NEW DELHI: In a first such decision in the Railways, the
government today reappointed AK Mital as Chairman of Railway Board (CRB) for
two years, two days before his retirement. This is for the first time an
incumbent, due to retire, has been reappointed as the highest official of the
national transporter. A 1976-batch Indian Railway Stores Service Officer, Mital
was to retire on July 31. Today would have been,
Sruthi Palaniappan's parents immigrated to the United States
in 1992 from Chennai. Sruthi Palaniappan, whose parents migrated to the United
States in 1992 from Chennai, was the youngest delegate to the Democratic
National Convention (DNC) that ended on Thursday night. The 18-year-old high
school graduate is set to join the Harvard University to study government. She
spoke on behalf of the Iowa state
The Himachal Pradesh High Court on Friday passed fresh orders
asking the Centre to ban cow slaughter in the country, besides imposing
prohibitions on import and export of cow/calf (for slaughtering) and sale of
beef and beef products in the next six months. The court rejected the plea of
the Centre that since the subject falls under entry number 15 of the state
list, it’s up to the state governments to take a call on the issue. In an
After months of wait, the NDA government has cleared the
appointment of Justice I A Ansari as Chief Justice of Patna High Court, Justice
D B Bhosale as Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court and Justice S J Vazifdar
as Chief Justice of Punjab & Haryana High Court. The warrants of
appointment are expected to be issued soon. While the Supreme Court collegium,
headed by Chief Justice of India T S Thakur, had
New Delhi: Indian has over 4 lakh beggars with West
Bengal's 81,000 being the maximum among the states, the government said. There
are 4,13,670 beggars - 2.2 lakh males and 1.91 lakh females - in the country,
Minister of State for Social Justice Vijay Sampla said in a written reply in
Rajya Sabha today. West Bengal with 81,244 beggars topped the list
followed by 65,835 in Uttar Pradesh, 30,218 in Andhra
Pavan Amara, an Indian-origin rape survivor who gave up her
anonymity and set up a charity to help others, on Friday launched Britain’s
first maternity clinic for victims of sexual assault and rape. Amara, whose
family has roots in Punjab, launched the NGO My Body Back in August 2014. It
has been running a cervical screening clinic in St Bartholomew’s Hospital in
London since then. The maternity clinic that opened in
KARACHI (Dunya News) - Syed Murad Ali Shah on Friday took
oath as Sindh Chief Minister (CM) following his victory in the elections held
regarding the post in the Sindh Assembly, reported Dunya News.The oath-taking
ceremony took place at the Governor s House. Sindh Governor Dr Ishrat ul Ebad
Khan took the oath whereas a number of party leaders, including PPP Chairman
Bilawal Bhutto, former
Pakistan Parliament today moved closer to adopting a
landmark but controversial legislation to deal with cyber crimes in the country
with the Senate giving its assent to the bill after incorporating 50
amendments. Senate, the Upper House, approved 'The Prevention of Electronic
Crimes Act' after incorporating 50 amendments to the original draft already
passed by the National Assembly or the Lower House in April.The
Russia's weightlifting team has been banned from competing at
the Rio Olympics because of doping offences. Two of the eight-strong
weightlifting team had already been banned for prior violations, and another
four were named in the McLaren report into the issue. Russia's Sports Minister
said 272 of the original 387 athletes selected had been cleared to complete in
Rio. A final figure is expected on Saturday, with the
Services at around 80,000 bank branches in the country were
hit on Friday as employees of public sector banks went on a one-day strike to
protest the proposed merger of the State Bank of India (SBI) associates with
the parent and other issues. However, private sector banks were working as
usual. Most of the public sector banks including SBI had earlier informed their
customers of inconvenience if strike materialises.
