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AWARDS AND HONORS
AR Rahman conferred with Japan’s Fukuoka prize 2016
Legendary Oscar winning Indian music composer A.R. Rahman has been awarded with Japan’s Fukuoka prize for 2016. It is reported that Rahman has been conferred with the award for his outstanding contribution towards creating, preserving and showcasing South Asian traditional fusion music.
The Fukuoka Prize is an award established by the city of Fukuoka and the Yokatopia Foundation to honour the outstanding work of individuals or organizations in preserving or creating Asian culture. There are three prize categories: Grand Prize, Academic Prize, and Arts and Culture Prize. Last year, noted Indian Historian Ramchandra Guha was conferred with Fukuoka Prize in academic category.
Quick Link – Japan’s Fukuoka prize
CEAT Cricket Awards 2016 conferred
Star India batsman Virat Kohli has been named Ceat T20 Player of the Year while former India captain Dilip Vengsarkar was conferred with the Lifetime Achievement Award. England batsman Joe Root was named as the Ceat International Cricketer of the Year as well as International Batsman of the Year. India off-spinner R Ashwin won the Ceat International Bowler of the Year award while Rohit Sharma was named as the Indian Cricketer of the Year.
Quick Link – CEAT Cricket Awards
APPOINTMENTS
Admiral Sunil Lanba takes charge as 21st Navy Chief
Admiral Sunil Lanba took charge as the Chief of Naval Staff in New Delhi as the current CNS Admiral R.K.Dhowan retired after four decade of service. On May 6, 2016, the government appointed Lanba, the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Naval Command as the Chief of Naval Staff. Admiral Lanba, 58, is a qualified specialist in navigation and direction course and will have a full three-year-term in office till May 31, 2019.
Quick Link – Sunil Lanba as Chief of Naval Staff
INDIAN AFFAIRS
Indian Railways withdraws charges on card payment
In another passenger-friendly move, the Railways have decided to withdraw the service charge of Rs.30 levied on transactions against credit cards and debit cards for purchasing railway tickets at Public Reservation System (PRS) counters in the country. From June 1, passengers booking tickets using credit cards and debit cards at PRS counters need not pay Rs.30 in excess of the ticket fare.
The Ministry of Railways has already issued circulars to general managers of all zonal railways informing the withdrawal of the service charge, official sources said.
Quick Link – Rs.30 withdraws
India is among 10 wealthiest countries : World Wealth Report
India has been ranked among the 10 wealthiest countries globally with total individual wealth of $5,200 billion, but this is largely owing to its large population, a report said, adding that on a per capita basis, the average Indian is “quite poor”.
- According to the report by New World Wealth, India has been ranked seventh in the list of top 10 wealthiest countries in the world, which was topped by the United States with total individual wealth of $48,700 billion.
“India only makes the W10 (10 wealthiest) due to its large population. On a per capita basis, the average Indian is quite poor,” the report said, adding that over the past 15 years the country grew “strongly”.
- China was the fastest growing W10 country over the past 15 years (2000–2015). Australia and India also grew strongly, by report.
Quick Link – 10 wealthiest countries
India’s own submarine assembly workshop inaugurated at Mazgaon
Defence minister Manohar Parrikar inaugurate the submarine assembly workshop in Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL). At present, MDL is building six Scorpene class of submarines for the Indian Navy, with around 35% of indigenisation. The minister also emphasised that the defence Public Sector Undertakings (PSU) should undertake orders to export ships by having a dedicated “export cell”.
The newly built Submarine Marine Assembly Workshop is a pre-engineered building structure to handle construction of multiple submarines simultaneously. Built at a cost of Rs153 crore, it will make it possible to assemble five submarines in the workshop at the same time.
Quick Link – Submarine assembly workshop
Indian Railways, PEC sign MoU to set up Kalpana Chawla Chair on geospatial technology
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed by Ministry of Railways and PEC University of Technology for setting up of ‘Kalpana Chawla Chair‘ on Geospatial Technology for Indian Railways at PEC University of Technology, Chandigarh. The MoU is a unique collaboration between the two organizations which will help in developing applications to remove day to day engineering and technological problems and geospatial solutions to Indian Railways. He stated that this is very historic partnership which will ascertain smooth functioning of the Railways.
Quick Link – Indian Railways, PEC-MOU
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
Duterte declared Philippine president-elect by parliament
The Philippine parliament has officially declared Rodrigo “Digong” Duterte to be the president-elect. Mr Duterte won a landslide victory in the presidential election recently, taking about six million votes more than his closest competitor. The tough-talking mayor of Davao won on a strident anti-crime platform, promising to wipe out crime in months. Mr Duterte, 71, did not attend Monday’s ceremony, saying he had “never attended any proclamation all my life”. He has largely stayed in Davao, in the south, since his election win.
Quick Link – Digong
SPORTS
Gurpreet Singh Sandhu becomes first Indian to play in Tippeligaen
Indian national team goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu achieved a historic feat by becoming the first Indian to feature in a top-tier league match in Europe, by turning out for Norwegian side Stabaek FC. The 24-year-old Sandhu kept a clean sheet in his first Tippeligaen (Norwegian Premier League) start for Stabaek FC, helping them claim a dominant 5-0 triumph over IK Start in an away league match.
Quick Link – Gurpreet Singh Sandhu
Sonia Lather won silver in Women’s World Boxing Championships
Indian boxer Sonia Lather (57kg) settled for a silver medal at the AIBA Women’s World Championships after going down to top seed Alessia Mesiano of Italy in a hard-fought summit clash. The lone Indian boxer to make the medal rounds, Sonia lost 1-2 but her silver ensured that India did not return empty-handed after what was a throughly disappointing campaign overall. The 24-year-old from Haryana was off the blocks confidently and managed to rattle Mesiano in the opening round with her precisely-placed combination punches.
Quick Link – Women’s World Boxing Championships
OBITUARY
Noted Kannada writer D Javare Gowda passes away
Noted Kannada writer D. Javare Gowda, popularly known as De. Ja. Gow., breathed his last following a brief illness. He was hospitalised three days ago following a heart attack. A disciple of Kuvempu, Mr Gowda penned several books and also served as Vice-Chancellor of University of Mysuru (UoM).
Besides contributing significantly to Kannada literature, he dedicated most of his time and effort to protecting Kannada and promoting the language as a medium of instruction in schools. He played an important role in securing the classical language status for Kannada by launching an indefinite fast and threatening to return the Padma Shri conferred on him in 2001.
Quick Link – Javare Gowda passes away
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