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Arun Singh

Arun Singh has been appointed as Indias ambassador to the U.S. succeeding Jaishankar, who was named the Foreign Secretary in

January, the External Affairs Ministry announced on 8 of March.

Vinod Mehta

Veteran journalist and author Vinod Mehta passed away after prolonged illness in the Capital on Sunday.

Mehta, 72, who had founded the Outlook Magazine and served as its Editor-in-Chief, last held the post of editorial Chairman of the

publication.

An eminent political commentator, Mr. Mehta was served as the editor of several publications, including The Pioneer, The Sunday

Observer, The Independent and The Indian Post.

Kumar P Barve

Kumar P Barve, the first Indian- American to be elected to a US state legislature, has decided to run for the US Congress in the 2016

elections.

Patrick Pichette

Google Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Patrick Pichette on 8 of March announced his plans to retire from the

global tech giant.

Sir Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

Nobel Laureate Sir Venkatraman Ramakrishnan has been confirmed as President Elect of the Royal Society.

Sir Venki studies how genetic information is translated by the ribosome to make proteins, and the action of antibiotics on this

process. He received the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2009 with Tom Steitz and Ada Yonath and was awarded a knighthood in

2012.

Royal Society is a self-governing fellowship society of the worlds most distinguished scientists drawn from all areas of science,

medicine and engineering.

There have been 60 Presidents of the Royal Society since it was founded in 1660. Previous Presidents of the Royal Society have

included Christopher Wren, Samuel Pepys, Isaac Newton, Joseph Banks, Humphry Davy, and Ernest Rutherford.

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Satwant Atwal Trivedi.

In a first, the countrys largest border guarding force BSF will have a woman IPS officer. The officer, who has broken the

proverbial glass ceiling in the paramilitary force tasked to secure two of the most important Indian borders with Bangladesh and

Pakistan, is 1996-batch Himachal Pradesh cadre Satwant Atwal Trivedi.

JRD Tata

JRD Tata was a visionary who established civil aviation in India for the benefit of its people, Tata Sons Chairman Emeritus Ratan

Tata said after unveiling an AirAsia India aircraft with JRD Tata livery.

Meira Kumar

Former Lok Sabha Meira Kumars book entitled Indian Parliamentary Diplomacy Speakers Perspective was released.

The book features an account of the parliamentary diplomacy and its role in furthering foreign policy and strengthening

international relations.

She was the first unopposed elected woman Speaker of Lok Sabha and served from 2009 to 2014.

Mustafa Kamal

ICC President Mustafa Kamal has ruled out resigning from his post in protest against what he had called poor umpiring in his

countrys defeat to India in the cricket World Cup, terming reports of his possible quiting as rumour.

Katherine Viner

Katherine Viner has been appointed as editor-in-chief of The Guardian newspaper. She will be 12th editor-in-chief and the first woman

to run the newspaper in its 194-year history.

The Guardian newspaper is a British national daily founded in 1821. Till 1959 it was called as The Manchester Guardian.

The newspaper has won Pulitzer Prize 2014.

Shashi Kapoor

Actor-filmmaker Shashi Kapoor, who has starred in over 100 Hindi films and best known for his powerful portrayals in hits like

Namak Halaal, Deewar and Kabhie Kabhie, was today chosen for the prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke award, the highest

official recognition for film personalities in India.

He is the 46th Dada Saheb Phalke Award

For his contribution to cinema, he has been conferred many awards including National Film Award for Best actor for the film New

Delhi Times (1986), Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award (2010),Padma Bhushan (2011).

Established in 1969 to commemorate the birth centenary year of father of Indian cinema Dadasaheb Phalke.Indias highest award in

cinema. The award consists of a Swarn Kamal (Golden Lotus), a cash prize of Rs. 10 lakhs and a shawl.

Lee Kuan Yew

Singapores founding father, Mr Lee Kuan Yew, has died, leaving behind the unlikely nation that he and his colleagues fostered and

built over five decades as his lasting legacy.

Lee is described as the founding father and architect of modern Singapore. He is also considered as pioneer for transforming the

island country from a small port city into a wealthy global hub after its independence from United Kingdom and separation from

Malaysia.

Lee co-founded the Peoples Action Party (PAP) and was its first Secretary-General.

He was elected as First Prime Minister of Singapore in 1959. Since then he had served as PM of country for 31 years and had stepped

down in 1990.

Amitav Ghosh

Amitav Ghosh emerged as the only Indian author among 10 finalists for this years Man Booker International Prize for his

contribution to the English language writing.

The international version of the popular literary prize, to be held in London on May 19, is awarded every two years to a living

author who has published fiction either originally in English or whose work is generally available in translation in the English

language.

Ruth Porat

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Morgan Stanley Chief Financial Officer Ruth Porat is leaving the bank to join Google Inc in the same position.

Jonathan Pruzan, co-head of Morgan Stanleys global financial institutions group in investment banking, will become CFO after Ms.

Porat leaves on April 30.

Porat, 57, will replace Patrick Pichette, who said on March 10 that he planned to retire.

Yukiya Amano

IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano visited India and make a tour of the Rajasthan Atomic Power Plant (RAPS) here.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) serves as the worlds central intergovernmental forum for scientific and technical

co-operation in the nuclear field.

Jack Ma

Looking to expand its presence in India, Chinese e-commerce giant Alibabas Chairman Jack Ma met PM Narendra Modi, as he came

on a visit to India.

Muhammadu Buhari

Nigerias opposition leader Muhammadu Buhari earned a massive victory in the key northern state of Kano, beating his rival,

President Goodluck Jonathan, by nearly 1.7 million votes, official presidential election results have said.

Daniel Vettori

Daniel Vettori has confirmed his retirement from international cricket, declaring that the World Cup final against Australia was his

last game for New Zealand. The New Zealand players landed in Auckland after loss at the MCG and Vettori announced that his 18-

year international career was over.

He had started his international cricket career in 199697 at the age of 18. He was the youngest player to represent New Zealand in

Test cricket.

He was considered as New Zealands most-capped test cricketer.

Vettori had captained New Zealands International cricket team from 2007 to 2011.

Vettori led New Zealand in 32 Test matches and 82 ODIs.

He also appeared in 34 T20 internationals and collected 38 wickets.

He also had bowled in 277 ODI innings and took 305 wickets.

National Affairs

PDP veteran Mufti Mohammed Sayeed was on 1 of March sworn-in as Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir heading a coalition with

BJP which, in a clear departure from its earlier stand, agreed to maintain status quo on Article 370 in the common agenda for

governance.

