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LIMCA Book of Records pronounces ‘TMKOC’
Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah has done it once again. TMKOC has added another feather to its cap. LIMCA Book of Records has pronounced TMKOC as the “Longest Running Comedy Show”. “We had started telecasting the show on 28 July 2008 inspite of adverse comments and advice from people on the very concept and story of Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah. However, I was confident and so
Former cop who led ‘Operation Cocoon’ writing book on Veerappan
Almost 12 years after his elimination, the story of the killing of forest brigand Veerappan is being chronicled, none other than by the person who led the ‘Operation Cocoon’. Retired IPS officer K Vijay Kumar is currently writing the nearly 1,000 page book on Veerappan, who had ruled 6,000 sq km forest in three Southern states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala for more than two decades, poached over 200
Gadkari announces Rs 5000 Cr Dharamsala-Shimla four-laning project
Union Minister for Road Transport Nitin Gadkari on Monday inaugurated the Hamirpur bypass and announced Rs 5000 crore Dharamsala-Shimla four-laning project for Himachal Pradesh. Gadkari, who along with Union Health Minister JP Nadda is on two day tour of Himachal to mark the completion of two years in the office of the Modi government, assured all help to the state for its development and said the
Williams overtakes Sharapova as top earner
French Open runner-up Williams ended the Russian’s 11-year reign after earning an astonoshing $28.9 million in combined prize money and off-field earnings over the past 12 months. Sharapova lost some sponsorship money after announcing she had tested positive for the recently banned substance meldonium at the Australian Open in January and is provisionally suspended, and has moved down to second spot at
MMA fighter Kimbo Slice dead at 42
Street fighting legend Slice, real name Kevin Ferguson, was taken to hospital from his home in Coral Springs in a “dire situation” according to police. The cause of his death was not immediately apparent. Bellator president Scott Coker released a statement saying, “We are all shocked and saddened by the devastating and untimely loss of Kimbo Slice, a beloved member of the Bellator family. “One of the most popular MMA
Guwahati declares Gangetic River Dolphin as its ‘city animal’
Guwahati on 6 June 2016 became first city in the country to have its own ‘city animal’ with Kamrup metropolitan district administration declaring Gangetic River Dolphin as its mascot. Gangetic River Dolphin is locally known as ‘Sihu’ and fewer than 2000 such animals remain in the River Brahmaputra along Guwahati. The district administration had organised online and off-line voting among three
Draft National Water Framework Bill, 2016 released
The Union Ministry of Water Resources on 16 May 2016 released the Draft National Water Framework Bill, 2016 to invite comments and suggestion from public. The proposed Act provides an overarching national legal framework with principles for protection, conservation, regulation and management of water as a vital and stressed natural resource. Since ‘water’ is in the State list of the Constitution, the
13,000 MT imported pulses arrived, more in pipeline
bout 13,000 MT imported pulses have reached the country and delivery of about 6,000 MT pulses in pipeline. Arrived quantity includes 11,000MT Tur and 2,000MT Urad. Besides contracted import of 38,500 MT pulses, the Government agencies have procured 51,000 MT Kharif and 60,000 MT Rabi pulses so far.
This was informed during the inter-ministerial committee meeting held to review prices of essential
President of India to receive first copy of book ‘The Education President’ tomorrow
The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee will receive the first copy of a book “The Education President” tomorrow (May 8, 2016) at a function to be held at Rashtrapati Bhavan. The President will receive the book from Vice President, Shri Mohammad Hamid Ansari who will formally release it. The book “The Education President” published by the International Institute for Higher Education Research & Capacity
Government of India and Asian Development Bank Sign $120 Million Loan Agreement
Government of India and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed a $120 million loan agreement here today to improve irrigation and water management infrastructure in Odisha. The loan is the second tranche of a $157.5 million financing facility under the Orissa Integrated Irrigated Agriculture and Water Management Investment Program. The financing will be used for modernizing seven irrigation subprojects
India ranked 2nd on GRD index on ease of doing business
India has been ranked second position as per 2016 Global Retail Development Index (GRDI) released by London-based business consultancy A T Kearney. India has jumped 13 positions from last year (2015) to rank second among 30 developing countries on ease of doing business. Key Highlights of 2016 GRDI The sharp pick up in GDP growth and better clarity regarding FDI regulations have helped India achieve a second ranking. India’s retail
Rajasthan Government launches Mobile App RajVayu on Air Quality Index
Rajasthan Government has launched mobile application RajVayu for sharing information about air quality index of Jaipur, Udaipur and Jodhpur. The app was launched by Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje on the eve of World Environment Day (5th June). With this, Rajasthan becomes first state in country to launch such app for sharing information about air quality index of cities. Key features of RajVayu
Kulmeet Bawa appointed Adobe MD for South AsiaKulmeet Bawa appointed Adobe MD for South Asia
