TODAYS SPECIAL-DAILY-NEWS-14-09-2016
Onam, as we know, it is all about pookalams, the elaborate sadhya and spending time with family. The latest music video, Sandesham composed and performed by Chennai-girl Revathy PV and shot by Yamini Yagnamurthy is all about the significance of the Kerala festival. The video revolves around a mother and child. "The mother is explaining to the child the significance of this festival and
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Hindi Diwas 2016: Hindi Diwas is a very special occasion that is celebrated with great enthusiasm and zeal by the people as a tribute to pious Hindi language. Hindi Diwas is celebrated on 14th September every year to spread the importance of the language among people. Schools, colleges and other organisations organise various activities to raise awareness about the Hindi language. In the year 1918, at a Hindi literature conference, Mahatma Gandhi asked the authorities to make Hindi as
GOVERNMENT SCHEME-APPROVAL-DECISION -DAILY-NEWS-14-09-2016
Government may soon come up with an ambitious Rs 3-lakh-crore Economic Corridor project to develop 35,000 km of highways for faster movement of freight. This would be the second largest project in the sector after the flagship road building programme of NHDP which saw development of 50,000 km of National Highways network as per global standards including the Golden Quadrilateral
Travel time between Mumbai and Maharashtra's second capital Nagpur can be reduced to a flat 35 minutes on the Hyperloop, a superfast mode of travel envisioned by Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk. Union minister of roads, highways, ports and shipping, Nitin Gadkari, said on Tuesday that he had already held a meeting with Musk and senior officials from Tesla in the US and in New Delhi,
LEGAL-COURT
BILL-ACT-DAILY-NEWS-14-09-2016
Supreme Court has issued notice to Centre & the Election Commission on a PIL seeking setting up of special courts to speed up criminal cases against legislators. In another case, the apex court has also issued notice to Centre and all states on PIL seeking appointment of Lokpal at the Centre & effective
New Delhi: The Supreme Court+ today not only dismissed a PIL that sought to stop Central funds and security being given to 'separatists' in Kashmir, it also slammed a lawyer for calling Hurriyat leaders 'separatists' and refused to use that term in its order. "It's a matter of perception. Has the government declared them separatists? The conduct of a man may not be to the liking of others and
SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY-DAILY-NEWS-14-09-2016
NEW YORK: August 2016 was the hottest month in 136 years of modern record-keeping, according to a monthly analysis of global temperatures by NASA scientists. The temperature last month was 0.16 degrees Celsius warmer than the previous warmest August in 2014, NASA said in a statement on Monday. Although the seasonal temperature cycle typically peaks in July, August 2016 tied with
Washington, Sep 14 (IANS) There is unlikely to be a La Nina event in late 2016 as water temperatures in the equatorial Pacific Ocean should be just around average for the rest of the year, predicts a model based on NASA satellite data. "We are consistently predicting a more neutral state, with no La Nina or El Nino later this year," said Steven Pawson, Chief of Global Modeling and
The Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers welfare has declared India free from Avian Influenza (H5N1) from 5th September, 2016. India had notified outbreak of Avian Influenza (H5N1) on 09.05.2016 at Humnabad, Bidar district, Karnataka. There has been no further outbreak reported in the country thereafter. The control
amIndus, the only entity from India shortlisted by Google for sending a robot to the moon, has received a string of interesting project ideas like ‘how can one get clean drinking water on the moon or grow bacteria in the lunar environment?’ from youngsters across the world. Some have even suggested exploring whether life-pods with DNA of all living things on earth can be stored on the
Indian American Ramesh Raskar on 13 September 2016 won the 2016 Lemelson-MIT Prize. Raskar is the co-inventor of radical imaging solutions including femtophotography, an ultra-fast imaging system that can see around corners, low-cost eye-care solutions for the developing world and a camera that allows users to read pages of a book without opening the cover.
