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Showing posts with label News. Show all posts
Apr 26, 2020
News : June 2019
Feb 18, 2016
News :Feb 18 - Feb 25 2016
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Appointments :
Resignations/Retirements
Obituaries
- Eminent Hindustani classical vocalist Ustad Abdul Rashid Khan passed away.He was recipient of Padma Bhushan and Sangeet Natak Akademi award.
- Eminent Hindustani classical vocalist Ustad Abdul Rashid Khan passed away.He was recipient of Padma Bhushan and Sangeet Natak Akademi award.
Awards
Sports
International
- India and Nepal hope to begin repairing ties as Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli makes his first official visit to India on 19 Feb for 6 days.
- India and Nepal hope to begin repairing ties as Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli makes his first official visit to India on 19 Feb for 6 days.
National
- The Supreme Court lifted its order to maintain status quo in Arunachal Pradesh till it examined judicial and Assembly records on disqualification of 14 rebel Congress MLAs by former Speaker Nabam Rebia.The lifting of status quo clears the road for Governor J.P. Rajkhowa to recommend to the President for withdrawal of emergency in the State and further a move for the swearing in of a new government.
- All central universities will fly the national flag on a 207 feet high mast at a prominent place on their campuses : HRD ministry
- The Supreme Court lifted its order to maintain status quo in Arunachal Pradesh till it examined judicial and Assembly records on disqualification of 14 rebel Congress MLAs by former Speaker Nabam Rebia.The lifting of status quo clears the road for Governor J.P. Rajkhowa to recommend to the President for withdrawal of emergency in the State and further a move for the swearing in of a new government.
- All central universities will fly the national flag on a 207 feet high mast at a prominent place on their campuses : HRD ministry
Polity
Economics
- EPFO : 8.8 per cent interest on savings.
- EPFO : 8.8 per cent interest on savings.
Env & Ecology
Science & Tech
- The Delhi government has decided on an ambitious plan to transform its wholesale fruit and vegetable markets into ‘ e-mandis’ .As part of this project, all mandis will be connected with a centralised system with supplies being tracked on a real-time basis.
- Proposal to have a gravitational wave detector in India approved. The gravitational waves were detected by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) — a system of detectors in Washington and Louisiana.The project is piloted by the Department of Atomic Energy and Department of Science and Technology.
- e-agri platform : A digital platform for enabling farmers to sell their produce at a better rate anywhere in the country will be launched on April 14, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced in Sehore (MP).On April 14, the birth anniversary of B.R. Ambedkar.
Health
Culture
Apr 6, 2015
News : Apr 1- Apr 7 2015
Appointments :
Resignations/Retirements
Obituaries
- Malli Mastan Babu, Indian mountaineer, was found dead in the Andes mountain ranges in Chile in South America.Mastan Babu had the distinction of setting a Guinness Book record by surmounting seven peaks in seven continents in 172 days in 2006.
Awards
Sports
International
- The Mount Sinabung volcano in Indonesia’s North Sumatra province erupted.Mount Sinabung is among over 120 active volcanoes in Indonesia, which is prone to seismic upheavals owing to its location on the “Pacific Ring of Fire”.
- “The Future of World Religions: Population Growth Projections, 2010-2050,” by the Pew Research Center : World population of Hindus grow rapidly from now to 2050.But muslims tend to surpass all religion by 2050.Fertility rate : Muslims : 3.1 Children per women , Hindus : 2.4 per woman then Jews then buddhism.India will surpass indonesia in Muslim population by 2050.
- IS works with al-Qaeda to seize most of Palestinian camp in Damascu.
- Russia has decided to join the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)
- Forbes Middle East has released the names of the 100 richest Arab personalities in the world, the first position going to Saudi Arabia’s Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Al Saud with an estimated fortune of $22.6 billion.Bill Gates presides over the ranking this year, with $79.2 billion.
- Malaysia's lawmakers passed an anti-terrorism bill that reintroduces detention without trial, three years after it was revoked.
National
- The Navy has dispatched its destroyer INS Mumbai and stealth frigate INS Tarkash and patrol vessle INS Sumitra for evacuation of Indians from Aden in Yemen. : Operation RAAHAT
- Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu and PepsiCo chairperson and chief executive officer Indra Nooyi jointly inaugurated the company’s largest unit of Greenfield production unit at Sri City in Chittoor district.