Adobe on 6 June 2016 announced the appointment of Kulmeet Bawa as Managing Director (MD) for South Asia. He will begin his new role on 24 June 2016. Bawa will take over the position from Umang Bedi, who is leaving the company after five years of service.Bawa will report to Paul Robson, President of Adobe Asia Pacific. Bawa will lead Adobe's customer-facing engagements in India.Bawa currently
Sourav Ganguly-Rahul Dravid's record broken by Riki Wessels-Michael Lumb
London, June 7: The ongoing Royal London One-Day Cup between English county teams Nottinghamshire and Northamptonshire went into books on Monday (June 6) as several records were tumbled in the List A game. The high-scoring match played at Trent Bridge cricket ground saw a record one-day partnership and the most aggregate runs scored in a
Motivator appoints Upali Nag as National Head-Insights and Innovation
Motivator, a GroupM agency and India's Top 10 agency on Quality as per RECMA 2015, has appointed Upali Nag as National Head - Insights and Innovation. Nag will work out of the agency’s Bangalore office and will report to V.Narayanan, Chief Growth Officer, Motivator. Her role will involve providing strategic business solutions and data-driven insights to Motivator’s growing client base besides building the business
India launches road show for small oil, gas fields’ auction
Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday launched the first road show for the Discovered Small Fields Bid Round auctions in 2016, saying the auctions under the new Hydrocarbon Exploration and Licensing Policy (HELP) would usher a more transparent regime of resource allocations and greater ease of doing business. “The spirit behind the journey from NELP (New Exploration Licensing Policy) to HELP is to
Umang Bedi to join Facebook as India MD
Social networking giant Facebook today said it has appointed former Adobe executive Umang Bedi as managing director of its India operations. Bedi, whose appointment is effective July, will lead in building and maintaining strategic relationships with top clients and regional agencies in the country, Facebook said in a statement.He will take over from Kirthiga Reddy, who will be returning to the US to take on a new role at
Dell India launches initiative on PC for education
Dell India today announced the launch of its initiative that aims at making students aware of the importance a personal computer in education. ‘Aarambh’ – a pan India initiative aimed at spearheading the use of the personal computer (PC) for education, a company statement said. The year-long project aims to reach 1 million students and 1,00,000 teachers across 5,000 schools; and 2,00,000 parents in 75 cities across the
Ashok Ganapathy appointed as Director of Airtel Business
Ashok Ganapathy was on 6 June 2016 appointed as the Director of Bharti Airtel Ltd. He will take over the post with effect from 1 July 2016. Ganapathy succeeds Manish Prakash as Director (Airtel Business). Prakash has been appointed as Director (strategic alliances). He will report to Gopal Vittal, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director (India & South Asia), Bharti Airtel.In this new role, Ashok
KBC honours graduating students
Dimapur, June 6: Altogether 75 students including 40 from Bachelor of Theology and 35 from Master of Divinity graduated on May 31 at Kohima Bible College.
Addressing the Graduates, Rev. Dr. ShiwotoAssumi, Senior Pastor NCRC (Sumi), specified them not to preach their degrees but the Word of God and serve as faithful workman in a presentable way before God.
China inaugurates environmental prize
BEIJING - A total of 19 groups and 33 individuals became the first winners of China's environmental prize, the ecological civilization award, on World Environment Day on Sunday.The winners were from provinces and regions including Sichuan, Xinjiang,Zhejiang and Tibet. The award event will be run by the Ministry of Environmental Protection every three years.Also on Sunday, a symposium was held in
BANKEDGE – Academy for Banking and Finance, a National Banking Training Provider has won the “Best Vocational Training Academy in India for Banking and Financial Services Sector” Award held at New Delhi by Franchise India on 26th May 2016. This is the Golden Training Year that BANKEDGE’s Learning Methodology is appreciated and honoured with this prestigious award for its contribution towards
Announcing Winners of India Solar Week Excellence Awards at India Solar Week 2016
India Solar Week was attended by 250+ participants across the globe. Attendees at this event included Key government officials, CXOs and other senior company officials from all the stakeholders of Indian solar sector including developers, EPC players, service and technology providers, investors and other top professionals from the sector. The India Solar Week
Gigi Hadid wins top prize at Guys’ Choice Awards
Supermodel Gigi Hadid picked up the top prize- Our New Girlfriend prize – at the 10th annual Guys’ Choice Awards. The 21-year-old catwalk beauty, who is the recipient of the honour previously awarded to Kate Upton, Chrissy Teigen, Hannah Davis, and Emily Ratajkowski, said she was not as prepared as she would have liked to be, reported a website. “I thought I was going to come come and wing it (my speech) and be good, but
Oxford University Press India wins two awards at the Indian Education Awards 2016
New Delhi: Oxford University Press (OUP) won the K-12 Education Publisher of the Year and Early Child Education Publisher of the Year Awards at Indian Education Awards 2016 organized by Franchise India. The 6th National Awards for Excellence in Education were held on 26th May and were presented by renowned Author, Educator, Business Consultant and Entrepreneur Mr. Shiv Khera. The Indian Education
Vishal and Varalakshmi receive together - contribution to the cause of animals.
