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AWARDS AND HONOURS
Lionel Messi win his first “Player of the Month” Award
Lionel Messi has been named La Liga’s Player of the Month for January. This is the first time that the Barcelona star has received the award. Messi, 28, was recognised after an opening month to 2016 in which he scored six times in five league games, including key goals at Malaga and at home to Atletico Madrid as Barca took control of the title race.
Quick Link – Player of the Month Award
Anirban Lahiri wins Hilton Asian Tour Golfer of the Year award
India’s Anirban Lahiri has been voted as the Hilton Asian Tour Golfer of Year by fans in an online poll. Lahiri reinforced his stature as one of the global game’s rising young stars with a spectacular season to remember in 2015. The Indian triumphed at the Maybank Malaysian and Hero Indian Open before going on to finish tied fifth at the PGA Championship last year. He also became the first Indian to feature at The Presidents Cup and ended the year by winning the Asian Tour Order of Merit title and finishing in 40th place in the world rankings.
Quick Link – Anirban Lahiri wins Hilton Asian Tour Golfer
APPOINTMENTS
Pachauri proceeds on leave, Ashok Chawla is chairman of TERI
The Governing Council of TERI appointed Ashok Chawla, former Union Finance Secretary and former Chairman of the Competition Commission, as its new chairman. The Council received widespread criticism from the media and women’s rights lawyers after the elevation of climate scientist R.K. Pachauri — indicted in a sexual harassment case — to the post of Executive Vice Chairman. Mr Pachauri, who has denied allegations against him, had earlier gone on leave from TERI and also stepped down as the chief of the UN’s top body on climate change, the IPCC, and the Prime Minister’s advisory body on climate change.
Quick Link – Ashok Chawla is chairman of TERI
Harinder Sidhu appointed as Australia Envoy to India
Australia has announced the appointment of India-origin Harinder Sidhu as the new High Commisisoner-designate. Sidhu’s appointment was announced by Foreign Minister Julie Bishop and she succeeds Patrick Suckling. She will be the second envoy from Australia with Indian roots. Suckling’s predecessor was Peter Varghese with a Kerala connection. Currently, US Ambassador to India Richard Verma’s parents hail from Punjab, while Canadian High Commissioner Nadir Patel was born in Gujarat. Sidhu, whose parents belonged to Punjab, said she has always been fascinated by the country of her heritage and would dedicate herself to build the relationship further.
Quick Link – Harinder Sidhu appointed as Australia Envoy
Davinder Singh named vice-chairman of ICC commission
A top Indian-origin lawyer in Singapore has been named as vice-chairman of the Paris-based International Chamber of Commerce Commission, a private sector world business organisation with a central role in global trade and commerce. Davinder Singh, 58, has been named vice-chairman of International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Commission on Corporate Responsibility and Anti-corruption.
Quick Link – Davinder Singh as V C for ICC
RBI to inject more cash into banks in March
The Reserve Bank of India said it will actively inject additional cash into the banking system in March, when liquidity conditions tend to tighten because it marks the end of the fiscal year. The cash injections could come in addition to the current term repo system that provides cash to banks as short-term loans under the RBI’s Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF).
Quick Link – RBI to inject more cash
INDIAN AFFAIRS
Titanic 2 to set sail in 2018
Titanic II, a replica of the Titanic, which infamously was declared “unsinkable” and promptly sank on its maiden voyage after hitting an iceberg in 1912, killing 1,503 people, is being built for a whole new journey across the Atlantic. The Titanic II project is the ambitious brainchild of Australian billionaire Clive Palmer. The real estate/coal mining magnate had announced his plans in 2012. In order to meet modern safety standards, it won’t be precisely like the original. It will have a welded and not riveted hull and be about four yards wider. But like the original, it will have first, second and third-class tickets for sale. And presumably the new liner will feature more lifeboats; there were too few to accommodate the passengers on the original ship, and when those were launched they tended to hold only a fraction of capacity. It is considered one of the primary reasons so many ultimately died when the ship sank.
Quick Link – Titanic 2 to set sail
ISRO to launch cryogenic engine satellite
Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III (GSLV III) developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will be launched by December this year. GSLV III uses high thrust cryogenic engine which is indigenously developed. The endurance tests of cryogenic engines have already been successfully completed and GSLV III is in advance stages of development. It will have capacity to launch much higher weight satellites into space.