Polity
- National Democratic Alliance government re-promulgated the land acquisition ordinance just a day before it lapsed.Though the government had passed the Right to Fair compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Resettlement and rehabilitation (Amendment) Bill, 2015, (LARR) in Lok sabha during budget session, it was not able to get it push it through Rajya Sabha where the Bharatiya Janata Party is in minority.President Pranab Mukherjee signed the ordinance. If the amendment comes into effect, public-private partnership projects, including private health and educational institutions, defence manufacturing projects, land purchase for affordable housing projects, industrial corridors and rural infrastructure will not require consent from land owners/farmers; SIA will also not be mandatory.
Economics
The core infrastructure industries of coal, crude oil, oil refining, natural gas, steel, cement, electricity and fertilisers account for 37.9 per cent of the industrial output.Five of the eight sectors have shown negative growth rates.8 sectors showed a marginal growth of 1.4 per cent in February.
Env & Ecology
- Super typhoon Maysak slows down,earlier hit Micronesia region ,east of the Philippine.
- Recent warming of the Pacific Ocean may signal an El Nino weather event is forming.Such climatic conditions would prove a blow for Australian wheat production, which is reliant on rains in winter and spring.
- Kerela scientists have reported the discovery of a rare species of plant Named Oldenlandia dineshi, the plant is a shrub with long linear tapering leaves and dark blue flowers, from the Palakkad gap region of the Western Ghats, highlighting the floral diversity.
- The Russian Federation has submitted its Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs). It has committed to cutting anthropogenic (human activity-led) greenhouse gas emissions by 25-30 per cent by 2030 over 1990 levels. This makes it the 32nd developed nation to submit its climate action plan. These countries represent nearly 80 per cent of total emissions from industrialised nations.In all, 35 countries have formally submitted INDCs, including Mexico as the first developing country and Gabon as the first African country to give their climate plans
Science & Tech
Darbha (Desmotachya bipinnata) is a tropical grass considered a sacred material in Vedic scriptures and is said to purify the offerings during such rituals.Traditional tropical grass, Darbha, has been identified as an eco-friendly food preservative.
- A recent study by Indian and Austrian scientists has led to the discovery of the cause of the ‘Blood Rain’ phenomenon to be dispersal of spores of micro algae. Since 1896, reports have been coming in of sporadic instances of red coloured rain over parts of Kerala and Sri Lanka. The latest one was in 2013 over Kerala.
- Armed with an asteroid hunter, lunar flashlight and DNA kit, NASA will launch the unmanned Orion spacecraft using the Space Launch System (SLS) — its largest, most powerful rocket booster ever built — in 2018.
- The secondary payloads are Near—Earth Asteroid (NEA) Scout, Lunar Flashlight and BioSentinel.
- NEA Scout, using solar sail propulsion, will fly by a small asteroid, taking pictures and making observations that will enhance the current understanding of an the asteroid environment.
- NASA’s Lunar Flashlight will scout for locations on the lunar surface that are rich in resources that, once broken down into their component molecules, could be used in future exploration.
- The BioSentinel mission will be the first time living organisms have traveled to deep space in over 40 years and the spacecraft will operate in the deep space radiation environment throughout its 18—month mission.
Health
- The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has indicted Maharashtra for generating the highest amount of solid waste in the country.
- An M3 score reflects your mental health – whether or not you are suffering from depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, or post traumatic stress disorder; and if so, how severe the problem is.
- The Rajasthan State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has asked the government to take a fresh look at the Mines Act, 1952 to contain the alarming spread of occupational diseases and effectively deal with violators.SHRC has said it should be made compulsory for mine owners to use modern technology for extraction of sandstone and other dimensional stones.Silicosis is an incurable respiratory disease caused by inhaling silica dust and is widespread among miners.
- PM Narendra Modi released the national Air Quality Index (AQI) and health alert for public information. The Index that was launched in New Delhi will be used to inform people about daily air quality and to provide advisories on health consequences.he new AQI has been hosted on the website of the Central Pollution Control Board. The AQI has been developed for six pollutants – PM2.5, PM10, nitrogen oxides, sulphur dioxide, ozone, and carbon monoxide.India has joined the global league of countries like the US, China, Mexico, France and Hong Kong that have implemented smog alert systems
Culture
- Eeshanya was a two-day cultural festival organised by the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, Southern Regional Centre, an initiation towards deeper recognition of the culture of North East India.
- The troupe Nyokum Ane led by Tamar Taddar presented Rekham Pada, a tribal dance from Arunachal Pradesh. It is a Nyishi dance which is performed during the festival of Nyokum. Nyokum is defined by Nyok (land) and Kum (people).
