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NATIONAL AFFAIRS - September 2015

Sep 2015

Jun 10, 2018

Joint Plan for Afghan Project

India and China agreed that they would jointly move forward in identifying a specific project in the area of capacity building in Afghanistan.

During the informal summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Wuhan in April, the two leaders had agreed to undertake a joint India-China economic project in Afghanistan.

India and Uzbekistan Review Bilateral Ties

Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on the sidelines of the SCO Summit and the two leaders reviewed the full range of bilateral ties, especially ways to boost economic and cultural links.

Jun 09, 2018

J&K to get 2 New Border Battalions

Describing the border residents of Jammu and Kashmir as "a strategic asset," Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh announced the raising of two exclusive border battalions of the State police.

He also said that five battalions of the Indian Reserve Police and two women's battalions of the State police would be raised with 60% reservation for border residents.

Jun 08, 2018

Tripathi Given Additional Charge of Tripura

West Bengal Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi has been given additional charge as Governor of Tripura for the period till Tripura Governor Tathagata Roy is on leave.

India Not Ready to Sign the Hague Treaty

As per a senior official of the Ministry of Women and Child Development, the government is not yet ready to sign the Hague treaty on inter-country abduction of children by parents fleeing a bad marriage.

There has been immense pressure from the U.S. on the government to sign the treaty though the government has long held the view that the decision could lead to harassment of women escaping marital discord or domestic violence.

If at all the government signs, it will follow the Japan example and put safeguards in place before acceding to the Hague treaty.

Jun 07, 2018

No Religious Functions at Rashtrapati Bhavan

After a gap of a decade, there will be no Iftar celebrations at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. President Ram Nath Kovind has said that Rashtrapati Bhavan being a public building, there would be no religious observances at taxpayer expense.

Iftar parties have been traditionally hosted at the Rashtrapati Bhavan except during the tenure of APJ Abdul Kalam.

After Kalam demitted office, Iftar was resumed when Pratibha Patil succeeded him. Pranab Mukherjee, her successor, also continued the tradition till 2017.

India Moves up in Global Peace Index

According to a report by an Australian think tank, India has moved up four places to the 137th rank among 163 countries on the 2017 Global Peace Index.

Iceland remains the most peaceful country in the world, a position it has held since 2008. New Zealand, Austria, Portugal and Denmark also sit in the top five most peaceful rankings.

Karnataka Cabinet Expansion

Twenty five ministers joined the Karnataka Cabinet during the first phase of portfolio allocation. The Cabinet expansion took place two weeks after H. D. Kumaraswamy took oath as the Chief Minister of Karnataka.

Of the 25 ministers who took oath on the preceding day, fourteen are from the Congress, nine from its ruling coalition partner Janata Dal Secular (JDS) and one each from the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and the Karnataka Pragnyavantha Janatha Party (KPJP).

Jun 06, 2018

Kishanganga Dam Dispute

The World Bank has asked Pakistan to accept an offer by India to appoint a neutral expert over the dispute over Kishanganga Dam, which was inaugurated recently by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. According to Pakistan-based Dawn News, the World Bank has asked Pakistan to climb down from the demand of taking up the issue with the International Court of Arbitration (ICA).

Mughalsarai Station Renamed

The over century-old Mughalsarai railway station has been renamed after RSS ideologue Deen Dayal Upadhyaya, with Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik giving his assent.

A proposal to change the name of the railway station from Mughalsarai junction to Deen Dayal Upadhyaya junction was put forth by the Uttar Pradesh government in 2017.

The station has now been named after the Jan Sangh leader as he was found dead under mysterious circumstances at the junction on February 11, 1968.

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