The Indo - Thailand Military Exercise MAITREE concluded today
at Krabi, Thailand. The exercise had commenced on 15 July 2016 under the aegis
of the Royal Thailand Army. 90 soldiers of Indian Army and Royal Thailand Army
had participated in the two week long Exercise. The exercise included combined
training, familiarization with weapons & equipment used by both the
countries, analyzing groupings, drills and
The 3rd meeting of the Joint Committee at the Secretary Level
under the India-Japan CEPA. Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement) was
held on Thursday in New Delhi. The Indian side was led by Smt. Rita Teaotia,
Commerce Secretary and the Japanese delegation was headed by Mr. Keiichi
Katakami, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Government of Japan. The two
The Defence Minister Shri Manohar Parrikar and Union Minister
of Human Resource Development Shri Prakash Javadekar released three books on
the life of former President Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam on July 27, 2016. The books
entitled “Dr Kalam, Prerna ki Udaan” in Hindi, “Do You Know Dr. APJ Abdul
Kalam” in English and “Prerna Nu Zarnu : Dr Abdul Kalam” in Gujarati language
have been written by Dr. Unnat
The Strategic Forces Command (SFC) which forms part of the
National Command Authority (NCA) has been added to the Second Schedule of the
Right to Information Act (RTI), 2005. In this regard, Union Government has
issued a notification mentioning SFC has been brought under sub-section (2) of
Section 24 of the RTI. The Section 24 of the RTI exempts security and
intelligence establishments from its purview.
Noted Tabla maestro Pandit Lachu Maharaj passed away in
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh due to cardiac arrest. He was 73 years old. Lacchu
Maharaj was renowned internationally and his table performance had drawn
attention of the connoisseur of performing arts from across the country and
world. About Lachu Maharaj His real name was Lakshmi Narayan Singh. He belonged
to Banaras gharana of classical music. He had started
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has given its approval for installation of Ghatampur
Thermal Power Project (GTPC) of 1980 MW (3 X 660 MW) capacity through a Joint
Venture Company named “Neyveli Uttar Pradesh Power Limited (NUPPL)” formed
jointly by Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited (NLC) and Uttar Pradesh Rajya
Vidyut Utpadan
Oscar-winning music composer AR Rahman is all set to perform
at United Nations General Assembly on the occasion of India’s 70th Independence
Day. This will be second time in a year when India will showcase its strength
at the international platform. Prior to this, renowned spiritual leader
Sadhguru had led a yoga session on the occasion of International Yoga Day on
June 21, which was attended by top UN officials,
The Bharatiya Janata Party MP and Board Of Control For
Cricket In India president Anurag Thakur was today commissioned into the
territorial army as a lieutenant by Army Staff General Dalbir Singh Suhag. Like
most politicians, he is usually dressed in a kurta pajama in Parliament.
However, this morning he caught his colleagues by surprise by turning up in
army fatigues. Thakur is attached to the Sikh regiment and will
The Centre has told the National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) that
its order to phase out diesel vehicles more than 15-year-old in Delhi is
“contravention” of the provisions of the Motor Vehicle Act because “currently
there was no legal provision” under which such vehicles can be scrapped. “At
present no legal provisions exist under which diesel vehicles which are more
than 15 years old and are BS I or BS II compliant could be
The newly released data from the 2011 Census shows that the
Muslim community, the largest minority in the country, come out pretty much at
the bottom of most socio-economic indices even a decade after a high-level
government probe into their historical disadvantages led to policy actions.
Almost a quarter of India’s 370,000 beggars are Muslims, newly released data
from the 2011 Census show, reinforcing that the
A day after, it provided protection to the key witness Harish
Dulani in Salman Khan Chinkara poaching case, Rajasthan Govt on Friday
constituted five member committee to review Supreme Court appeal details in
Salman Khan Chinkara case. The move comes after Dulani who was believed to be
missing, resurfaced and told media that he was forced into hiding after
receiving threats. Dulani resurfaced two days after the
The report of the independent commission of the World
Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) chaired by Canadian sports law professor Richard
McLaren, is being scrutinised by the Russian Investigative Committee (IC),
Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko said on Friday. "Our current task is
to calmly work in the legal framework. McLaren's report was sent to IC, they
are scrutinising it. The Ministry of Sports has set up a
Lucknow/Buxar, Jul 29 (IBNS): Expelled Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) leader Dayashankar Singh has been arrested in Buxar, Bihar, on Friday,