- The J.K. Women’s Cultural group from Nagaland performed Apilo Kuwo. It is a dance performed during the festival of Tuhini and Ahuna
- Songs from the tribe of Temang or Temang Selo were danced to by Ujwala Kala Kendra from Sikkim.
- A Manipuri ensemble presented Dasa Avatharam, the ten incarnations of Vishnu and Raas Leela, a Natwari Nritya of Krishna with his Sakhis
Facts :
- Federal Reserve Chair of Borad of Directors : Janet Yellen
- India’s foreign exchange reserves increased by $4.26 billion to $339.99 billion for the week ended March 20, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data showed.With higher interest rates in the US, the foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) are expected to be led away from the emerging markets such as India.
- National Highway 75 connecting Hassan and B.C. Road.
Jan 15, 2015
News : 12 Jan - 18 Jan 2015
Appointments :
- A.S. Kiran Kumar is the new Secretary of the Department of Space as also Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation and the Space Commission ,succeeds K. Radhakrishnan,and as eight's chief.
- Arvind Panagariya, Vice-Chairman of the newly-created NITI Aayog, is a non-resident India
- Justice S K Sinha was appointed Chief Justice of Bangladesh to become the first Hindu to hold the highest judicial post in the Muslim-majority country
Resignations/Retirements
- Four-month-long impasse between Jadavpur University Vice-Chancellor Abhijit Chakrabarti and the students, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced that Mr. Chakrabarti had decided to resign.
- Avinash Chander as chief of the Defence Research and Development Organisation sacked.
- Italian President Giorgio Napolitano handed in his resignation as head of state leaving Prime Minister Matteo Renzi with the politically delicate task of finding a successor.
Obituaries
Awards
Sports
International
- U.S.-India Investment Initiative launched ahead of Barack Obama’s visit.
- Yemen’s al-Qaeda branch claimed responsibility for last week’s deadly attack on a Paris satirical newspaper, with one of its top commanders saying the assault was in revenge for the weekly’s publications of cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, considered an insult in Islam.
- Reflecting revival of the U.S. economy, the country’s budget deficit has dropped by USD 72 billion in 2014 than the previous year.In 2014, the U.S. racked up its smallest budget deficit since 2007, marking an economic shift of fortunes
- Japan’s Cabinet has approved the country’ largest defence budget, with plans to buy P-1 surveillance aircraft and F-35 fighter jets to improve defences of disputed islands amid China’s assertiveness in the region.Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Cabinet approved a nearly 5 trillion yen ($42 billion) budget for the year beginning in April, a 2 per cent rise. The budget must still be approved by Parliament.The military outlays were included in a record 96.3 trillion yen ($814 billion) total budget for the coming fiscal year.
- US has designated Maulana Fazlullah, commander of Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP), as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist.
- Kerry announced $250 million money, to Pakistan ,will be given to emergency relief efforts in the tribal areas, mainly North Waziristan. Hundreds of thousands of people fled the area due to the fighting.
- Saudi Arabia is remaining silent in the face of global outrage at the public flogging of the jailed blogger Raif Badawi, who received the first 50 of 1,000 lashes on Friday, part of his punishment for running a liberal website devoted to freedom of speech in the conservative kingdom.
National
- Idukki will be the first district in the country linked to the National Optic Fibre Network (NOFN), which will ensure broadband connection to rural areas of the district. It is being implemented as part of the Digital India project of the Union government. Kerala’s widespread optical fibre network in the country and the high digital literacy rate helped in tipping the scales towards the State
- The country had just two per cent skilled workforce compared to 70 per cent in the U.K., 74 per cent in Germany, 80 per cent in Japan, and 96 per cent in South Korea.
- Sandesh : In this a entrepreneur's network will be setup in all the local bodies of Kerela. It is an entrepreneur driven venture supported by the state government.Entrepreneur will focus on innovative solutions to challenges.In this lead entrepreneur is a woman.
- The NSC Bose International Airport kolkata has now started the facility for Visa on Arrival for tourists of 43 countries.
- The Calicut International Airport at Karipur has passed a historic milestone by becoming the first airport in the country to implement zero waste management effectively.
Polity
- The government decides to accept the Election Commission's recommendation to allow Non-Resident Indians to vote from overseas through e-postal ballots or proxy voting which removes an “unreasonable restriction” posed by Section 20(A) of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act of 2010, requiring overseas electors to be physically present in their constituencies to cast their votes.
