GOVERNMENT-APPROVES- SCHEMES-DAILY-NEWS-06-08-2016
GOVERNMENT-APPROVES- SCHEMES-DAILY-NEWS-06-08-2016
The Central government has backed Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan’s proposal to have a new Parliament building. Responding to the Lok Sabha Secretariat, the Ministry of Urban Development is believed to have suggested that the new building behind Vayu Bhawan, as proposed by the Speaker, can be connected to the existing Parliament complex through a tunnel across the majestic Rajpath. Mahajan had late
India will formally implement the inflation target agreed with outgoing Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan, a senior government official said, adding that progress was being made on forming a new Monetary Policy Committee. The official, who requested anonymity, said the government would on Friday table the parliamentary notification of an inflation target of 4 percent, with plus or minus 2 percent - in line
Under Pradhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi Yojana (PMJAY), the central government will open 3,000 Jan Aushadhi Stores (JAS) pan India by the end of this fiscal to make quality drugs available at affordable prices. In order to open JAS proposed within government hospital premises, a one-time financial assistance is provided to the extent of Rs 2.50 lakh and the margin available for the retailers is 20 per cent so as to ensure
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on 3 August 2016 approved upgradation of 13 existing Government Medical Colleges/Institutes (GMCIs) under Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY). The upgradation of medical colleges under PMSSY broadly involves strengthening of the existing departments as well as building Super Speciality Blocks / Trauma Centres or other necessary
The finance ministry on Thursday went all out to convince everybody that all efforts were being made to roll out the goods and services tax from April 1, 2017, and allayed fears that it would have an impact on inflation even if the rate was kept at 20 per cent. A detailed roadmap to meet the deadline was ready, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, along with his junior ministers and top bureaucrats, told media a day after the Rajya
Union Cabinet approves amendments in Central List of OBCs applicable to Andhra Pradesh and Telangana
Andhra Pradesh government on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Microsoft India. Microsoft India CEO Nadella has also agreed to set up a Centre for Excellence in Visakhapatnam. Key facts of the MoU between Microsoft and Andhra Pradesh govt. The state government will use the technical knowledge provided by Microsoft India. Microsoft India will support
Online legal documentation startup, LegalDesk.com, has announced the launch of its electronic signing feature ‘eSignDesk’ that allows people to sign documents from remote places. Built on the Aadhaar platform, eSign is an initiative of the Government of India and meant to save money and time for citizens. It was launched here on Wednesday by Nandan Nilekani, former Chairman of UIDAI — which rolled out the
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Saturday launch the new PMO app at a function organised by MyGov here, officials said. The app would correspond to the website of the Prime Minister's Office (PMO). "Interestingly, the team that won the contest to develop the app is a team of young engineering students from Delhi," MyGov Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Gaurav Dwivedi said here on
NEW DELHI: The Lok Sabha on Thursday approved an additional spending of Rs 1.03 lakh crore by the central government during the current fiscal, including a cash outgo of Rs 20,948.26 crore based on the Supplementary Demand for Grants moved by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. During the debate, Jaitley said the states and central government need to stick to their fiscal expenditure. "We need to optimise tax revenues
NEW DELHI: While a private sector employee can drag a colleague to a court or tribunal if she is not satisfied with the verdict of an internal committee in a sexual harassment probe, central government employees will not be able to do so. Their appeal will lie before the government only if the committee throws out the case. Sexual offence: Central government staff can’t move court The Centre has decided that the
SURVEY AND REPORT-NEWS-03-08-2016
NEW DELHI: As many as 34 per
cent of the ministers from State Assemblies have declared criminal cases
against them, while 76 per cent are crorepatis with average assets of Rs 8.59 crore,
finds a new study. A total of 609 ministers out of 620 have been analysed from
29 State Assemblies and two Union Territories. "Out of the 609 ministers
analysed from state Assemblies, 462 (76 per cent) are crorepatis,"
Delhi-based
NEW DELHI: There are 18 judges
per 10 lakh people as compared to 50 judges recommended by the Law Commission
in its 1987 report which the Chief Justice of India had recently cited seeking
an increase in the judges strength. According to the data put out by the Law
Ministry in public domain, the judge to population ratio in India stands at
17.86 judges per 10 lakh people. Mizoram has the highest judge to
PASSES AWAY-DAILY-NEWS-03-08-2016
Miss Universe Jamaica 2011
Shakira Martin who was hospitalised and was on a life support machine in a
Florida Hospital died on Tuesday night, August 2. The news about Shakira's
condition was revealed by her mother Andrea Hall in a Facebook post late Tuesday
evening. "As I sit here with my daughter Shakira Aminah on life support
saying good bye with family and friends... sickle cell is no joke please learn
about it.
