TODAYS SPECIAL-DAILY-NEWS-29-09-2016
The
World Maritime Day is observed across the world on 29 September to highlight
the importance of shipping safety, maritime security and the marine
environment. Several events are organised to mark this day by the International
Maritime Organization (IMO), member Governments, maritime industry etc. 2016
Theme: “Shipping: indispensable to the world”. The theme focuses on the critical
NEW
DELHI: As Confucius said, "Happiness makes up in height, what it
lacks in length." Ashishh Gupta, the fitness expert at Gold's Gym, Gurgaon
pens his experience, how it took him years to understand the real meaning of
the quote. "In a world, which is becoming much programmed, humour and
laughter have taken a backseat. We are losing the plot! We have started finding
International
Day of Older Persons is observed on 1st of October every year pursuant to the
adoption of a resolution by the UN General Assembly to observe the year 1999 as
the International Year of Older Persons with the theme, “a society for all
ages”. The 2016 United Nations International Day of Older Persons (UNIDOP) will
take a stand against ageism by drawing attention to and challenging
GOVERNMENT
SCHEME-APPROVAL-DECISION -DAILY-NEWS-29-09-2016
Pradhan
Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) was launched in Srinagar for the state of Jammu
& Kashmir by Chief Minister of J&K, Ms Mehbooba Mufti along with
Minister of State for Petroleum & Natural Gas, Dharmendra Pradhan. This
marks another step in the direction of providing LPG connections to 5 crore
families who are Below Poverty Line (BPL).
The
Narendra Modi government will on Thursday launch Progress Panchayat, a campaign
to reach out to the minorities, particularly Muslims, to create awareness in
these communities about the government’s policies and programmes and remove
“fears and misconceptions” about the government. Minority Affairs Minister
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi will launch first of the Progress
The
Union government formally started strategic sales on Wednesday with the
Allahabad-based Bharat Pumps and Compressors (BPCL) getting the Cabinet
Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA)'s in-principle approval for privatisation.
The government has budgeted Rs 20,500 crore to come from strategic sales this
financial year. In a separate decision, the Cabinet also cleared closure
The
Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today unveiled the Roll On Trophy for BRICS
U-17 Football Tournament, scheduled to be held in Goa from October 5 to October
15. In his address, the Prime Minister reiterated the Nation’s commitment to
‘Sports for All’ and ‘Khelo India’ and taking football to every corner of the
country. He emphasised that the youth being the leaders of the future,
The
Government has approved further import of 80,000 MT Masur and 90,000MT Tur for
buffer stock of pulses. The decision to this effect was taken in a meeting of
Price Stabilization Fund chaired by Union Consumer Affairs Secretary, Shri Hem
Pande here today. The meeting reviewed the procurement and distribution of
pulses from buffer stock. So far, the Government agencies have
LEGAL-COURT
BILL-ACT-DAILY-NEWS-29-09-2016
WASHINGTON:
Congress voted to decisively overturn President Barack Obama's veto of a
controversial 9/11 victims bill Wednesday, the first override of his presidency
and a sharp setback for longtime U.S. ally Saudi Arabia. The bill clears the
way for families of the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks to
file claims against Saudi Arabia for the kingdom's long-rumored but
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY-HEALTH-DAILY-NEWS-29-09-2016
The
world’s first baby was born from a new procedure that combines the DNA of three
people. The baby was born in Mexico. The baby was born on 6 April 2016 after
his Jordanian parents travelled to Mexico where they were cared for by US
fertility specialists. The baby was born using the new and controversial
technology, called mitochondrial donation, which incorporates DNA from three
The
Region of the Americas is the first in the world to have eliminated measles, a
viral disease that can cause severe health problems, including pneumonia,
blindness, brain swelling and even death. This achievement culminates a 22-year
effort involving mass vaccination against measles, mumps and rubella throughout
the Americas. The declaration of measles' elimination was made by the
APPOINTMENT-DAILY-NEWS-29-09-2016
Pharma
company Abbott India appointed Ambati Venu its new managing director for a term
of 5 years effective September 29, 2016. In February this year, Abbott India
announced resignation of its managing director Rehan A Khan.
