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APPOINTMENTS
Aleksander Ceferin elected new UEFA President
Slovenia’s Aleksander Ceferin has been elected as UEFA’s seventh president at an extraordinary congress in Athens. Ceferin is an accomplished lawyer with little record in football before he became head of the Slovenian federation in 2011. In a vote for the UEFA presidency, he hammered the body’s vice president Michael van Praag of the Netherlands 42-13 in what many saw as a call for change.
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new CMD of Shipping Corporation
Anoop Kumar Sharma has taken charge as the Chairman & Managing Director of Shipping Corporation of India for a period of three years. The Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) is a Government of India Public Sector Enterprise with its headquarters in Mumbai that operates and manages vessels that services both national and international lines.
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AWARDS AND HONOURS
Ewan McGregor to receive Humanitarian award
Actor Ewan McGregor will receive the Britannia Humanitarian Award at the British Academy Britannia Awards in California. The 45-year-old “Trainspotting” star will be feted on October 28 by organizers at The British Academy of Film and Television Arts Los Angeles for “using the art form of the moving image. To create positive social change and actively shine a light on important humanitarian issues.
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INDIAN AFFAIRS
3rd BRICS Urbanisation Forum Meet begins in Vishakhapatnam
The third edition of BRICS Urbanisation Forum Meet with the Theme ‘Urban Transition in BRICS’ has begun in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh . The three days conference was inaugurated by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu in the presence of Union Minister of Urban Development, M. Venkaiah Naidu. The summit will deliberate on the transition and challenges being faced in urbanization in the BRICS nations –Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
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India declares itself free of bird flu
India has declared itself free from avian influenza (H5N1), commonly known as bird flu. The Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries has declared India free from avian influenza from September 5, 2016. Avian influenza is a disease occurring among birds that particularly affects domestic poultry such as chickens, turkeys and ducks. The virus can also infect humans causing death in some cases.
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Dharamshala International Film Fest to open in November
The fifth edition of Dharamshala International Film Festival (DIFF) will begin on November 3 in the mountain town of McLeod Ganj, Dharamshala. The four-day festival has announced its first six films– South Korean drama “A Korean in Paris”, cinematographer- director Rajiv Ravi’s “Kammatipaadam”, Marathi film “Lathe Joshi”, “Sonita”, which is about Afghan rapper Sonita Alizadeh, British documentary “Syrian Love Story” and Thai film “The Island Funeral”.
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Bhattacharya, Kochhar among most powerful women outside US
India’s top women bankers, State Bank of India’s (SBI) chief Arundhati Bhattacharya, ICICI head Chanda Kochhar and Axis Bank chief executive Shikha Sharma, are among the ‘50 most powerful women’ based outside the US, according to a list by Fortune, which is topped by Banco Santander’s boss Ana Botín.
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Hindi Diwas – 14th September
Hindi Diwas is being celebrated throughout the country today. President Pranab Mukherjee will present the Rajbhasha awards at Rashtrapati Bhawan. The Rajbhasha awards were instituted by the Department of Official Language of Home Ministry to recognize the excellent contribution of Ministries, Departments and Nationalized Banks in the field of Hindi.
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BANKING AND FINANCE
SBI, PNB, Paytm to issue e-toll tags for vehicles
Aiming to increase the number of automatic pass-throughs at toll plazas to 50 per cent in two years, the government has expanded the number of lenders and wallets, who can issue the electronic tags for vehicles. State Bank of India, Punjab National Bank, IDFC Bank and the digital wallet PayTM will also start issuing the tags, which are required for electronic toll collection, National Highways Authority (NHAI) chairman Raghav Chandra.
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MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS
Reliance Communications merges with Aircel
Communications Berhad (MCB) for the merger of wireless businesses of Aircel Limited with itself, making it the largest-ever consolidation in the Indian telecom sector. RCom and MCB will each hold a 50% stake in the merged entity, with equal representation on the Board of Directors and all Committees. The Company will be managed by an independent professional team under the supervision of the Board.
Quick Link – Reliance merges with Aircel
HP Agrees to Acquire Samsung Printer Business for $1.05 Billion
HP Inc. an American technology company, has agreed to buy Samsung’s printer business for $1.05 billion (£788 million) in an attempt to “disrupt” the $55bn photocopying industry. As part of the deal, HP will swallow up 6,500 patents related to printing and Samsung’s team of 1,500 researchers and engineers. Samsung has also agreed to buy between $100m (£75m) and $300m (£225m) in HP shares through open-market purchases after the sale is completed.
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