MUMBAI: Former captain Anil
Kumble will be head coach for the next year, the country's cricket board (BCCI)
said on Thursday. "After discussions we have taken a final call that for
one year Anil Kumble will be the head coach," BCCI President Anurag Thakur
told reporters in Dharamsala. Former leg-spinner Kumble, 45, is India's most
successful bowler and took 619 wickets in 132 tests and 337 from 271 one-day
CHANDIGARH: In a major relief
to all those whose properties were damaged during Jat quota stir in February,
Haryana government has decided to provide hundred per cent rebate in property
tax for residential, commercial, institutional and other properties. The rebate
would be given for a period of one year-- from April 1, 2016 to March 31, 2017.
A notification to this effect has been issued by the Urban
MUMBAI: India Index Services
& Products (IISL), an NSE group company, today launched a new index to
measure the returns generated by market participants lending in the overnight
market. Nifty 1D Rate index can be used as a benchmark for funds investing in
overnight money market, IISL said in a statement. An overnight market is part
of the money market wherein lenders give money to borrowers only for
"overnight".
MUMBAI: Hemant Kumar, group
general counsel of the Ruia-controlled Essar Group, has recently put in his
papers to join finance-toengineering conglomerate Larsen &Toubro as group
general counsel. A legal veteran of three decades, Kumar will oversee big-ticket
litigation and arbitration and will also advise the group companies on
strategic matters, including acquisitions, said a person familiar with the
development.
MUMBAI | NEW DELHI: SK Roy has
unexpectedly resigned as chairman of state-owned Life Insurance Corporation of
India, two years before his term ends, according to people with knowledge of
the matter.A senior finance ministry official said Roy had made similar
requests in the past. "He wanted to go because of personal reasons,"
he said. Roy had wanted to quit before this year's Budget as well, the person
said. His
Scientists can now detect
magnetic behavior at the atomic level with a new electron microscopy technique
developed by a team from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National
Laboratory and Uppsala University, Sweden. The researchers took a
counterintuitive approach by taking advantage of optical distortions that they
typically try to eliminate."It's a new approach to measure magnetism at
the atomic scale,"
As part of a Facebook contest,
the KFC Watt a Box packs a 6,100mAH power bank in a Meal Box.A fast food box
that charges your phone. That’s all we needed. KFC recently came up with the
novel idea of enabling both the visitor and the visitor’s phone to replenish at
their stores. Launched in limited-edition meal boxes is a 6,100mAH Lithium-ion
battery charger and a USB cable that can be used to charge USB devices
a) An expert committee headed
by Anand Desai, set up to examine the Specific Relief Act, 1963 has submitted
its report to Union Law and Justice minister Sadananda Gowda. b) The committee
stressed on the need for change in the present scheme of act so that specific
performance is granted as a general rule and grant of compensation or damages
for non-performance remains as an exception. c) Modifications
a) China's Sunway Taihu Light
has been declared the world's fastest supercomputer. It has topped the list of
500 supercomputers around the world, thereby thrusting China to top the list
for the seventh consecutive time. It has been developed by the National
Research Centre of Parallel Computer Engineering and Technology (NRCPC). b)
This supercomputer can make 93 quadrillion calculations per second with its
ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has
approved financing worth $1.02 billion using three different financing
instruments to support the deepening of Pakistan’s economic reforms and to
strengthen the capacity of Sindh province to deal with natural disasters. The
Competitiveness and Growth Development Policy Financing (CGDPF) would support
the Government of Pakistan’s efforts to encourage economic growth and
NEW DELHI: The Union
Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi today approved the
rehabilitation of four-lane Mahatma Gandhi Setu on Ganga River in Bihar, said
an official statement. The rehabilitation of four-lane 5.575 km long Mahatma
Gandhi Setu at National Highway No.19 will be done at Patna in Bihar, the
statement said. "The bridge will be constructed after dismantling the
damaged pre-
To promote people centric
planning and execution of new urban development (UD) schemes launched by the
government, the Union Minister of Urban Development M.Venkaiah Naidu has
approved setting up of District Level Advisory and Monitoring Committees with the
elected representatives of the people across the country. In a first of
its kind, these Committees will oversee, review and monitor implementation of
urban
The Union Cabinet under the
Chairmanship of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has accorded its approval for