ECONOMICAL-DAILY-NEWS-29-09-2016
The
Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 (RBI Act) has been amended by the Finance Act,
2016, to provide for a statutory and institutionalised framework for a
Monetary Policy Committee, for maintaining price stability, while keeping in
mind the objective of growth. The Monetary Policy Committee would be entrusted
with the task of fixing the benchmark policy rate (repo rate) required
Flagging
severe talent crunch at the top in public sector banks (PSBs), Reserve Bank of
India Deputy Governor S S Mundra on Wednesday pressed for the need to focus on
human resource management. He said there cannot be a “leaderless bank” even if
autonomous vehicles edge closer to reality. This assumes significance in the
light of an ailing Chennai-based Indian Overseas Bank functioning
In a
swift progress towards the goods and services (GST) tax roll-out from April 1,
2017, a Cabinet committee cleared the Rs 2,256 crore back-end information
technology (IT) project for the indirect tax department on Wednesday. The new
indirect tax network (systems integration) called Project Saksham will be
developed with the help of Wipro. "The implementation strategy for
the project will
The
government will sell 7% stake in Hindustan Copper as a part of this year’s
disinvestment programme. The share sale will be done through the so-called
offer for sale (OFS) route on Thursday at a base price of Rs 62 per share, five
per cent discount to current market rate. Shares of Hindustan Copper on
Wednesday closed at Rs 65.35 on the BSE. A total of 64.76 million shares have
been put
The
Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has allowed commodity exchanges
to introduce trading in options. The regulator on Wednesday said in a circular
sent to exchanges that would require its approval, which will be subject to
guidelines that would be announced later. Sebi has refrained from introducing
index-based futures as of now. Leading commodity exchanges have their
POLITICAL-DAILY-NEWS-29-09-2016
Jordan’s
King Abdullah has formed a new government headed by Hani Mulki as prime
minister for a second term. Mulki was first appointed last May to oversee the
parliamentary elections. He was reappointed now and tasked with reviving a
sluggish economy and business sentiment hit by regional turmoil by overseeing a
new International Monetary Fund-guided programme that started this year. In
AWARD
AND HONOUR -DAILY-NEWS-29-09-2016
The
National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has issued Letter of Award (LOA)
for development of following National Highway sections in the state of
Karnataka on EPC mode under NHDP Phase IVB: NHAI Awards Contract for Two
Highway Development Projects in Karnataka.
Tirupati
Airport Awarded “Best Tourist Friendly Airport” under the category for “State
Annual Excellence Awards “ Airports Authority of India’s Tirupati Airport has
been awarded as “Best Tourist Friendly Airport” under the category for “State
Annual Excellence Awards for the year 2015-16” by Andhra Pradesh Tourism. The
award was presented on the eve of World Tourism Day by the Chief
GQ
has named Vijay Shekhar Sharma, the founder and CEO of India’s largest payments
and commerce company, Paytm in the much prestigious ‘GQ Awards 2016, Men Of The
Year’. The annual list recognizes excellence across sectors – from cinema and
fashion to business and sports. Vijay is the first Indian startup entrepreneur
to be recognised among the GQ Men of the Year. In his
Indian
NGO Slum Soccer has won the inaugural FIFA Diversity Award . The award was
created by FIFA to recognise outstanding organisations, group initiatives and
football personalities that are standing up for diversity and inspire unity,
solidarity and equality among all people. Slum Soccer uses football to connect
individuals, teach life skills and work towards improving the living
Akruti,
a cultural organisation founded by Sudhakar organised a significant event to
celebrate M. S. Subbulakshmi’s 100th birth anniversary. On the occasion noted
mridangam vidwan Yella Venkateswara Rao was honoured with ‘The Subbulakshmi
Award’. The event held at Ravindra Bharati had two signifying segments
recalling contribution of MS to the field of music. While the
New
Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) President Pranab Mukharjee will present the National
Awards for Senior Citizens -- Vayoshreshtha Samman-2016 -- to eminent
individuals and institutions in recognition of their service towards the cause
of elderly persons, especially indigent senior citizens. The awards will be
presented at Vigyan Bhawan here on International Day of Older Persons which is
observed on
Nairobi,
28 September 2016 - Shoes made from old tires by disabled artisans in Ghana,
roads built from recycled plastic in Kenya, natural fertilizers made from water
hyacinths in Burkina Faso. Those are just some of the 20 African
eco-innovations honoured this year with the prestigious SEED Awards.