The first annual meeting of People for Cattle in India (PFCI) was held at a hotel in Chennai with TN Governor Dr. R.K. Rosaiah, presiding over as the chief guest. At the event both Vishal and Varalakshmi Sarathkumar received awards for their contribution to the cause of animals. Vishal received the Face of Animal Activism 2015 award for his constant voicing of support and agitation for animals and his best
JSPCB awards three prizes to Tata Steel on World Environment Day
Jamshedpur, June 6: Tata Steel has won three prizes on World Environment Day for commendable work done in the area of environment protection and improvement by Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board (JSPCB). The company bagged prizes for its iron ore mine at Noamundi , coal mines at West Bokaro Division in the Mines category and a prize in the Industry category by the Jamshedpur Steel Works. These
Railways sets a new target: 1.40 lakh bio-toilets to be installed by 2019
Stepping up efforts to make environment better, the railways has set a target to install bio-toilets in all coaches to ensure the entire rail network as zero discharge zone by 2019. “Our target was to install bio-toilets in all our coaches by 2021. But now we have advanced it to 2019,” Railway Board Chairman AK Mital said at the World Environment Day function in New Delhi. According to the action plan, railways will
Ricky Donison Lifts Senior Max Title
Ricky Donison clinched Senior Max title in the opening round of the 13th JK Tyre-FMSCI National Rotax Championship at the Meco Kartopia track, The 2014 National Rotax Max junior champion Donison of BPC Racing topped the heats and continued his red-hot form to clinch the race comfortably. The event was held in MECO Kartopia. Ricky Donison a bengaluru boy aged about 17 has been dominating the race in the
India umpire S Ravi remains in Elite Panel, Shamshuddin in Emerging Panel
New Delhi, June 7: S Ravi retained his place in the 'Elite Panel' while C Shamshuddin has been elevated to 'Emerging Panel' in the ICC Selection Panel of Umpires for the coming season. According to bcci.tv, Ravi has been retained by the ICC Selection Panel of Umpires owing to his impressive track record.Since making his debut as an official in a T20I between
As India aged, 32% of elderly got 71% of government money
Five states with no more than 32 per cent of India's population of senior citizens (above 60) cornered 71 per cent of the Rs 34 crore that the Centre provided for maintenance of old-age homes over the past four years, according to an analysis of government data. India is known for its demographic dividend, but the country is ageing, its elderly population rising 36
L-G gives nod to dedicated bus lanes
Motorists obstructing plying of buses on dedicated lanes might soon be prosecuted with a fine of Rs 2,000 in the national capital. Lieutenant-Governor Najeeb Jung on Monday gave his go-ahead to a Delhi government proposal to create such lanes on major roads. Jung, however, has asked the government to come out clean on some issues, including plying of goods vehicles in bus lanes and
Clean natural water bodies in three weeks: NGT to Delhi government
The National Green Tribunal has directed the Delhi government to clean and restore all the natural water bodies here within three weeks after a plea expressed concern over alarming depletion of the water table in the national capital. The green panel also directed the city government and agencies concerned to ensure that these water bodies receive rainwater in
Delhi government clears solar policy with 1 GW target by 2020
The Delhi government on Monday announced implementation of its solar policy with the aim of making the national capital a solar city with installation of 1 GW solar power capacity by 2020. This target is proposed to double it to 2 GW during further next five years (by 2025).The decision to clear the policy, which “outlines a combination of regulations, mandates, incentives, and tax breaks for the growth of rooftop solar
New compound shows promise against malaria
Malaria parasites cause hundreds of millions of infections, and kills hundreds of thousands of people annually, mostly in Africa. And in recent years the most dangerous malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, has become increasingly resistant to the main anti-malarial drugs. Now, an international team of researchers
IDBI Bank launches India’s first of its kind G-Sec Investment Facility
