World
Bihar Govt, UNICEF and MDM Join Hand to Curb Malnourishment
The Bihar government MDM scheme, UNICEF and the Bihar based Rajendra Agriculture University entered into an agreement to curb malnourishment among women and children in the state.
India
Union Information & Broadcasting Ministry framed Policy guidelines for Online Central Government advertisements
Information & Broadcasting Ministry decided to frame Policy guidelines and criteria for Central Government advertisements on websites.
Empanelment of suitable agencies: Websites are owned and operated by companies that are incorporated in India.
Empanelment of suitable agencies: Websites are owned and operated by companies that are incorporated in India.
Empanelled by Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity.
Indian Coast Guard Ship ‘ARUSH’ Commissioned
Indigenously made Fast Patrol Vessel ‘ICGS Arush’ built by the Cochin Shipyard for the Indian Coast Guard was commissioned into Coast Guard at Kochi by the Coast Guard Commander Additional Director General SPS Basra.
The move will strengthen the side as well as to face the emerging security challenges in the maritime domain.
The ship Arush holds the meaning ‘first ray of sun’, and will be based at Porbandar under the administrative and operational control of North West Coast Guard Region.
Manohar Parrikar releases booklet on defence production works in 2 yrs
Union Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar released a booklet that underlining the efforts made by of Defence Production in the last two years in New Delhi.
The booklet is drawing together all achievements in the field of indigenous production of weapon systems and policy initiatives undertaken in last couple of years also about 119 industrial licenses have been issued it reveals.
Centre approves Rs 4241 cr NIMZ in Odisha
Union government has approved Odisha’s proposal to set up an Rs 4,241 crore-National Investment and Manufacturing Zone at Kalinga Nagar in Odisha.
This NIMZ would be the third Investment and Manufacturing Zone of India involving a massive area of 163 sq. km.
Govt approves over Rs 5500 Cr investment to improve infrastructure in six state
Union Government has approved an investment of over Rs 5,530 crore for providing basic infrastructure in over 110 cities across 6 states under AMRUT scheme for the current fiscal also these states also proposed a total investment of Rs 43,569 crore by 2019-20.
The funds will used for providing household water taps, improving water supply, sewerage networks/septage management, storm water drains, urban transport and provision of open and green spaces.
Centre allocated Rs 6000 crore for welfare of people in mining areas
Steel and Mines Minister Narendra Singh Tomar has appealed the state governments to complete the auction process of mines so that additional revenue and employment could be generated in Jaipur.
The Minister pledged to help the states in auction process also allocated Rs 6000 crore for the District Mineral Foundation which will be used for welfare of locals of mining areas.
Special Webpage on two years of NDA Government unveiled by PIB
The Press Information Bureau has opened a dedicated webpage that is an information source for the Media on the initiatives and achievements in the last two years of the NDA Government at the Centre chronologically.
The page is hyper-linked on the main page of PIB under the icon Transforming India and Desh Badal Raha Hai.
Awards & Appointments
Indian-American Rishi Nair wins 28th annual National Geographic Bee Competition
Venue: National Geographic headquarters – Washington, United States.
Edition: 28th Annual National Geographic Bee
He received a $ 50,000 college scholarship and a lifetime membership in the National Geographic Society.
He received a $ 50,000 college scholarship and a lifetime membership in the National Geographic Society.
About Rishi Nair: 12 year old Indian born American student & Sixth grade student from Florida.
Sunil Bharti Mittal receives this year’s Harvard Alumni award
Telecom Tycoon’s Bharti Enterprises founder and Chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal has awarded with Harvard Business School Alumni Achievement Award for this year.
ii. Mittal has served on the Harvard Business Scholl Board as a Dean’s Advisor since 2010.
Harvard Business School Alumni Achievement Award.
ii. Mittal has served on the Harvard Business Scholl Board as a Dean’s Advisor since 2010.
Harvard Business School Alumni Achievement Award.
The award presented annually since 1968.
Arunachal tiger reserve bags biodiversity award
Pakke Tiger Reserve of Arunachal Pradesh has awarded with the ‘India Biodiversity Award 2016‘ at a ceremony held in Mumbai.
The Horn bill Nest Adoption Programme of the Pakke Tiger Reserve was awarded the prize under the one of its four categories titled-conservation of threatened species.
Mamata Banerjee sworn-in as the Chief Minister of West Bengal for a second term.
Trinamool Congress Mamata Banerjee sworn in as the chief minister of West Bengal for the second consecutive time along with 42-member ministry.
Mamata Banerjee was administered oath of office and secrecy by state Governor Keshri Nath Tripathi.
Second time consecutive won in 2016 election by Mamata Banerjee lead the Trinamool Congress with 211 out 294 seats which is two thirds majority mark.
Second time consecutive won in 2016 election by Mamata Banerjee lead the Trinamool Congress with 211 out 294 seats which is two thirds majority mark.
Guinea Bissau President names Baciro Dja as Prime Minister
The West African Country-Guinea Bissau’s President Jose Mario Vaz named Baciro Dja as prime minister.
This appointment made political jnrest in the country as sparking protests from political opponents who said the appointment was unconstitutional.
Business & Economy
HDFC among world’s top 10 Consumers Financial Services Firms
Mortgage lender HDFC Ltd has been ranked 7th among the world’s ten biggest and most powerful companies in the consumer financial services sector
Topped by Global major American Express.
HDFC ranked at 7th position and only Indian Company in Top Ten in the Category.
Sports
Para athlete Saroha wins gold in record breaking performance
Haryana hailed para athlete Amit Kumar Saroha won the gold medal in men’s clubthrow at the recently concluded 2016 French Open Athletics Championship in Paris.
His feet of 26.58m broke the Asian record which he had himself recorded last year. He has already qualified for the 2016 Rio Paralympics.
Science & Technology
Google wins Java copyright case versus Oracle
Google has won case which brought by software major Oracle that claimed Google had infringed its copyright by using 11,500 lines of Java code in its Android operating system.
A six-year court case in which Oracle sought $9 billion from search major for using 11,000 lines of Java software code in its Android software.
Person in NEWS
Veteran Communist leader KC Mathew died
Veteran communist leader KC Mathew laid to rest at a private hospital in Ernakulam due to age related illness. He was 92.
He is the prime accused in the attack on the Edappally police station back in 1950 that made in a witch-hunt of the communists by the police.
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