1. Gorton Castle is the name of the heritage building in Shimla which houses the office of the Accountant General of Himachal Pradesh and was gutted in a major fire on 28 January 2014.
A major fire reduced two floors of this magnificent heritage building to ashes. Deriving its name from the former estate upon which it was built, this was the Government of India Secretariat Building from where the affairs of this vast country were administered during the summer months in the colonial times. Crores of rupees had been spent on renovation of this heritage building which was built in 1904. Renovation work was on when the fire broke out in the building.
2. India ranks 155th out of 178 countries in the 2014 Environmental
Performance Index (EPI) issued by Yale University yesterday. Despite an improvement in overall performance, India comes out worst amongother emerging economies, including China, in efforts to address environmental challenges, with dramatic declineson air quality, as per the study. Very low GDP per capita coupled with the second highest population in theworld means India’s environmental challenge is more formidable than that faced by other emerging economies.
A major fire reduced two floors of this magnificent heritage building to ashes. Deriving its name from the former estate upon which it was built, this was the Government of India Secretariat Building from where the affairs of this vast country were administered during the summer months in the colonial times. Crores of rupees had been spent on renovation of this heritage building which was built in 1904. Renovation work was on when the fire broke out in the building.
2. India ranks 155th out of 178 countries in the 2014 Environmental
Performance Index (EPI) issued by Yale University yesterday. Despite an improvement in overall performance, India comes out worst amongother emerging economies, including China, in efforts to address environmental challenges, with dramatic declineson air quality, as per the study. Very low GDP per capita coupled with the second highest population in theworld means India’s environmental challenge is more formidable than that faced by other emerging economies.
India is the worst performer among the BRICS countries as China ranks 118th, Brazil 77th, Russia 73rd, and South Africa 72 in the same list. Even India’s rank is lower compared to Pakistan (148) andNepal (139) as well.
3. H C Meena, an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of the 1976 batch, has been appointed as the
Secretary Security in the Cabinet Secretariat last week. She will hold the post till his superannuation on 30
September 2014. Earlier, she has served as the director general in Rajasthan.
4. Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Kumari Selja has quit Union Council of Ministers and
4. Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Kumari Selja has quit Union Council of Ministers and
will work for the party. She was nominated by the Congress for a Rajya Sabha seat from Haryana, filed her
nomination from Chandigarh.
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