NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CURRENT UPDATES

• Indian-American Dr. Vivek Murthy takes oath as US Surgeon General
• NASA develops first 3-D printed copper rocket engine part
• Japan’s Maglev train makes new world speed record
• Union Cabinet approves lowering of age of Juveniles from 18 to 16 years for heinous crimes
• Railway Ministry launches mobile app for paperless unreserved tickets
• CCEA gives nod to three highway projects in three states
• Xi Jinping conferred with Nishan-e-Pakistan award
• India 5th biggest generator of e-waste in 2014: UN report
• Union Cabinet approves agreement between India and Jordan on maritime transport
• Information and Broadcasting Ministry receives ISO 9001:2008 certification
• Indian Railways launches E-Samiksha to monitor rail projects online
• PM Modi arrives in Kathmandu to attend 18th SAARC Summit
• Kotak Mahindra gets RBI approval to enter general insurance business
• Kathak legend Sitara Devi passes away
• Shah Rukh Khan named as Brand Ambassador of DHFL
• Former SC judge Chandramauli Kumar Prasad chosen as the next chairperson of PCI
• Report titled Future of India- The Winning Leap released by PwC
• Adani Power buys Avantha’s 600 MW plant for Rs.4,200 cr
• Airtel sells mobile towers in Nigeria to ATC for $1.05 b
• Indian economy set for a ‘goldilocks’ period: Nomura
• India accepts panel recommendation on single smoke ban
• Israeli Cabinet passed Jewish Nation-State Bill
• Britain withdrew last military forces from southern Afghanistan
• India and Nepal signed 10 pacts during visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Nepal
• Iran Nuclear deal deadline extended by 7-months to 30 June 2015
• Afghanistan lower house approved Afghanistan-US bilateral security pact on NATO-led troops
• UN adopted resolution calling on governments to stop child marriages
• UNGA Committee passed resolution refering North Korea to ICC for human rights abuses
• Pakistan and Russia signed Defence Cooperation Agreement
• Union Cabinet approved signing of three SAARC agreements
• Democrat Ami Bera re-elected to the US House of Representatives
• Sri Lanka released 5 death-sentenced Indian fishermen
• PM Narendra Modi announced measures to strengthen relationships with Pacific Islands
• Three MoUs signed between India and Fiji during visit of PM Modi to Fiji
• IEP released Global Terrorism Index 2014
• Global slavery Index 2014 released by Walk Free Foundation.
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