India again test-fires successfully "Prithvi", the medium range surface-to-surface missile, from the Interim Test Range at Chandipur.

Lt. Gen. K.M. Seth is appointed Governor of Tripura, who succeeds Siddeshwar Prasad.

Air Marshal Vinod Patney is appointed Vice-Chief of Air Staff replacing Air Marshal B.S. Brar.

At least 34 members of Yadav community are suspected to be killed by Ranvir Sena, a private army of upper caste landlords, in Miyapur village, in Aurangabad district of Bihar.

President gives assent to the Information Technology Bill, 2000 and the Constitution (81^st Amendment) Bill, 2000.

Centre approves a new group insurance scheme, "Janashree Bima Yojana", for people below the poverty line in an effort to provide a social security net to the poor.

Archbishop of Delhi, Alan de Lastic dies in a car accident. He was 71.

 

Union Finance Minister, Yashwant Sinha agrees in principle to give powers to the States to fix limits for imposition of profession tax.

Union Cabinet approves Rs. 89.85 crore to upgrade computer facilities at the Indian Institutes of Technology.

Union Communication Minister Ram Vilas Paswan announces the bifurcation of the department of telecom services (DTS) into department of telecom operations (DTO) and DTS.

Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly adopts a resolution accepting the report of the State Autonomy Committee (SAC), recommending greater autonomy to the state.

India and Russia agree to upgrade their military and technical cooperation and set up a joint commission at the Defence Ministry level.

Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee unveils a package at Lisbon to boost European investment in India especially in areas of information technology, telecom and infrastructure.

India and EU sign a 32 million euro pact for a civil aviation project on the sidelines of the first EU-India summit at Lisbon.

UNDP’s "Human Development Report (HDR) – 2000" ranks India 128 among 174 countries in the Human Development Index which is based on a combined measure of longevity, literacy and income.

Agreement on bilateral investment promotion and protection is signed by India and Portugal.

The rate of the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) has been reduced to 11 per cent from 12 per cent with effect from 1 April 2000.

Jordan’s King, Abdullah, dismisses conservative Prime Minister Abdul-Raoufal-Rawabdeh and names Ali Abu al-Ragheb as Premier.

Ethiopia and Eritrea sign a peace plan brokered by the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) to end their two-year border war.

Two-day G-15 summit begins in Cairo. Heads of State and governments from 17 countries are attending the summit.

The tenth G-15 Summit calls for an urgent adoption of the United Nations convention against international terrorism and cautions against forcing the pace of globalisation on developing countries.

British researchers working on Human Genome Project confirm the completion of working draft of the human genetic code, that will be a scientific milestone in transforming the understanding, treatment and prevention of diseases.

Rebels in Sierra Leone free 21 Indian U.N. Peacekeepers and hand them over to the Liberian authorities.

 

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