an extension of timeline for taking over 50% of the Outstanding Debt of
DISCOMs, as existing on 30 September 2015, by States and borrowings by State of
Jammu & Kashmir under UDAY (Ujjwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana) - a scheme for
operational and financial turnaround of DISCOMs. The time
The Raghubar Das Cabinet has
given the go-ahead for two per cent reservation to the Primitive Tribal Groups
(also referred to as Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups or PTGs) in
education and government jobs. This has been done for the first time in a bid
to help the PTGs become part of the mainstream. The PTGs have been facing the
problem of stagnating or dwindling numbers over the last several years. The
The Union Cabinet under the
Chairmanship of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given approval for a
special package for employment generation and promotion of exports in Textile
and Apparel sector. The move comes in the backdrop of the package of reforms
announced by the Government for generation of one crore jobs in the textile and
apparel industry over next 3 years. The package includes a slew of measures
Debris found on an Australian
island earlier this month is not from missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370,
investigators said on Wednesday. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau
was notified on June 9 that the debris had been found on Kangaroo Island off
the southern Australian coast. The bureau, which is running the search in
the southern Indian Ocean on Malaysia's behalf, said it had recovered the part
but Boeing, the maker of the missing plane, advised that it
Houston: A team of 13 Indian
engineeringstudents, including four girls, will participate in NASA's
prestigious global competition to build and design remotely operated vehicles
from scratch. The team named 'Screwdrivers' from Mukesh Patel School of
Technology Management, Mumbai, will compete against 40 other teams from
countries like China, Scotland, Russia, USA, Canada, Ireland, Mexico, Norway,
Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL)
launched the first of the two 105m Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs) destined for
the Sri Lankan Navy. These vessels, the largest India has exported to date,
mark the latest in a series of naval sales which, though not heavily
publicised, have made India an emerging exporter of patrol vessels. Combined
with the emergence of Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited (GRSE)
as the L1 or the
23 June: International Widows’
Day
The International Widow's Day
2016 was celebrated across the world on 23 June 2016. The day was celebrated to
raise awareness on the troubles of widowed women. The day throws light on the
situation of widows which is sometimes neglected due to absent in statistics,
unnoticed by researchers and is mostly
NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope
and its extended K2 mission allowed astronomers to discover the youngest fully
formed exoplanet, K2-33b. The WM Keck Observatory on Mauna Kea, Hawaii also
helped in discovery of this new found planet. Exoplanets are planets that orbit
stars beyond our sun. The finding was published online on 20 June 2016 in
journal Nature.
Following is the text of the
Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi’s departure statement prior to his visit to
Uzbekistan to attend the SCO Summit: “I will travel to Uzbekistan for a brief
visit to attend the SCO Summit and interact with leaders of SCO nations. India
is glad to be a member of the SCO and looks forward to fruitful outcomes
particularly in the field of economic cooperation through SCO. India attaches
great
Europe's growing army of robot
workers could be classed as "electronic persons" and their owners
liable to paying social security for them if the European Union adopts a draft
plan to address the realities of a new industrial revolution. Robots are being
deployed in ever-greater numbers in factories and also taking on tasks such as
personal care or surgery, raising fears over unemployment, wealth inequality
and alienation. Their
India clinch three-match T20
International series against Zimbabwe by a 2-1 margin as it won the third and
final match by a narrow margin of three runs. Zimbabwe, after winning the toss
choose to ball and restricted India to 138/6 with wickets at
regular intervals finally they got close to the target before ending at 135
losing six wickets. Kedar Jadhav, who scored 58 off 42 balls, was declared Man
of the Match while Indian bowler
20 years after the city of
‘Madras’ became ‘Chennai’ and ‘Bombay’ became ‘Mumbai’, the High Courts in both
the cities will finally adopt the names by an act of Parliament during the
upcoming monsoon session. The Law Ministry has prepared a Cabinet note on a
Bill changing the names of the High Courts. If the name of
Syrian President Bashar
al-Assad has appointed former Electricity Minister Emad Khamis as the new prime
minister of the war-ravaged country. Assad tasked Khamis to form a new cabinet.
