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The Finance Ministry has imposed definitive antidumping duty on all imports of graphite electrodes from
China.
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Nation
Feb also asked various departments to be ready with
Bills they propose to introduce during the Budget session
of Parliament, including those to replace some of the key
ordinances brought by the govt after the winter session.
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The Union Home Ministry on 12 Feb announced a threemember Special Investigation Team (SIT) for reinvestigation of the 1984 anti-Sikh riot cases, mainly in
Delhi and other States. The SIT will be headed by
Pramod Asthana, an IPS officer of 1986 batch.
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World
The Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena arrived in
New Delhi on 15 Feb evening on a four-day state visit,
which is his first abroad visit after he defeated long-time
president Mahinda Rajapaksa.
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Nickolay Mladenov: The UN Secretary-General Ban Kimoon has appointed the Bulgarian diplomat as the new
UN envoy to the Middle East, replacing Robert Serry.
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Resigned
Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi: Yemens US-backed president
quit, refusing to make further concessions to Shiite
rebels, known as Houthis, who control the capital and
are widely believed to be backed by Iran.
Retired
Sentenced
Francesco Schettino: The Italian Captain was found
guilty for causing the fatal shipwreck of the Costa
Concordia and has been sentenced to 16 years in prison
by a three-judge panel.
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World squash champion Malaysian Nicol David has set
a new record for topping the world rankings for the 106th
month.
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Awards
Chhattisgarh was felicitated for emerging as one of the
best performing states in the renewable energy segment.
The Jnanpith award for the year 2014 has been awarded
to eminent Marathi litterateur Bhalachandra Nemade.
His hugely celebrated works for Kosala (Cocoon), 1963,
to his recently published great work Hindu, have earned
him a reputation as a self-aware, globally conscious and
alert writer.
At a ceremony at the Jaipur Literature Festival, the USbased writer Jhumpa Lahiri turned out to be the
unexpected winner of the DSC Prize for South Asian
Literature 2015 for her novel The Lowland.
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Padma Bhushan
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You can now book a rail ticket online and get it delivered
at home where the payment can be made. Initiating this
cash on delivery (CoD) system rail ticketing, IRCTC is
targeting those customers who are reluctant to use their
credit or debit cards as well as those who dont have
net-banking facility.
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