Friday 25 December 2015

India This Week: 14 December-20 December 2015

14 December 2015
• Lok Sabha passed Atomic Energy (Amendment) Bill, 2015
• Operation Smile-II to start from 1 January 2016
• Union Government appointed L Narasimha Reddy to head Judicial Committee on OROP
• West Bengal Government honoured Bappi Lahiri and Kumar Sanu with Lifetime Achievement Awards
• Renowned violinist Itzhak Perlman won 2016 Genesis Prize
15 December 2015
• World Bank approved 1.5 billion US dollar loan to support Clean India Campaign
• AP Shah Committee appointed to look into ONGC, RIL dispute on KG gas fields
• Union Ministry of Finance raised monetary limit for filing appeals in Courts
• Apurvi Chandela, Chain Singh won Gold at 59th National Shooting Championship
• Shiva, Mandeep among four boxers to receive IOC Olympic scholarships
• Green Peace India released report on National Air Quality Index of 17 cities
• Delhi became first state to implement Radhakrishnan panel recommendations on Road Safety
• Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation approved Smart City Proposal for Maharashtra
• UP Governor Ram Naik gave assent to state’s Revenue Code (Amendment) Ordinance 2015
• Arun Kumar Jain appointed Central Board of Direct Taxes Chairman
• Commanders Conference held in Kochi
• CII Industrial Innovation Awards 2015 conferred upon 35 companies
• CII-ITC Sustainability Awards 2015 for Excellence in Sustainable Business conferred
16 December 2015
• ISRO’ PSLV-C29 successfully launched 6 Singapore satellites into space
• Appointing Hindu temple priests as per Hindu rituals (Agamas) do not violate right to equality: SC
• Prepare Draft Memorandum of Procedure on Appointment of Judges to Higher Judiciary: SC to Government
• Union Cabinet approved MoU with BRICS for energy conservation
• Union Cabinet approved revised Model Text for Indian Bilateral Investment Treaty
• Lok Sabha passed Bill to create Commercial Benches in High Courts
• RBI liable to disclose information about banks under RTI Act: Supreme Court
• Union Cabinet approved Amendments in the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950
• SC banned registration of new diesel SUVs, luxury cars in Delhi till 31 March 2016
• Supreme Court appointed Virendra Singh as Lokayukta of Uttar Pradesh
• AP cabinet decided to abolish VAT, CST on sugar factories
• Maharashtra announced 10512 crore rupees aid for farmers hit by drought
• MLAs of Arunachal Pradesh Assembly passed resolution to remove Speaker Nabam Rebia
• Vijay Diwas observed across the country to commemorate India’s victory in 1971 war
• French President Francois Hollande to be Chief Guest at Republic Day in India
• The Bose Brothers and Indian Independence – An Insider’s Account authored by Madhuri Bose
17 December 2015
• Lok Sabha passed Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Bill, 2015
• RBI released final guidelines of Marginal Cost of Funds Methodology to calculate Interest Rates
• Justice Reva Khetrapal took oath as Delhi's Lokayukta
• Veteran Communist leader Noorul Huda passed away
• Sahitya Akademi awards announced for the year 2015
18 December 2015
• New Species of Eel, Gymnothorax mishrai discovered along West Bengal coast
• West Bengal Government approved proposal for formation of 5 new districts
• Noted theatre artiste Chatla Sriramulu passed away
• Radha Krishna Mathur appointed as Chief Information Commissioner of India
• DAC approved purchase of Russian S-400 Triumf Air Defence Missile System
19 December 2015
• UN launched 2016 International Year of Pulses
20 December 2015
• Abhay Singh won U-19 Singapore Squash Open
• Eugenson Lyngdoh and Bala Devi bagged top AIFF honours
• Chennaiyin FC crowned 2015 ISL champion

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