The announcement comes two months after Assad's Baath party and its allies won
the majority of seats in the country's parliament in an election that was
considered internationally as a fraud. The 54-year-old engineer will replace
Wael al-Halqi
Every year 23 June is being
observed as the United Nations Public Service Day by the United Nations (UN).
Significance of the Day: The day seeks to mark the invaluable contributions of
public servants and administrators to build a better world for all. This for
the first time, the day is observed after the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development (i.e. Sustainable Development Goals) were adopted by all member
Aveek Sarkar has resigned as
Group Editor of "The Telegraph" and "Anandabazar Patrika".
Sarkar said the resignation was just part of a succession plan and that he
would continue as chairman of the group, according to media reports. Anirban
Bhattacharya has been appointed as the new editor of the Anandabazaar Patrika
while Rajagopalan has been appointed as the new editor of The Telegraph. The
Kolkata-based ABP group
Senior journalist Alka Saxena
has joined Amar Ujala as Editor Digital & Convergence. Saxena exited News
Express as Managing Editor before taking up her new role at Amar Ujala. Prior
to her stint at News Express, she was with the Zee Media Group. She has also
worked with Sahara Samay. Saxena has a rich experience of close to 30 years in
the field of journalism. Saxena started her career in 1985 as a freelance
Government today approved a Rs
6,000 crore special package for textiles & apparel sector to create one
crore new jobs in 3 years, attracting investments of $11 billion and generating
$30 billion in exports. The measures approved include additional incentives for
duty drawback scheme for garments, flexibility in labour laws to increase
productivity as well as tax and production incentives for job creation in
garment
New Delhi: The Union
government on Wednesday cleared India’s largest auction of telecom
pectrum.Based on the base price, the spectrum is valued at Rs.5.66
trillion. The auction of the seven spectrum bands will also, for the first
time, offer the highly efficient but expensive 700 megahertz (MHz) frequency.
While the receipts from the auction will boost the Union government’s
exchequer, the availability of spectrum will
The Union Cabinet chaired by
the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has been apprised of signing of a
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Steinbeis GmbH Co. KG for
Technologietransfer, Germany on technology resourcing in manufacturing,
including sub-sectors of Capital Goods. The MoU was signed on 25th April, 2016
during the Industrial Exhibition Hannover Messe 2016 in Hannover, Germany.
Steinbeis
The Cabinet on Wednesday
approved the signing of a protocol amending an agreement between India and
Belgium for avoidance of double taxation and prevention of fiscal evasion with
respect to taxes on income. The amendment in the protocol will broaden the
scope of the existing framework of exchange of tax related information between
the two countries, which will help curb tax evasion and tax avoidance, an
The Cabinet Committee on
Economic Affairs (CCEA) chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday
approved the development of four laning of Hubli-Hospet Section of NH-63 in Karnataka.
The cost is estimated to be Rs.2272.20 crore including cost of land
acquisition, resettlement and rehabilitation and other pre-construction
activities. The total length of the road to be developed is approximately 144
kms.
In a bid to extend funding
support for startups, the Union cabinet on Wednesday approved the establishment
of Fund of Funds for Startups (FFS) at Small Industries Development Bank of
India (Sidbi) for contribution to various alternative investment funds (AIF).
“The union cabinet has approved the establishment of Fund of Funds for Startups
at Small Industries Development Bank of India for contribution to various
alternative
Nagpur city and China’s Jinan
city have become sister cities for exchange of ideas and technology. Nagpur
Municipal Corporation (NMC) and Jinan, Municipal People’s Republic of China,
entered into an agreement on Monday to develop sister city relationship between
the two cities. The move is a part of agreement signed between union ministry
of external affairs and ministry of foreign affairs, People’s Republic of
China, for
The Maharashtra Cabinet has
approved a proposal to set up a Counter-Insurgency and Anti-Terrorist school at
Nagpur to train police and other security forces in combating left-wing
extremism and militancy. It will provide “state-of-the-art” training facilities
for jungle and field tactics, ambush, and handling of weapons. The Centre and
the state will jointly fund the school. The state government will operate and
oversee its
Leading Telugu poet and
Telangana song writer Guda Anjaiah died after prolonged illness. He was born in
Dandepalli village of Lingapur mandal of Adilabad district in 1955. Chief
Minister K Chandrashekar Rao and other political party leaders expressed
condolence over his death and recalled his services to the Telangana movement.
