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APPOINTMENTS
MSK Prasad made new BCCI chief selector
Board of Control for Cricket in India has named former wicket keeper MSK Prasad as the new chairman of selectors. In their 87th Annual General Meeting (AGM), the board also announced that Ajay Shirke has been re-elected as the board secretary.
The other members in the new selection panel include former cricketers Gagan Khoda, Devang Gandhi, Sarandeep Singh and Jatin Paranjpe. Prasad made his debut for India in 1998 and went on to play six Tests and 17 One-Day Internationals. He retired from all forms in 2008.
Quick Link – MSK Prasad
Monika kapil Mohta appointed as ambassador to Sweden
Monika Kapil Mohta has been appointed as the next envoy of India to Sweden. Mohta is a 1985 batch Indian Foreign Services officer and is presently the Additional Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs. Previously, she has served as the ambassador of India to Poland and Lithuania. She is expected to take up her assignment shortly. The two countries have a cordial relationship and growing economic cooperation.
Quick Link – Monika kapil Mohta
AWARDS AND HONOURS
Pakistan presented ICC Test mace for world no. 1 rank
Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq received the ICC Test Championship mace for leading the side to the top of the ICC Test Team Rankings for the first time since the current rankings system was introduced in 2003. ICC Chief Executive David Richardson presented the mace to Misbah at the Gaddafi Stadium.
Quick Link – Misbah-ul-Haq
Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi to get humanitarian award
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi (ahng sahn soo chee) of Myanmar will be honored as the 2016 humanitarian of the year by students and faculty at the Harvard Foundation.
Suu Kyi gained international prominence as the General Secretary of the newly formed National League for Democracy in Myanmar in 1990. She became one of the world’s most well-known political prisoners during her 15 years of house arrest for participating in protests against the government.
Quick Link – Aung San Suu Kyi
INDIAN AFFAIRS
Delhi’s Race Course Road renamed as Lok Kalyan Marg
Delhi’s iconic Race Course Road, where the Prime Minister’s residence is located, will now be known as Lok Kalyan Marg. A decision to this effect was taken at a high-level meeting of the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC), presided by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. A notification will be issued soon to complete the process of renaming the road.
Quick Link – Lok Kalyan Marg
Charkhi Dari is 22nd district of Haryana
Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar announced a district status for Dadri,the biggest sub-division in the state, increasing the district count of Haryana to 22 from 21. The government will soon start up the process in this direction and it would speed up the ongoing development process in the area. The chief minister said development projects worth Rs 112 crore had been completed in Dadri constituency during the two years of the BJP government.
Quick Link – Charkhi Dari
Railways to launch Yatri Mitra for differntly abled
In a move to make rail travel comfortable for elderly, differently-abled and ailing travelers, Railways has launched ‘Yatri Mitra Sewa’ to facilitate access to wheelchairs, battery operated cars and porter services.
‘Yatri Mitra’ or ‘Passenger Friend’ can be a “Sahayak (assistant)” or any other person nominated for the purpose. The service will be available at major railway stations across the country.
Quick Link – Yatri Mitra
BANKING AND FINANCE
Chinese bank raises $7.4 bn in largest IPO since 2014
State-owned Postal Savings Bank of China (PSBC) raised $7.4 billion in the world’s biggest initial public offering in two years, but the deal priced at the lower end of expectations and was heavily reliant on cornerstone investors.
Seeking to bolster its balance sheet and fund lending, the bank initially sought as much as $8.1 billion in the Hong Kong listing, counting on its network of more than 40,000 branches and low level of non-performing loans to attract investors.
Quick Link – Chinese bank raises $7.4 bn
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
New York to host ‘Dessert Goals’ festival in Oct
New York will host its first ever dessert festival ‘Dessert Goals’, a festival dedicated to all things dessert, on October 23. There will be a photo garden featuring candy-inspired props and a candy wall, as well as sweet-themed demonstrations. Tickets to the dessert festival, which will also feature workshops and tastings, start at $10. Dessert Goals fest will be taking over Williamsburg’s Dobbin Street with treats from 20 vendors.
Quick Link – Dessert Goals
FOREIGN RELATIONS
Australia returns artefacts worth RS.13.5 crore to India
The National Gallery of Australia returned artefacts from its troubled Asian art collection to India at a handback ceremony in Canberra. Two pieces, a 900-year-old stone statue of the Goddess Pratyangira and a third-century rock carving of Worshippers of the Buddha, were purchased from disgraced art dealer Subhash Kapoor in 2005 for $328,000 and $790,000 respectively.
Quick Link – Australia returns artefacts