Founded in 2002 by UN Environment, UN Development and the International
Union for
Amitabh
Bachchan and Ranveer Singh bag GQ awardsOozing with style and glamour,
celebrities like Amitabh Bachchan, Ranveer Singh and Saif Ali Khan walked home
with trophies at the GQ Men of the Year Awards 2016. GQ India celebrated
its eighth anniversary with the annual Men of the Year Awards in association
with Chivas at the Grand Hyatt, Mumbai on Tuesday. The eighth edition of the
Bhopal,
Sep 27 () India's leading integrated power major Hindustan Power was awarded
the Best Solar Developer' by the Indian Power Producers Association of India
during its 17th Regulator and Policy makers Retreat at Goa. The award was
conferred to the company on the basis of its significant contribution to the
Indian solar sector which has the distinction of commissioning India's first 5
MW
SPORT-DAILY-NEWS-29-09-2016
Three
boxers have been reprimanded by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for
betting on boxing bouts during the 2016 Rio Olympics.The three boxers involved
are Michael John Conlan, Steve Gerard Donnelly, and Antony Fowler. All three
athletes have been issued severe reprimands
KANPUR:
Suresh Raina will lead the Uttar Pradesh Ranji Trophy team in the first two
matches in the forthcoming season. Raina has recently led India Green in the
Duleep Trophy matches, held at Noida. And agood show by the India limited overs
star will go a long way in convincing the selectors that he is good for the
longer version of the game too. Announcing the team on Wednesday, the selectors
Aditi
Dhumatkar wins gold medal in the 100m Freestyle Senior Women's category at the
70th Glenmark Senior National Aquatic Championship here today. Aditi clocked
00:29.14 sec to beat Olympian Shivani Kataria of Haryana, who settled for a
silver with a time of 00:59.50 sec and Maharashtra swimmer Rayna Saldhan won
the bronze medal after clocking 00:59.91 sec.
Javelin
thrower Ravinder Singh broke the first meet record in the 56th Open National
Athletics Championships with an effort of 79.04m on the second day of
competitions here today. World junior record-holder Neeraj Chopra held the
previous meet record of 77.67m from last year. The silver medal went to Shivpal
Singh (77.72m) who also bettered the old mark. Olympian Manpreet Kaur
Siddarth
Vishwakarma of Delhi today won his first career men's singles title by stopping
veteran Pune player Nitten Kirrtane 6-1 7-6(2) in the MSLTA-ATT Tennis
Tournament (M3) organised by Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association at their
courts here. Vishwakarma employed his variety of play and better ground-strokes
to dominate the first set comfortably before his 42-year-old rival
Danang:
India bagged their first gold medal at the 5th Asian Beach Games with the
women's beach kabaddi team winning the title for the record fifth time in
succession in Danang, Vietnam. Indian beat Thailand 41-31 in a hard-fought
summit clash at Bien Dong Park. The Indian women's kabaddi team had been
winning the gold since the inception of the biennial Games in 2008. Indian women's
ENVIRONMENT-DAILY-NEWS-29-09-2016
NEW
DELHI: The Centre has given its approval to ratify the Paris agreement on
climate change, a move that will bring the global deal into force early
November. But it has toughened its stand on negotiations to cap emissions by
the aviation sector, making it clear that India will not commit to reducing
emissions in the sector by 2020 as it will be an "injustice" to the country's
growing
BUSINESS-DAILY-NEWS-29-09-2016
India is going to invest 2 billion dollars in Sri Lanka in
the next three-four years. It was announced by Union Minister for State (MoS)
Commerce and Industry Nirmala Sitharaman during her visit to Sri Lanka. She had
visited Sri Lanka for talks on the Economic and Technological Cooperation
Agreement (ETCA) to discuss the terms of the agreement. About Economic and
Technological
FOREIGN
TOUR-FOREIGN RELATION- INTERNATIONAL -NEWS-29-09-2016
SHANGHAI:
China will build the world's deepest and largest high-speed railway
station at a popular section of the country's Great Wall, as part of its
preparations for the 2022 Winter Olympics, state media reported today. The
station will be at Badaling, the most visited section of the Great Wall which
lies about 80 km northwest of Beijing. The site received 30,000 tourists in just
one day during
WASHINGTON:
The International Monetary Fund or IMF today released $102.1 million to
cash-strapped Pakistan as part of its final tranche of distribution of
financial assistance to improve and restructure the country's economy. The
disbursement was part of $6.15 billion approved by the IMF Board in September
2013. "Significant challenges remain for Pakistan in the post-program
period,
BEIJING:
A nearly 1,000-year-old wooden pagoda in China's northern Shanxi
province, has been declared the world's tallest wooden pagoda by the Guinness
World Records. Wu Xiaohong, a Guinness World Records notary, granted the
certificate to Wang Xinjun, director of an agency responsible for the pagoda's
protection, state-run People's Daily reported. Wu said it is a classic
STATE -DAILY-NEWS-29-09-2016
The
Union government on Wednesday approved Rs1,269 crore of drought assistance for
Maharashtra. A panel headed by home minister Rajnath Singh decided on the aid
at a meeting on Wednesday, a spokesperson for Maharashtra chief minister’s
office said. The move was approved following the recommendations of a central
government committee that inspected drought conditions
New
Delhi, Sept. 28: Bengal has shown the least progress in initiating reforms
under a scheme launched last year to modernise the working of urban local
bodies, according to data available with the urban development ministry.