Senior CPI(M) leader and Left
Front convener of Malda district, Jiban Maitra, passed away in a nursing home
here today following a cerebral attack. Maitra was 71. He suffered a cerebral
attack at his home yesterday and he was taken to the nursing home where he
breathed his last at 1.40 PM, CPI(M)'s district secretary Ambar Mitra said.
Maitra, a former state committee member of the CPI(M) and ex-district
Guwahati, Aug 5 (IBNS) :
Renowned Assamese writer Mahim Bora passed away at a private hospital in
Guwahati on Friday morning. He was 93.Bora, a Sahitya Akademy awardee,
was admitted at GNRC hospital in the city on August 3 for cardiac
problems. He was a former President of Asom Sahitya Sabha. Born in 1924, Bora
had authored Rangajivya (The Red Dragon Fly), Adhani Mahir Hahi , Bohubhuji
Tribhu,
SPORT-DAILY-NEWS-03-08-2016
The International Olympic
Committee (IOC) on 3 August 2016 agreed to add five new sports to the
progaramme for 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The sports to be added include
Baseball/Softball, Karate, Skateboard, Climbing Sports and surfing in the 2020
Tokyo Olympics. The decision was taken by the 129th IOC session being held in
Rio de Janeiro. The Organising Committee for the Tokyo 2020 Games proposed
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY-DAILY-NEWS-03-08-2016
The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) constituent Laboratory, CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute (CSIR-CFTRI) Mysuru, in association with M/s Oleome Biosolutions, Bengaluru and M/s Dairy Classic Ice Creams Pvt. Ltd., has developed ‘Nutrice’. Nutrice cream is an Omega-3 and Vitamin-E enriched frozen nutritional dessert from vegetarian source. Dietary supplementation
Scientists have discovered
evidence of arthiritis in the fossilised elbow of a 70-million-year-old
duck-billed dinosaur, suggesting the condition is not a modern malady. The
finding is the oldest recorded case of septic arthritis - a condition in which
a joint becomes inflamed, often from bacteria or fungus, researchers said.
"Our (duck-billed dinosaur) seems to have been afflicted with septic
arthritis, which completely destroyed the
"Carbon capture"
technologies -- chemically trapping carbon dioxide before it is released into
the atmosphere -- is one approach. In a recent study, Cornell University
researchers disclose a novel method for capturing the greenhouse gas and
converting it to a useful product -- while producing electrical energy. Lynden
Archer, the James A. Friend Family Distinguished Professor of Engineering, and
doctoral student
Scientists have created a
highly breathable material that may act like a second smart skin for soldiers.
