NATIONAL UPDATES:
1.
RAISINA Dialogue 2016 kicks off at New Delhi: The
first Raisina-Dialogue 2016, a flagship conference on Geopolitics and
Geo-economics began in New Delhi. The three day conference is a joint
initiative of Union Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and Observer Research
Foundation (ORF), an independent think tank based in India. The theme for this
year is ‘Asia: Regional and Global Connectivity’.
2.
India moves to WTO against US on temporary working VISA issue: India
has filed a complaint against the United States decision to impose high fees
L-1 and H-1B categories of temporary working visas in the World Trade
Organisation (WTO).
3. President Pranab Mukherjee
inaugurates National Conference on Women Legislation in New Delhi.
4. Uttar Pradesh Assembly passes UP
Revenue Code (Amendment) Bill, 2016: The bill allows Dalits
of the state to sell their land to non-Dalits in the state without approval of
the administration even if their remaining holding is less than 3.5 acres.
5. Flipkart launched its own digital
wallet Flipkart Money.
6. Vineet Taneja resigned as CEO of
Micromax Informatics Ltd.
INTERNATIONAL UPDATES:
1.
Veteran singer Stevie Wonder honoured with Global Green Hero Award at the 13th
Annual Global Green USA Pre Oscar party.
OTHER UPDATES:
SPORTS:
1. Federation
of Indian Hockey (FIH) promoted Napoleon Singh as International Umpire.
BOOKS AND AUTHORS:
2. Book titled ‘Fixed! Cash and
Corruption in Cricket’ authored by Journalist Shantanu Guha Ray was in news
recently.
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