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31 May

Bureaucratic rehuffle leads to new appointments in Niti Aayog

News Bureaucratic reshuffle in Niti Aayog leads to appointment of Alok Kumar and Jitendra Kumar as the advisers. Other appointments Anna Roy has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the Department of Financial Services . She is currently working as a director in the same department. An IAS officer Sanjay Prasad ...

31 May

Pinaka Mark II Missile Test: Success

News: Pinaka Mark-II missile, launched with a multi barrier rocket launcher, was successfully test-fired today from Army’s Chandan firing range near Pokhran, after getting a software upgrade. The target was situated in Keru, distanced at 55km from the source. The area weapon has been developed by the DRDO for destroying/neutralising ...

31 May

UAE Firm Tasweek ,to invest in Smart City Projects

With a lot of firms, Indian and Foreign, getting ready to invest in the Smart City Project, a few have already made strategical moves. Current Developments: Tasweek Real Estate Development, based in Abu Dhabi, recently partnered with MAMS Holdings Group in India. This move helped them access expertise on the ...

31 May

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley inaugurates a facility for printing of domestic currency paper.

Under the “Make in India” initiative new production line for manufacturing currency paper was inaugurated by Finance minister Mr. Arun jaitley at Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh. The annual capacity of this production line is 6000 tonnes per annum. Another production line will be established in Mysore, Karnataka by the year end which ...

31 May

Veena Jain named Doordarshan DG

News The information and broadcasting (I&B) ministry on Friday appointed Veena Jain as director general (news) in Doordarshan will be reporting directly to the ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Jain, an additional secretary rank official, will also hold charge as officer on special duty overseeing the ministry’s new media wing ...

31 May

Rs 2 lakh penalty from next financial year for not answering tax authorities queries

News Failure to answer questions from the tax department can entail a penalty of up to Rs two lakh from the next financial year under the new black money law, which has got the assent of the President. The Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) and Imposition of Tax ...

31 May

New directors for ISRO in three major centres

News Three major centres of Indian Space Research Organisation, including Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota, will have new Directors from tomorrow. Dr K Sivan, Distinguished Scientist and currently Director of Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC), Thiruvananthapuram, will take over as the Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), ...

31 May

New 3-page Income Tax return forms

News The Finance Ministry today came out with new three-page income tax return (ITR) forms, dropping the controversial provision for mandatory disclosure of foreign trips and dormant bank accounts, while it also extended the last date of filing to August 31. The new forms – ITR 2 and ITR 2A ...

31 May

Cabinet nod for Indo-Bangla pact on human trafficking

News: Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Dhaka, the Union Cabinet today approved signing of a pact between the two countries to prevent human trafficking and ways to reintegrate the victims with their families. An official statement said the MoU will help strengthen cooperation to prevent all forms ...

30 May

India launches virtual memorial wall to honour peacekeepers

News India has launched a virtual Memorial Wall to honour its soldiers who laid down their lives while serving in UN peacekeeping operations, a precursor to the eventual construction of a permanent memorial wall at the world body’s headquarters proposed by the country. The wall of honour includes details of ...

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May, 2015