This uniform is also designed to protect them from hazards like viruses and
chemical weapons. According to scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory in California, the fabric, a technology they call “second skin” is
more breathable than Gore-Tex. They have fabricated flexible polymeric
membranes with
A team of geologists
researching on the evolution of the Earth’s crust have found evidence to
support the hypothesis that the Indian subcontinent was part of Antarctica a
billion years ago but were separated and re-united several times due to
tectonic movement of plates before the evolution of mankind. “It is for the
first time that we have been able to prove the hypothesis that the continent of
Antarctica and subcontinent India
POLITICAL-DAILY-NEWS-03-08-2016
Nepal's parliament has elected former communist rebel leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal as the country's new prime minister. The parliament's speaker, Onsari Gharti Magar, announced Dahal received a majority of MP votes on Wednesday. Minister Khadga Prasad Oli stepped down last week ahead of a no-confidence vote in parliament, which he was expected to lose. The Nepali Congress, the biggest party in parliament, and a
With the High Court ruling
against it in the turf battle with Delhi Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung, the
Aam Aadmi Party government on Thursday said it will challenge the order in the Supreme
Court and questioned why the Constitution was amended to have a legislative
Assembly, if the city was to be run by the L-G. "We respectfully disagree
with the high court verdict," Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said,
adding there
In a major setback to the Nawaz
Sharif-led government in Pakistan, the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) today
rejected the federal government’s proposal to include teachings of the Quran in
school syllabus. According to a report in The Dawn, the Nawaz Sharif government
had sent a set of books containing Quran verses with translation to the CII for
vetting. The Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training,
SUMMIT-DAILY-NEWS-03-08-2016
As the media erupted over the
reports of Pakistan’s blackout of Home Minister Rajnath Singh's statement
during the SAARC ministerial meeting, India described these reports as
"misleading". "With reference to the Home Ministers
meeting in Islamabad earlier today, media reports of a 'blackout' of our Home
Minister's statement are misleading,” a government source said. "It is the
standard SAARC practice that the opening
DEFENCE -DAILY-NEWS-03-08-2016
Chinese officials say trans-Himalayan railway connecting Tibet with India and Nepal is economically and technically feasible as Beijing looks to make Tibet an economic and cultural hub connecting China with South Asia. “The construction of a railway crossing the Himalayan mountains is now economically and technologically feasible,” Zong Gang, Deputy Director of the Science and Technology Department at Beijing
In yet another sign of ongoing
frustration with Pakistan for not acting against militants, the Pentagon has
withheld USD 300 million (Over Rs 2000 crore) in military assistance to
Islamabad. PTI reported that the decision to block the military aid to
Pakistan was taken after Defence Secretary Ashton Carter declined to give a
certification to the Congress that Pakistan is taking sufficient action against
the dreaded Haqqani
BOOK IN NEWS--03-08-2016
Book titled interlinking of
Indian Rivers authored by Radha Kant Bharati was released on three November
2015 by Chairman of Central Water Commission (CWC) AB Pandya. The book based on
a comprehensive research explains the social, economic and commercial
significance of linking of rivers in the country. It conjointly discusses
National Water Policy and disputes over the sub-continent of India. The book
conjointly
ENVIRONMENT-DAILY-NEWS-03-08-2016
WASHINGTON: The World Bank on
Thursday adopted a new set of policies aimed at preventing its projects from
harming people and the environment. The global lender dedicated to fighting
poverty, whose commitments rose to more than $60 billion this year, said the
new environmental and social framework had involved the "most extensive
consultation ever conducted" by the bank. "These new safeguards will
build into
Brasilia: Brazil’s
environmental regulator, the Brazilian Institute of the Environment and
Renewable Natural Resources (Ibama) decided on Thursday to shelve the
environmental licence request for a hydroelectric dam on the Tapajos River in
the Amazon, a project that had been opposed by indigenous tribes and
conservation groups. Ibama’s licensing office ruled the dam’s backers had not
presented information in time to show its
EHRADUN: The country's first
tiger cell will soon take shape at the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) campus
in Dehradun. A memorandum of understanding (MOU) regarding the setting up of
the cell will be signed between the National Tiger Conservation Authority
(NTCA) and WII on Saturday. The cell will house a database of tigers as well as
DNA and stripes samples of the big cats from over 50 tiger reserves, and will
BUSINESS-DAILY-NEWS-03-08-2016
tate-run Neyveli Lignite
Corporation (NLC) is planning to acquire Damodar Valley Corporation’s 1200 mw
Raghunathpur Thermal Power Project (RTPP) through a joint venture company. NLC
has initiated actions to acquire power assets and in this regard one of the
proposals under consideration is the acquisition of 1,200 mw Raghunathpur
Thermal Power Project (RTPP) of Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) through a
joint
ECONOMICAL-DAILY-NEWS-03-08-2016
RIO DE JANEIRO: When Rio de Janeiro was awarded the 2016 Summer Olympic Games seven years ago, Wagner Bastos was a hotshot car salesman for Rio Citroen-Peugeot. Some months he earned 17,000 Brazilian reais — about $5,200 now and much more back then. But Brazil's fortunes — and Bastos' — have taken a sickening tumble. His last monthly paycheck in June was for 1,400 reais ($425) — too little to cover
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
Governor, Raghuram Rajan, on 4 August 2016 launched Sachet portal,
sachet.rbi.org.in, to check illegal money collection. The portal will help
anyone can obtain information regarding entities that are allowed to accept
deposits, lodge complaints and share information regarding illegal acceptance
of deposits by unscrupulous entities.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
on Thursday said it has set up a committee to look at the various facets of
household finance in India and to benchmark the country’s position vis-à-vis
both peer countries and advanced countries. The committee will benchmark the
current depth of household financial markets in India vis-a-vis those in other
major world markets and identify areas of priority for growth and change and
New Delhi: The passage of the
long-awaited Constitutional Amendment Bill for Goods and Services Tax (GST) is
an important reform that will remove barriers in trade, improve economic
efficiency and lead to higher growth in the long run, Fitch Ratings said on Thursday.