Jammu and Kashmir Governor N N Vohra appointed BJPs Nirmal Singh as Deputy Chief Minister in the Mufti Mohammad Sayeed

government.

Sajjad Gani Lone, younger son of Peoples Conference leader Abdul Gani Lone who was assassinated in 2002 in Srinagar, has

crossed yet another threshold with his swearing in as a minister in PDP-BJP Government since he broke ranks with separatists

nearly a decade ago in Jammu and Kashmir.

Jaitley flagged Nai Manzil as a scheme that will be launched this year to enable minority youth who do not have a formal school-

leaving certificate to obtain one and find better employment.

It was billed as a bridge course to bridge the academic and skill development gaps of the deeni Madrasa pass outs with their

mainstream counterparts.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated to the nation two units each of 600 MW of Shree Singaji Thermal Power Plant in Khandwa

district of P.

India unveiled its indigenously developed and manufactured Rotavirus vaccine, Rotavac claimed to be the worlds cheapest at the rate

of around Rs 60 per dose and aimed at boosting efforts to deal with Diarrhoea that kills upto 80,000 children under 5 every year.

Bharat Biotech India Limited that was involved in the development and production of the vaccine was selected in 1997-1998 by the

India-US Vaccine Action Programme and the standard government procedures.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 10 of march saluted the bravery and sense of duty of CISF personnel on forces 46th Raising

Day.

The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) came into existence in 1969 to provide integrated security cover to public sector

undertakings and at present has a strength of around 1.4 lakh personnel.

The force is responsible for securing critical infrastructure installations like nuclear installations, space establishments, airports as

well as the Delhi Metro.

An India-built naval 1,300-tonne patrol vessel Barracuda presented to Mauritius that will help in better policing its vast exclusive

economic zone was commissioned on 12 march by Prime Minister Narendra Modi who said it will make the Indian Ocean more safer

and secure.

The government launched a dedicated portal to help consumers register their grievances against misleading advertisements.

On a pilot basis, Grahak Suvidha Kendra was also launched in six cities including Delhi and Ahmedabad.

To avoid confusion in the minds of the electorate in constituencies where namesakes are contesting, the Election Commission has

decided that ballot papers will also carry pictures of the contestants besides their names and party symbols.

Election Commission has announced that Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and ballot papers will carry photographs of

candidates from 1 May 2015.

Indias indigenously developed Beyond Visual Range (BVR) air-to-air missile, Astra, was successfully launched from a Sukhoi-30 fighter

aircraft on 18 of march.

The test was undertaken at the Integrated Test Range located at Chandipur in Odisha.

Missiles all subsystems like propulsion, navigation, guidance and separation from the aircraft were also successfully tested.

The all-weather, state-of-the-art missile developed by DRDO can engage and destroy enemy aircraft at supersonic speed ( 1.2 Mach

to 1.4 Mach) in head-on (up to 80 km) and tail-chase (up to 20 km) modes.

The 3.8 metre tall Astra is the smallest of the DRDO-developed missiles and can be launched from different altitudes.

It can reach up to 110 km when fired from an altitude of 15 km, 44 km when launched from an altitude of eight km and 21 km when

fired from sea level.

The missile can be integrated with fighter aircraft including Sukhoi-30 MKI, Mirage-2000, MiG-29, Jaguar and the Tejas Light Combat

Aircraft (LCA).

The Lok Sabha cleared Warehousing Corporations (Amendment) Bill, 2015. The Bill seeks to amend the Warehousing Corporations

Act, 1962.

A Bill seeking to absolve the government of its responsibilities as a guarantor of the Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC) was

passed by Lok Sabha, with Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan ruling out any move to privatise the mini-ratna company.

The bill put to end the Central Governments responsibility of being a financial guarantor to the CWC in order to follow the criteria

to be a Mini-Ratna enterprise status.

Central and state warehousing corporations are established under the Warehousing Corporations Act, 1962 for the purpose of

warehousing agricultural produce and other commodities.

Noted industrialist Ratan Tata will head a new innovative council of Indian Railways, called Kaya Kalp, formed to turn around the

ailing state-run rail network.

Apart from Tata Groups chairman emeritus, the Kaya Kalp council will also have two railway union leaders Shiv Gopal Mishra and

M Raghuvaiah.

Tata will head the Kaya Kalp council, while general secretaries of All-India Railwaymen Federation, Shiv Gopal Mishra and National

Federation of Indian Railwaymen, M Raghuvaiah will also be the members of the council, according to railway .

The other committee, under former DIPP(Department Of Industrial Policy & Promotion) secretary Ajay Shankar, has been set up to

revamp ministrys PPP (public private partnership) cell to get private investment.

The Minister of State for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences Shri Y.S. Chowdary announced launching ofBIRAC ACE Fund. The

Equity Fund is aimed at addressing the pressing needs of accelerating the growth of entrepreneurs, in the field of Biotechnology.

BIRAC was established under the aegis of the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India

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as a Public Sector Undertaking three years ago and is mandated to foster and promote innovation research in biotech industries

specially start-ups and SMEs.

Today, BIRAC has more than 100 Young Entrepreneurs, nearly 250 companies and start-ups and 15 incubators supported as an

important part of the Innovation ecosystem of the country.

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, gave its approval for the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas

Yojana (PMKVY) with an outlay of Rs.1500 crore.

This will be the flagship scheme for skill training of youth to be implemented by the new Ministry of Skill Development and

Entrepreneurship through the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC). The scheme will cover 24 lakh persons.

With the passing of the Coal Mines( Special Provisions) Bill 2015 by the Rajya Sabha , the Bill gets the approval of the Parliament.

Earlier the Lok Sabha had passed this Bill on 04th March, 2015.

The objecives and salient features of the Coal Mines( Special Provisions) Bill,2015 are as follows :

To provide for allocation of coal mines and vesting of the right, title and interest in and over the land and mine infrastructure to

successful bidders and allottees with a view to ensure continuity in coal mining operations and production of coal.

To take immediate action to auction or allot coal mines to minimise impact on core sectors such as steel, cement and power, which

are vital for the development of the nation.

To amend the Coal Mines (Nationalization) Act, 1973 and the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 thereby

removing the restriction of end use from the eligibility to undertake coal mining except in the case of certain specified coal blocks.

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, gave its approval for making reservation of 33 percent for

women, horizontally and in each category (SC/ST/OBC and others) in direct recruitment in non-gazetted posts from Constables to sub-

inspector in the police forces of all Union Territories, including Delhi Police

Parliament has passed the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) (Amendment) Bill, 2015.

