Union Government launches three women safety initiatives Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi jointly with Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh launched three significant initiativeson February 18, 2019 at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi to encourage  the safety of women in working spaces, living space and in public spaces. The initiatives comprise Investigation Tracking System […]

Trump declares national emergency to build US-Mexico border wall US President Donald Trump signed an exclusive order stating national emergency in the nation on February 15, 2019.  The executive order would unblock billions of dollars of federal money to build a wall along the US-Mexico border. Constructing a wall along US-Mexico border was one of […]

Sushil Chandra appointed as new Election Commissioner On 15th February 2019, Sushil Chandra appointed as the new Election Commissioner (EC) of India. Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa and Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora will be working along with him in the Election Commission. He was born on May 15 1957 and is a 1980 batch Indian […]

Third Indo-German Environment Forum held in New Delhi The third Indo-German Environment Forumwas held in New Delhi on February 13, 2019 with the theme “Cleaner Air, Greener Economy”. Union Environment Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan, while inaugurating the forum, said both the countries have been in deep rooted relation of cooperative engagement for the last 60 […]

RBI penalizes seven banks for violating various norms The Reserve Bank of India imposed monetary penalty on seven banks for non-compliance with numerous directions issued by the RBI on observing of end use of funds, KYC norms and exchanging information with other banks etc., in the first week of February 2019. Under the provisions of […]

Abu Dhabi adds Hindi as third official court language The Abu Dhabi Judicial Department has added Hindi as the third official language, alongside Arabic and English. Hindi will be used in city courts from now on. The objective of this move is to let foreigners know their rights, duties and litigation procedures without any language […]

Jammu & Kashmir Government grants Divisional Status to Ladakh Region Satya Pal Malik, the Jammu and Kashmir Governor granted the Divisional Status to Ladakh Region on February 8, 2019, while exercising its powers under Section 5 of Land Revenue Act, 1996.Leh and Kargil districts will come under The Ladakh Division, with the headquarter at Leh. […]

US-India CEO Forum to be held on February 14; American members of Forum announced Wilbur Ross, US Commerce Secretary announced the names of the American private sector members of the US-India CEO Forum on February 7, 2019. Ajay Banga, CEO of MasterCard and Steve Mollenkopf, CEO of Qualcomm Are amongst the members of the US-India […]

Union Cabinet approves MoU between India, Finland in the field of Biotechnology On February 6, 2019, Union Cabinet, which is chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved the MoU between India and Finlandcollaborationbased on mutual interest in the field of Biotechnology, where both the country will be funding and executing aspiring industry-led transnational and innovative […]