25 February 2014 Current Affairs
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Inaugurates Indira Paryavaran Bhawan
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on 25 February inaugurated Indira Paryavaran Bhawan on Jorbagh Road, New Delhi.This Bhawan will house the Ministry of Environment and Forest and has a provision to accommodate its 600 officials.The Bhawan is India’s first on site Net Zero Building built by the adoption of Solar Passive design and energy efficient building material.
BESU confers D.Litt on Sourav Ganguly
Former India Team captain Sourav Ganguly was on 25 February conferred a degree of Honorary D.Litt. by the Bengal Engineering and Science University (BESU), Shibpur at its 16th annual convocation. University Chancellor and state Governor M.K.Narayanan was present on the occasion. BESU also conferred honorary D.Sc. to Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman Dr. K. Radhakrishnan.