The Amendment removes discretion in the grant of mineral concessions. All mineral concessions are granted by the respective State

Governments. They will continue to do so but all grants of mineral concessions would be through auctions, thereby bringing in

greater transparency and removing discretion.

The Amendment Bill makes it mandatory to establish a District Mineral Foundation (DMF) in all districts where mining takes

place. This is designed to address a long time grievance of civil society that people affected by mining are not cared for.

The Amendment proposes to setup a National Mineral Exploration Trust created out of contribution from the mining lease

holders.

All offences under the Act will now be subject to a maximum punishment of 5 years imprisonment or fine of Rs. 5.00 lakhs per

hectare.

The Ministry of Railways decided to restrict the number of tickets that an individual can book via the e-ticketing platform, in a single

login session.

However, this restriction will be applicable only while booking of e-ticket between 0800 and 1200 hours. It will also not be applicable

while booking onward journey/return journey e-tickets, the release said.

The Ministry of Railways has also decided to upwardly revise the rate of platform ticket to Rs 10/- per ticket from Rs 5/- per ticket.

The revised rate of platform ticket will be charged on platform ticket to be issued from 01.04.2015.

The countrys low-cost Mars mission, that completed six months of rendezvous with the red planet, has been extended by another six

months due to surplus fuel, a senior ISRO official said.

Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi launched his ambitious multi-purpose and multi-modal platform PRAGATI (Pro-Active

Governance And Timely Implementation).

PRAGATI is a unique integrating and interactive platform.

The platform is aimed at addressing common mans grievances, and simultaneously monitoring and reviewing important

programmes and projects of the Government of India as well as projects flagged by State Governments.

The PRAGATI platform uniquely bundles three latest technologies: Digital data management, video-conferencing and geo-spatial

technology.

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It also offers a unique combination in the direction of cooperative federalism since it brings on one stage the Secretaries of

Government of India and the Chief Secretaries of the States.

With this, the Prime Minister is able to discuss the issues with the concerned Central and State officials with full information and

latest visuals of the ground level situation. Such an effort has never been made in India.

It is also an innovative project in e-governance and good governance.

Key features of the PRAGATI application are as follows:

It is a three-tier system (PMO, Union Government Secretaries, and Chief Secretaries of the States);

Prime Minister will hold a monthly programme where he will interact with the Government of India Secretaries, and Chief

Secretaries through Video-conferencing enabled by data and geo-informatics visuals.

Now onwards, it will be held once in every month on Fourth Wednesday at 3.30 PM-to be known as PRAGATI Day.

The system has been designed in-house by the PMO team with the help of National Informatics Center (NIC)

Three premier institutions of IIT Kharagpur, IIM Kolkata and Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) Kolkata, have come together for the

first time to offer a joint course in business analytics.

Starting from this session, the Post Graduate Diploma in Business Analytics (PGDBA) will allow students the rare opportunity to

become students of all the three institutions at the same time and study one semester at each of them.

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal launched the e-ration service through which people can apply and obtain ration cards and check

availability of food grains and their costs, making Delhi the first in the country to launch the facility.

Anyone can avail the facility of e-ration card on the Department of Food Supplies and Consumer Affairs website

(www.Nfs.Delhi.Gov.In).

Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated scientists for the successful launch of IRNSS-1D satellite.

With the successful launch of IRNSS-1D, the fourth in the series of seven navigational satellites today, India is set to operationalise

its own navigational system on part with the GPS of the United States.

IRNSS-1D will provide navigation, tracking and mapping service and has a mission life of 10 years.

It is the fourth in the constellation of seven satellites, planned by ISRO to constitute IRNSS, which would be on par with US-based

GPS once the full complement of spacecrafts are launched.

IRNSS is a navigation system that will cover India, and also extend 1,500 kms from its boundaries.

The government sanctioned a Rs 5,113 crore project to develop a next-generation Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS),

which will act as a 360-degree Eye in the Sky, and also approved purchase of two Airbus A330 aircraft for the same.

International Affairs

China has launched a massive USD 79.8 billion infrastructure project in the northwest province of Gansu which will facilitate trade and

people exchanges between China and central Asia as part of its ambitious Silk Road plan.

Unveiling plans to make it a maritime power, China hiked defence budget by 10.1 per cent this year to about USD 145 billion aimed at

developing high-tech weapons amid unease among its neighbours over its growing military might and territorial ambitions.

China scaled back its growth target to around seven per cent after posting a 24-year low GDP rate of 7.4 per cent last year, signalling

that the downward spiral of the worlds second largest economy would continue with formidable difficulties ahead.

China has invited Japan to join the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), a brainchild of the Communist nation for which 27

countries including India have signed up to be its founding members.

India has joined the initiative to set up the Bank floated last year by China to step financing of infrastructure projects in the region.

The bank to be headquartered in Beijing is expected to be operational this year.

The authorised capital of AIIB is $ 100 billion and the initial subscribed capital is expected to be around $ 50 billion.

The bank together with BRICS Development Bank and $ 40 billion Silk Road development fund established by China was expected

to fund large number of infrastructure projects in the region.

Pakistan successfully test launched Shaheen-III a surface-to-surface ballistic missile capable of carrying nuclear and conventional

warheads to a distance of 2,750 kilometres, bringing most Indian cities under its range.

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In a stunning victory against all odds, PM Benjamin Netanyahu secured a 3rd straight term in Israels election following a last-minute

shift on Palestinian statehood.

Republican US Senator Ted Cruz confirmed he will run for president in 2016, the first major candidate to officially declare a bid in the

next race for the White House

NASAs Opportunity Mars rover has become the first human-made vehicle to complete a marathon on another planet a feat

accomplished in a record time of no less than 11 years.

Pakistans indigenously-developed armed drone Burraq has been tested in live combat against militants in the strategic Tirah Valley

region of Khyber tribal district near Afghan border and killed senior commanders of the insurgents, according to a media report.

The IMF has approved giving USD 6.64 billion to Pakistan over three years to support the countrys economic reforms and growth,

saying it has abundant potential despite the challenges it faces, according to a media report today.

The approval enables an initial disbursement of about USD 544.5 million while the remaining amount will be evenly disbursed over

the duration of the programme, subject to the completion of quarterly reviews.

The ninth edition of Earth Hour kicks-off, people across the globe show their growing concern over Climate change by switching off the

lights for an hour.

Earth Hour is an annual campaign started by the WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature/World Wildlife Fund), to raise awareness for

the need of sustainable energy.

