Thursday 18 December 2014

WEEKLY GA UPDATES

Lok Sabha passed the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Amendment Bill, 2014. The bill was presented in Lok Sabha by the Union Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu.
ii. The Bill seeks to amend the National Capital Territory of Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Second Act, 2011 as the deadlines provided under the 2011 Act expires on 31 December 2014.

Pro-democracy activist of China Xu Youyu won the Olof Palme Human Rights Prize for the year 2014.

Jacqueline Fernandez and former Supreme Court judge KS Radhakrishnan have been given PETA India’s People of the Year award for their contribution towards the protection of animals.

Tata SteelBSE 1.04 % has been chosen as one of the 100 Most Valuable Brands 2014 by World Consulting & Research Corporation (WCRC) 

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was re-elected for another four-year term. 

As India continues its pursuit of suspected black money stashed abroad, an international think-tank has ranked the country third globally with an estimated USD 94.76 billion (nearly Rs 6 lakh crore) illicit wealth outflows in 2012.

The Indian Railways’ official website, IRCTC, was most searched in Google by people in India in 2014. The search engine company has released the list of most searched and trending words.

Viswanathan Anand won London Classic
 
Gujarat government on Monday announced a relief package of Rs. 1,100 crore for farmers in the State.

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