02 May 2016 Current Affairs
Mines and Minerals Bill Passed By Parliament
Parliament has passed Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2016. The amendment Bill was first passed in the Lok Sabha on 3 March 2016 and later in the Rajya Sabha on 2 May 2016. The Bill amends the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957. It also replaces the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Ordinance, 2015 promulgated on 12 January 2015. Now, the bill will be sent to the President for his assent.
Railways Signed Agreement with Haryana, Punjab For Planting Trees Along Track
Indian Railways on 2 May signed an agreement with the Forest Department of Haryana and Punjab for planting of trees along the Railway track on its land boundary. The MoU was signed by Pankaj Saxena, Chief Engineer/ P&D, Northern Railway on behalf of Railways whereas it was by Dr Amrinder Kaur, Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (PCCF) from forest departments. It paves way for planting 5 lakh trees during this season.
India’s Kalvari Stealth Submarine Starts Sea Trials
INS Kalvari’ (Tiger Shark),, Indian Navy’s first indigenous Scorpene-class stealth submarine, has recently launched for the first sea trial in the Mumbai naval dockyard. It is a diesel-electric attack submarine which is built under the strategic Project 75 by Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL) in collaboration with French naval defence and energy company DCNS.
Indian-American Sikh Woman Elected To Key Republican Post
An Indian American Sikh woman from California, Harmeet Kaur Dhillon has been elected to an important position in the Republican party at the US national level. She was elected as the newest national committee woman, a key position of the Republican National Committee. Prior to this, she was vice chairman of the California GOP. She was the first woman elected to this position of vice chair of the California Republican Party. She was born in Chandigarh, India but was raised in rural North Carolina after her Sikh parents had migrated to US.