Day

28 July

World Hepatitis Day

30 July

International Day of Friendship

30 July

World Day against Trafficking in Persons

August

9 August

International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples

12 August

International Youth Day

19 August

World Humanitarian Day

21 August

International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism

22 August

International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief

23 August

International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition

29 August

International Day against Nuclear Tests

30 August

International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances

September

5 September

International Day of Charity

8 September

International Literacy Day

10 September

World Suicide Prevention Day

12 September

United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation

15 September

International Day of Democracy

16 September

International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer

21 September

International Day of Peace

23 September

International Day of Sign Languages

26 September

International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons

26 September (last Thursday of September)

World Maritime Day

28 September

International Day for Universal Access to Information

27 September

World Tourism Day

28 September

World Rabies Day

30 September

International Translation Day

October

1 October

International Day of Older Persons

2 October

International Day of Non-Violence

5 October

World Teachers’ Day

7 October (first Monday in October)

World Habitat Day

9 October

World Post Day

10 October

World Mental Health Da

11 October

International Day of the Girl Child

12 October (second Saturday of October)

World Migratory Bird Day

13 October

International Day for Disaster Reduction

15 October

International Day of Rural Women

16 October

World Food Day

17 October

International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

20 October (every five years, beginning in 2010)

World Statistics Day

24 October

United Nations Day

24 October

World Development Information Day

27 October

World Day for Audiovisual Heritage

31 October

World Cities Day

November

2 November

International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists

5 November

World Tsunami Awareness Day

6 November

International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict 

10 November

World Science Day for Peace and Development

14 November

World Diabetes Day

16 November

International Day for Tolerance

17 November (third Sunday in November)

World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims

19 November

World Toilet Day

20 November

Africa Industrialization Day

20 November

Universal Children’s Day

21 November

World Television Day

21 November (third Thursday in November)

World Philosophy Day

25 November

International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

29 November

International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People

30 November

Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare

December

1 December

World AIDS Day

2 December

International Day for the Abolition of Slavery

3 December

International Day of Persons with Disabilities

5 December

International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development

5 December

World Soil Day

7 December

International Civil Aviation Day

9 December

International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime

9 December

International Anti-Corruption Day

10 December

Human Rights Day

11 December

International Mountain Day 

12 December

International Day of Neutrality

12 December

International Universal Health Coverage Day

18 December

International Migrants Day

18 December

Arabic Language Day (Arabic)

20 December

International Human Solidarity Day

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Source: www.un.org

04 July 2019

Ministry Of India And Its Members 2019 - 17th Lok Sabha

Sr. No. Departments Ministers
1Minister of Defence.Rajnath Singh
2Minister of Home Affairs.Amit Shah
3Minister of Road Transport and Highways; and Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.Nitin Jairam Gadkari
4Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers.D.V. Sadananda Gowda
5Minister of Finance; and Minister of Corporate Affairs.Nirmala Sitharaman
6Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.Ram Vilas Paswan
7Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; Minister of Rural Development; and Minister of Panchayati Raj.Narendra Singh Tomar
8Minister of Law and Justice; Minister of Communications; and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology.Ravi Shankar Prasad
9Minister of Food Processing Industries.Harsimrat Kaur Badal
10Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment.Thaawar Chand Gehlot
11Minister of External Affairs.Dr. S. Jaishankar
12Minister of Human Resource Development.Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank'
13Minister of Tribal Affairs.Arjun Munda
14Minister of Women and Child Development; and Minister of Textiles.Smriti Irani
15Minister of Health and Family Welfare; Minister of Science and Technology; and Minister of Earth Sciences.Dr. Harsh Vardhan
16Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; and Minister of Information and Broadcasting.Prakash Javadekar
17Minister of Railways; and Minister of Commerce and Industry.Piyush Goyal
18Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and Minister of Steel.Dharmendra Pradhan
19Minister of Minority Affairs.Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
20Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; Minister of Coal; and Minister of Mines.Pralhad Joshi
21Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey
22Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprise.Arvind Sawant
23Minister of Animal Husbandry, Dairy and Fisheries.Giriraj Singh
24Minister of Jal Shakti.Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
Ministers of State (Independent Charge)
1Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Labour and Employment.Santosh Kumar Gangwar
2Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation; and Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Planning.Rao Inderjit Singh
3Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH); and Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence.Shripad Yesso Naik
4Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region; Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office; Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Minister of State in the Department of Atomic Energy; and Minister of State in the Department of Space.Dr. Jitendra Singh
5Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs.Kiren Rijiju
6Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Culture; and Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Tourism.Prahalad Singh Patel
7Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Power; Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.Raj Kumar Singh
8Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs; Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Civil Aviation; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.Hardeep Singh Puri
9Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Shipping; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers.Mansukh L. Mandaviya
Ministers of State
1Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel.Faggansingh Kulaste
2Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.Ashwini Kumar Choubey
3Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises.Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal
4Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.General (Retd.) V. K. Singh
5Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.Krishan Pal
6Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.Raosaheb Danve
7Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs.G. Kishan Reddy
8Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.Purushottam Rupala
9Ramdas AthawaleMinister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
10Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development.Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti
11Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.Babul Supriyo
12Minister of State in the Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries.Sanjeev Kumar Balyan
13Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development; Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.Dhotre Sanjay Shamrao
14Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs.Anurag Thakur
15Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways.Suresh Angadi
16Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs.Nityanand Rai
17Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.Ratanlal Kataria
18Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.V. Muraleedharan
19Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.Renuka Singh Saruta
20Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.Som Parkash
21Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries.Rameswar Teli
22Minister of State in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries.Pratap Chandra Sarangi
23Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.Kailash Choudhary
24Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development.Debasree Chaudhuri
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