1. A fresh round of confrontation has erupted between the Centre and the state.Lieutenant governor Najeeb Jung has warned all officers, including IAS and DANICS, against following the state's orders that have been declared as "null and void" by the central government as they were in violation of laid out norm
2. French Prime Minister Manuel Valls urged the Hungarian government to treat migrants at its borders humanely, saying its current attitude toward them was unacceptable.
2. French Prime Minister Manuel Valls urged the Hungarian government to treat migrants at its borders humanely, saying its current attitude toward them was unacceptable.
3. The US has acknowledged that the creation of new multilateral financial institutions like BRICS bank is a result of the failure of reform of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), where emerging economies like India, China and Brazil have negligible voice.
4. Its dismal performance in Bihar assembly elections held after 1984 notwithstanding, Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has decided to contest all 243 seats in the state. It has released a list of 88 candidates for the first two phases of elections.
