NHRC Gives Relief for Medical Negligence in Childcare
New Delhi (ABC Live):Medical Negligence in Childcare :The National Human Rights Commission has recommended interim relief of rupees one lakh each to the next of kin of four new born babies, who died...
View ArticleUNSC Removes ABD AL WAHAB from Ban List
New Delhi (ABC Live):On 11 January 2016, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015) concerning ISIL (Da’esh), Al-Qaida and associated...
View ArticleWorld Marks Sixth Anniversary of Haiti Earthquake
New Delhi (ABC Live): Haiti Earthquake: Tomorrow, world fraternity will mark the sixth anniversary of the earthquake in Haiti and pay tribute to the more than 200,000 victims, including 102 United...
View ArticleChinese National Shaolin Yang Becomes World Bank CEO
New Delhi (ABC Live): World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim today announced the appointments of Mr. Shaolin Yang as Chief Administrative Officer and Mr. Joaquim Levy as Chief Financial Officer for...
View ArticleFIFA Ethics Violations Truns Ban for Blatter, Platini
New Delhi (ABC Live): FIFA Ethics Violations :FIFA ethics investigators said on Tuesday they planned an appeal that could extend eight-year bans on world soccer body president Joseph “Sepp” Blatter and...
View ArticleCBDT Claims Reduction in Tax Litigations
New Delhi (ABC Live):CBDT: Reducing litigation with the taxpayers has been a key focus area for the Income Tax Department. Several initiatives have been taken by the Central Board of Direct Taxes in...
View ArticleIncome Tax Department Refunds Rs 1793 Crore TDS
New Delhi (ABC Live): In an initiative to reduce taxpayer grievances and enhance the taxpayer satisfaction, the Central Board of Direct Taxes had issued instructions to Central Processing Center (CPC),...
View ArticleKarnataka High Court Gets Four Additional Judges
New Delhi (ABC Live): Karnataka High Court: In exercise of the power conferred by clause (1) of Article 224 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint Shri Arakalagudu...
View ArticleIndia Achieves 5,000 MW Solar Power Target
New Delhi (ABC Live): Solar Power Target : On the auspicious occasion of Makar Sankranti/Pongal, the installed capacity of solar power in India crossed the milestone of 5,000 MW yesterday. The...
View ArticleNew Juvenile Justice Act 2015 Comes into Force
New Delhi (ABC Live): New Juvenile Justice Act 2015: The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 has come into force from today and repeals the Juvenile Justice (Care and...
View ArticleCochin Port Inks Container Train Pact with CONCOR
New Delhi (ABC Live): Cochin Port Trust and CONCOR have entered into a MoU for the running of weekly container train service from Irugur ICD, Coimbatore to ICTT Vallarpadam, Cochin Port. The inaugural...
View ArticleRBI Hikes its Share in National Housing Bank
Mumbai (ABC Live):The Reserve Bank of India has contributed ₹1,000 crore towards the paid up capital of the National Housing Bank (NHB) on January 12, 2016, thereby increasing its shareholding in the...
View ArticleSovereign Gold Bond Now at ₹ 2,600 per Grams
Mumbai (ABC Live):The Sovereign Gold Bond will be open for subscription for the period from January 18 to 22, 2016. The issue price of the Sovereign Gold Bond for this tranche has been fixed at ₹...
View ArticleSEBI Tries to Curb Commodity Market Volatility
Mumbai (ABC Live):Commodity Market Volatility: In accordance with Central government notifications F. No. 1/9/SM/2015 S.O. 2362 (E) and F. No. 1/9/SM/2015 S.O. 2363 (E) dated August 28, 2015, SEBI had...
View ArticleNHRC Takes Cognizance on HIV Positive Student
New Delhi (ABC Live): NHRC :The National Human Rights Commission has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report that a private school in Bishnupur area of South 24 Parganas, West Bengal banned an HIV...
View ArticleIndian Railways Assures World Bank on Contracts to GE,Alstom
New Delhi (ABC Live): On the request of the World Bank, Shri Suresh Prabhkar Prabhu, Minister of Railways, Government of India was on an official visit to Washington DC, USA from January 13-15, 2016,...
View ArticlePCRA Bats for Clean Fuel
New Delhi (ABC Live):PCRA : The Minister of State (I/C) for Petroleum and Natural Gas Shri Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurated Oil & Gas Conservation Fortnight 2016 in New Delhi today. The event is...
View ArticleJustin Forsyth Becomes Deputy Executive Director of UNICEF
New Delhi (ABC Live): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Justin Forsyth, a British national, as Deputy Executive Director of the United Nations Children’s...
View ArticleAntonio Cachapuz de Medeiros Becomes UNCLOS Judge
New Delhi (ABC Live):The twenty-fifth Meeting of States Parties to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea resumed today, electing by secret ballot one member of its International Tribunal...
View ArticleUNSC Deletes AKRAM Name from Al Qaida Sanctions List
New Delhi (ABC Live): Al Qaida Sanctions List: On 15 January 2016, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015) enacted the amendments specified with...
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