Government to shift financial year
to January-December, announcement likely soon
New Delhi: The
government will shift the financial year to January-December, from the current
April-March pattern. The move is aimed to align it with the agriculture
production cycle.
An announcement
regarding this is likely to be made soon as per Cogencis sources.
Prime Minister
Narendra Modi had backed the idea of the January-December financial year last
year while addressing chief ministers at the Governing Council of NITI Aayog.
Modi had said that in a country where agricultural income is exceedingly important,
budgets should be prepared immediately after the receipt of agricultural
incomes for the year.
And with the
monsoon arriving in June, most of the schemes and spendings by states did not
take off until October, leaving just half a year for their implementation.
Virat Kohli scripts history, makes
clean sweep of ICC awards
Indian skipper
Virat Kohli has become the first player in history to win the Sir Garfield
Sobers Trophy for the Intenational Cricket Council (ICC) Cricketer of the Year,
the Men’s Test Player of the Year and the ODI Player of the Year awards
following an extraordinary 2018.
Not only is Kohli
the first player to win these three major ICC awards together, but he has also
been named the captain of the ICC Test and ODI teams of the year for a fabulous
run in the international cricket.
Kohli scored a
total of 1,322 runs at an average of 55.08 in 13 Tests with five hundreds
during the calendar year, while in 14 ODIs he amassed 1,202 runs at an
astonishing average of 133.55 with six centuries. He also scored 211 runs in 10
T20Is.
Indian Army to host 12 African
nations for 10-day field exercise to counter China
In view of the
increasing influence of China on African nations, the Indian Army is set to
launch a first-of-its-kind Indo-African Field Exercise. The exercise is
expected to see the participation of 12 African nations, including Egypt,
Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda. The event will be
organised from March 18 to March 27 in Maharashtra’s Pune.
Though India has
always maintained good relations with African nations, there has been
considerable increase in Chinese involvement in the region in the past decade.
The same became even more noticeable in 2018 when the China built a Naval base
in Djibouti, a country in East Africa.
WhatsApp rolls out 5-chat message forwarding limit globally
New Delhi: Aiming
to curb fake news, Facebook-owned platform WhatsApp on Monday announced it has
globally lowered to five the forward limit for chats -- a feature first
launched in India last July.
"Starting
today, WhatsApp will be implementing this change, globally i.e. all users on the
latest versions of WhatsApp can now forward to only five chats at once,"
the Facebook-owned platform said in a blog post.
Earlier, the
company allowed users globally to forward messages for up to 20 chats (either
individuals or groups).
"The new
change will continue to help keep WhatsApp focused on private messaging with
close contacts," it added.
15th Pravasi Bharteey Diwas: India to issue chip-based e-passport, says
PM Narendra Modi
Varanasi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi
on Tuesday announced that the centre will soon be issuing chip enabled
e-passports. While addressing the Pravasi Bharatiya Sammelan in Varanasi, his
parliamentary constituency, PM Modi said that the government is making an
effort to simplify all processes related to passports, visas, PIOs and OCI
cards along with social security.
"Our embassies and consulates are being connected to the Passport Seva Project worldwide," Modi said.
PM Modi further added “It will prepare a centralised system for passport-related services for all. Taking a step forward, work is now under way to issue chip-based e-passports.”
The prime minister was inaugurating the 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas convention in his parliamentary constituency Varanasi. For the first time, the three-day convention is being organised from January 21 to 23 instead of January 9 to allow participants to visit the Kumbh Mela in Allahabad and attend the Republic Day parade in the national capital. The theme of this year's convention is 'Role of Indian diaspora in building new India'.
"Our embassies and consulates are being connected to the Passport Seva Project worldwide," Modi said.
PM Modi further added “It will prepare a centralised system for passport-related services for all. Taking a step forward, work is now under way to issue chip-based e-passports.”
The prime minister was inaugurating the 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas convention in his parliamentary constituency Varanasi. For the first time, the three-day convention is being organised from January 21 to 23 instead of January 9 to allow participants to visit the Kumbh Mela in Allahabad and attend the Republic Day parade in the national capital. The theme of this year's convention is 'Role of Indian diaspora in building new India'.
Kohli, Williamson
shower praises on each other ahead of first ODI
Unlike the
Australia series in which Virat Kohli and Tim Paine were at each other’s face
right from the word go, India’s New Zealand tour has started on a friendly note
as both Virat Kohli and Kane Williamson went on a mutual admiration spree ahead
of the first ODI at Napier on Wednesday.
New Zealand skipper
Kane Williamson stated that Kohli is one player he admires the most.
"Someone like Virat is certainly a player I admire and enjoy watching and
he's pushing the boundaries of the game so that's brilliant," said
Williamson
He said Kohli was a
passionate and world-class cricketer.
"He's a respectful
guy and I've known him for a very long time but as a player, obviously, word
class.”
Williamson,
however, made it very clear that their plan is to combat Kohli and get him out
as early as possible. “Our focus is more about that and his cricketing ability
and how we can combat him as best as we can," Williamson said.
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