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Indian Railways launches Vikalp scheme for waitlisted passengers

Indian Railways has launched Vikalp scheme to

facilitate waitlisted passengers to get an

alternative train accommodation. The scheme

has been launched on pilot basis in trains

running on Delhi-Lucknow and Delhi-Jammu

sectors for 6 months and option will be limited

to Mail and Express trains. With this scheme,

Indian Railways aim to achieve the twin

objectives Providing confirmed accommodation to waitlisted passengers. Ensure

optimal utilization of available accommodation for these passengers. Waitlisted

passengers will get confirmed accommodation in next alternative train if they opt

for it while booking their tickets online. Once they opt for it passengers will get SMS

alert on their mobile phone about getting confirmed accommodation in alternative

train. No extra charges will be paid passenger to avail this scheme or any refund

provided for the difference of fare.

Facebook to help BSNL set up 100 wi-fi hotspots in rural India

Social media giant Facebook has partnered with

the state-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited

(BSNL) for setting up 100 wi-fi (Wireless

Fidelity) sites in rural India. In this regard both

entities have inked an agreement under which

Facebook will sponsor 100 wi-fi hotspots in

villages across west and southern India. It will

pay 5 lakh rupees for BSNL bandwidth for each hotspot per annum. The partnership

will be for three years and it can be further extended for two more years. With this

BSNL will be able to set up wi-fi hotspots in areas where it is not commercially




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feasible to run those and also extending its optical fibre connectivity services to

these hotspots.

Punjab to set up bio-ethanol refinery to stop menace of straw burning

Punjab Government has announced to set up bio-

ethanol refinery in the state to tackle the menace

of wheat and paddy straw burning. In this regard,

state government has inked MoU with consortium

of Beta Renewables, Novozymes and CVC India

Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. for project estimatedworth Rs. 950 crore during the Progressive

Punjab Investor Summit, 2015. Would play an important role in solving the chronic

problem of straw burning of leftover agro-based produce especially from wheat and

rice feedstocks. Benefit farmers economically, as they would be paid for their agro-

based produce to extract bio-ethanol. It would also help in preventing the loss of

fertility of soil and damage to environment by reducing air pollution.

Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis duo wins Singapore BNP Paribas WTA

Finals

Sania Mirza (India) and Martina Hingis

(Switerzerland) has won the 2015 BNP Paribas

WTA Finals Women’s double category. In the

final match played in Singapore, the Indo-Swiss

duo defeated Spanish pair of Garbine Muguruza

and Carla Suarez Navarro by 6-0, 6-3 score. It

overall ninth World Tennis Association (WTA)

doubles titles won by the Indo-Swiss pair together in 2015 season so far. The duo

earlier had won the Indian Wells Open, Miami Open, Charleston Opem, Wimbledon,




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US Open, Guangzhou Open, Wuhan Open and China Open. They also have secured

2015’s WTA Year-End world number one ranking in Women’s double category.

New Zealand wins 2015 Rugby World Cup

New Zealand has won the 2015 Rugby World Cup

for record third time by defeating Australia. In the

final match played at Twickenham, England the

winning team defeated Australian team by 34-17

score. With this victory, it also became the first

nation to retain the Webb Ellis Cup and it wastheir first victory on the foreign soil. Rugby World

Cup is contested every four years between the top international teams. It was first

held in 1987 and was co-hosted by New Zealand and Australia. The winning team is

awarded with the William Webb Ellis Cup named after William Webb Ellis who

invented sport of rugby according to a popular legend. Four countries have won the

trophy since its inception. New Zealand has won it three times (1987, 2011 and

2015).

Eminent Archaeologist VN Misra passes away

One of the eminent archaeologists of post-

Independent India, Virendra Nath Misra passed

away in Pune, Maharashtra. He was 81. He was

best known as the doyen of Indian prehistoric

archaeology and for his extensive field studies and

excavations in Central India and Rajasthan. In

these two regions, he had made several

significant contributions to the reconstruction of India’s prehistoric past. VN Misra

hailed from Uttar Pradesh and joined Pune based Deccan College after completing

his .G. degree in Anthropology from Lucknow University. He also had served as




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Director of Deccan College in 2000 and had retired as Professor of Prehistoric

Archaeology in 1995. In 1977, he had founded a dedicated society for pre-historic

studies and started an international research journal – Man and Environment.

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