IDBI Bank's Director, Ninad Karpe inaugurated the nation’s first of its kind “G-Sec Investment Facility through ATM for Retail Investors” on March 15, 2016, at the IDBI Bank’s ATM at Corporate Centre, Mumbai. Kishor Kharat, MD & CEO, B. K. Batra, DMD, other Directors and senior officers of the Bank were present on the occasion. This facility is unique and first of its kind initiative of the Bank to
RBI Credit Policy: RBI keeps key rates unchanged, says inflation risks have gone up
A status quo on rate action was factored in by experts as India grew at a phenomenal 7.9 percent for the March quarter and by 7.6 percent for the last fiscal year. Retail inflation, largely driven by food prices, inched up to 5.4 percent in April from 4.8 percent in the previous month, making it difficult for the RBI to cut rates any further.The Reserve Bank of India governor kept the benchmark repo rate
Visit of Shri Manohar Parrikar to Vietnam from June 05 to 07
The Defence Minister Shri Manohar Parrikar arrived in Hanoi on 05 June 2016 on an official visit to Vietnam. After his arrival the Defence Minister met the National Defence Minister of Vietnam, Gen. Ngo Xuan Lich. During their meeting, both Ministers reviewed the entire spectrum of defence cooperation initiatives between the two countries and focussed on measures to further strengthen their
PM’s engagements in Washington DC – June 6th, 2016
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, arrived in Washington DC on Monday afternoon. He laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, at the Arlington Cemetery. He also laid a wreath at the Space Shuttle Columbia Memorial. Mr. Jean Pierre Harrison, husband of Astronaut Kalpana Chawla - who perished in the Columbia tragedy - was present. Astronaut Sunita Williams was also among those
Swachh Yug : Gram Panchayats along the Ganga to be made Open Defecation Free
The Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, in partnership with Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, and Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, is intensifying support to the five States of Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal, to make all villages along the banks of the Ganga Open Defecation Free (ODF). There are 5,169 villages along the
PM meets Swiss CEOs in Geneva, focus on deepening economic ties
The Prime Minister, in his third leg of the five nation tour, held a business roundtable with Swiss CEOs in Geneva today. The focus was on deepening the economic ties as the CEOs across several sectors joined the meeting. A virtual who-is-who of the Swiss business including ABB, Lafarge, Novartis, Nestlé, Rieter, Roche etc. joined the Round Table with PM. Addressing the business leaders the Prime
VEcare : Army helpline for Veterans
Headquarters Eastern Command launched a 24x7 veteran helpline ‘VEcare 1904’ at Fort William today, which was inaugurated by Gen Shankar Roy Chowdhury (Retired), former Chief of the Army Staff, amidst a large number of serving and retired soldiers. Lt Gen Praveen Bakshi, GOC-in-C Eastern Command, said the facility was in continuation of the Chief of the Army Staff’s focus on ‘Welfare of
Union Home Minister reviews Coastal Security
Union Home Minister Shri Rajnath Singh today reviewed the issues related to coastal security with the officers of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Inter-State Council Secretariat (ISCS) and Registrar General of India. Shri Susheel Kumar, Secretary (Border Management) briefed about the status of coastal security and measures being taken in this regard. Department of Border Management made a detailed
Garbine Muguruza of Spain won 2016 French Open Women’s Singles tennis title
Garbine Muguruza of Spain on 4 June 2016 won the French Open Women’s Singles tennis title at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, France. For the 22-year-old Muguruza, this was her first Grand Slam title. With this win, she also became the first Spanish woman to win a Grand Slam title since Sanchez-Vicario in Paris in 1998. To win the title, she defeated the defending champion Serena
French Open, the second Grand Slam of the 2016 tennis season, concluded on 5 June 2016. It was held for three weeks beginning on 16 May 2016 in the Roland Garros Stadium in Paris, France.
Winners of 2016 French Open
IOC honours IOA chief N Ramachandran with Olympic Order
N Ramachandran, the president of Indian Olympic Association (IOA) was awarded the prestigious Olympic Order by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on 1 June 2016. He was honoured for his outstanding services to the Olympic movement.Earlier to him, former IOA president, the late BS Adityan was the other Indian to be honoured with the same award in 1995.