Economics
- Assocham unveils plan to promote industry in Gwalior : Upgradation of connectivity with major commercial hubs, establishment of state of the art training and skill development centres, setting up of knowledge based industries like business process outsourcing and knowledge processing outsourcing and cluster based approach to drive down costs, increase efficiency and speed up production in small and medium enterprises can lead the district on a growth trajectory
Env & Ecology
- Black carbon soot generated by use of cow dung, coal and vehicular pollution is said to be the main cause behind major pollution in Agra.The district administration has banned burning of cow dung cakes in the city while use of coal by small units will also be prohibited soon.
Science & Tech
- Use of the Internet and search engines to promote sex determination technologies in violation of the Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act.Under the 2000 Act, an “intermediary” (search engine) is protected from being held liable for any third party information, data or communication link. But this protection depends on the “due diligence” on the part of the search engine to remove or disable “expeditiously” access to a material used to commit an unlawful act.
- The government excluded comments expressing political dissent, contrarian views and “decent” humour from what constitutes “grossly offensive” or “menacing” on social media, and thus, violative of Section 66 A of the Information Technology Act of 2000.Section 66A uses vague terminologies like “annoyance” and “menacing character”, and the “width of the provision exceeds the permissible restrictions on free speech.”
- Four Silicon Valley companies, including Apple Inc. and Google Inc. have agreed to a new settlement that would resolve an antitrust class action lawsuit by tech workers, who accused the firms of conspiring to avoid poaching each other's employees.
Feb 8, 2014
News : 26 Jan - 31 Jan 2014
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Appointments :
- Sushil Koirala is set to become Nepal’s next Prime Minister after being elected on 26 Jan as the Parliamentary Party leader of the Nepali Congress, which emerged as the single largest party in the Constituent Assembly elections.
- Hery Rajaonarimampianina : New president of Madagascar
- U.S. President Barack Obama has nominated Vice Admiral Michael Rogers, a Navy cyber-warfare specialist to be the next Director of the National Security Agency
Resignations/Retirements
Obituaries
Awards
- Susanne Hoeber Rudolph, the William Benton Distinguished Service Professor Emerita at the University of Chicago, and Lloyd I. Rudolph, Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Chicago, will each receive the Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian award in India.Three Indian-Americans — Ashok Kumar Mago, Dr Siddharth Mukherjee and Dr. Vamsi Mootha — will receive the Padma Shri awards.
- Grammy Awards : Daft Punk, a French duo who hide their faces under robot-like helmets and have become elder statesmen of electronic dance music, won four prizes, including album of the year for Random Access Memories and record of the year for Get Lucky, their ubiquitous hit with Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers.
Sports
- Stanislas Wawrinka beat an injured Rafael Nadal 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 in Australian Open final which will take the Swiss to third in the world.
International
- After decades of dictatorship and two years of arguments and compromises, Tunisians have a new constitution laying the foundations for a new democracy.An entire chapter of the document, some 28 articles, is dedicated to protecting citizens’ rights, including protection from torture, the right to due process, and freedom of worship. It guarantees equality between men and women before the law and the state commits itself to protecting women’s rights. Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki and outgoing Prime Minister Ali Larayedh signed the document
- Karzai’s government has presented evidence of dubious authenticity in an attempt to substantiate U.S. collateral damage in Afghanistan to avoid signing the bilateral security agreement (BSA) with the United States – an agreement that would grant a legal basis for U.S. troops to remain in Afghanistan after 2014.
- Ukraine’s President Viktor Yanukovich has offered the post of Prime Minister to one of the opposition leaders Arseny Yatsenyuk , in apparent effort to head off mounting violent protests against his rule. #ukraine Crisis
- India and Japan signed 8 pacts and was an effort for continuing efforts in the direction of security,political and defense ties.More
- The 13th edition of joint exercise by the Indian Coast Guard and its Japanese counterpart held approximately at 20 nautical miles off Kochi. The bilateral exercise titled ‘Sahayog-Kaijin 2014’ was successfully conducted by both the countries.
- Teenage activist Malala Yousafzai’s bestselling book I am Malala cannot be discuss in her native province as the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial government stopped the University of Peshawar from holding a programme on it.
News : 15-22 Oct 2013
Appointments :
- The Madhya Pradesh government constituted a judicial commission headed by Rakesh Saxena to probe the stampede at Ratangarh in Datia district on October 13.
