Thursday, November 12, 2015

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Grand Alliance won the 2015 Assembly Elections of Bihar with two-thirds majority
India > Bihar Elections
Election Commission of India on 8 November 2015 announced the results of the 2015 Assembly elections of Bihar. The elections were held in 5 phases between 12 October and 5 November 2015 for 243 assembly seats.Grand Alliance (Mahagathbandhan) of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), JANATA DAL (UNITED) (JD(U)) and Indian National Congress (INC) emerged as the winner of the election with thumping two-third majority. RJD, a part of the grand Alliance with 80 seats emerged as the largest party.


India announces FDI reforms in 15 sectors
India > FDI reforms
India eased foreign direct investment norms in sectors including mining, defence, civil aviation and broadcasting, in a bid to drum up investment and speed up growth. According to the government's release, "The crux of these reforms is to further ease, rationalise and simplify the process of foreign investments in the country and to put more and more FDI proposals on automatic route instead of government route where time and energy of the investors is wasted."


Bangladesh hands top ULFA leader over to India
India > ULFA leader
Bangladesh handed the founder of a militant separatist group to India, a rebel leader that for years New Delhi had fought to extradite. Anup Chetia founded the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) more than three decades ago and had been imprisoned in Bangladesh for the last 18 years after being charged with staying in the country illegally and unlawful possession of foreign currencies.


Myanmar army, president endorse Suu Kyi victory
World > Myanmar
Myanmar President Thein Sein and the powerful army congratulated democratic champion Aung San Suu Kyi, after her party trounced the ruling camp in the first free election in 25 years and was closing in on an absolute majority in parliament.


U.S. raising pressure on India over U.S. human trafficking visas
World > Human trafficking visas
The U.S. government is stepping up pressure on India to end a controversial policy of placing restrictions on passports of Indian nationals rescued from forced labour or human trafficking in the United States, a U.S. State Department official said.


Others

Delhi government appoints six senior IAS officials as vigilance officers
India > Vigilance Officers
The Delhi government on Wednesday appointed six senior IAS officers as vigilance officers to check corruption across the state's departments. They have been entrusted with forming a crack team to spearhead anti-corruption efforts in the government system and will be working in coordination with the vigilance department.


China overtakes Canada as largest trade-partner of US
World > Trade partners
China has become the biggest trade partner of America for the first time replacing Canada, state media here reported today citing the official US data.


PM Modi 9th most powerful person in the world in Forbes list
India > Forbes List
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been ranked as the world’s ninth most powerful person by Forbes magazine in a 2015 list which is topped by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Modi was placed 14th in the 2014 Forbes list of world’s powerful people.


Modi government set to revamp Indira Gandhi's poverty eradication 'Twenty Point Programme'
India > 'Twenty Point Programme'
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's signature projects Swachh Bharat Mission and Housing for All will replace Indira Gandhi's Twenty Point Programme - a poverty eradication initiative of successive Congress governments.


Leaders of Taiwan and China hold historic meeting
India > National Food Security Act
China and Taiwan must not let proponents of Taiwan's independence split them, China's President Xi Jinping told Taiwan's president at the first meeting between leaders of the two sides since China's civil war ended in 1949.


Iran appoints first woman ambassador since revolution
India > Terrorism
Iran has appointed its first woman ambassador since the 1979 Islamic revolution, naming foreign ministry spokesperson Marzieh Afkham to head its embassy in Malaysia, the foreign minister announced on Sunday.


Shashank Manohar to replace Srinivasan as ICC Chairman
Sports > ICC Chairman
N.Srinivasan was on dethroned as the ICC Chairman after the BCCI decided to recall him and nominate its recently-elected President Shashank Manohar as the chief of the world body.


Nuclear capable surface-to-surface Agni-IV missile successfully test-fired
India > Agni-IV Missile
Indian Army’s Strategic Forces Command (SFC) on 9 November 2015 successfully test-fired surface-to-surface Agni-IV missile. The 4000-km range nuclear capable missile was test-fired from Abdul Kalam (Wheeler) Island off the Odisha coast. SFC is entrusted with the task of handling strategic weapons of the country.


Union Government issued notification for implementation of OROP
India > Agni-IV Missile
Union Government on 7 November 2015 issued the notification regarding implementation of One Rank One Pension (OROP) in respect of Defence Forces personnel. The notification is in tune with the modalities for implementation announced on 5 September 2015.


Kashmir business circle rebuffs Rs 80,000 crore package from Centre
India > Kashmir
The business fraternity in Kashmir today rejected a Rs 80,000 crore package announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the development of the state, saying it was "merely an eyewash"


GE, Alstom land $5.6 billion deals to supply Indian railway
India > Indian Railways
General Electric and Alstom have won contracts worth a combined $5.6 billion to supply India's railways with new locomotives, as the vast but dilapidated state-owned network looks to foreign companies to help it modernise.


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