APPOINTMENT-DAILY-NEWS-14-09-2016
The rift within the ruling Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh widened today as party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav replaced his son and Chief Minister Akhilesh as the state unit chief with his brother and senior minister Shivpal Singh Yadav. For more than five years, Akhilesh Yadav had been holding the post. It was with him in the driver's seat that the Samajwadi Party won a thumping
An open war broke out today in Uttar Pradesh's ruling Samajwadi Party with Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav stripping his uncle Shivpal Yadav of key ministerial portfolios, hours after his removal as the party's state unit chief and appointment of the latter in his place. In a communique sent to Raj Bhawan, which was later approved by Governor Ram Naik, Akhilesh Yadav removed Shivpal Yadav
BANKING-DAILY-NEWS-14-09-2016
The National Highways Authority (NHAI) today said that the government has expanded the number of lenders and wallets, who can issue the electronic tags for vehicles. The motive behind such move is to increase the number of automatic pass-throughs at toll plazas to 50 per cent in two years, a top official said here today. NHAI chairman Raghav Chandra informed that the State Bank of India,
Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Industries Limited is the biggest defaulter of Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA), with dues of over Rs 1,576 crore against it, shows an right to information (RTI) response. A total of about Rs 1,641 crore of premium is pending against five lease holders of MMRDA, who were given extensions to complete construction of projects on
India’s largest lender, State Bank of India or SBI, is set to launch first foreign offering for dollar-denominated Additional Tier-I (AT1) bonds on Wednesday. Issue’s minimum size is expected to be $500 million and indicative coupon rate is 5.5 per cent. Money raised through these perpetual bonds, with five-year call option, will bolster capital adequacy ratio of bank. CAR is the amount of capital a
ECONOMICAL-DAILY-NEWS-14-09-2016
All India tea production has dropped by 7.22% in the month of July to 145.85 million kg in comparison to 157.2 million kg in the same month last year. Heavy rains in July in Assam and West Bengal had affected the production of the crop. Tea estates in Assam valley were worst hit due to heavy rains. Tea crop declined by 10.63 million kg in Assam valley in July to 74.87 million kg in
India is likely to post its first current account surplus in nine years in the latest quarter, which should bolster the rupee though it is not a good sign for the economy as it reflects weak investment demand at home and subdued exports, analysts said. Forecasts given by investment houses' research notes and from analysts that Reuters spoke to showed expectations centering on a surplus of $4 billion, or 0.8
New Delhi: Amid Opposition's criticism of alleged manipulation in Jan Dhan figures, government officials on Tuesday said deposits under this flagship financial inclusion scheme has crossed Rs 42,000 crore-mark and the percentage of zero-balance accounts has fallen below 25 per cent. Since April, there has been an addition of about Rs 6,000 crore under the Prime Minister Jan Dhan Yojana
POLITICAL-DAILY-NEWS-14-09-2016
CHANDIGARH: Cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu today formally resigned from BJP, days after he announced floating of a new "non-political" platform in poll-bound Punjab. Sidhu, who quit his Rajya Sabha membership on July 18, sent his resignation from BJP to party chief Amit Shah."I hereby resign from the primary membership of BJP. Long association (with BJP), painful
AWARD AND HONOUR
-DAILY-NEWS-14-09-2016
Bengaluru, Sep 14 (IANS) Indian-born researcher Dinesh Bharadia at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has won the prestigious Young Scholar award of the US-based Marconi Society for his contribution to radio waves. "Bharadia has been chosen for the 2016 Paul Baran Young Scholar Award for his contribution to send and receive radio (wireless) signals, including mobile
Indian Writer Meghna Pant to be honored with Kumaon Literary Festival’s FON – Fellows of Nature South Asia Short Story Award in Nature writing in October for her short story “People of the Sun.”Fellows of Nature (FON) has been founded to build a community of nature writers and revive interest in nature writing and reading, and through this form of literature, build awareness and
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy has been honoured with the ‘Tamil Ratna’ award by a body of Tamil diaspora here for fighting corruption and working for more transparency in the functioning of the government. The America Tamil Sangam awarded the Tamil Ratna to the senior BJP leader and Rajya Sabha MP, who is currently on a visit to the US. The Sangam’s president
Andhra Pradesh has become the second state in the country after Gujarat to achieve 100 per cent electrification of households. JM Financials published the report based on a national-level survey on electrification in various states. Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu said, “We achieved 100 per cent electrification by June-end. Now, you have to set a target of ensuring uninterrupted world-class