Books
- RICHARD DAWKINS : An Appetite for Wonder
International
- India has moved from 65 to 63 in the Global Hunger Index, making a marginal improvement since 2012, but continues to languish far behind other emerging economies. The score for the country improved slightly from 22.9 in 2012 to 21.3 this year. As has been the trend, within SAARC countries too, India continued to trail behind Pakistan and Bangladesh on the index.The index is prepared by the International Food Policy Research Institute along with Welthungerhilfe and Concern Worldwide.
- Pre-COP (Conference of Parties), is organised to firm up the agenda for the meeting, where all member-countries of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change gather held at POLAND.
- Typhoon Wipha, packing winds of 140 kilometre per hour (km/hr), is moving towards north Tokyo where the crippled Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant lies
Dec 30, 2013
News : 29 Dec 2013 - 31 Dec 2013
Appointments :
- Arvind Kejriwal sworn in as the youngest CM of Delhi.
- Army chief General Bikram Singh was handed over the baton of Chairman of Chiefs of Staff Committee (COSC)
Resignations/Retirements
- C. K. Birla has decided to step down as the Chairman of Hindustan Motors, and also relinquish his directorship.
Obituaries
Awards
Sports
International
- China has opened its Satellite System Beidou completely for Asian neighbours.China is intended to widen the use of its home grown BeiDou Navigation System, which already has 16 satellites.More
- Barack Obama signed a two year bipartisan federal budget bill to avert the risk of shutdown in Jan 2014.
- Egypt's ruling govt declared Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group.Egypt’s leaders were in conflict with the movement since July 2013, when the military deposed Mohamed Morsi as a President. Mohammed Morsi was a former head of Muslim Brotherhood and Egypt’s first democratically elected President.Founded in Egypt by Hassan al-Banna in March 1928, the group spread to other Muslim countries but has its largest, or one of its largest, organizations in Egypt. It is a Sunni Islamist religious, political and social movement.
Dec 29, 2013
News 16-22 Dec 2013
Appointments :
- Michelle Bachelet won Presidential election of Chile.
- Harsh Kumar Bhanwala : Chairman of NABARD(National Bank for Agriculture and Ruaral Developement)
- Veteran Congressman Hiphei was on Monday elected unopposed as the Speaker of the seventh Mizoram Assembly by governor Vaikkom Purushothaman
Resignations/Retirements
Obituaries
- Union Minister Sis Ram Ola died.He was holding Labour and Employment portfolio in Manmohan Singh government and was a recipient of Padma Shri.
Awards
Sports
International
- Turkmenistan held a parliamentary election that for the first time featured more than one party.Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov : President of Turkmenistan.Capital : Ashgabat.
Dec 14, 2013
PIB News - Dec 2013
Appointments :
Resignations/Retirements
Obituaries
Awards
Sports
International
- Agartala-Akhaura and Agartala-Sabroom new line projects with Bangladesh
National
Polity
Economics
- GDP growth :
Env & Ecology
- Waterways that are being developed as National Waterways (NWs) presently are:
- Ganga-Bhagirathi-Hooghly river system (Allahabad-Haldia-1620 km) in the states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal as NW-1, declared in 1986.
- River Brahmaputra (Dhubri-Sadiya-891 km) in the state of Assam as NW-2 declared in 1988
- West Coast Canal (Kottapuram-Kollam) along with Udyogmandal and Champakara Canals – (205 km) in the state of Kerala as NW-3 declared in 1993.
Dec 13, 2013
News : 8-15 Dec 2013
Appointments :
- PepsiCo, on Monday, appointed D. Shivakumar, a former senior executive with the Finnish handset maker Nokia, as the company’s new Chairman and Chief Executive Officer for the Indian region
- Pakistan’s newly appointed Army chief : Gen Raheel Sharif
- Ranjan Mathai, former Foreign Secretary of India, has taken over as the country’s next High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.
- General Motors picked Mary Barra, its product development chief and a 33-year company veteran, as its next CEO. She will become the first woman to head any major car company.
- Justice (retired) D.P. Buch took oath here as the Lokayukta of Gujarat.
- Vasundhara Raje (BJP) to be sworn in at a grand ceremony on the Rajasthan Assembly elections.
- Raman Singh takes oath as CM of Chattisgarh.
- Shivraj Singh Chouhan will be sworn in as the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh for the third consecutive time.
