Sandeep Sinha - Captain Commander of INS Sindhuratna will face a general court martial (GCM) for last February’s mishap on board the submarine, which killed two officers, injured several sailors and triggered Admiral D K Joshi’s resignation as Navy chief.
In an advertisement by I&B ministry original version of preamble drafted in 1945 was used. This created a controversy as the version does not contain the words ‘socialist’ and ‘secular’ which were added later to the Preamble in 1976.
The founder of Gorkhaland - Subash Ghising died at 79 in a Delhi hospital. He was the principal architect of violent hill politics in West Bengal that challenged the Left Front government’s might in the 1980s.
By sacking Sujatha Singh who was about to retire after eight months, government appointed Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, India’s ambassador to the US, as new foreign secretary.
K Durga Prasad was appointed as the Special Director General (DG) of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF). Prasad is an IPS officer of 1981 batch from Andhra Pradesh cadre. He will be in office for next three years.
At the end of December 2014, Apple has $18 billion quarterly profit- the highest ever profit recorded by a corporate organisation.
According to the recent statistics obtained from the Department of Pharmaceuticals, it has been revealed that in the past four years India has imported 80-90% of essential drugs and pharmaceutical ingredients worth about Rs 38,186 from China.
US President Barack Obama has become the first President of US to have attended the republic day parade as a chief guest.
The Union government of India has mandated that allocation of organs under transplant surgeries should be made according to a specified sequence giving preference to Indians over foreigners.
Eminent cartoonist and creator of the character of common man – R K Laxman passed away on 26 January 2015. Through his pocket cartoons in daily news papers he captured the mood of the nation.