One Thousand Hockey Legs, an NGO which seeks to introduce the game of hockey to school kids in India, was awarded the Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar by President Pranab Mukherjee. OTHL is a volunteer based organization, welcomes volunteers and coaches to contribute to hockey and children’s development through this platform. Operating in five Indian cities,Delhi, Kolkata,
[India], Sept. 14 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday presented the Rajbhasha awards at Rashtrapati Bhawan on the occasion of Hindi Diwas. 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. Hindi Diwas is celebrated on
The Dr. M.S. Subbulakshmi Centenary Awards were presented on Tuesday at a ceremony in Mumbai to seven of India’s most-respected women artistes — vocalists Girija Devi, Kishori Amonkar, Aruna Sairam and Vishaka Hari; dancers Yamini Krishnamurthy and Vyjayantimala Bali; and Pandavani exponent Teejan Bai. M.S. Subbulakshmi’s birth centenary celebrations, which began last year at the
SPORT-DAILY-NEWS-14-09-2016
Indian Railways team won Senior National Powerlifting Championship at Tata Nagar (Jamshedpur) from 7th September - 11th September 2016. Indian Railways team won both Men & Women Championship as well as overall Championship. Minister of Railways Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu has congratulated Indian Railways Powerlifting Teams for their achievements. Minister of State
Indian Railways Men Hockey Team has won MCC Murugappa Gold Cup Hockey Tournament 2016 for the first time held at Chennai from 1st September - 11th September 2016. In the finals Indian Railways Hockey Team beat Indian Oil Corporation Team by 2 - 1. Minister of Railways Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu has congratulated Indian Railways Hockey Team for this achievement. Minister of
The Sports Authority of India (SAI) and All India Football Federation (AIFF) have jointly launched an online portal for its Global Scouting Programme (GSP). The portal was launched by Union Sports Minister Vijay Goel in New Delhi. Key Facts Under the Global Scouting Programme, boys of Indians living abroad will be able to play in India’s team in FIFA under-17 world cup scheduled in 2017 in
Javelin thrower Devendra Jhajharia on 13 September 2016 became the first Indian to clinch two gold medals at the Paralympics. He broke his own world record to clinch the medals at the Rio Games. Jhajharia, who won his previous gold in the 2004 Athens Games, bettered his own world record to finish on top in the men’s F46 event. Jhajharia’s previous best was 62.15 metres, which he had
ENVIRONMENT-DAILY-NEWS-14-09-2016
NEW DELHI: The National Green Tribunal has directed Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to consider upgradation of treatment, storage and disposal facilities (TSDFs) in the country after a plea alleged that TSDFs were ill equipped to carry out environment-friendly disposal of compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs). The NGO, Toxic Links, contended before a bench headed by Justice U D
The effects of climate change endanger US military operations and could increase the danger of international conflict, according to three new documents endorsed by retired top US military officers and former national security officials. "There are few easy answers, but one thing is clear: the current trajectory of climatic change presents a strategically-significant risk to US national security, and
FOREIGN TOUR-FOREIGN RELATION- INTERNATIONAL
-NEWS-14-09-2016
India has complained to the World Trade Organization (WTO) about support given to the renewable energy industry in United States. The complaint alleges these 8 states in US have prop up their renewable sector with illegal subsidies and domestic content requirements, an obligation to buy local goods rather than imports. These 8 US states are Washington, Montana, California, Massachusetts,
India today made it clear to the United Nations that there is no comparison whatsoever between the situation in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). New Delhi made its position clear after United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein requested both India and Pakistan to give "unconditional access" to both sides to conduct independent
Britain’s newest Indian-origin peer marked his entry to the House of Lords by swearing his oath of allegiance to Queen Elizabeth II on the ‘Rig Veda’. Jitesh Gadhia took along his own later edition of the ancient collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns dating back to around 1,200 BC and has now gifted it to the British Parliament. The 49-year-old investment banker of Gujarati-origin had been nominated
China and Vietnam on 13 September 2016 agreed to properly manage their differences over territorial disputes in the South China Sea and safeguard stability. This followed as an international tribunal rejected the Chinese claims over the region on a petition brought before it by the Philippines. The agreement was reached after talks between Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his
STATE -DAILY-NEWS-14-09-2016
