World
Film festival on wildlife has begun
in Shimla
A three-day Woodpecker Environment and Wildlife Film
Festival has begun at historic Gaiety Theatre in Shimla.
The festival is being organized by WWF-India in
collaboration with CMSR foundation, Delhi with the support of the Himachal
Pradesh’s Department of Language, Art and culture and Department of Forest.
India
India sets up apparel training
centre in Nigeria
India has set up an apparel training centre in Nigeria to
support textiles industry of the west African country.
This is a first of its kind centre in Nigeria, set up in
partnership with their government.
The centre has been established in Kaduna, Nigeria under the
Cotton Technical Assistance Programme for Africa.
Govt to clean 10 iconic places under
‘Swachh Bharat Mission’
The government will carry out a drive to clean ten iconic
places in the country as part of a pilot project under the ‘Swachh Bharat
mission’.
The places which have been selected are Vaishno Devi temple
in Jammu and Kashmir, Taj Mahal in Uttar Pradesh, Tirupati temple in Andhra
Pradesh, Golden Temple in Punjab, Ajmer Sharif in Rajasthan, Jagannath temple
in Orissa, Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus in Maharashtra, Manikarnika Ghat in
Uttar Pradesh, Meenakshi Temple in Tamil Nadu and Kamakhya Temple in Assam.
West Bengal to set up three
biotechnology hubs
The West Bengal Government has taken up a project to set up
three biotechnology hubs across the state to bring in more biotechnology
innovations to the State.
The three proposed biotechnology hubs will come in
Bardhaman, Kalimpong and Medinipur districts.
DRDO inks pact with IITs for Centre
for Propulsion Technology
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has
signed an agreement with IIT-Bombay and Madras to establish a bi-nodal ‘Centre
of Propulsion Technology’ (CoPT) at the two institutions.
The initiative is aimed at achieving synergy between DRDO
and IITs for channelising the research efforts towards developing products and
technologies.
Awards &
Appointments
South African writer Lidudumalingani
Mqombothi wins 2016 Caine Prize
South African writer Lidudumalingani Mqombothi has won the
‘2016 The Caine Prize’ for African Writing for his story ‘Memories we
Lost’.
The prize, launched in 2000, is awarded annually to an
African writer of a short story published in English.
Sports
Jayaram crashes out of U.S. Open
Ajay
Jayaram crashed out of the U.S. Open after suffering a straight-game loss to
Japan’s Kanta Tsuneyama in the men’s singles semifinals of the Grand Prix Gold
badminton tournament on Sunday.
The
World No. 22 and fourth seed could not match the intensity of his rival and
lost 10-21 14-21 in 33 minutes at the Los Angeles Badminton Club.
The
28-year-old could not step up his game against the Japanese, who led 4-2 at the
start and then broke off at 6-6 and never looked back.
From
8-7, Tsuneyama reeled off 10 straight points to create a huge gap, which
Jayaram could not bridge.
In
the second game, Jayaram put up a better show and opened up a slender 3-1 lead.
The duo then fought till 14-14 when Tsuneyama sealed the issue in his favour
with seven points straight.
Business & Economy
Vishal Kapoor to be the new CEO of
IDFC MF
IDFC Mutual Fund has announced the appointment of Mr. Vishal
Kapoor as its chief executive officer.
Kapoor will be responsible for driving the accelerated
growth of IDFC AMC.
Person in NEWS
Pakistani philanthropist Abdul
Sattar Edhi passes away
Noted Pakistani philanthropist, social activist, ascetic and
humanitarian Abdul Sattar Edhi (92-year) has passed away in Karachi.
Edhi was the founder and head of the Edhi Foundation in
Pakistan and known as Angel of Mercy, Pakistan’s ‘Father Teresa’ and was
considered country’s most respected figure.
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