17 MAY 2015 CURRENT AFFAIRS

Bihar Election may be held on Sept- Oct

*Bihar state Assemble election will be held on September or October 


*The Election Commission was yet to begin the process of finalising a schedule

*The term of current Assembly ends on November

PM on Mongolia Visit

*Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on a two day visit to Mongolia and announced a one Billion for infrastructure development as they updated strategic partnership 

*They tied to take bilateral economic partnership to a new level

*13 other pacts were signed by the two nations which includes Air services, cyber security, border defence and renewable energy

Government Plans Amendments in Dowry Harassment Law

*Government plans to amend the criminal law to prevent frequent misuse of its legal provisions due to false dowry harassment cases being registered

*Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code will be made a compoundable offence with the permission of the courts as suggested by the Law Commission and Justice Malimath Committee.




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