according to media reports. He was on the run for nearly a week after his
derogatory comment about Bahujan Samaj Party leader and former Uttar Pradesh
chief minsiter, Mayawati, who is also seen as a champion of the Dalit
community. On Thursday, Dayashankar Singh failed
Srinagar, July 29 (IBNS): The Supreme Court on Friday refused
to impose Governor's rule in Jammu and Kashmir, but asked the union government
for a status report on the ground level situation, reports said. The Supreme
Court was hearing a petition filed by the J&K Panther’s Party chief Bhim
Singh. As per reports, the court directed the Solicitor General of India to
file before it a status report on the ground situation in the
A trial court for Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA)
on Friday declared beleaguered industrialist Vijay Mallya a ‘proclaimed
offender’, after he failed to appear before the court on Friday. A person
against whom an arrest warrant has been issued can be declared a ‘proclaimed
offender’ if the court has reasons to believe that he/she is absconding or is
in hiding, blocking execution of the warrant. The Enforcement
State-run MTNL will soon get a full-time chairman and
managing director (CMD), as the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has
formed a search-cum-selection committee for such an appointment with a tenure
of five years. The state-run telecom company, which offers services in Delhi
and Mumbai, has been without a full-time CMD since May 30, 2014, when A K Garg
retired from the post. P K Purwar, director
Unaffected by the nationwide strike by employees of public
sector banks, State Bank of India (SBI) Chairman Arundhati Bhattacharya said on
Friday the merger of five associate banks and Bhartiya Mahila Bank with the
country’s largest lender should be over by next March. On the sidelines of the
launch of SBI’s wealth management offering called “SBI Exclusif,” Bhattacharya
also said the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
The Department of Science and Technology (DST) is revamping a
popular outreach programme, conceived to hook children early on to science and
research, and tweaking it to reflect a thrust on technology and exposing
children to the “innovation cycle.” The INSPIRE Awards (Innovation in Science
Pursuit for Inspired Research), as they are now called, will be rechristened
MANAK (Million Minds Augmenting
The United Nations Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF)
conducted a symposium to announce the upcoming ‘Media Awards 2016’ at Green
Park Hotel in Begumpet on Friday. An interesting extension this year is that
the ‘Awards’ have been opened for print media. Anita Medasani, Regional
Manager, CMS Hyderabad moderated the programme and covered the modalities. She
explained that for this year these
The state government has announced Dr Rajkumar Award,
Puttanna Kanagal Award and Dr ishnuvardhan Award for the year 2015. The prestigious
Rajkumar Award has been conferred on noted Kannada actress of yesteryear
Harini. The Puttanna Kanagal Award has been conferred on noted director
Nagatihalli Chandrashekar. Noted music director Rajan (of Rajan-Nagendra fame)
has been selected for Dr
Tabla maestro Pandit Lacchu Maharaj passed away on 28 July
2016 in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. He was 72. Lacchu Maharaj has been described
as one of the frontline tabla players in the world. Pandit Lacchu Maharaj
belonged to Banaras Gharana. His real name was Lakshmi Narayan Singh. Other
than his professional performances all over the world, he played the tabla in
many Bollywood films.
T Nanda Kumar resigned from the post of Chairman of the
National Dairy Development Board (NDDB). Kumar had submitted his resignation on
29 June 2016. Kumar’s resignation was accepted by the Appointments Committee of
Cabinet on 27 July 2016. Kumar, who had a five-year term ending in 2019, will
be relieved on 1 August 2016.T Nanda Kumar is a retired 1972-batch IAS officer
from the Bihar cadre.
Madras Crocodile Bank Trust: 40 years celebration of its
opening for public . Madras Crocodile Bank Trust and Centre for Herpetology
came in news in fourth week of July 2016. It came in news because it is
celebrating its 40 years of opening its gate for the public. Madras Crocodile
Bank Trust and Centre for Herpetology (or Croc Bank) It is a non
government environmental organization and was founded in 1976 by
Astronomers in a new study claimed that Jupiter’s Great Red
Spot, a storm three times bigger than Earth, is hundreds of degrees hotter than
anywhere else on the planet. The study was published in Nature on 27 July 2016.
GRS, the largest storm in the solar system, was detected using an infrared
telescope at Hawaii’s Mauna Kea Observatory. The storm is based in Jupiter’s
lower atmosphere and spans 13670 miles by 7456
The Indo-Thailand Military Exercise Maitree concluded on 29
July 2016 at Krabi, Thailand. The exercise had commenced on 15 July 2016 under
the aegis of the Royal Thailand Army. The aim of the joint exercise was to
train contingents of both the armies on conduct of counter terrorist operations
in an urban nvironment.
