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India
beat Korea to win bronze medal in Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
Sports
> Hockey > Apr 12
India
beat Korea in the tie-breaker penalty shootout and won bronze by
coming third in the 24th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup. The win is sure to
act as a morale booster for the Indian team, which is witnessing a
transition phase after new chief coach Paul van Ass took over from
Terry Walsh barely a month ago.
Sania
Mirza climbs to World No. 1 position
Sports
> Tennis > Apr 13
Sania
Mirza became the first Indian women to reach the world No. 1 position
in the individual doubles ranking. Sania and her Swiss partner
Martina Hingis beat Australian Casey Dellacqua and Croatia's Darja
Jurak in the title round before claiming the No. 1 title. Sania
displaced the joint-No. 1s Italians Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci to
claim sole ownership of the top spot of the individual doubles
rankings.
Modi
government notifies National Judicial Appointments Commission Act
with immediate effect
Politics
and Government >
National
Judicial Appointments Commission Act > Apr 14
With
a view to replace the collegium system for appointing judges to
superior courts with a more broadbased process in which the executive
will have a say, the Modi government notified the National Judicial
Appointments Commission Act with immediate effect. NJAC will be a
six-member body, comprising the Chief Justice of India and two of his
senior most judges, the law minister and two eminent people. Any two
of them can veto any candidature. However, this new body has been
opposed by many saying the veto power to non-judicial members over
judicial members, would damage the independence of the judiciary. A
three judge SC bench has referred the matter to a larger bench
without restraining the government from going ahead and formalising
the rule. The crucial hearing will be held in the Supreme Court on
Wednesday.
Others
Sumit
Mazumder elected as President of Confederation of Indian Industry for
the year 2015-16
Corporate
>
Confederation of
Indian Industry > Apr 07
Sumit
Mazumder succeeded Ajay Shriram to become the President of
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for the year 2015-16 on 7
April 2015. Mazumder currently works as the Executive Chairman of
TIPL (Tractors India Pvt. Ltd.) which is a distributor for
Caterpillar, USA, in India, Nepal and Bhutan for earthmoving,
construction, mining equipment and power systems. Also, Dr. Naushad
Forbes was elected as the President-designate of the CII for the year
2015-16. He is the Director of Forbes Marshall, India's leading Steam
Engineering and Control Instrumentation firm.
Nasim
Zaidi to be the new Chief Election Commissioner
India
> Election
Commission > Apr 08
As
current Chief Election Commissioner HS Brahma prepares to retire, the
spot will now be filled by Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi. The
decision comes as a convention of appointing the senior-most EC as
the CEC. After Zaidi's appointment, the government will set in motion
the process to appoint two election commissioners to fill vacancies
in the three-member body.
Deccan
Grameena Bank’s name changed to Telangana Grameena Bank
Investment
and Banking >
Deccan Grameena
Bank > Apr 09
Reserve
Bank of India in a notification told that the name of Deccan Grameena
Bank has been changed to Telangana Grameena Bank. The Union
Government had earlier changed the name of the bank through a
notification in October 2014. The Union government holds 50 per cent
stake in TGB, while 15 per cent share is held by Telangana government
and the rest of 35 per cent by the State Bank of Hyderabad. Since
March 2006, the bank has existed by the name of Deccan Grameena Bank.
9th
IRENA meet in Abu Dhabi to be chaired by India
World
> IRENA
Meet > Apr 10
The
International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Council will be headed
by India this year. This meeting is scheduled to be held in Abu Dhabi
in June. IRENA is an intergovernmental organisation that promotes
adoption and sustainable use of renewable energy with India being one
of its founder members.
24-hour
female helpline 'Saheli' launched in Jammu
India
> Female
Helpline > Apr 12
Jammu
lanches a 24-hour helpline named 'Saheli' to help the female victims
of domestic violence and other crimes. The helpline initiated by
Aditi welfare India Charitable Trust enables women in distress to
call the Saheli helpline number and discuss their grievances related
to family or social. The helpline also provides them with counselling
regarding various other women-oriented schemes of central and state
government. Help from legal experts would also be taken to provide
support in their court cases.
Migrants
can't vote in native place: EC to SC
India
> Elections > Apr 13
The
Election Committee has told the Supreme Court that people who migrate
from their native places cannot cast vote in elections in that
constituency. It also said that such a person should get
himself/herself enrolled in the electoral roll of the constituency
where he/she is residing after migration. In its affidavit, EC said
that the qualification for being resident at a given place is not
fulfilled merely because a person owns a house at that place.
However, numerous NRIs have opposed this and raised the issue of
migrant voters within the country.
20
MoUs and Agreements signed between India and France
Politics
and government >
Indo-French
Relations > Apr 13
Giving
a boost to the bilateral co-operation between India and France, the
two nations signed 20 Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) and
Agreements on 10 April 2015. The agreements cover the fields of
Defence and Nuclear Energy, Space, Economic relations, Railways,
Energy, Tourism, Science and Technology, Skill Development and
Ayurveda. Apart from this, India also agreed to buy 36 multi-role
Combat Aircraft Rafale fighter jets in a flyway condition.
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