Earth Hour Global is a registered Charity under the Charities Act in Singapore and company limited by guarantee. Even though

this is an opensource campaign, the Earth Hour brand is legally trademarked worldwide and licensed for use by WWF delivering

the Earth Hour movement.

Saudi-led coalition warplanes pounded Yemens Shiite rebels for a sixth day today, destroying missiles and weapons depots and for the

first time using warships to bomb the rebel-held airport and eastern outskirts of the port city of Aden.

Economy

The Union budget has proposed an additional tax deduction of Rs.50,000 for investments in National Pension Scheme (NPS) under

Section 80 CCD. This will be over and above the deduction of Rs.1.5 lakh available under Section 80C of the Income-Tax Act.

The government has, however, not made investments in NPS tax-free at the time of withdrawal.

The government on 1 of March said Atal Pension Yojna (APY), announced in the Budget, will be launched on June 1 and will focus on

all citizens in the unorganised sector entitling them to a pension of up to Rs 5,000 per month after 60 years of age.

Countrys leading taxi service aggregator Ola Cabs has acquired its rival TaxiForSure in a cash and equity deal worth USD 200 million.

India is home to the fourth largest number of billionaires across the world, while the US tops the charts followed by China and

Germany.

The number of Indian billionaires has increased to 90 with a total wealth of $ 294 billion

In comparison, the US has as many as 536 billionaires, followed by 213 from China and 103 from Germany.

To discourage premature withdrawal of provident fund by subscribers, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has proposed a tax on such

early closures.

A new provision in his budget papers that allows for tax deduction at source (TDS) on provident fund withdrawal before five years

of continuous service.Such withdrawal will attract tax at the rate of 10 per cent.

The new proposal of TDS deduction, however, will not be applicable if the provident fund withdrawal is less than Rs. 30,000.

The move is clearly aimed at promoting long-term saving. These changes will come into effect from June 1, 2015.

Five public sector undertakings (PSUs) will be closed down by the government, which has included some of the best known state-run

enterprises like Air India, MTNL and Hindustan Shipyard, in the list of 65 sick PSUs, Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday.

The minister said there were 65 units in the list of sick PSUs as of March 31 last year.

The reasons for their sickness vary from enterprise to enterprise and included obsolete plants and machinery, heavy interest

burden, resource crunch, surplus manpower and shortage of working capital.

In the biggest ever funding for Indian Railways, state-run insurance behemoth Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) on 11 of

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march committed Rs 1.5 lakh crore for development of various railway projects over the next five years.

LIC is a leading financial institution with assets under management of Rs 15 lakh crore. One of the major activities of LIC is to

provide long term finance to various entities.

The government on 18 of march launched a Rs 200 crore scheme to set up a network of technology and incubation centres to accelerate

entrepreneurship and promote start-ups for innovation and entrepreneurship in Agro-industry.

The scheme envisages creation of a framework for start-up promotion through Small Industries Development Bank of India

(SIDBI) by using innovative means of finance like equity, quasi-equity, angel fund, venture capital fund, impact funds and challenge

funds.

The Narendra Modi government has directed regional rural banks to become slim by cutting jobs and outsource non-core functions

such as IT maintenance, cash remittance and house-keeping.

The move is aimed at improving productivity and profitability of RRBs. The move is based on the recommendations of SK Mitra

committee on HR policy for RRBs

The nations banking system has 56 RRBs with 19400 branches and a collective business volume of Rs 4.50 lakh crore.

Telecom major Bharti Airtel announced partnership with Amazon Web Services to offer its cloud computing services to customers in

India.

Cloud computing services offer software and other facility on pay as per use basis without customers requiring to buy entire

product.

Amazon Web Services offers facility like website hosting, data storage and other softwares required to run or manage businesses.

An Airtel official explained that under this partnership customer will get commitment from the company on dedicated connection

between their premise and AWS data centres the facility which was not available earlier.

India has overtaken the US to become the third-largest steel producer in the world with a production of 14.56 million tonnes (MT) in

first two months of the year. It was revealed in the Data compiled by World Steel Association (WSA).

India has been the fourth-largest steel producer for the past five years, behind China, Japan and the US.

China tops in steel production and accounts for nearly half of the global steel production. During this period China has produced 65

MT steel.

Market regulator Sebi has launched a major SMS campaign to create awareness among the public about fraudulent schemes claiming

big profits in less time.

Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), in the current fiscal, has busted more than 150 cases of frauds against gullible

investors involving close to Rs 13,000 crore.

Beside, Sebi has already launched investor education and awareness programmes through newspapers.

Tweets of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as also that of seven state chief ministers and some government departments, can now reach

mobile users free of cost through SMSes following the launch of a new Twitter Samvad service today.

As of now, 16 government offices, including the ministry of railways, the Bengaluru police and the chief ministers of Uttar Pradesh

and West Bengal are participating in Twitter Samvad, which is powered by Bengaluru-based ZipDial, which was recently acquired

by Twitter.

The event comes on the day the Supreme Court upheld the social media users freedom of expression as guaranteed by the

constitution, by striking down section 66 A of the Information Technology Act, 2000.

Section 66 A gives power to government authorities to issue directions to block public access of any information through any

computer resource.

Section 66 A also allows authorities to arrest a person for posting allegedly offensive content on websites and imprisonment for a

term which may extend to three years and with fine.

India has contributed USD 260,000 for a permanent memorial The Ark of Return designed by American architect of Haitian descent

Rodney Leon unveiled at the UN headquarters here to honour the victims of slavery and transatlantic slave trade.

The memorial was unveiled on the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave

Trade commemorated on March 25, with the theme this year being Women and Slavery.

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The Agriculture Ministry approved setting up of Price Stabilisation Fund (PSF) with a corpus of Rs 500 crore to support market

interventions for price control of perishable agri-horticultural commodities.

The fund will be used to advance interest free loan to state governments and central agencies to support their working capital and

other expenses on procurement and distribution interventions for such commodities.

For this purpose, the states will set up a revolving fund to which Centre and states will contribute equally (50:50).

Initially the fund is proposed to be used for onion and potato only.

Tech giant Yahoo will buy back additional shares worth USD 2 billion as it looks to return more value to shareholders.

In 2013, the US-based company had announced a share repurchase programme worth USD 5 billion.

Market insiders said the exercise is not only to provide more gains to shareholders, but also to shore up the value of its stocks and

assure investors about the future growth and stability of the firm.

E-commerce major Snapdeal has picked up majority stake in digital financial products platform, RupeePower, for an undisclosed

amount through a stock and cash deal.

