Indian Railways and IRCTC have included “transgender as third gender” in the option alongside male and female in ticket reservation and cancellation forms both online and offline.
• The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2016 was introduced by Health Minister J P Nadda in the LokSabha on November 21, 2016 to ban commercial surrogacy to protect women from exploitation and ensure the rights of the child born through surrogacy.
• The income-tax (I-T) department department has signed a contract with L&T Infotech Ltd to launch Project Insight in May 2017 from May 2017.The project will be rolled out in three phases.
• Prime Minister of Portuguese, Antonio Costa will be the Chief Guest at the 14th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) Convention which will be held in Bengaluru from January 7 to 9, 2017. The vice president of the Republic of Suriname, Michael AshwinSatyandre Adhin, will be the Special Guest at the Youth Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) which will be held on January 7, 2017 in Bengaluru.
• Government is setting up Higher Education Financing Agency(HEFA) to provide funds for creating infrastructure and promoting research facilities in the Centrally-aided institutions of higher learning. It was announced by Dr.MahendraNath Pandey. The Center will provide equity of Rs.1000Cr for establishing HEFA.
• Haryana Government mandates Fitting Auto-Dipper in 4-Wheeled motor Vehiclesaccording to the Rule 106 of the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989.
• PM Modi lead Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) gave its nod to buy 12 upgraded Dornier surveillance aircraft for Indian Navy at a cost of about Rs 2,500 crore on November 23, 2016.
• Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, N Chandrababu Naidu has launched the ‘Smart Water Distribution Monitoring’ web portal on November 23, 2016, which will enable the people to track the status of drinking water in the nearby water tanks.
• The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi on November 23, 2016, gave approval for opening of JawaharNavodayaVidyalaya (JNV) in each of the 62 uncovered districts for which an amount of Rs.2,871 crore has been allocated.
• The Union Defence Ministry released new policy ‘Guidelines of the Ministry of Defence for penalties in business dealings with entities’ on November 21, 2016, to relook at the list of the companies that are banned from doing business in India.
• The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved the introduction of Merchant Shipping Bill, 2016 in the Parliament on November 23, 2016 in New Delhi. The Merchant Shipping Bill, 2016 is a revised version of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 and will abolish the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 as well as The Coasting Vessels Act, 1838.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Punjab on November 25, 2016 to attend a function marking the 350th birthanniversary of tenth Sikh Guru Gobind Singh ji at Sri Anandpur Sahib in Rupanagar district.
• A study was conducted by Swiss researchers on the impact of climate change in the Himalayas.The study analyzed the Himalayan Glaciers and their possible future impact on lives of the people in States across the region. The study was conducted on 129 hydro projects from India.
• Shri Narendra Kumar Sinha, Secretary, Ministry of Culture released a Commemorative Non-Circulation Coin of Rs.500 and a Circulation Coin of Rs.10 on November 25, 2016, to mark a year-long celebration of “500th Anniversary of Shri Krishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s Coming to Vrindavan” .
• Indian Railways all set to launch “Tri-Netra(Terrain Imaging for diesel drivers infrared, enhanced optical and radar assisted system)” to check collisions between tracks.
• The Supreme Court on November 25, 2016, banned the sale of firecrackers in Delhi and the NCR region.
• The Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the 51st Annual Conference of Directors General and Inspectors General of Police of States and UTs and Heads of Central Police Organisations at the SardarVallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy, Hyderabad.
• Chief Justice of High Court of Jammu and Kashmir, N Paul Vasanthakumar inaugurated the full-fledged Bench of the AFT at the Sunjuwan Military Station in Jammu Kashmir on November 25, 2016.
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