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DRDO
Missile Complex renamed as Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Missile Complex
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DRDO Missile
Complex
The
country’s prestigious DRDO Missile Complex in Hyderabad was on 15
October 2015 renamed as Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Missile Complex by Defence
Minister Manohar Parrikar during an event at Research Centre Imarat
on the occasion of the 84th Birth Anniversary of Dr Kalam, the
Missile Man.
Nobel
laureate Kailash Satyarthi conferred Harvard University’s 2015
Humanitarian of the Year Award
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Humanitarian of
the Year Award
Nobel
Peace Prize winner of 2014 Kailash Satyarthi was on 16 October 2015
conferred with the 2015 Humanitarian of the Year Award. The award is
given annually by the Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race
Relations of the Harvard University. He was awarded for his
continuing contribution to the cause of child rights and abolition of
child slavery.
Egypt,
Japan, Ukraine elected as non-permanent UNSC members
World
> UNSC
members
The
UN General Assembly has elected Egypt, Japan, Senegal, Ukraine and
Uruguay to serve as non-permanent members on the Security Council for
two-year terms beginning January 1 next year. The new members,
elected in one round of voting here yesterday, will serve until
December 31, 2017.
Ex-cabinet
secretary Alok Rawat appointed as 1st male member of National
Commission for Women
Politics
and Government >
National Commission for Women
Former
Cabinet Secretary Alok Rawat has been appointed as the first male
member of the National Commission for Women, filling the fourth seat
in the five-member body. A 1977 batch Sikkim cadre IAS officer, Rawat
has served as Director/Joint Secretary in Ministry of Defence and
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways; Secretary (UPSC); Secretary
(Coordination and Public Grievances) in the Cabinet Secretariat and
Secretary in Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga
Rejuv.
Others
India
among top 10 acquirers in US market this year
World
> U.S Market
India
has been ranked among top 10 acquirers in the US market this year
with 16 deals valued at $1.7 billion, says Baker & McKenzie.
Majority of these deals were in the pharma sector, with six
transactions totalling $1.5 billion.
Hindustan
Unilever bags Company of the Year award in ET Awards 2015
Awards
> ET
Awards
Hindustan
Unilever bagged the Company of the Year award in ET Awards 2015. The
Indian unit of the Anglo-Dutch giant grew 10 per cent in 2014-15, at
almost double the rate of the overall market. Hindustan Unilever
(HUL) sold more products in India than its global rivals Procter &
Gamble, Nestle, Colgate, GSK Consumer and Reckitt Benckiser put
together.
LLP
incorporation certificate to have national emblem
Economy
> LLP
incorporation
The
government has amended certain rules pertaining to Limited Liability
Partnership (LLP) entities, which now require to have national emblem
on their certificate of incorporation. The changeshave been made by
the Corporate Affairs Ministry which is implementing the LLP Act.
Justin
Trudeau to become Canada's next Prime Minister
World
> Canada's
Next Prime Minister
Justin
Trudeau has fulfilled the great expectations he was born into,
following in the footsteps of his storied father to become Canada's
next prime minister. Now, he has the chance to restore the late
Pierre Trudeau's Liberal legacy. Justin Trudeau's Liberal Party won a
resounding victory in election, gaining an outright parliamentary
majority.
World
to turn blue for United Nations' 70th birthday
World
> UN 70th
birthday
Around
200 iconic monuments and buildings around the world, from Australia's
Sydney Opera House to the Great Pyramids of Giza in Egypt will be lit
up blue - the official colour of the UN- as part of a global campaign
to mark the 70th anniversary of the world body.
HCL
acquires Concept to Silicon Systems
Corporate
> Acquisition
HCL
Technologies Ltd has under a definitive agreement acquired a
Bengaluru-based privately held engineering services firm, Concept to
Silicon Systems (C2SiS), for an undisclosed sum.
Source:
http://www.financialexpress.com/article/companies/hcl-acquires-concept-to-silicon-systems/153452/
Syria's
President Bashar al-Assad visits Russia
World
> Assad Moscow
visit
Syria's
President Bashar al-Assad has visited Moscow on his first overseas
trip since the civil war broke out in his country in 2011.During the
surprise visit, he held talks with President Vladimir Putin. Russia
launched air strikes in Syria last month against the so-called
Islamic State (IS) and other militant groups battling Mr Assad's
forces.
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