Snapdeals entry into online Financial Services is a first for an e-commerce company in India. Following the deal, the SoftBank-

backed Snapdeal will offer consumer loans through the RupeePower network. The online financial services market in India is

estimated at Rs 4,500 crore.

Founded in 2011, RupeePower has partnered 12 banks, including the State Bank of India, and non-banking financial companies. This

network will be expanded after the acquisition. RupeePower does not lend on its own. The platform will have financial services such

as personal loans, educational loans, credit cards, automobile loans, home loans, and extended warranties.

Banking & Finance

A Monetary Policy Framework Agreement, signed by the Centre and the Reserve Bank of India on February 20 but made public on

march 2 , veers round to Raghuram Rajans view that India too should move towards inflation targeting, which is common in

developed economies.

Now, the Framework Agreement says, the Reserve Bank will aim to bring inflation below 6 per cent by January 2016. The target for

financial year 2016-17 and all subsequent years will be 4 per cent with a band of +/- 2 per cent. The agreement also said the

Governor and in his absence the Deputy Governor (in charge of monetary policy) will determine the policy rate, as well as any other

monetary measures, to achieve the target.

RBI on 4 of march slashed key policy (repo) rate by 0.25 per cent to 7.5 per cent, the second such surprise rate cut outside regular

policy review in less than two months.

The RBIs decision to cut its policy or repo rate to 7.5 per cent after another cut from 8 per cent to 7.75 per cent on January 15.

Cash reserve ratio (percentage of deposits kept in government securities) has been left unchanged at 4 per cent.

The cut in the policy rate by RBI will help in lowering interest rate for individual and corporate borrowers and give a boost to the

economy.

Repo rate is the rate at which the central bank of a country (Reserve Bank of India in case of India) lends money to commercial

banks in the event of any shortfall of funds. Repo rate is used by monetary authorities to control inflation.

Inflation measured by the wholesale price index (WPI) was at 0.11 per cent in December.

The countrys umbrella body for all retail payments system, National Payments Corporation (NPCI), has reached a new milestone with

successful linking of as many as 15 crore bank accounts with the Aadhaar numbers, moving closer to map the overall 17 crore DBT

accounts before June 30.

The Reserve Bank-promoted NPCI agencys chief A P Hota today said it expects that all beneficiaries of all government

subsidies/benefit transfers will be brought under the linkage programme.

After a gap of over 20 years, Re 1 note has been released in the country and it bears the signature of Finance Secretary of India Rajiv

Mehrishi.

Incidentally, the note was released at Shrinathji temple at Nathdwara in north Indian state of Rajasthan, on March 6 by Mehrishi.

Other currency notes in India bear the signature of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor.

The re-launched one rupee notes will be made up of 100 per cent cotton rag content. It will weigh 90 grams per square metre and

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have thickness of 110 microns.

As watermarks, it will bear Ashoka Pillar symbol in the window without words Satyamev Jayate, carry a hidden numeral in the

centre while hidden word Bharat (in Hindi) will be on the right hand side of the note.

The colour of one Rupee Currency Note is predominantly pink green on obverse and reverse in combination with others.

The government on 11 of march approved appointment of nine Executive Directors (EDs) in various public sector banks, including

BoB, BoI and Canara Bank.

R P Marathe, a General Manager with Bank of Baroda, has been appointed as Executive Director in Bank of India.

The government also cleared appointment of Kishore Piraji Kharat as Executive Director of Union Bank of India.

Harideesh Kumar B, at present a General Manager with Vijaya Bank, will take over as Executive Director at Canara Bank.

Union Bank of Indias R C Lodha has been appointed as Executive Director at Central Bank of India, while N K Sahoo will assume

charge as ED in Allahabad Bank.

The government also appointed Charan Singh Executive Director in UCO Bank.

Pawan Kumar Bajaj will be the new ED at Chennai-based Indian Overseas Bank.

Ravi Shankar Pandey has been appointed as Executive Director of Syndicate Bank.

RBI has asked banks to do reporting of the `Sukanya Samriddhi scheme transactions directly through the Government account at its

central account section (CAS) in Nagpur on a daily basis.

Launched in January, `Sukanya Samriddhi is a small savings scheme meant for the girl child. Under the plan, investments, accrual

and proceeds will be tax free in the hands of an investor under Section 80C of Income Tax Act.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has Launched Sukanya Samridhi Yojna (girl child prosperity scheme) with the vision to provide for

Girl Child Education and Her Marriage Expense.

Sukanya Samriddhi Account Scheme is a small deposit scheme for girl child, as part of Beti Bachao Beti Padhao campaign, which

would fetch yearly interest rate of 9.1 per cent and provide income tax deduction Under section 80C of the Income Tax Act,1961.

The account under this scheme a saving account can be opened by the parent or legal guardian of a girl child of less than 10 years of

age (born on or after: 02-December-2003; For FY 2014-15) with a minimum deposit of 1,000/- in any post office or authorised

branches of commercial bank.

Xpress Money, global money transfer service provider launched a new service to help consumers send money directly to any bank

account in the country.

The company has tied up with Axis Bank to offer this service.

The company offers services in the UK, Greece, Belgium, Ireland, Romania, Cyprus, Italy, Spain, Denmark, Sweden, France, Malta,

Turkey, Germany, Netherlands, Gibraltar and Norway.

Once the transaction has been processed, the amount would be credited to beneficiaries accounts within 24 to 48 hours.

The National Stock Exchange launched Quality 30 index to capture the performance of stocks selected on quality parameters.

The index aims to reflect performance of stocks of top 30 quality companies chosen from a pool of 100 large and liquid companies

listed on the NSE.

Quality companies are identified on the basis of quality score, which is based on high return on equity, low debt-to-equity ratio and

year-on-year growth in profit after tax over the last three years.

RBI signed a USD 400 million currency swap agreement with the Central Bank of Sri Lanka for three years that will allow the island

nation to draw the amount in dollars or euros in multiple tranches.

The swap arrangement is intended to provide a backstop line of funding for the SAARC member countries to meet any balance of

payments and liquidity crises till long-term arrangements are made.

In May 2012, Reserve Bank of India had announced in the SAARCFINANCE Governors meeting, held in Nepal, that it would offer

swap facilities aggregating USD 2 billion, both in foreign currency and rupee to SAARC member countries.

The facility is available to all South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) member countries. Besides India, other

members of SAARC are: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lan ..

Railway passengers can now book their tickets, do shopping and pay service bills using RuPay pre-paid cards, as the Indian Railway

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Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), launched the debit card service here.

The service was launched by the IRCTC in collaboration with Union Bank of India and the National Payment Corporation of

India.

