Syndicate Bank & SBI Insurance sign a pact

Syndicate Bank and SBI Life Insurance signed a bancassurance pact on 3 January 2019. Under the pact, SBI Life Insurance will offer a co...

National Entrepreneurship Awards held in Delhi

The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship hosted the third edition of the ‘National Entrepreneurship’ Awards in New Delhi o...

RTE (Amendment) Bill, 2018 passed

On 3 January 2019, the Parliament passed the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (Amendment) Bill, 2018. The Parliament ...

Bengali writer Dibyendu Palit passed away

Renowned Bengali writer Dibyendu Palit passed away on 3 January 2019. He was conferred the Sahitya Akademi for his novel ‘Anubhab’ in 1...

China’s probe lands on far side of moon

A China’s Chang’e-4 lunar probe touched down on the far side of the moon on 3 January 2019. The probe touched down at a targeted area n...

Panj Tirath site declared as National Heritage

Pakistan has declared the ancient Hindu religious site of ‘Panj Tirath’ in Peshawar as National heritage. Panj Tirath got its name from...

World Braille Day observed on 4 January

The United Nations observed the first official World Braille Day on 4 January. The aim of the day is to raise awareness of the import...

‘Swachh Survekshan 2019’ launched

Housing and Urban Affairs Minister, Hardeep Singh Puri inaugurated the ‘Swachh Survekshan 2019’ on 4 January 2019. The cleanliness surv...

Trump signed ‘ARIA’ into law

The US President Donald Trump signed the ‘Asia Reassurance Initiative Act’ (ARIA) into law. ARIA was earlier passed in the US Senate in...

ICICI Bank & SBFC signed a MoU

ICICI Bank signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Small Business FinCredit India Pvt Ltd (SBFC) on 4 January 2019. Under the M...

New panel to protect Assam’s heritage

The Union Cabinet approved the setting up of a high-level committee for implementation of Clause 6 of the Assam Accord. The Accord prov...

Saurabh Kumar is the new Chairman of OFB

Saurabh Kumar took over as the Director General of Ordnance Factories (DGOF) and Chairman of the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) in Kolkata...

Veer Savarkar Airport declared as checkpost

The Veer Savarkar International Airport in Port Blair was declared as an authorised ‘Immigration Check post’ for entry into/exit from In...

Ramakant Achrekar passed away

Cricket coach Ramakant Achrekar passed away in Mumbai on 2 January 2019. He was the Sachin Tendulkar’s cricket coach. In 1990, he wa...

Jayanta Kumar won ‘National Geospatial Award’

The Indian Society for Remote Sensing (ISRS) conferred the National Geospatial Award for Excellence-2017 (Life Time Achievement Award)...

MoU signed b/w IIT Bombay & PSU Oil Companies

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for setting up ‘Centre of Excellence’ in Oil, Gas, and Energy was signed between IIT Bombay and PS...

Manufacturing PMI slows in December

Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) slowed down a bit to 53.2 in December 2018 as against 54 in November 2018. This index is...

Haryana govt approves 11 projects

The Haryana government approved 11 projects for the rejuvenation of the Saraswati river on 2 January 2019. These include the constructi...

Bill to amend Arunachal’s ST list approved

The Union Cabinet approved the introduction of a bill to modify the list of Scheduled Tribes of Arunachal Pradesh. The bill proposes th...

Justice Asif appointed as new CJ of Pakistan

Justice Asif Saeed Khosa was appointed as the new Chief Justice of Pakistan. He is the senior most judge of Pakistan’s Supreme Court....