The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare launched ‘LaQshya’ Initiative and mHealth: Safe Delivery Application on the occasion of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Day. Moreover, Operational Guidelines for Obstetric High Dependency Units and Intensive Care Units were also released. UHC Day is observed every year on 12 December toContinue Reading
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The Supreme Court has scrapped a contentious law that was seen as a major infringement of the freedom of speech on-line as it allowed the arrest of a person for posting offensive content. Section 66A of the information Technology Act, introduced in 2000, has been declared unconstitutional. Describing the lawContinue Reading
Senior IPS officer Anil Kumar Sinha was appointed as the new CBI Director on 2 December 2014. At the time of appointment as Director of CBI, Sinha, a 1979 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre, was serving as a Special Director in CBI. Anil Sinha will succeed Ranjit Sinha whoContinue Reading
India took its first formal step to recapture its erstwhile glory as an international knowledge destination with the opening of the new Nalanda University (NU) on 1 September 2014, 12 km from where the ruins of the ancient university are located. The 11-member governing board of the university isContinue Reading
Justice RM Lodha to be sworn-in as next Chief Justice of India. New Delhi: Justice RM Lodha, the seniormost judge of the Supreme Court, has been recommended as the next Chief Justice of India, the Law Ministry said on Friday. Lodha will be sworn-in as the 41st Chief Justice ofContinue Reading
Air Marshal Arup Raha has been appointed the next Chief of the Indian Air Force. He will succeed Air Chief Marshal N.A.K. Browne, also a fighter pilot, on 31 December 2013.He was commissioned into the IAF on 14 December 1974, in the fighter stream of the flying branch. In hisContinue Reading
International Men’s Day is an annual international event celebrated on 19 November. Inaugurated in 1999 in Trinidad and Tobago, the day and its events find support from a variety of individuals and groups in India,Australia, the Caribbean, North America, Asia, Europe and Africa. The objectives The objectives of celebrating anContinue Reading
The Election Commission of India on 11 January 2012 announced the dates for elections and by-elections in the Legislative Assemblies of 10 states. The elections/by-elections would be held in Meghalaya, Nagaland, Tripura, Assam, Bihar, Maharashtra, Mizoram, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Punjab. The states of Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland wouldContinue Reading
Aadhaar card to be accepted as proof to get passport: Ministry of external Affairs The Ministry of External Affairs on 8 January 2013 decided and consequently advised all Passport Issuing Authorities to accept Aadhaar letter as Proof of Address and Photo identity in conjunction with any other prescribed documents forContinue Reading
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