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India’s gold reserves increase marginally in February: WGC According to the latest data from World Gold Council (WGC), India has marginally increased its gold holding in February 2019. India’s gold holding increased from 607 tonnes in January to 608.7 tonnes in February. Gold holding is a central banks’ total holding of gold as a percentage… Continue reading India’s gold reserves increase marginally in February: WGC

No apology for Jallianwala Bagh for now, says U.K. The British government has refused to apologise for the Jallianwala Bagh massacre during a debate in the UK parliament. The UK government has said that financial implications as one of the factors it had to consider while reflecting upon demands for a formal apology for Jallianwala… Continue reading No apology for Jallianwala Bagh for now, says U.K.

Scientific Convention on World Homoeopathy Day Inaugurated Today The two-day Convention on World Homeopathy Day has recently been launched by the Ministry of AYUSH. The convention is being organised by the Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy (CCRH), an autonomous research organisation under the Ministry of AYUSH. A wide range of topics will be covered… Continue reading Scientific Convention on World Homoeopathy Day Inaugurated Today

India becomes YouTube’s largest and fastest growing market YouTube’s CEO has said that India is the largest and fastest growing audience for YouTube. YouTube is an American video-sharing website headquartered in San Bruno, California. It is one of Google’s subsidiaries. YouTube has more than 265 million monthly active users in India. In last one year,… Continue reading India becomes YouTube’s largest and fastest growing market

Sri Lanka opens new railway line built with China’s assistance Sri Lanka has opened a new railway line which was built with China’s assistance.It connects its coastal city of Matara and Beliatta in Hambantota. The 26.75-km long Matara-Beliatta railway line is the first to be constructed in Sri Lanka since it became independent in 1948.The… Continue reading Sri Lanka opens new railway line built with China’s assistance

Pakistan issues 2,200 visas to Indian pilgrims Pakistan has issued 2200 visas to Sikh pilgrims from India to participate in the annual Baisakhi celebrations.During their visit to Pakistan,the pilgrims will visit the shrine of Panja Sahib,Nankana Sahib and Kartarpur Sahib. Pilgrimages between India and Pakistan are governed by the 1974 Protocol on Visits to Religious… Continue reading Pakistan issues 2,200 visas to Indian pilgrims

India seeks to push reforms,development agenda at WTO India will be hosting the second informal meeting of trade ministers from about 20 member nations of the World Trade Organization (WTO) on May 13,2019. This meeting assumes significance as several countries are raising questions over the relevance of the WTO.Many countries are also taking protectionist measures… Continue reading India seeks to push reforms,development agenda at WTO

Increase random checking of VVPAT slips to five per Assembly segment, SC directs Election Commission The Supreme Court has directed the Election Commission to increase random matching of VVPAT slips with EVMs to five polling booths per assembly segment of a parliamentary constituency or Assembly consistency, from one at present. Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail… Continue reading Increase random checking of VVPAT slips to five per Assembly segment, SC directs Election Commission

IIT-Madras tops NIRF higher education rankings The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-Madras) has topped overall in the National Institution Ranking Framework (NIRF) rankings, 2019. Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, and IIT-Delhi has ranked 2nd and 3rd respectively. In the university category, IISc Bangalore ranked first followed by Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. In the management category,… Continue reading IIT-Madras tops NIRF higher education rankings

U.S. Treasury official David Malpass named World Bank President David Malpass has been unanimously elected as the new President of the World Bank.He will be the 13th President and will start his five year term from April 9,2019.He was nominated by the US president.David Malpass was a US government official and economic analyst.He has served… Continue reading U.S. Treasury official David Malpass named World Bank President