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NATIONAL AFFAIRS - September 2015

Sep 2015

Oct 23, 2018

Sign First Security Cooperation Agreement

Marking a new beginning between the two countries, India and China signed a first-ever agreement on security cooperation which will strengthen and consolidate assistance in counter-terrorism, organised crimes, drug control, human trafficking and exchange of information.

Admission of Students Directly for PhDs

The prestigious Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) may soon be able to admit students directly for PhDs after graduation as the Human Resource Development (HRD) ministry after consultations with higher education sector regulators UGC and AICTE is set to finalise norms in this regard.

A proposal was received from the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, seeking that the IIMs should be allowed to directly admit students to Phd like done by the IITs and also under the Prime Minister Research Fellowship.

Oct 22, 2018

National Police Memorial Unveiled

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the National Police Memorial in New Delhi.

The National Police Commemoration Day is observed every year this day to pay homage to the 10 policemen who were killed in an ambush by Chinese troops in 1959 in Ladakh's Hot Spring area.

The proposal to have a national memorial for police personnel was first mooted by the Atal Behari Vajpayee in 2002.

National Award in Netaji's Name

Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that a national award in the name of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose will be given every year to police personnel who do excellent work in rescue and relief operations during any kind of disaster.

The award will be announced on January 23, Netaji's birthday.

Oct 21, 2018

Guide on Vaccines and Vaccinar

The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has planned on releasing a special guide on vaccines and vaccinations, nationally in November.

Although a guide on vaccinations for doctors is necessary because most doctors only know of vaccines in their field of expertise.

The guide book has been planned to educate our doctors about how vaccines act as prevention and make them aware of varied range of vaccinations for all, right from paediatric to geriatric.

Oct 20, 2018

Maninder Singh Resigns as Additional Solicitor General

Senior advocate Maninder Singh resigned from his post of Additional Solicitor General.

Singh put down his papers hours after senior advocate and Additional Solicitor General Tushar Mehta was appointed Solicitor General of India.

Besides Singh, two other senior advocates and Additional Solicitor Generals P. S. Narasimha and Sandeep Sethi have resigned from their post in past three months.

Pune's First Cyber Crime Police Station

The city got its first cyber police station, which was inaugurated by police commissioner K. Venkatesham.

The process of launching a cyber police station was underway during the tenure of former police commissioner Rashmi Shukla.

Country's First-ever Park for Dogs

An exclusive and certified 'Dog Park', billed as the country's first and boasting of facilities including a walking track, off leash areas and a clinic was inaugurated at Kondapur.

A veterinarian and a trainer would be deployed at the park and vaccination would be administered to the pets free of cost.

It also has dog training and exercise equipment.

Oct 19, 2018

Railways to Use Robots

For the first time, Indian Railways will manufacture metro rail coaches manufactured by robots at its Rae Bareilly based factory under the Make In India scheme. The coaches will be on par with those being manufactured by Canadian firm Bombardier.

N. D. Tiwari Passes Away

Former Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand Chief Minister Narayan Dutt Tiwari passed away. He was 93.

He was born on 18th October 1925 and passed away on 18th October 2018.

He is the only politician to have served as chief minister of two states.

Tiwari was Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh from 1976-77, 1984-85, and then from 1988-89. and later became the chief minister of Uttarakhand when Congress came to power in the hill state carved out of Uttar Pradesh.

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