Panel to mull relief for telcos
The Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba headed Committee of Secretaries will review the financial stress on the telecom sector following the Supreme Court ruling making an additional burden of Rs 1.3 crore on the sector.
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#telcos #DoT #CoS #RajivGauba #USOF #ARPU #SUC

Parliamentary panel for the welfare of people in J&K
A parliamentary panel headed by Congress leader Anand Sharma will examine the functioning of administration, development and people's welfare in the Union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh.
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#DelhiNCR #NRC #NDRF #J&K #AnandSharma #LokSabha

First-ever Indian Brain Atlas
Researchers at the International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad (IIIT-H) have created the first-ever Indian Brain Atlas. The study has revealed that the Indian brain, on an average, is smaller in height, width and volume when compared to Western and other eastern populations.
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#Atlas #IBA #MNI #IIITH #ICBM #IBA #IndianBrainAtlas

47th Chief Justice of India
President Ram Nath Kovind on 29 October 2019 approved the appointment of Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde as the 47th Chief Justice of India. He will take oath on November 18.
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#RamNathKovind #CJI #ChiefJustice #India #SharadArvindBobde

Third Brexit delay comes with conditions
French President Emmanuel Macron had been the main hurdle to giving Britain a Brexit extension, arguing there had to be a good reason for the delay and that the British needed to break their own political deadlock.
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#BorisJohnson #ThirdBrexitdelay #BorisJohnson #EmmanuelMacron

Global electricity grid plan
India has started consultations with the World Bank as its technical partner to implement an ambitious global electricity grid plan pitched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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#Global #gridplan #NITIAayog #ISA #electricity #WorldBank #Saarc

Strategic sale of NINL approved
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved the strategic sale of Neelachal Ispat Nigam (NINL), in which multiple state-owned companies own a stake.
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#NINL #MMTC #BHEL #IPICOL #OMC #MECON #DIPAM

4,000-year-old pre-historic site destroyed
A 3,500 to 4,000 years old Chalcolithic-era site located at Maharashtra’s Aurangabad has been destroyed during a soil scooping work for a highway project. The site was to be excavated by Maharashtra archaeology department and Deccan College in February.
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#historic #Maharashtra #Chalcolithic #Khandesh

US justifies killing Soleimani to UN
The United States told the United Nations that the killing of Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani was self-defense and vowed to take additional action "as necessary" in the Middle East to protect US personnel and interests.
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#US #Soleimani #Article51 #killing #Islamic

Reliance Jio launches Wi-Fi calling
Reliance Jio on 8 January 2020 launched voice and video calling over Wi-Fi service, less than a month after rival Airtel launched a similar service in Delhi-NCR. The service allows customers to switch seamlessly from LTE to Wi-Fi-based calling when they are at home or office.
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#Reliance #Jiolaunches #WiFi #DelhiNCR #VoLTE #WhatsApp