RuPay is Indias own card payment gateway network like Visa and Master Card, and provides an alternative system for banks to

provide a debit card service.

Cards can be made available from UBI offices or through IRCTC online. Initially the service will be available for booking tickets and

later on shopping and bill payments will be added.

One can have the card with a loading limit of Rs.10,000 with partial KYC detail or Rs.50,000 loading limit with full KYC.

The transaction charge would be Rs.10 per ticket for booking a ticket through the card on the portal.

National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) said it has enabled all 56 Regional rural banks under its central payment systems

network with RuPay cards and access to National Automated Clearing House service.

With this, 12 crore customers at 19,000 bank branches of all 56 regional rural banks (RRBs) would be part of the national network of

electronic payment systems, according to a release issued here.

NPCI, which was set up in 2009 as infrastructure for various retail payment systems in the country, was envisaged by the Reserve

Bank of India (RBI) as the payment utility for all banks in the country.

Just two days before the end of this fiscal year, the Reserve Bank of India has issued guidelines that would help banks show better

profit numbers for fiscal year 2014-15. The central bank has allowed lenders to draw half the countercyclical buffer to make provision

against bad loans. This will help them report reduced losses against such loans.

Countercyclical provisioning buffer is created in good times. It can be utilised during economic downturns when banks are often

required to make unusually high badloan provisions. Until now, banks were allowed to draw only up to a third of this pool and

floating provisions against bad loans.

Sports

Jagmohan Dalmiya was on 2 of march unanimously elected BCCI prez but N Srinivasan camp suffered a huge setback with rival

factions Anurag Thakur beating Sanjay Patel for the post of Secretary at Boards AGM.

M S Dhoni achieved the milestone of recording 100 ODI wins as captain after a resounding victory against Bdesh in the cricket World

Cup quarter-finals here today.

Rohit Sharma blasted a strokeful century as defending champions India stormed into the semi-finals of the ICC Cricket World Cup

by thrashing a hapless Bangladesh by 109 runs in a lop-sided contest.

Indian recurve mixed team of Sanjay Boro and Madhu Vedwan beat Indonesia 20-19 in a shoot off to win the gold at Asia Cup Stage 2

archery competition.

Martin Guptill bludgeoned his way to the highest individual World Cup knock as New Zealander rode on the openers swashbuckling

237 to record an imposing 393 for six against West Indies in the fourth quarterfinal match of the mega event.

Sania Mirza and Swiss legend Martina Hingis began their partnership with a title win as they overcame Ekaterina Makarova and Elena

Vesnina 6-3 6-4 in the summit clash of the BNP Paribas Open, here.

It was second title of the season for Sania and 24th overall.

Indian Wells Masters

The Indian Wells Masters, also known by its current sponsored name the BNP Paribas Open, is an annual tennis tournament held in

Indian Wells, California, United States.

Mens Singles Title Winner

Novak Djokovic defeated Roger Federer 6-3, 6-7 (5/7), 6-2 to successfully defend his Indian Wells crown and claim his 50th career

ATP title on Sunday.

The 27-year-old world number one from Serbia also captured his fourth Indian Wells crown and is now tied with world number two

Federer for the most mens titles in the California desert.

Womens Singles Title Winner

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Romanias Simona Halep has won the Indian Wells Open Tennis Womens Singles Title. In the final match she defeated Serbias

Jelena Jankovic by 2-6, 7-5, 6-4 score .

Mens Double Title Winner

Vasek Pospisil and Jack Sock captured their third team title together on Saturday as they triumphed at the BNP Paribas Open with a

tense 6-4, 6-7(3), 10-7 victory over Australian Open champions Simone Bolelli and Fabio Fognini.

Womens Double Title Winner

Sania Mirza (India) and Martina Hingis (Switzerland) pair have won Indian Wells Open Tennis Womens Doubles Title. In the final

match they defeated Russian pair Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina by 6-3, 6-4 score.

Sania Mirza jumped to her career-best rank of three in the doubles, following her stupendous title win at the BNP Paribas Open with

Swiss great Martina Hingis.

Saina Nehwal today scripted history by becoming the first Indian woman shuttler to attain the number one spot in world rankings,

reaffirming her status as the countrys most consistent performer in the international circuit.

The 25-year-old zoomed to the top after her closest challenger for the position, Spains Carolina Marin, lost in the India Open Super

Series semifinal here.

Saina takes over the reins from Chinas Li Xuerui, thereby ending the Chinese stranglehold over the world rankings for many years.

Saina thus becomes only the second Indian overall to be world number one after Prakash Padukone had the distinction of being

the numero uno mens badminton player.

The London Olympic Bronze-Medallist has won a staggering 14 international titles in her glorious career and most recently she

became the first Indian woman to make the finals of the prestigious All England Championships in Manchester.

She was the first to be a Junior world champion, besides being the first to clinch a Super Series title.

The path-breaker was awarded the countrys highest sporting honour the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award in 2010.

Australian captain Michael Clarke on 29 of march dedicated his teams World Cup triumph to Philip Hughes, who tragically lost his

life in a freak on-field accident, saying that the late teammate and little brother was considered part of the squad through the

tournament.

Australia has won the World Cup in a canter, beating New Zealand by seven wickets at the Melbourne Cricket Ground for the

countrys fifth world title.

The match was wrapped up in the 34th over after a brilliant innings by retiring skipper Michael Clarke (74), ably supported by

Steve Smith (56 not out), saw Australia easily chase down New Zealands modest total of 183.

James Faulkner, who was adjudged Man-of-the-match for his brilliant bowling effort of 3/36, said that he might not have been here

today due to injury.

Player-of-the-Tournament Mitchell Starc, who picked up 22 wickets with his left-arm fast bowling, said that his fine show was a

result of hard works over the past few months.

Previously, Australia had won the Cricket World Cup in 1987, 1999, 2003 and 2007. It was first time of New Zealand to enter final

of Cricket World Cup.

Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth won their respective India Open Super Series titles at the Siri Fort Sports Complex in New

Delhi on 29 of march.

Womens singles top seed Saina Nehwal trumped former World Champion Ratchanok Intanon in the final to win 21-16, 21-14 in 49

minutes.

Later, 22-year-old Srikanth had a contrasting victory but made sure that he made it a double for Indian badminton by defeating

Danish World No.6 Viktor Axelsen 18-21, 21-13, 21-12 in 55 minutes.

This is the Hyderabadis second title of the year after winning the India Grand Prix Gold in January in Lucknow.

Both Saina and Srikanth took home $20,625 each for the title wins.

