Day: January 3, 2019

INDO-France Pact For Sustainable Development

open view web desk During the recent visit of French Foreign Minister to India, both the Governments noted that satisfactory progress had been made in pursuance of the Industrial Way Forward Agreement in 2018 between Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) and Electricite de France (EDF) and […]

Highlights of the trends of CIC Annual Report 2017-18

open view web desk Annual report of the Central Information Commission (CIC) was tabled in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha on 12thand 27th December 2018 respectively. The trends of Annual Report are as follows: During the reporting year 2017-18, 12.33 lakh RTI applications were received by the registered Central […]

UGC has written to state governments to take appropriate action against fake universities

open view web desk University Grants Commission (UGC) has released the list of 24 fake Universities, which are available on its website www.ugc.ac.in. In addition, UGC issues public notice against the unrecognized status of Indian Institute of Planning and Management (IIPM), New Delhi and illegal status of Bio-Chemic Education […]

J-K to develop state-wide strategy on noise pollution

Jammu, Jan 3: The Jammu and Kashmir administration will develop a state-wide strategy to control noise pollution, as exposure to high-levels of sound results in significant adverse health impacts, an official said. The initiative is a part of the Jammu and Kashmir Environment policy 2018 draft, which has now […]

Rupee dips 2 paise to 70.20 vs USD

Mumbai, Jan 3: The rupee weakened for the second straight session Thursday, slipping by 2 paise to 70.20 against the US dollar on robust foreign fund outflows amid rising trade deficit worries. Meanwhile, the yen surged to multi-year highs on safe-haven buying following a ‘flash crash’ that spooked the […]

PM adds Jai Anusandhan to Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan and Jai Vigyan

Jalandhar, Jan 3: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday added ‘Jai Anusandhan’ to former prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri’s slogan ‘Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan’ and Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s ‘Jai Vigyan’ as he called for formulating an action plan to boost research in colleges and state varsities.  Addressing the 106th Indian […]

Won’t Let BJP Come Back to Power in 2019

Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi launched an all out attack on the Narendra Modi government at India Today Conclave 2018 today in Mumbai. She said that the Modi government has failed to fulfill the promises made during the election campaign in the run up to 2014 Lok Sabha […]

Apple drops iPhone bombshell on already reeling stock market

SAN FRANCISCO — Apple acknowledged that demand for iPhones is waning, confirming investor fears that the company’s most profitable product has lost some of its luster. The reckoning came in a letter from Apple CEO Tim Cook to the company’s shareholders released after the stock market closed Wednesday. Cook said […]

Suspects in Khashoggi’s killing brought before Saudi court

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Saudi prosecutors will seek the death penalty for at least five people in the slaying of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, the kingdom’s state media reported on Thursday as 11 suspects attended their first court hearing. The state-run Saudi Press Agency and state […]

China lands spacecraft on ‘dark’ side of moon in world first

BEIJING — China’s burgeoning space program achieved a first on Thursday: a landing on the so-called dark side of the moon. Three nations — the United States, the former Soviet Union and more recently China — have sent spacecraft to the near side of the moon, which faces […]

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