News : 1-7 Dec 2013
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Appointments :
- In a historic first for the Anglican Church in the U.K. and Ireland, and a victory for the campaign for gender equality in the church, a woman was consecrated as a bishop at a service at the Christ Church Cathedral in Dublin.Rev Pat (Patricia) Storey, 53, was the rector of St Augustine's in Londonderry.She was elected in September by the
Dec 6, 2013
Judicial Appointments Commission Bill,2013
- The Rajya Sabha on Sep 2013 passed a Constitution amendment Bill to create a Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC) which will replace the collegium system of appointing judges to higher courts.
- The Constitution (120th Amendment) Bill, 2013 envisages setting up of the JAC, to be decided by Parliament, that will recommend appointment and transfer of Supreme Court and High Court judges. Currently, the collegium consisting of five top judges of the Supreme Court, headed by the Chief Justice of India, decides the appointment of
News : Aug 2013
- The juicy Nagpur orange, the famous tribal Warli art, Dharmavaram saris and Kerala’s Kaipad rice have been cleared for inclusion in Geographical Indications (GI) registry in the country. The logo for Leather Toys of Indore (already a GI product) was also approved.
- The U.K. government took step to take £3,000 bond for issuing visas to people of certain countries, including India.
- The Ministry of Steel under Government of India has become the first Central Ministry to be awarded ISO 9001:2008, Quality Management System certification. ISO 9001 is quality management system which codifies quality standards in every area of
May 2013 Consolidated
Goa launches "Krishi Card" for farmers
- To avail benefits in terms of loan and subsidies provided by state government.
- Act as a database to retrieve complete detail of farmers.
- Card is not a LEGAL title document for farmers and tenants to take a stake over land.It is restricted to agriculture subsidy only.
Indian stuntman and Guinness record holder Sailendra Nath Roy passed away
- Made record by travelling a distance of 82.5m on a zip wire at Neemrana Fort Palace,
Nov 11, 2013
News : 7-14 Nov 2013
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Appointments :
- Honeywell on Monday announced the appointment of Jim Bujold as President, Southeast Asia, and Anant Maheshwari as President, Honeywell India.
Resignations/Retirements
Obituaries
Awards
- Gabriela Isler, a 25-year-old television presenter and accomplished flamenco dancer from Venezuela, has been crowned Miss Universe 2013 in Russia.
Oct 7, 2013
News : 1-7 Oct 2013
Obituaries
- Tom Clancy, whose high-tech, cold war thrillers such as The Hunt for Red October and Patriot Games made him the most widely read and influential military novelist of his time, has died.
International
- A Bangladesh war crimes tribunal awarded death penalty to Salauddin Quader Chowdhury, a top ranking opposition leader, for murder and genocide during the country’s Liberation War in 1971.
- The Democratic-led Senate rejected the latest House Republican effort to negotiate on a spending bill stalled by conservative efforts to derail the health care overhaul.In a 54-46 party-line vote, the Senate turned aside a House request to name negotiators to a conference to resolve differences.
- President Vladimir Putin has been nominated for the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize by a Russian advocacy group for his key role in preventing a US missile strike on Syria and initiatives to dismantle Damascus’ chemical weapons.
- Malaysian lawmakers approved changes to a crime-prevention law which could be abused by authorities to hold people without trial for years and negate the prime minister Najib Razak’s pledge to protect human rights.PM is criticized for introducing the changes less than two years after abolishing laws that had occasionally been used in past decades to hold political dissenters without charge. Legislators in Parliament’s lower house passed the changes to the Prevention of Crime Act after a heated debate. The changes must be endorsed by Parliament’s upper house and the country’s constitutional monarch before they can take effect, but they are unlikely to encounter resistance at those stages.
Oct 3, 2013
April 2013-Consolidated
Appointments :
- S Gopalakrishnan, the co-founder and Executive Co-Chairman of Infosys, on 5th April, 2013 was elected as the President of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for the year 2013-14.
- Krishna Kumar Natrajan appointed as the New Chief of NASSCOM
- PJ Kurien, Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha,elected as the New Chairman of the prestigiousAsian Forum of Parliamentarians on
Population and Development on 11th April, 2013 at Bangkok - Aruna Bahuguna took over as the first women Special Director General of CRPF. She is an IPS from a 1979-batch Andhra Pradesh cadre
- Italy's Parliament re-elected Giorgio Napolitano to an unparalleled second term as president on 20th April, 2013.
- Uhuru Kenyatta was sworn in as the New President of Kenya on 9th April 2013. He is the 4th President of Kenya. He defeated Raila
Odinga. - Nicolas Maduro was sworn in as the New President of Venezuela on 19th April, 2013 in a ceremony by the National Assembly Speaker, Diosdado Cabello.