Chandrashekar Rao expressed deep condolences to the bereaved families of
Clio Sports, an event honoring
creative excellence in sports marketing and advertising, announced its gold,
silver and bronze shortlist winners for the third annual Clio Sports Awards on
Wednesday. Gold winners included FCB Toronto for its work for Bank of Montreal,
which won in the design category for its 10-foot-tall ATM designed to celebrate
NBA All-Stars. Grey New York won in the film category for its NFL Super
Abu Dhabi, UAE: Following a
string of recent awards for its funding activities and treasury practice,
Etihad Airways swept top honours at the Treasury Today Adam Smith Awards in
London. Etihad Airways’ treasury team collected the highest honour, winning the
Top Treasury Team Award for overall excellence. The team also picked up the
awards for Best Financing Solution and Best Cash Management Solution.
Cleveland Cavaliers win NBA
Championship by beating Golden State Warriors 93-89 in the Game 7. They are the
first team in history to win after trailing 3-1 in the final series. The loss
completes a devastating turnaround for the Warriors, led by league MVP Stephen
Curry, who had a record 73-9 record in the regular season. James put up
unbelievable numbers all series, averaging 11.2 rebounds, 8.9 assists and 30
Google has used the UK version
of its popular search engine to honour MP Jo Cox on what would have been her
42nd birthday. Cox died in her home constituency of West Yorkshire last week
after being shot and stabbed by a man heard shouting "Britain first."
Google honoured the MP by writing "In remembrance of Jo Cox
MP" on google.co.uk. Anyone that clicks on the link will be taken
Following hot on the heels of
its regional awards announcements a few weeks ago, the RIBA has just revealed
its country-wide top pics for 2016 – the buildings that won a coveted RIBA
National Award this year. In a rigorous search for the best buildings in the
country, the RIBA consulted with local and national experts and architects
across the UK in order to put together the ultimate list of 46 winners for this
year. This
New Delhi: Three Indian women
made it to the list of finalists after taking part in the 2016 ‘Women in Open
Source' competition, organised by Red hat. The finalists in the academic
category include three women from India who are full-time students pursuing
computer science and engineering degrees. Now in its second year, the ‘Women in
Open Source Award’ was created to honor women who make important contributions
to
Japanese conglomerate SoftBank
on 22 June 2016 named Ken Miyauchi, head of the group's Japanese
telecommunications operations, as President and Chief Operating Officer (COO).
The appointment came after Nikesh Arora had abruptly resigned from his position
after it became clear that Chairman and CEO Masayoshi wanted to remain at the
helm longer than first planned.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
on Wednesday constituted a high-level committee comprising officers of both the
Punjab and the Central Governments to resolve the issues pertaining to
procurement of grains especially the Cash Credit Limit (CCL). The committee was
set up after the Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal sought Modi’s personal
intervention for early resolution of these issues. Badal, who met Modi at his
official
The Prime Minister, Shri
Narendra Modi, today chaired a meeting of the National Committee for
Celebration of the 125th Birth Anniversary of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar. Members gave
their suggestions on how the celebration should be organized throughout the
year. The Prime Minister thanked the members for their suggestions. He said
efforts should be made to raise even greater global awareness about Babasaheb
NEW DELHI: In a last-ditch
attempt to fetch MC Mary Kom a Rio Olympics berth, the Indian Olympic
Association and the ad-hoc committee administering boxing in the country have
officially sent a request for a wildcard entry to the celebrated boxer, who could
not make the cut via qualifiers. "Mary Kom had sought our assistance in
the matter and we have written to the International Boxing Association (AIBA)
to request
First
time ever International Women's Film Forum instituted a National Award after
the name of great freedom fighter, poet and a lady who initiated Asian Unity -
Dr. Sarojni Naidu, at Noida Film City in a grand function, originated by ICMEI-
International Chamber of Media and Entertainment Industry. A committee of
52 working women from different strata of life from
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