KOLKATA: In a bid to make fresh and non-toxic food items available to people living in and around Kolkata, the West Bengal Agricultural Marketing department is going to set up an organic market at Eco Park in New Town which is close to Salt Lake - the IT hub of the state. An 18 cottah plot has been allotted by Hidco to the State Agricultural Marketing department for setting up the organic
Following the Supreme Court's order cancelling the Singur land acquisition, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will today compensated 800 farmers and also distributed 9,117 land records. The Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief honoured her promise of giving land back to the farmers by formally handing over of the 'land parchas', which she had made during the 2011
SUMMIT-DAILY-NEWS-14-09-2016
Regional Conference on ‘Path Breaking and High Impact Initiatives in Citizen Centric Services Delivery System’ The Chief Minister of Assam Shri Sarbanand Sonowal will inaugurate the 2-day (15-16th September, 2016) Regional Conference on ‘Path Breaking and High Impact Initiatives in Citizen Centric Services Delivery System’ in Guwahati tomorrow. The conference is being organised
In a new initiative to integrate and empower senior sailors, Western Naval Command, is conducting the maiden Master Chief Petty Officers (MCPOs) Conference at Mumbai from 14 to 15 Sep 16. The conference was inaugurated by Vice Admiral Girish Luthra, AVSM, VSM, ADC, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Naval Command this morning. MCPOs are the senior-most rank
The National Conference on Agriculture for Rabi Campaign 2016 will be held on 15th-16th September 2016 at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shri Radha Mohan Singh will inaugurate and address the conference. The two days’ Conference will look at the implementation progress of important schemes related to Agriculture and Farmers’
The third edition of BRICS Urbanisation Forum Meet has started in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. The three days conference was be inaugurated by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu in the presence of Union Minister of Urban Development, M. Venkaiah Naidu. Key Facts In this edition of conference the delegates from the BRICS nations, Brazil, Russia, India, China and
DEFENCE -DAILY-NEWS-14-09-2016
NEW DELHI: The much anticipated contract for 36 Rafale fighter jets is likely to be sealed soon as both the countries have finalised the details for the deal which will cost about Euro 7.87 billion. Government sources said the cost, offsets and service details have been finalised and the work is being done on the Inter Governmental Agreement for the deal. A "working team" from France is
SURVEY AND REPORT-NEWS-14-09-2016
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. Bhattacharya, 60, is ranked second on the list, while Kochhar comes at the fifth spot
PASSES AWAY-DAILY-NEWS-14-09-2016
Animal rights activist Claude Lila Parulekar (81), daughter of eminent editor and founder of the Marathi daily ‘Sakal’, Nanasaheb Parulekar, passed away here on Tuesday. Ms. Parulekar, a spinster and a former director of ‘Sakal’, was confined to a wheelchair since 2007 after she was struck by a series of paralytic strokes. Her condition was further debilitated by secondary Parkinsonism, said
COMMITTEE-DAILY-NEWS-14-09-2016
Standing Committee for Tribal Welfare (SCTW) of the Ministry of Tribal Welfare has been reconstituted with the Cabinet Minister as its Chairman and Minister of State as Vice Chairman. The other members of the committee are Ministers of Tribal Welfare of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh,
The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has referred the report of Baswan committee, that has suggested changes in civil services exam pattern, to the government for final decision. The UPSC had constituted the expert committee under the chairmanship of former Human Resource Development Secretary and retired IAS officer B S Baswan in August last year. The panel had submitted its report
AGREEMENT-DAILY-NEWS-14-09-2016
India on Tuesday congratulated Mauritius for revising the bilateral Double Taxation Avoidance Convention (DTAC), which had been a source of stress in their mutual ties. To help Mauritius tide over the immediate loss to its economy, New Delhi committed to assist it in implementing key infrastructure projects. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj held discussions with Mauritius
Stepping up bilateral security cooperation, India and Afghanistan on Wednesday asked for an end to sponsorship of “all forms of terrorism” and signed an Extradition Treaty to facilitate exchange of wanted terrorists and criminals. In a veiled reference to Pakistan, a joint statement issued after talks between visiting Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, both sides
In a major boost to their energy ties, India and Russia launched a working group for creating an "energy bridge" for a possible direct gas delivery from Russia. The two countries also signed agreements of mutual interests enhancing bilateral cooperation in Delhi on Tuesday. India and Russia held a thorough review of the state of bilateral relations at their 22nd Inter-Governmental
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