Quick Link – ISRO launced GSLV III
Gujarat to get India’s first disabled-friendly beach
The Tithal beach in Valsad district of Gujarat is all set to become the first disabled-friendly beach in India. Preparations are on to open the 1 km stretch of the beach by June, which will have open access right up to the waters with disabled-friendly food courts, washrooms and entertainment area. Tenders were recently floated for the project that will include construction of slopes with no barriers or steps and installation of detailed signage so that the disabled can reach the water without any assistance. Construction on the 3- km long beach will be made in two phases.
Quick Link – India’s first disabled-friendly beach in Gujarat
SC allows states to suspend internet services
The Supreme Court held that a state government can suspend mobile internet service in special circumstances, including a threat to law and order, while confirming the Gujarat High Court order, which allowed such a move during the Patel quota agitation. A bench of Chief Justice TS Thakur and Justice R Banumathi rejected a contention by advocate Apar Gupta appearing for petitioner Gaurav Sureshbhai Vyas, who claimed that prohibitory orders issued under Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code cannot be extended to mobile internet services as there is special Telegraph Act to deal with it. The bench said there can be concurrent power and sometimes it becomes necessary to impose such a ban due to law and order situation.
Quick Link – SC suspend internet services
Goa may term national bird peacock as ‘vermin’
Peacock, the national bird of India, may soon be termed a vermin and culled ruthlessly in Goa. Goa’s Agriculture Minister Ramesh Tawadkar said that peacock, like monkeys and wild boars, causes severe damage to crops and “should be declared a vermin” and culled periodically. Peacock is India’s national bird and is a protected species under the Schedule 1 of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.
Quick Link – National bird peacock as ‘vermin’
Nidar: India launches ‘lightest gun’ weighing 250g
Two years after India launched Nirbheek, a handgun pitched as the country’s “first gun for women”, a state-run arms factory has launched a similar gun which it says is India’s lightest gun. The new .22-calibre revolver is named Nidar, it weighs a mere 250g (8.8 ounces) – that’s half of .32-calibre Nirbheek’s 500g (1.1lb); and it costs 35,000 rupees ($513; £357) – Nirbheek came with a steep price tag of 122,360 rupees ($1,990; £1,213).
Quick Link – India launched Nirbheek
FOREIGN RELATIONS
India and UAE ink 9 bilateral agreements
Visiting Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan India held talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on various issues of mutual concern. Agreements were also signed in the fields of insurance, culture and skill development. Expanding economic engagement, particularly in oil and renewable energy sector and increasing UAE’s investment in India, was a major focus area at the deliberations.
Quick Link – India and UAE ink bilateral agreements
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Microsoft releases app to identify dog breeds
Microsoft has released an app called Fetch! which utilises facial recognition and artificial intelligence to recognise your dog’s breed. It is available for Web users as well on what-dog.net. The app allows users to take a picture of a dog you see (or use one from your photos library) and identify its breed. Like Microsoft’s other AI apps, Fetch! should become more accurate as users upload more photos and data. And the app has a sense of humor. When it’s fed an image that’s clearly not a dog, such as a flower, it will try to identify it as well as possible.
SPORTS
Kavita Raut qualifies for 2016 Rio Olympics
Indian long-distance runner Kavita Raut has qualified for the Rio Olympics in women’s marathon after winning the event in the 12th South Asian Games, a perfect end to the country’s memorable athletics campaign in the event. The 30-year-old Raut easily clinched the marathon gold in 2 hours 38 minutes and 38 seconds to become the fourth Indian women to have qualified for Rio Games women’s marathon. The Rio Games women’s marathon qualification standard stands at 2:42:00.
Quick Link – Kavita Raut has qualified for the Rio Olympics
India wins 1000th South Asian Games gold medal
India, the overall champion over all the 11 previous editions of the South Asian Games, has crossed a historic milestone of winning its 1,000th gold in the Games. The host which entered the fortnight-long competition with a tally of 900 gold medals, crossed the landmark when swimmer Veerdhawal Khade won the men’s 50m butterfly title.
Quick Link – India wins 100th SAG-gold medal
OBITUARY
Pulitzer winning composer Leslie Bassett passes away
Leslie Bassett, a Pulitzer Prize-winning composer known for his lush sonorities and ecumenical instrumentation, has died at the age of 93. Mr. Bassett received the Pulitzer in 1966 for “Variations for Orchestra,” which had been given its United States premiere by the Philadelphia Orchestra under Eugene Ormandy the year before.
Quick Link – Leslie Bassett passes away
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