India Steel 2019 will commence on Tuesday in Mumbai. The exhibition and conference is organised by the Ministry of Steel as well as the Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI). It aims at developing a road map for the growth of the industry. 

The World Economic Forum enters its second day on Tuesday. The event, held in Davos, Switzerland, focuses on the theme ‘Globalization 4.0: Shaping a Global Architecture in the Age of the Fourth Industrial Revolution’. It is said to have many India-focussed sessions.

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari will inaugurate the 1.2 km-long Keediyan-Gandiyal Bridge built on the River Ravi in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday. The inter-state bridge was built at a cost of nearly Rs 150 crore in a span of three and a half years. It links secluded areas of Kathua district with Punjab, said officials.

Dilip Ghosh, President of BJP’s West Bengal unit, said that Amit Shah will address the first rally in Malda, West Bengal on Tuesday. The schedules of the party’s rallies in West Bengal were postponed as the BJP national President was ill. Shah will also address rallies in Birbhum, Jhargram, Nadia and Jaynagar on January 23 and 24.

A special MPID (Maharashtra Protection of Interest of Depositors Act) court would hear on Tuesday the anticipatory bail application of Joseph Massey, a former Non-Executive Director of  the National Spot Exchange Ltd (NSEL). This is in connection with the ₹5,600-crore NSEL payment default that shook the nation in 2013. This comes after the EOW of Mumbai Police summoned Massey for interrogation of his alleged role in the NSEL payment crisis.

comment COMMENT NOW