"In addition, Parliamentary approval sends a further positive signal of
the government's ability to enact major reforms following the passage of a
national
AWARD AND HONOUR -DAILY-NEWS-03-08-2016
If someone asked you to spell
the word 'eleemosynary', do you think you'd be able to? Honestly, I had never
even heard of this tongue-twister before. But Rhea, a child wonder aged 10, not
only spelled it correctly but also clinched the title of 'Child Genius 2016' in
the UK. She is now officially the brightest kid in the kingdom. She shot
to fame after winning a popular television quiz on Britain's Channel 4. She was
tied
Singer Shubha Mudgal will be
awarded the Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award for her outstanding
contribution towards the promotion of communal harmony, peace and goodwill.
Shubha Mudgal is a well-known Indian singer of Hindustani classical
music. The award will be presented to Mudgal at a special ceremony on August 20
at Jawahar Bhawan auditorium. The award carries a citation and cash award of Rs
APPOINTMENT-DAILY-NEWS-03-08-2016
Noted sports promoter and
founder chairperson of Reliance Foundation, Nita Ambani was elected as an
individual member of International Olympic Committee (IOC) on 4 August 2016.
She was elected by IOC members at the 129th Session of the world body in Rio de
Janeiro. With this, she also becomes the first Indian woman to join the
prestigious body which governs Olympic sports in the world. Nita, the owner of
D K Gayen on 4 August 2016
assumed charge of General Manager of East Central Railway (ECR) with
headquarters at Hajipur in Bihar. Gayen succeeds Rajeev Mishra, GM of Eastern
Railways, who was holding additional charge of ECR. Gayen is a 1979 batch
officer of Indian Railway Service for Mechanical Engineers (IRSME). Gayen was
earlier working as Chief Mechanical Engineer of South Eastern Railway at
Nimesh Kampani on 3 August 2016
resigned as the Managing Director of JM Financial Ltd with effect from 30
September 2016. However, Kampani will continue to be the Non-Executive Chairman
of the group and a director on the board of a few group companies at JM
Financial. Nimesh Kampani will be succeeded by his son Vishal Kampani as the
Managing Director of JM Financial with effect from 1 October 2016.
Former Comptroller and Auditor
General (CAG) of India Vinod Rai on 1 August 2016 stepped down from private
sector lender IDFC Bank’s board. However, Rai will continue to be the
non-executive independent chairman of IDFC Ltd. The decision was taken to avoid
conflict of interest as Rai is also the chairman of Bank Board Bureau (BBB).
THE BBB will not only select board members of public sector banks but will
The Kerala Cabinet Wednesday
rehabilitated CPM veteran V S Achuthanandan as the chairman of the
Administrative Reforms Commission. The post with a Cabinet rank has been
created to placate the senior leader, who stepped aside to let CM Pinarayi
Vijayan lead the new LDF government after the recent state polls. The Assembly
had recently passed the Legislative Assembly (Removal of Disqualifications)
Anant Maheshwari will take over
as President of Microsoft India from September 1, the company announced on
Monday. He will be taking over charge of operations from Bhaskar Pramanik,
Chairman, Microsoft India, from January 1, 2017. Pramanik will retire from the
company in March 2017. Maheswari will be responsible for all of Microsoft’s
products, support and services across India and continue the
Tunisia's President Beji Caid
Essebsi on 3 August 2016 named Youssef Chahed as the Prime Minister of the
country. Chahed's appointment came after parliament ousted Habib Essid in a
vote of no-confidence because of his handling of economic reforms and security.
Prior to this, Chahed was Minister for Local Affairs of Tunisia. He is an
agricultural sciences specialist and academic who has taught in France and
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