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News If you book a venue for any social, political or family event, you will be held responsible for cleaning up the area. You may lose a certain portion of the security deposited with municipal bodies or local authorities for failing to clean up the venue within six hours after ...

News IAS and IPS officers will now need to take prior permission from the central government before accepting gifts worth more than Rs 5,000. According to the recently amended all India services rules, they also need to inform government if they accept gifts of over Rs 25,000 from their relatives ...

News The historic city of Xi’an in northwest China is busy developing a new software city inspired by the Bengaluru model. Local authorities are looking up to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for assistance in this regard and want him to sign a contract with the Chinese government to this effect ...

News India  proposed an amendment to the United Nations’ Montreal Protocol, which calls on countries to phase out their use of HFCs, gases used in refrigerators, air conditioners and insulating foams that are a highly potent form of greenhouse gas emissions. India’s amendment calls for a 15-year transition period for ...

News Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Canada has generated a potential business worth more than 1.6 billion Canadian dollars, according to official figures released by the Harper government. Sixteen commercial agreements and announcements were made by Canadian and Indian companies and organisations during Prime Minister Modi’s visit this week. ...

News The Central Vigilance Commission has amended the process of granting sanction to fast-track trial against government officials under probe by CBI and other agencies for corruption charges, reducing delays in deciding on such requests. Steps The CVC has decided to give up the practice of holding a meeting with ...

India continues to remain at the top spot in attracting investments from foreign institutional investors. FIIs invested a whopping sum of $6.34 billion in Indian equities so far this year which is the highest among emerging markets. Next to India is Mexico attracting investment of $4.83 billion, followed by Brazil ...

News India and France signed 17 agreements, including on the stalled nuclear project in Jaitapur in Maharashtra, after Prime Minister Narendra Modi held wide-ranging talks with French President Francois Hollande. [tii_spoiler title=”Defence and Nuclear Energy” open=”no” style=”default” icon=”plus” anchor=”” class=””] MoU between L&T and AREVA It is aimed at cost ...

News • Indian Railways plan to e-auction contracts for redevelopment of about 100 railway stations. E-auction route being used for the first time in the history of Indian Railways for redevelopment of stations using Public Priavate Partnership(PPP). • Several major stations are planned to be converted into world class transit ...

News Buckling under pressure from alliance partner BJP, the PDP-led government in Jammu and Kashmir arrested separatist leader Masarat Alam Bhat in connection with the raising of Pakistani flags during a rally on 15th April 2015. Police had registered a case against several separatist leaders including Bhat and Geelani for ...