- Takehiko Nakao appointed as the President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) by the Board of Governors. He succeeded Haruhiko Kuroda.
- Narasimhan Ravi, the former Editor of The Hindu was unanimously elected as the president of Editors Guild of India on 23rd
April, 2013 in New Delhi. - Parliamentary Speaker Abdul Hamid sworn in as the New President of Bangladesh to replace Zillur Rahman on 24th April, 2013.
- Sunil Bharti Mittal appointed as the New Vice Chairman of International Chamber of Commerce (ICC).
Obituaries
- The Great Indian Mathematician also known as Human Computer, Shakuntala Devi died due to heart failure and renal problem on 21st April, 2013 at Bangalore.
- Historian Professor Bratindra Nath Mukherjee died at his residence in Kolkata on 4th April, 2013. He was a Padma Shree Awardee, a renowned epigraphist and numismatist.
- India’s only Women Chief Election Commissioner, V.S. Ramadevi died due to Cardiac Arrest. She also was the governor of
Karnataka & HP. - The first and the only women to be the Prime Minister of Britain, Margaret Thatcher passed away at the age of 87 following a stroke on 8th April, 2013.
- Former Chief Justice of, Justice JS Verma died on 22nd April, 2013 in New Delhi after multiple organ failure at the age of 80 years. He was the 27th Chief Justice of India on 25th March, 1997 and retired on 18th January, 1998.
- Dr Hilary Koprowski, a Polish researcher who Developer of First Successful Oral Vaccination for Polio died on 11th April, 2013 in
Philadelphia at the age of 96. - British Scientist, Robert Edwards passed away at 87. He was the Pioneer of Vitro Fertilization that resulted in the birth of first test tube baby of the world.
- Sailendra Nath Roy, an Indian Guinness World Record holder on 28th April, 2013 died during the stunt.
- Renowned violinist and Composer, Lalgudin Jayaraman died in Chennai on 22nd April, 2013 at 82 due to illness.
- Legendary singer Shamshad Begum died on 23rd April, 2013 in Mumbai due to illness. She was 94 years of age.
Awards
- The New York Times won four Pulitzer Prizes including the Award for Investigative Reporting for Stories on 15th April, 2013.
- Telgu Writer, Ravuri Bharadwaja was selected for the Jnanpith Award 2012 by the Jnanpith Award Committee for his contribution to Telgu Literature.
- Navjot Singh became the youngest athlete of Jammu and Kashmir to be conferred with the Sher-i-Kashmir Sports Award on 17th April, 2013.
- The President of India, Pranab Mukherjee gave 54 Padma Awards at the function in Darbar Hall of Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on 20th April, 2013.
- Sebastian Vettel won the Bahrain Grand Prix 2013.
- Yash Chopra for his contributions to Film Industry will be honoured with Dadasaheb Phalke Academy Award 2013. Yash Chopra and Rajesh Khanna selected for 13th Dada Saheb Phalke Academy Awards to be conferred on 30th April, 2013.
- Belgian Mathematician, Pierre Deligne won the Abel prize 2013. The Abel Prize is considered equivalent to the Nobel Prize.
- Legendary Actor Pran awarded Bollywood's Highest Honour Dada Saheb Phalke Award for 2012.
Sports
- ICC Test Rankings released by ICC on 21st April, 2013. Hashim Amla was placed at top among batsman and Dale Steyn was ranked best bowler. Pujara and Ashwin are the only two Indians among Top-10.
- Gayle hit Fastest-Ever Century in the history of Cricket during IPL against Pune Warriors India by reaching 100 in merely 30 balls on 23rd April, 2013.
International
- The US House of Representatives passed the Cyber Information Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) on 18th April, 2013.
- Italy got a New Coalition Government with Enrico Letta as its Prime Minister.
- A Pakistani election tribunal on 16th April, 2013 barred former military dictator Pervez Musharraf from running for Parliament.
- Abu Dhabi based Etihad Airways on 24th April, 2013 confirmed taking over of 24 percent minority stake in Jet Airways for 379 million dollars.
- China Mobile and Vodafone on 4th April, 2013 announced that they formed a consortium in order to bid for the mobile licences in Burma
- Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina rejected New Anti-Blasphemy Law Demands of Islamists.
- The Federal Investigation Agency in Pakistan arrested former President, Pervez Musharraf in relation to the Benazir Bhutto murder case.
