News 16-22 Dec 2013
Appointments :
- Michelle Bachelet won Presidential election of Chile.
- Harsh Kumar Bhanwala : Chairman of NABARD(National Bank for Agriculture and Ruaral Developement)
- Veteran Congressman Hiphei was on Monday elected unopposed as the Speaker of the seventh Mizoram Assembly by governor Vaikkom Purushothaman
Resignations/Retirements
Obituaries
- Union Minister Sis Ram Ola died.He was holding Labour and Employment portfolio in Manmohan Singh government and was a recipient of Padma Shri.
Awards
Sports
International
- Turkmenistan held a parliamentary election that for the first time featured more than one party.Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov : President of Turkmenistan.Capital : Ashgabat.
- China’s first lunar probe successfully separated from the
lander and left deep trace on its loose soil, hours after the communist
giant carried out the world’s first soft landing on the lunar surface in
nearly 40 years.Rover : YUTU or JADE Rabbit.
National
- Center tries to bring some modification in MNREGA scheme :
- Provide 10000 to all job card holders for making toilet
- Assistance for buildings for women self help federations
- Compensation if payment is delayed for more than 15 days and deducted from officials responsible for that.
Polity
- The
Supreme Court on Monday asked the Law Commission to come out with a
report by the end of February 2014 whether charge-sheeted persons or
persons against whom charges were framed for heinous crimes can be
prevented from contesting elections. The
Bench said the Law Commission might expedite consideration of the two
issues — whether disqualification should be triggered upon conviction as
it exists today or upon framing of charges or filing of charge sheet
and whether filing of false affidavit under Section 125 A of the
Representation of the People Act should be a ground for
disqualification, if yes, what mode and mechanism be followed for such
disqualification.
Economics
Env & Ecology
Science & Tech
