Govt amends Army rules for CDS
The stage is now set for the government to announce the name of the country’s first-ever chief of defence staff (CDS), with the Army Rules of 1954 being amended to allow the tri-Service chief to serve till the age of 65.
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#CDS #Navy #IAF #BipinRawat #COSC #NarendraModi

Dadasaheb Phalke Award
President Ram Nath Kovind on 29 December 2019 presented megastar Amitabh Bachchan with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, Indian cinema’s highest honour, in a special ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhawan.
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#DadasahebPhalkeAward #Mohabbatein #PrakashJavadeka #RamNathKovind #RashtrapatiBhawan

MOSPI constitutes committee
A high-level panel under India’s first chief statistician Pronab Sen will review and develop the country’s surveys on employment, industry and services sector amid criticism of official statistics.
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#MOSPI #SCES #India #PronabSen #GDP #independence

India may surpass Germany in 2026
India is expected to overtake Germany to become the fourth-largest economy in 2026 and Japan to become the third largest in 2034, according to a recent report by the UK-based Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR).
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#Germany #CEBR #GDP #PabloShah #China #NarendraModi

India's first CDS
Indian Army chief General Bipin Rawat has been named India's first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS). General Rawat has been named the first CDS a day before he is scheduled to retire from service after his three-year term as the Chief of Army Staff. General Rawat was the frontrunner for the post that was announced just a few days ago.
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#CDS #BipinRawat #IndianArmy #DCAP #AAP #ICDP #Kargil

ISRO's Mission Aditya
Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his last 'Mann ki Baat' programme of this year on 29 December 2019 said that the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is planning to launch a satellite called Aditya to study the sun.
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#ISRO #MissionAditya #ASTROSAT #NarendraModi #ISTRAC #NASA

Scientist who edited babies’ genes sentenced
The Chinese scientist who created the world’s first genetically altered babies has been sentenced to three years in prison and a lifelong ban from working in reproductive technology, state media reported on 30 December 2019.
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#Scientist #babies #genetically #CRISPR #HIV #ZhangRenli

India-Nepal ties continue to grow
India’s relations with Nepal continued to grow in 2019 with high-level bilateral visits and increased energy collaboration, including the inauguration of the first-ever cross-border petroleum pipeline in South Asia, amidst China’s heavy investments in the landlocked country.
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#India #XiJinping #Nepal #VijayGokhale #RotiBetikaRishta #earthquake


Materials to produce energy from water
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati Researchers have developed materials that can produce energy from water, on a small scale. According to IIT-Guwahati these new ways of producing energy can be employed in household environments to support the concept of decentralization of energy sources.
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#Materials #IIT #Guwahati #India #water #ACS