WION Evening News brief, February 24, 2018
Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Prakash Javadekar on Saturday announced to reduce the NCERT syllabus by almost half from the 2019 academic session. The decision was taken in a bid to provide relief to school students, who complained of existing vast syllabus.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday arrived in Daman to launch several development projects worth Rs 1,000 crore in the Union Territory of Daman and Diu. Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday arrived in Daman to launch several development projects worth Rs 1,000 crore in the Union Territory of Daman and Diu.
On Saturday, passports of both Mehul Choksi and Nirav Modi have been revoked by the MEA upon failing to respond after cause notice was given. PNB CMD Sunil Mehta and Executive Director KV Bramhaji Rao have also been called for questioning by the CBI on Saturday.
After Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi, the CBI has registered a case against a Delhi-based diamond jewellery exporter for an alleged bank loan fraud to the tune of Rs 389.85 crore towards Oriental Bank of Commerce. The CBI has booked Dwarka Das Seth International Pvt Ltd for the alleged fraud.
Meghalaya Police’s most wanted Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) Commander-in-Chief Sohan D Shira has been killed in an encounter in a joint operation by the state police team and Meghalaya's Special Force-10 commandos Saturday morning in Dobu Agalgre village in the East Garo Hills.