- Government sets up SIT to probe ’84 riots
- The government has constituted a three-member special investigation team (SIT) to re-open and re-investigate serious criminal cases relating to 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
- The SIT will be headed by Pramod Asthana, a 1986 batch IPS officer of the Manipur-Tripura cadre.
- The team has been given a term of six months to complete the reprobe and file chargesheets against the accused in the proper courts where after investigation, sufficient evidence is found available.
- Indian American Researcher Gets $500,000 Science Foundation Award
- Gurpreet Singh, an Indian American assistant professor of mechanical and nuclear engineering at Kansas State University, has received a $500,000 National Science Foundation Career award for his research on nanosheets.
- Mr Singh has received the award for his research on “Scalable liquid exfoliation processing of ultrathin two-dimensional metal dichalcogenides nanosheets for energy storage devices.
- ICICI bank ties up with UAE Exchange for instant money transfer
- ICICI bank has tied up with UAE Exchange to offer an instant bank transfer service to the Indians residing in the Gulf nation.
- ‘FLASHremit’ service started by the bank enables customers to conveniently send money instantly to their beneficiaries in India in Indian Rupees.
- By using the services the customers of the bank, residing in the UAE, can send money instantly to any ICICI Bank account in India.
- World Radio Day observed on 13 February
- India ranks lowly 136 in World Press Freedom Index 2015
- The Reporters Without Borders (RWB) on 12 February 2015 released the World Press Freedom Index (WPFI) 2015.
- In the WPFI 2015, India was placed at 136th position out of 180 nations that were surveyed worldwide in terms of press freedom.
- Ashton Carter confirmed as new US defence secretary
- Ashton Carter, a close confidant of President Barack Obama and a strong proponent of Indo-US strategic ties, has been confirmed by the Senate as the next American defence secretary.
- Mr. Carter, 60, will be the 25th U.S. Secretary of Defence, replacing Chuck Hagel who quit from the post in November last amid reports of differences with Mr. Obama.
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