Genetic studies on the people of the Lakshadweep archipelago was done by a team of CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), for the first time.
It has found that a majority of human ancestry in Lakshadweep is largely derived from South Asia with minor influences from East and West Eurasia.
Justice DY Chandrachud has written to the Supreme Court's 3-judge inhouse committee, headed by Justice SA Bobde, not to proceed with the “ex-parte” inquiry into a dismissed SC woman employee's sexual harassment complaint against CJI Ranjan Gogoi.
“ex parte” means a legal proceeding brought by one person in the absence of and without representation or notification of other parties.
Basava Jayanti 2019 was observed on May 7, 2019. Basava Jayanthi is the birthday of Basavanna, a Hindu Kannada poet of the 12th century.
India was re-elected as an observer to intergovernmental forum Arctic Council at the 11th Arctic Council ministerial meeting held at Rovaniemi, Finland.
Iran said that it will reduce some of its commitments to stop its uranium enrichment program and nuclear deal.
This is in response to the United States’ decision to withdrew from the 2015 multilateral deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has decided to enhance the housing loan limits for Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) and Small Finance Banks (SFBs) for eligibility under priority sector lending.
This is expected to give them a level playing field with other Scheduled Commercial Banks.
The report of FICCI (The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry) titled “India Inbound Tourism: Unlocking the Opportunity” published that India’s MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibition) tourism is growing at 8 per cent a year.
FICCI is an association of business organisations in India established in 1927 on the advice of Mahatma Gandhi by GD Birla and Purushottam Das Thakurdas.