The Supreme Court has recently constituted by former Delhi High Court judgeJustice Kailash Gambhir committee to verify the availability of night shelters,for providing shelters to the urban homeless.a

The National Institute of Sowa Rigpa will be established at Leh in Jammu & Kashmir,approved by Government of India (GoI)

TThe Indian edition of the Global Citizen Festival to be held today, November 19, at the MMRDA grounds in suburban Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) in Mumbai. Global Citizen Festival, which is a charitable event, is one of the biggest international music events to be held in the India. But this festival isn’t your usual sing and dance affair.

India and the UK have signed 3 Bilateral Advance Pricing Agreements (APAs) on November 18, 2016 CBDT has so far signed 41 APAs out of which 38 are unilateral and 3 are bilateral.It seeks to introduce certainty in tax law by reducing compliance costs and make tax regime investment friendly.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address at inaugural session of Rail Vikas Shivir ar Surajkund through video conferencing on November 18, 2016 near Delhi.The venue of the event is creatively divided into various areas named after the names of popular train services such as Rajdhani, Shatabdi, Duronto, Humsafar, Tejas, Gatimaan, Uday, Antyodaya and Jan Shatabdi.

November 17 to 19, 2016 The International Conference on Brucellosis 2016 and the 69th meeting of the International Society on Brucellosis was inaugurated in New Delhi.Brucellosis is a dreadful disease caused by genus of bacteria known as Brucella.the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) in collaboration with Indian Council for Agriculture Research (ICAR).

Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the coastal state of Goa on November 13, 2016 to lay foundation stone for two projects: Greenfield airport in North Goa and Tuem Electronic city. The function was held at Dr Shama Prasad Mukherjee stadium in Bambolim village.

With the banning of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 note, Union Government has further announced that depositing cash above 2.5 lakh rupees in any account between 10 November to 30 December 2016 will be subjected to tax with a 200 percent penalty in case of income mismatch.

The Himachal Pradesh cabinet approved “Mukhya Mantri Shikshak Samman Yojana” in a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh held on November 10, 2016. The meeting aimed at motivating the teachers to give overall good results particularly in subjects like Maths, Science and English etc.

Leonard Cohen, the legendary Canadian singer-songwriter whose work inspired generations, has died at the age of 82 in California, United States.