Amitabh Kant gets two-year service extension as NITI commission CEO

Amitabh kant The appointment committee of the Cabinet has approved the term of Amitabh Kant as the CEO of NITI Ayog from June 30, 201...

Kerala Commission on Health Index of Policy Commission

Health Index Kerala The Policy Commission has released the Health Index report. In this report Kerala has been in the top position in...

Kerala Health Index Top: Policy Commission Report

Policy commission Kerala is on top of the health index of the Commission, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra have it. Apart from this,...

Names of new chief secretaries of the country IB and RAW were named

IB & RAW The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has nominated the heads of intelligence agencies of the country - Intelligenc...

Report of Beekeeping Development Committee

honey bee The Prime Minister, the Economic Advisory Council , has set up a Beekeeping Development Committee under the chairmanship of ...

Government appoints Sudhir Bhargava as new CIC

The government of India appointed Sudhir Bhargava as Chief Information Commissioner in the Central Information Commission (CIC). The ...

Cabinet approves amendments to POCSO Act & submission of BUR to UNFCCC & the Medicine Bill, 2018

On 28 December 2018, the Union Cabinet approved amendments to strengthen the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. ...

National Commission for Homeopathy Bill, 2018 gets cabinet approval

The Union Cabinet has approved the National Commission for Homeopathy bill, 2018. The National Commission for Homeopathy seeks to repla...

‘Second Delta Ranking’ released

Niti Aayog released the ‘Second Delta Ranking’ of the Aspirational Districts Programme on 27 December 2018. The ranking details the inc...

Handbook of Ministry of I&B released

The ‘Administrative Handbook’ of Ministry of Information & Broadcasting was launched on 27 December 2018. The handbook is a mix of ...

NHRC launches the toll-free helpline

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) launched a toll-free number and also a facility to file complaints through Common Service Ce...

7th tranche of electoral bonds sale from 1 Jan

The seventh tranche of electoral bonds sale will take place from 1 to 10 January 2019. The State Bank of India has been authorised to i...

‘Economic capital framework’ committee formed

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), in consultation with the government of India, has set up a six-member committee to review the ‘Economic...

Logistics Development Committee constituted

The Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) constituted a Logistics Development Committee. The committee will be hea...

‘SDG India Index’ released by NITI Aayog

The ‘Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) India Index: Baseline Report 2018’ was released by the NITI Aayog on 21 December 2018. SDG I...

Government of India notifies dual-fuel usage

Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has notified dual-fuel usage for agricultural and construction equipment vehicles. These includ...

Health Ministry Launches Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP)

i. Ms. Preeti Sudan, Union Health Secretary did soft-launch of the Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP) segment of the Integr...

Sunil Arora Appointed New Chief Election Commissioner of India

i. Sunil Arora has been appointed as the new Chief Election Commissioner of India. He succeeds Om Prakash Rawat. He will take over the to...

UN Selects Noida, Greater Noida to Participate In Global Sustainable Cities 2025 Initiative

i. The United Nations has selected Uttar Pradesh's Noida and Greater Noida to participate in its Global Sustainable Cities 2025 initi...

Global education monitoring report 2019 released by UNESCO

21 November 2018 Current Affairs: The report shows that the number of migrant and refugee school-age children around the world today...