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Manjula becomes DRDO's first woman Director General
India
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DRDO's First
Woman Director General
Defence
Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) got its first woman
director general with the appointment of J Manjula as director
general, electronics and communication systems cluster. Manjula has
the honour of being the first woman director general of DRDO cluster.
She has been leading Defence Avionics Research Establishment (DARE),
an establishment of DRDO, as a director since July 2014.
Miners
to pay 10 per cent royalty to tribal welfare
India
> Tribal
Welfare
The
Centre will notify the Pradhan Mantri Khanij Kshetra Kalyan Yojana,
which would make it mandatory for all mining companies to contribute
10 per cent-30 per cent of royalty for welfare of tribals and other
affected persons in mining areas. The move comes within a month of
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's promise of Rs 6,000 crore for
development of tribals in mining-affected areas in his Independence
Day speech.
Novak
Djokovic beats Roger Federer to win US Open 2015
Sports
>
U.S Open
Novak
Djokovic beat Roger Federer to win his second U.S. Open singles title
and a 10th Grand Slam singles title which put him into a tie with
Bill Tilden for seventh place on the career list.
Government
approves $400-million plan to procure armed Heron TP drones from
Israel
India
> Heron
TP drones
The
government has quietly approved the purchase of 10 missile-armed
drones from Israel — a crucial acquisition that will enhance
India's cross-border military strike capability. The $400-million
proposal for buying armed Heron TP drones from Israel was cleared
last week.
Others
Indians
bag two bronze medals in Commonwealth Youth Games
Sports
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Commonwealth
Youth Games
India
won two bronze medals from track and field events on Wednesday, which
was a relatively quiet day for India on the third day of competitions
in the 5th Commonwealth Youth Games.
India,
Indonesia sign pact to cooperate on criminal matters
Politics
and Government >
India, Indonesia
Pact
India
and Indonesia have signed a pact for repatriation of each other's
wanted prisoners and cooperate in all criminal matters, including
gathering evidence. Under the agreement, India will execute summons
to an accused person or to any person requiring to attend and produce
documents or a search-warrant issued by an Indonesian court.
Karnataka
gets its first IIT in Dharwad, classes from 2016-17
India
> IITs
After
a long wait of nearly 17 years, Karnataka will finally get an Indian
Institute of Technology (IIT) of its own in the city of Dharwad
making it the last south Indian state to get an IIT. Classes at IIT
Dharwad are expected to commence as early as from the next academic
session i.e. 2016 - 2017 at a temporary campus on the Water and Land
Management Institute (WALMI) premises.
Union
Cabinet approves National Offshore Wind Energy Policy
Politics
and Government >
National Offshore
Wind Energy Policy
The
Cabinet has cleared the policy to generate electricity from offshore
windmills. India is already among the world's top producers of
electricity from windmills on land, with a capacity of more than
23,000 mw, but extending the success to offshore regions has not made
much progress so far.
PepsiCo
CEO Indra Nooyi in Fortune's powerful women in business list
Corporate
> Fortune's
powerful women
PepsiCo
CEO Indra Nooyi is the sole Indian-origin executive in Fortune's list
of 50 most powerful women in business, which has been topped by
General Motors CEO Mary Barra.
7/11
blast victims demand death penalty for accused
India
> 7/11
blast
Victims
and survivors of the 2006 Mumbai train bombings on Friday demanded
death penalty for the 12 of the 13 convicted by a Special Court.
Palestinians
win approval to fly flag at UN
World
> Palestine
Palestinians
overwhelmingly won the right to fly their national flag in front of
the United
Nations headquarters, a symbolic step opposed by Israel and
the United
States.
Source:
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/us/palestinians-win-approval-to-fly-flag-at-un-1.2348456
India
backs draft resolution in UN on sovereign debt principles
Economy
> Sovereign
debt principles
India
voted in favour of a draft resolution on 'Basic Principles on
Sovereign Debt Restructuring Processes' in the UN General Assembly.
India has told the UN that "fair and balanced" resolution
of sovereign debt issues can help in continued inclusive growth and
sustainable development of debtor countries and also promote global
macro-economic stability.
India
backs draft resolution in UN on sovereign debt principles
Economy
> Sovereign
debt principles
India
voted in favour of a draft resolution on 'Basic Principles on
Sovereign Debt Restructuring Processes' in the General Assembly.
India has told the UN that "fair and balanced" resolution
of sovereign debt issues can help in continued inclusive growth and
sustainable development of debtor countries and also promote global
macro-economic stability.
RBI,
Nepal Rastra Bank ink pact for supervisory information exchange
Economy
> Supervisory
information exchange
Reserve
Bank inked an agreement with Nepal Rastra Bank on exchange of
supervisory information. The MoU was signed by Nepal Rastra Bank's
Executive Director Narayan Prasad Paudel and RBI's Executive Director
Meena Hemchandra at the central office of Reserve Bank.
Government
to pump in Rs 70,000 crore in replacing old thermal power plants
India
> Thermal
power plants
The
Union government has firmed up plans to shut down some 11,000 mw of
thermal power generation capacities that are at least 25 years old
and build bigger plants with total capacity of at least 20,000 mw on
the same tract of land for estimated investments of Rs 70,000 crore,
officials said.
Govt
working on plan to induct retired jawans into police forces
India
> Retired
jawans
The
government is working on a plan to generate employment for retired
defence personnel below officer rank who hung up their boots in their
30s and still have a valuable contribution to make in other fields.
Australian
warplanes make first air strike in Syria, France to follow soon
World
> Syria
Australian
warplanes have carried out their first air strike against the Islamic
State group in Syria, destroying an armoured personnel carrier,
defence minister Kevin Andrews has revealed. France will also carry
out its first air strikes on the Islamic State jihadist group in
Syria "in the coming weeks," according to Defence Minister
Jean-Yves Le Drian.
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