•The Bill is aimed at revamping medical education regulatory system in the country. The 1956 Act provides for supersession of the MCI and its reconstitution within a period of three years. The Bill amends this provision to provide for the supersession of the MCI for a period of one year.
2) Ashwani Lohani retires V K Yadav new railway board chairman
•Railway Board Chairman Ashwani Lohani retired from his post.
•General Manager, South Central Railway, V K Yadav has been appointed the national transporter's senior-most bureaucrat by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, according to an official order.
3) Thottathil B Radhakrishnan takes charge as first CJ of Telangana HC
•Thottathil B Radhakrishnan took over as the first Chief Justice of the Telangana High Court, which came into existence on the first day of 2019.
4) U.S., Israel quit UNESCO citing bias
•The United States and Israel officially quit the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) with the close of 2018.
•The countries had announced their decisions in 2017 of withdrawing from the agency, accusing it of bias against Israel.
•America has demanded fundamental reform in UNESCO, which was co-founded by it after World War II to foster peace.
5) Veteran actor-writer Kader Khan passes away in Canada
•Veteran actor-writer Kader Khan passed away in Canada yesterday. His son Sarfaraz confirmed the sad demise of the 81-year old comedian and character artist.
•Born in Kabul, Khan made his acting debut in 1973 with Rajesh Khanna's "Daag" and has featured in over 300 films. He wrote dialogues for over 250 movies. Before becoming an actor he had written dialogues for Randhir Kapoor-Jaya Bachchan's "Jawani Diwani".
