Swaraj leaves For Mother Teresa’s Canonisation
New Delhi: A 12-member delegation led by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Friday left for Rome to attend the canonisation ceremony of Mother Teresa on Sunday. During her three-day visit, Swaraj will also have bilateral meeting with her Italian counterpart Paolo Gentiloni.
2 Info Commissioners in CIC to be appointed
New Delhi: The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has sought nominations from eligible individuals by early next month for appointment of two new Information Commissioners in Central Information Commission (CIC). “Two of the Information Commissioners in the Commission are due to complete their tenure on December 31, 2016 and February 17, 2017 respectively.
‘Need to Continue talk on Sustainable lifestyles’
New Delhi : The Environment Minister Anil Madhav Dave, stressed on the need for continued dialogue on sustainable
lifestyles, phase-down of Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) under Montreal Protocol, Research & Development, cooperation on Global Market-Based Measures (GMBM) under the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) and implementation of Paris Agreement on climate change. This follows after a US delegation, headed by Dr Jonathon Pershing, Special Envoy for Climate Change and his colleagues, held a discussion over the last couple of days, on issues of mutual interest and urgent global matters under negotiation at multilateral fora.
Full state row: Delhi Govt withdraws its suit
New Delhi: The Delhi Government on Friday withdrew its suit from the Supreme Court on determination of whether Delhi can be declared a full State. By doing so, it paved way for hearing of an appeal challenging a recent Delhi High Court judgment which had held that the Centre exercises administrative control on Delhi through the lieutenant-Governor, thus setting aside all unilateral decisions taken by AAP Government.
NGT notice to Centre, UP on work of Haj House
New Delhi : The National Green Tribunal on Friday, issued notices to Environment Ministry, Government of Uttar Pradesh and other agencies for the construction of a Haj House in Uttar Pradesh in violation of laws as it falls on the floodplains of River Hindon. located at the Arthala village near Hindon river, the Ghaziabad Haj House is an upcoming seven-storey building.