GoM Headed by HM Shah to Monitor Disposal of Over 9,400 Enemy Properties
Enemy properties were those left behind by the people who took citizenship of Pakistan and China.
Intervention
Govt to Amend IT Act to Trace ‘Rogue’ Messages on WhatsApp and Facebook
India will submit the suggested change to the local intermediary liability rules to the nation’s apex court later this month. The suggested change, the conditions of which may be altered before it is finalized, currently says that law enforcement agencies will have to produce a court order before exercising such requests, sources who have been briefed on the matter said.
Bangladesh-Based Terrorist Carried Out Recce in B’luru: NIA
The NIA said Mahmud and Mohamad Sa’ad Hussain, members of Ansar-al-Islam, a banned terrorist organization in Bangladesh, were arrested in Mizoram in July last year after they were caught by villagers in Mamit district suspecting them to be illegal migrants. The case was later handed over to the NIA.
For the First Time, BBMP Pourakarmikas will March at the Republic Day Parade
Going all out to make the message of cleanliness heard, the BBMP has set its eyes on the 71st Republic Day celebrations. For the first time, the spectacular parade at the Field Marshal Manekshaw Parade Ground in the heart of Bengaluru will witness a contingent of BBMP civic workers (Pourakarmikas) marching to the tune of drums and spreading the message of cleanliness.
War of the Orchids: How A Few Assamese are Battling to Save A Flower
In India, there are 1,331 species of orchids, found in the Eastern Himalayas including the Northeast, Western Ghats, and the eastern part of Western Himalayas. “But the Northeast remains an orchid hotspot with 72% of total orchids found in India,” says Khyanjeet. In Assam, orchids are found in the tropical wet forests of Lakhimpur, Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, Dhemaji, Kokrajhar and Karbi Anglong.
644 Militants Surrender in Assam
A total of 644 militants of eight banned insurgent outfits surrendered in Assam on Thursday along with 177 arms, police said.
The members of the insurgent groups — ULFA (I), NDFB, RNLF, KLO, CPI (Maoist), NSLA, ADF and NLFB — surrendered in presence of Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal at a programme here.
National Mission for Clean Ganga Conserves Wetlands in Ganga Basin
Deoria Tal, one of the high altitude wetlands in Uttarakhand, is an untouched marvel of nature.
In A First, Arunachal Pradesh to ‘Red List’ Its Orchids for Protection
On Tuesday, a year-long project to assess the status of orchids in Arunachal Pradesh was initiated with the government signing a Memorandum of Understanding with International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) India to create a Red Listing of orchids at the state level.
First Indian e-Device to Control Smog is Here
The “electrostatic dust mitigation and smog control device” designed and tested by the Chandigarh-based Central Scientific Instruments Organisation, a lab under the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, will hit the market in a month after the completion of transfer of technology to the industry.
A New Kind of Financial Fraud is Using the Indian Army as Decoy
If you buy and sell products via online classified portals such as OLX and Quikr, you need to be careful while dealing with people claiming to be a part of the Indian Army.