GIST OF NEWS - 07 JANUARY 2016

GIST OF NEWS - 07^th January 2016

·         North Korea declared that it had detonated its first hydrogen bomb.

·         The maximum characters allowed in a Tweet are 140. Twitter is exploring increasing its limits on text to as many as 1000.

·         The union cabinet approves closure of HMT Watches. Two unviable units of the public sector company, HMT Chinar watches and HMT Bearings, are also to be shut down.

·         Emission control: India to go straight to BS – VI from 2020. (leapfrog from Bharat Stage-IV to BS-VI)

·         Road Transport & Highways minister Nitin Gadkari.

·         PAN Card is mandatory for purchases over Rs.2 lakhs at Jewellery shop. Jewellers want to increase the limit to Rs.10 lakh.GIST OF NEWS - 07^th January 2016

·         North Korea declared that it had detonated its first hydrogen bomb.

·         The maximum characters allowed in a Tweet are 140. Twitter is exploring increasing its limits on text to as many as 1000.

·         The union cabinet approves closure of HMT Watches. Two unviable units of the public sector company, HMT Chinar watches and HMT Bearings, are also to be shut down.

·         Emission control: India to go straight to BS – VI from 2020. (leapfrog from Bharat Stage-IV to BS-VI)

·         Road Transport & Highways minister Nitin Gadkari.

·         PAN Card is mandatory for purchases over Rs.2 lakhs at Jewellery shop. Jewellers want to increase the limit to Rs.10 lakh.