• 90 soldiers of Indian Army and Royal Thailand Army had
participated in the two week long Exercise.
The United Nations World Day against Trafficking in Persons
2016 was observed across the world on 30 July 2016. On this day, the United
Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) launched the campaign #igivehope to
show victims of human trafficking.the day aims at raising awareness of the
plight of human trafficking victims, and promoting and protecting their rights.
In 2013, the General Assembly held a high-level
Haryana Government has launched Pashudhan Bima Yojana, an
insurance cover scheme for cattle breeders in the state. It was launched by
Haryana Animal Husbandry and Dairying Minister, O. P. Dhankar in Jhajjar. Key
Facts Pashudhan Bima Yojana will provide insurance cover to cattle breeders in
the state at different premium rates for different animals. Insurance cover
will be provided at a premium of Rs 100 for cows,
MD and CEO of Rajshri Media, Rajjat Barjatya passed away on
Friday, July 30, 2016, after losing a battle to cancer. The cousin of Sooraj
Barjatya, Rajjat had been fighting with cancer since the last three months and
as per sources, the family was trying to arrange a bone marrow match for him.
The cremation ceremony
In a meeting of State Food Secretaries held here today, procurement
target for paddy in terms of rice for Kharif Crop during Kharif Marketing
Season (KMS) 2016-17 has been finalised as 330 lakh tonnes against target of
300 lakh tonnes of last year i.e. KMS 2015-16. In KMS 2015-16 actual
procurement of rice (Kharif crop) was 309.28 LMT.the meeting chaired by the
Union Food Secretary, Ms Vrinda Sarup
The Sixth batch of 25 declassified files relating to Netaji
Subhas Chandra Bose were released online on web portal www.netajipapers.gov.in
by Shri N.K. Sinha, Secretary, Ministry of Culture here today. The present
batch of 25 files consists of 25 files from Ministry of External Affairs (MEA)
during 1952-2014. It may be recalled that first lot of 100 files relating to
Netaji, after their preliminary conservation treatment and
Aerial Delivery Research and Development Establishment
(ADRDE), Agra is a premier R&D Laboratory of Defence Research &
Development Organisation (DRDO) engaged in design and development of various
types of parachutes for Armed Forces. Over the years, ADRDE has designed
and developed the following categories of parachutes:-Paratrooper parachutes.
Government of Himachal Pradesh, NTPC Ltd. & NHPC signed
an MoU for setting up Hydro Engineering College in the State of Himachal
Pradesh to promote technical education in the State here today. The signing of
this MoU will herald a new era of cooperation of federal spirit between central
Govt. & State Govt. of Himachal Pradesh and hugely benefit the Education
& Skill Development needs of people of Himachal
Total 97 number of Cluster Development Programme related to
natural fibre (including Bamboo craft) under Ambedkar Hastshilp Vikas Yojana
(AHVY) have been sanctioned to different agencies during last five year from
2011-12 to 2015-16. During last five years, 77148 artisans were mobilized and
about 4572 SHGs have been formed. These artisans of SHGs have been benefited
through different kind of interventions like
The Ujjawala scheme of Ministry of Women and Child
Development has specific components for Prevention of trafficking and for
Rescue, Rehabilitation, Re-integration and Repatriation of victims of
trafficking for commercial sexual exploitation. The Ministry has released a
total amount of 42 Crore to States/UTs during 2013-16 under the scheme and
nearly 18215 have benefited over the same period. During 2016-17 (upto
the Ministry of Women and Child Development is implementing
IGMSY, a centrally sponsored Conditional Maternity Benefit (CMB) scheme, under
which the maternity benefits of Rs.6,000/- per beneficiary is provided in two
equal instalments to pregnant and lactating mothers of 19 years and above, for
first two live births, subject to fulfilment of certain conditions relating to
maternal and child health. IGMSY aims to
The number of beneficiaries [children (6 months to 6 years)
and pregnant & lactating mothers] for supplementary nutrition under ICDS
scheme of Ministry of Women and Child Development have increased from 956.12
lakh to 1030.14 lakh and Number of beneficiaries [children (3-6 years) for
pre-school education increased from 353.29 lakh to 354.05 lakh during the last
four years. Similarly, Anganwadi
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