Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the renaming of three islands of Andaman and Nicobar, Ross Island has been renamed as Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Dweep, the Neil Island would now be known as Shaheed Dweep and the Havelock Island as Swaraj Dweep.
Devendra Kumar Joshi - Lt. Governor of Andaman & Nicobar Islands
India is among the first five countries in the world, the first in Asia and the first among the biodiversity-rich megadiverse countries to have submitted National Report to Convention on Biological Diversity.
CBD Signed in 1992 at Rio de Janeiro.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate Indian Science Congress-2019 in Jalandhar, Punjab. This will be the 106th edition of the event based on the theme ‘Future India: Science and Technology’. Eminient personalities will participate in it.
Dr. Harsh Vardhan is Union Minister for Science and Technology.
Public sector banks' provision coverage ratio ,which measures the provisioning for bad loans has gone up from less than 50 per cent in 2015 to 66.85 per cent as of September 2018, reflecting improvement in their financial health.
Rajiv Kumar is Financial Services Secretary.
The unique Chapparam (Chariot) festival, that symbolizes the importance of preserving all kinds of food & fodder, celebrated with traditional rituals & festivities in the famous Madurai
Brihadeshwara Temple is also located in Tamil Nadu.
Sports ministry has embarked Rs.100 crore for funding the athletes under the “Target Olympic Podium Scheme” (TOPS) ahead of 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. The flagship scheme of the government will nurture future sporting athletes.
Neelam Kapur is Director General of Sports Authority of India.
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) headed by PM Modi has approved hike in Minimum Support Price for Copra by more than 2K rupees per quintal for 2019 season. The MSP of Ball Copra will now be 9920 rupees per quintal which was earlier 7750 rs.
Radha Mohan Singh is Union Agriculture Minister.
The government has appointed 4 new Information Commissioners in the Central Information Commission which was functioning with just 3 of them as against a sanctioned strength of 11. Yashwardha Sinha,Vanaja N Sarna,Neeraj Gupta & Suresh Chandra appointed.
CIC setup by Right to Information Act,2005.
Former national champion Soumyajit Ghosh is free to return to the game after the Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) decided to revoke his suspension. Now he is eligible to participate in the Senior Nationals at Cuttack.
Dushyant Chautala is President of TTFI.
Legendary filmmaker Mrinal Sen passed away at the age of 95 in Kolkata. A Padma Bhushan and Dada Saheb Phalke awardee, Sen paved the way for parallel cinema in the country with films like Ek Din Achanak, Padatik,Mrigaya, Akaler Sandhane.
He was member of the Indian People’s Theatre Association.