Report

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been named among the 30 most influential people on the internet by Time magazine in a list which

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also features US President Barack Obama.

The list, which analysed social-media followings, site traffic and overall ability to drive news, also includes British author of the

Harry Potter series J K Rowling and singers Taylor Swift and Beyonce.

Time said the Indian Prime Minister has roughly 38 million followers on social networking sites Twitter and Facebook, putting him

ahead of any other leaders in the world except Obama .

The list also includes reality star Kim Kardashian, singer Justin Beiber, actress Gwyneth Paltrow, Chinese actress Yao Chen, singer

Shakira, photographer behind the hugely popular blog Humans of New York Brandon Stanton and TV personality Jimmy Fallon.

The 2015 Forbes Billionaires List: Facts And Figures

Technology guru Bill Gates has once again topped as the worlds richest person on Forbes 29th annual ranking of the worlds

billionaires. He has topped the list for 16 of the last 21 years, with a current net worth of $79.2 billion, up from $76 billion in 2014.

Gates has managed to beat out telecom mogul Carlos Slim Helu who came in at number 2.

Warren Buffett moved up one slot to number 3, with a net worth of $72.7 billion, ahead of Spanish clothing retailer Amancio

Ortega came in at number 4.

Oracles Larry Ellison remained in the fifth spot as his net worth increased to $54.3 billion.

Compared to last years list, Mark Zuckerberg, with a net worth of $33.4 billion, made it into the top 20 for the first time at number

16.

The most recognizable athlete of all time, Michael Jordan at number 1741, is new to the billionaires list,

Mukesh Ambani holds the spot as the richest Indian with a fortune of $21 billion.

The new number 2 and this years biggest gainer among Indians, is pharma tycoon Dilip Shanghvi with $20 billion.

This year there are 90 Indians on the Forbes Rich List 2015, Ambani (39th globally) is closely followed by pharmaceuticals tycoon

Dilip Shanghvi (44th rank, with a networth of $ 20 billion) and Azim Premji (48th with $ 19.1 billion).

Five Indian women have made it to the Forbes list of the worlds billionaires.

Of the total 1,826 billionaires, 197 are women.

Among Indian women, Savitri Jindal and family was ranked 283 on the list.

Indu Jain who chairs media conglomerate Bennett, Coleman & Co, was placed at the 603 rank globally.

Anu Aga regained her billionaire status on a jump in shares of engineering firm Thermax, in which she owns 62 per cent. Ms. Aga

was ranked 1,312 on the list with a fortune of $1.5 billion.

Vinod Gupta ranked 1,533 with a fortune of $1.2 billion. Wife of Qimat Rai Gupta,

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, the founder of Biocon Indias largest publicly traded biopharma firm which she built from a garage

startup into a maker of drugs for diseases such as cancer and diabetes was placed at the 1,741 rank with a fortune of $1 billion.

Globally, Christy Walton, who inherited a stake in retailer Wal-Mart, retained the title of worlds richest woman at $41.7 billion.

India has been ranked 37 out of 102 countries in the Open Government Index,that measures the government openness based on the

general publics experiences and perceptions.

The WJP Open government index uses four dimensions to measure government openness. Publicised laws and government data,

right to information, civic participation and complaint mechanisms.

The WJP Open Government Index 2015 is produced by the World Justice Project, an independent, multidisciplinary organisation

working to advance the rule of law around the world.

Fortunes Worlds Greatest Leaders

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi have been named among the 50 greatest leaders in the world by

Fortune magazine in its annual list of extraordinary men and women transforming business, government and philanthropy.

Modi is ranked 5th on the 2015 roster of Worlds Greatest Leaders with Satyarthi coming in at the 28th spot.

The list has been topped by Apple CEO Tim Cook. A notable exclusion from the list is US President Barack Obama, who has not

been named in the list for a second year in a row.

The list includes European Central Bank President Mario Draghi at the second spot, followed by Chinese President Xi Jingping (3),

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Pope Francis (4), General Motors CEO Mary Barra (9), Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz (17), Bill and Melinda Gates (18), Facebook

CEO Mark Zuckerberg (25), J P Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon (38) and Uber CEO Travis Kalanick (44).

The list also includes Indian-origin CEO of nonprofit Last Mile Health Raj Panjabi on the 34th spot. Panjabi, a native of Liberia, is

working with Liberias government to launch a national community health worker programme.

Awards

Kusumagraj National Literature Award 2015

Veteran writer from Nagaland, Temsula Aao, chairperson of the Nagaland Womens Commission, was honoured with the

prestigious Kusumagraj National Literature Award 2015 here today.

The award carries a cash purse of Rs 1 lakh, a memento and a citation

62nd National Film Awards, 2014:

The 62nd National Film Awards 2014 were announced today by the Chairpersons of the three juries on Feature Films, Non Feature

Films and Best Writing on Cinema.

The awards in the various categories are as follows:

Best Feature Film Court (Marathi, Hindi,Gujarati & English)

Indira Gandhi Award For Best Debut Film Of A Director -Aditya Vikram Sengupta for Asha Jaoar Majhe (Bengali).

Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment -Mary Kom(Hindi)

Best Film On Social Issues -Chotoder Chobi (Bengali) directed by Kaushik Ganguly

Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration Chotoder Chobi (Bengali) directed by Kaushik Ganguly.

Best Writing on Cinema- Silent Cinema: (1895-1930) authored by Pasupuleti Purnachandra Rao.

Best Actor- Vijay for Nanu Avanalla Avalu (Kannada)

Best Actress- Kangana Ranaut for Queen (Hindi).

Best Direction- Srijit Mukherji, Director of Chotushkone (Bengali).

Best Supporting Actor- Bobby Simhaa for film Jigarthanda (Tamil).

Best Supporting Actress- Baljinder Kaur for film Pagdi The Honour (Haryanavi).

Best Childrens Film- Kaakkaa Muttai (Tamil) and Elizabeth Ekadashi (Marathi).

Best Child Artist- Vignesh & Ramesh for Kaakkaa Muttai (Tamil).

Special Jury Award- Bhaurao Karhade, Director of Khwada (Marathi).

Best Cinematography- Sudeep Chatterjee for film Chotushkone (Bengali).

Stockholm Water Prize-2015

Rajendra Singh, an eminent environment activist,who is widely popular as the Water Man, has been conferred the prestigious

Stockholm Water Prize this year for his innovative water restoration efforts and extraordinary courage to empower communities

in Indian villages.

He has already won Ramon Magsaysay award in 2001 for his work on community-based water harvesting and water

management.