- India and UAE on 24th April, 2013 signed an agreement to increase the number of weekly airlines seat by four times during a bilateral meet at Abu Dhabi.
- Turkey Treasury Undersecretariat would close debt to IMF with refund of 422.1 million USD of capital as part of the 19th stand-by after 52 years.
- The fifth BRICS Summit was held at the Durban International Convention Centre (ICC), South Africa. The theme of the 5th BRICS Summit was: Partnership for Development, Integration and Industrialisation. The participant nations in the summit were Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
- Pakistan successfully test-fired the nuclear- capable Hatf-IV ballistic missile on 10th April, 2013. Hatf-IV has the range of 900 km.
- Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh visited Germany from 10th April - 12th April, 2013. He was accompanied by delegation.
- Vice-President of India Hamid Ansari visited Tajikistan from 14th – 17th April, 2013 for strengthening bilateral ties
- On 8th April, 2013, India and Malta signed the new DTAA at Valetta, Malta.
National
- Government of India approved the National Policy for Children, 2012. The policy recognizes every person below 18 years in age as a child.
- President Pranab Mukherjee on 16th April, 2013 dedicated Siddheshwar Dham Temple to the Nation
- Lt Cdr Abhilash Tomy became the first Indian to Circumnavigate Globe Solo and Non-Stop on a sail boat. On return he was welcomed by the President of India.
- Swedish Luxury Carmaker Volvo signed Jeev Milkha Singh as its Brand Ambassador.
- The Indian city of Ahmedabad launched a first-of-its-kind Heat Action Plan on 16th April, 2013.
- The Government approved the project for creation of National Optical Fibre Network connecting all the 250000 Gram Panchayats.
- The Odisha Legislative Assembly on 4th April, 2013 unanimously adopted a resolution requesting the Centre to award special category status to the state.
- The world famous textile embroidery handicraft Lucknow Zardozi became a brand after being accorded with the Geographical Indication (GI) registration.
- Book entitled Leaf Turns Yellow: the Sufis of Awadh was released by the Vice President of India, Hamid Ansari at New Delhi.
- Government launched IBIN (India Backbone Implementation Network) for effective implantation of its core programmes and policies.
- Odisha on 8th April, 2013 decided to set up the first public health university in India. This university will be set up under Public-Private Partnership mode.
- The Madhya Pradesh government on 9th April, 2013 decided to declare Malkhamb as the State Sport.
Polity
- Assam Right to Public Service Act 2012 was implemented by Assam to bring in transparency and accountability in the key areas of governance.
- The Meghalaya Lokayukta (Amendment) Bill 2013 was on 18th April, 2013 passed in the state Assembly.
Economics
- Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd and Reliance Communications on 2nd April, 2013 signed a 1200 crore Rupees definitive agreement to roll out the 4G services.
- Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved de-control of Sugar.
- P. Chidambaram on 24th April, 2013 launched medi claim facility for the farmers holding Kisan Credit Cards (KCC) issued by Dena Bank.
- India is the largest recipient of remittances in the world, receiving 69 billion US Dollars in 2012 according to World Bank.
- World Growth Forecast for 2013 was slashed to 3.3% from 3.5% by IMF. Continued recession in Eurozone is the reason for it.
- The retail business of Sahara India Pariwar called Sahara Q Shop entered into the Guinness World Records by opening 315 outlets in 10 states.
- Reserve Bank of India (RBI) decided to launch Plastic notes in the denomination of 10 Rupees in five selected cities of India on trial basis.
- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced on 12th April, 2013 that it recognised Somalia's new government after a 22-year gap in relations with the country.
Science & Tech
- Google Inc acquired Wavii, the news summarization app based in Seattle, for around 30 million US dollar cash.
- NASA's Kepler Mission Discovered Two Earth- Like Planets Kepler-62f And Kepler-62e.
- Federal Space Agency Roscosmos, Russia on 19th April, 2013 launched the bio-satellite (BION-M) called orbital Noah's Ark into space with various living organisms.
- Facebook on 4th April, 2013 released the software called Home, which puts the feeds from Facebook on Android phones' home screen.
- A website on Babu Jagjibvan Ram was launched by the Union Minister for Social Justice & Empowerment on 5th April, 2013, his 106th Birth Anniversary.
- Nuclear Capable Agni-II Missile was Successfully Test-Fired. The medium range nuclear capable Agni-II missile was on 7th April, 2013 successfully test-fired with a strike range of more than 2000 km from the Wheeler Island.
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