Bengal's performance in the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban
Transformation (AMRUT) could be a cause for concern as states that achieve the
scheme's
Hyderabad:
The Centre has promised to assist rain-battered AP and Telangana states.
Central teams will visit both the states to assess the damage to life and
property after TS and AP submit reports on the rain-havoc, Union minister M.
Venkaiah Naidu said in New Delhi on Wednesday. He briefed his Cabinet
colleagues Rajnath Singh, Arun Jaitley and Radha Mohan Singh on the damage
caused by
Chennai:
Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalalithaa announced a bonus of Rs.476.71 crore
to employees of state public sector companies on Wednesday. “About 3.67 lakh
eligible employees would receive bonus of a minimum Rs.8,400 up to Rs. 16,800
per month for the period 2015-16. In total, the various public sector companies
will receive a total of Rs.476.71 crore as bonus,” a
SUMMIT-DAILY-NEWS-29-09-2016
SAARC
Summit which was going to be held in Islamabad in Pakistan, has been postponed
as four countries out of eight member grouping deciding to boycott the meet.
Apart from India, Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Bhutan have pulled out of the
Summit scheduled to be held in November, indirectly blaming Pakistan for
creating an environment which is not conducive for the successful holding of
DEFENCE
-DAILY-NEWS-29-09-2016
This
is what Lt General Ranbir Singh, the army's Director General of Military
Operations, said today:It has been a matter of serious concern that there has
been continuing and increasing infiltration by terrorists across Line of
Control in Jammu and Kashmir. This is reflected, amongst others, in the
terrorist attacks on 11 and 18 September in Poonch and Uri respectively. Almost
20 infiltration
PASSES
AWAY-DAILY-NEWS-29-09-2016
Nobel
laureate and former Israeli Prime Minister, Shimon Perez succumbed to illness
at a hospital in Tel Aviv today. He was 93 and was being treated after a
suffering a stroke two weeks ago. Acclaimed as the founder of modern Israel,
Perez is credited with his the Oslo Accords, which created the Palestinian
Authority and formed the basis of negotiations to fulfill the “right to
self determination”
MELBOURNE:
Former Australia fast bowler Max Walker died on Wednesday following a battle
with cancer. The 68-year-old played in 34 Tests and 17 one-day internationals
(ODIs) and was also a key figure in the introduction of World Series Cricket in
the late 1970s, according to Cricket Australia. Walker claimed 138 Test wickets
and 20 ODI scalps between 1973 and 1981, including 12
MISCELLANEOUS-DAILY-NEWS-29-09-2016
Energy
Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) strongly refutes all claims of having
installed faulty LED street lights in their project in the South Delhi
Municipal Corporation (SDMC) area. Under the Government of India’s Street
Lighting National Programme (SLNP) over 1.98 lakh conventional street lights
have been replaced with LED street lights in Delhi. A social audit of about
4,500 people
COMMITTEE-DAILY-NEWS-29-09-2016
New
Delhi: In what could bring cheer to millions of central government employees
and pensioners, the committee on allowances is likely to purpose more than
double House Rent Allowance (HRA), with the increases ranging between 106% and
122% for all categories of employees. The committee on allowances is
ready to submit its report even two months in advance, when the Finance minister
Rattled
by the fury of the Supreme Court on Wednesday, the BCCI will meet here on
September 29-30 to chalk the course of action. The BCCI will be holding an
Emergent Special General Meeting to consider the amendments to BCCI’s rules and
regulations as recommended by the Supreme Court-appointed Justice RM Lodha
Committee. The Supreme Court though has held that holding the
NEW
DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday morning chaired a meeting of
the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) to discuss the situation at the Line of
Control. The meeting comes in the wake of repeated ceasefire violations by
Pakistani troops along the LoC. Pakistani troops on Thursday violated the
ceasefire along the LoC in Naugam sector of Kashmir by opening
AGREEMENT-DAILY-NEWS-29-09-2016
India
will sign social security agreements with Brazil, Russia, China and South
Africa after a consensus emerged at a BRICS labour ministers conference on
Wednesday that they will promote labour mobility in the grouping. India has
been trying to persuade the US to sign a similar bilateral social security
agreement, which could help bring back billions of dollars worth of
contributions
The
Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation and the railways have signed a
memorandum of understanding (MoU) to fix the target for various projects during
2016-2017. Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited (DFCCIL), a
government enterprise under the administrative control of the Ministry of
Railways, is at present carrying out construction of 3,342km eastern and
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