He also had played important role in rejuvenating Arvari River to become perennial river and was awarded International

River Prize.

He was also member of National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) from 2009-12

The Stockholm Water Prize is a global award founded in 1991 and presented annually by the Stockholm International Water

Institute (SIWI) to an individual, organisation or institution for outstanding water-related achievements

The Stockholm Water Prize Laureate receives USD 150,000 and a specially designed sculpture.

Amnesty International has given its top 2015 human rights award to both Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei, a fierce critic of

Beijing, who has been banned from leaving China after an 81-day detention in 2011, and U.S. folksinger Joan Baez.

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through their life and work, Amnesty said in a statement.

Previous winners include Pakistani teenager Malala Yousafzai, Nelson Mandela and Myanmars opposition leader Aung San Suu

Kyi.

Folio Prize 2015

Novelist Akhil Sharmas 2014 novel Family Life has won the Folio Prize 2015. The 43-year old novelist beat writers like Irish

novelist Colm Toibin and Scottish writer Ali Smith Coilm to win the 40,000 prize.

Family Life, Mr. Sharmas second novel, took him 13 years to write and was selected by The New York Times as one of their Top

Ten Books of the Year for 2014.

The Folio Prize recognises the best English-language fiction from around the world, published in the U.K. during a given year,

regardless of form, genre or the authors country of origin.

Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters

Indian contemporary artist Bharti Kher was awarded with Frances highest cultural award Knight of the Order of Arts and

Letters (Chevalier dans lOrdre des Arts et des Lettres).

She was awarded for her contribution in contemporary art landscape. Khers artworks span several mediums like painting,

sculpture and installation.

She is renowned for her remarkable experimentation with Bindis which is recognised as her signature style.

The French government distinction Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres (Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters) is conferred on persons

who have distinguished themselves by their creativity in the field of art, culture and literature or for their contribution to the

influence of arts in France and throughout the world.

National Kavi Pradeep Samman

Noted Hindi poet Gopaldas Neeraj has received the first National Kavi Pradeep Samman at a function held here at Bhopal.

The award has been instituted by the Madhya Pradesh government in the memory of Kavi Pradeep, the renowned poet and

songwriter who is best known for his patriotic song Aye Mere Watan Ke Logo written as a tribute to the soldiers who had died

defending the country during the Sino-Indian War.

Award carries a cash prize of Rs 2 lakh, a shawl and a citation.

Gandhi Peace Prize 2014

The Centre on Friday announced that prestigious Gandhi Peace Prize for the year 2014 be awarded to Indian Space Research

Organisation (ISRO).

It was announced by the jury for the Prize which had met under the Chairmanship of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The ISRO recently sent its satellite to Mars (Mars Orbit Mission), becoming the fourth country to reach Marss orbit, and first

nation to do so in first attempt.

Set up in 1969, the space agency has its head quarters in Bangalore. By launching several satellites it has contributed to the

nations development through satellite based education, health care and connectivity to community activities for sustainable

economic development.

The Gandhi Peace Prize for social, economic and political transformation through non-violence was instituted in the year 1995.

The award comprises an amount of Rupees One crore and a citation. Awarded annually to individuals and institutions for their

contributions towards social, economic and political transformation through non-violence and other Gandhian methods.

Some of the previous awardees have been Dr. Nelson Mandela, Vaclav Havel, Dr. Julius K. Nyerere, Baba Amte, Archbishop

Desmond Tutu, Grameen Bank of Bangladesh, Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan and Ramkrishna Mission.

Bharat Ratna

Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, a statesman who endeared himself to people across the political spectrum, was today

conferred with Bharat Ratna, the countrys highest civilian award at a special function at his residence.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee was born on 25 December 1924 at Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh.

Vajpayee became a close follower and aide to Shyama Prasad Mookerjee, founder of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS), BJPs

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In his six decade long political career, five of which in Parliament, Vajpayee was elected to Lok Sabha 10 times and twice to

Rajya Sabha.

Vajpayee first became Prime Minister in 1996 after four decades in opposition. He lasted only 13 days as Prime Minister for lack

of numbers.

The lack of a stable majority ended his second stint in power from 1998 after 13 months.

He was reelected in 1999 at the head of a more stable coalition that lasted its full term.

Union government led by Narendra Modi has declared his birthday as Good Governance Day.

Abel Prize

Princeton University Mathematician John Nash receives the 2015 Abel Prize by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.

Nash is a 1994 Nobel Prize laureate in Economics publicly known for his work in game theory which was played up in the

2001 film A Beautiful Mind in which he was portrayed by actor Russell Crowe.

It is his seminal work in partial differential equations which is used to describe the basic laws of scientific phenomena.

Nash, a Princeton senior research mathematician, will share the Abel Prize with longtime colleague Louis Nirenberg, a

professor emeritus at New York Universitys Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences.

The Abel Prize is an international prize presented once a year by the King of Norway to one or more outstanding mathematicians.

The Prize is named after Norwegian mathematician Niels Henrik Abel (1802-1829), the award was established in 2001 by the

Government of Norway and complements the Holberg Prize in the humanities.

The Abel Prize has been expressed as the mathematicians Nobel Prize competing in that respect with the much older Fields

Medal. It comes with a monetary award of 6 million Norwegian kroner (NOK) approximately US 1 million dollar.

Femina Miss India 2015

Gurgaon girl Aditi Arya was crowned Femina Miss India 2015 at the 52nd edition of the beauty pageant here at Yash Raj Studio.

The Top 5 finalists Afreen Racheal Vaz, Tanya Hope, Vartika Singh, Aditi Arya and Deeksha Kaushal, were escorted on the

ramp by popular TV actors including Gautam Gulati, Karan Tacker amongst others.

This year the pageant featured 13 city auditions, three regional auditions and two pageants.

Major Dhyan Chand Lifetime Achievement Award of Hockey India

The legendary Balbir Singh Senior, member of three Olympic gold medal winning teams, was honoured with a Lifetime

Achievement Award at the inaugural Hockey India Awards here on Saturday.

The award carrying trophy along with a cheque of Rs 30 lakh was presented to Balbir Singh at the inaugural Hockey India

Annual Awards ceremony held at New Delhi.

As an award, he received a trophy and a cash prize of 30 lakh rupees.

His record of most goals (five) in an Olympic final in 1952 still remains unbeaten and he also figures in the list of 16 iconic

Olympians of all-time.

Balbir Singh Senior was a member of three Olympic gold medal winning Indian team, viz., London Olympics (1948), Helsinki

Olympics (1952) and Melbourne Olympics (1956).

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