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Chinese President Xi Jinping announced a cut of 300,000 troops from the Chinese military.
It was announced on the 70th anniversary of the Victory Day of second World War.
China has one of the largest active-duty militaries in the world, with a 2.3 million active duty
personnel.
Premier League champions Chelsea FC will team up with Wipro Ltd to help improve its digital
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media strategy.
Wipro will work to improve fan engagement on game days.
The deal could also help the club build on its popularity in India, Chelsea managing director
Christian Purslow said.
HCL Technologies bagged a deal from Manchester United aimed at digital initiatives.
Aimed to improve the experience of the football clubs 659 million global followers.
HCL will create a UnitedXperience Lab to be housed within the iconic Old Trafford stadium.
New police chiefs and county commissioners appointed for Nairobi and other strategic counties
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Banks in Rajasthan suffered a business loss of Rs. 10,000 crore as a result of yesterdays
nationwide strike of ten central trade unions.
The unions demand minimum monthly wage of Rs 15,000, health care, rehabilitation of bonded
labourers, regulation of working hours for domestic workers, food security, and unemployment
allowance, among others.
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Bata India is strengthening its wholesale and business-to-business (B2B) segment through the
formation of its new wholly-owned subsidiary, WayFinders Brands.
WayFinders Brands, incorporated on December 26, 2014, will trade in footwear, apparel and
accessories in wholesale and B2B segment, according to a latest annual report.
The May 2015 report also stated that the subsidiary was in the process of negotiating and
finalizing relevant vendors, customers, and e-commerce service providers for the same.
UNICEF announced that 40% of children from five conflict-scarred Middle Eastern countries are
not attending school.
An estimated 13.7 million school age children from Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Libya and Sudan are not
in school, out of a total of 34 million.
The dropout rate could increase to 50% in coming months as conflicts intensify, said Peter
Salama, the agencys regional chief.
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Near-term growth prospects remain favourable in India but some macroeconomic imbalances still
exist, International Monetary Fund (IMF) said.
This report was released just before a meeting of finance ministers from G-20 countries to be held
in Turkey.
According to the report, global growth in the first half of 2015 was lower than in the second half
of 2014, reflecting a further slowdown in emerging economies and a weaker recovery in advanced
economies.
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Finance and Labour Ministers of G20 countries to meet in Ankara, Turkey for a two-day meet
starting today.
Agenda is to evaluage the sharp devaluation of major currencies, including the Chinese yuan and
its impact on currencies of other economies as well as prospects of global growth.
Finance minister Arun Jaitley and Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan set to
participate.
Labour minister Bandaru Dattatreya is scheduled to attend the G20 labour ministers meeting in
Ankara on Friday to discuss growth and employment issues.
Australia wants to join India, the United States and Japan in joint naval exercises in the Indian
Ocean
This is to widen participation in multilateral drills as Chinas influence in the region grows.
India and the United States hold the so-called Malabar exercises in the Indian Ocean every year.
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The central government cancelled the registration of Greenpeace India under the Foreign
Contribution Regulations Act (FCRA) on Thursday.
The reason cited was its activities that allegedly hampered countrys economic growth.
Indias key missile testing facilities, Wheeler Island, to be named after President APJ Abdul
Kalam.
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced the move on Monday, 31st August, joining a
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A mobile app launched by Indian-American banker Jay Sidhu and his Harvard educated daughter
Luvleen.
Sidhu, who is the chairman and CEO of US-based Customers Bank, and his daughter, presented
their app called BankMobile at an event of Greater Reading Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
According to the duo, their app puts everything customers need from a bank at their fingertips.
G20 leaders state that cheap central bank cash alone not enough for
balanced growth
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World financial leaders agreed on Saturday that over reliance on cheap cash from loose central
bank monetary policy will not lead to balanced economic growth.
G20 governments agreed that they should focus more to boost growth- Britains Finance
Minister George Osborne.
Prime Minister David Camerons hope that Britain would join air strikes against Islamic State
(IS) group targets in Syria.
After parliament returns Monday, Camerons centre-right government had hoped to call a vote on
the issue in a bid to extend Britains current role in coalition air strikes against IS targets in Iraq.
Lawmakers in parliaments foreign affairs committee are due to discuss possible air strikes on
Tuesday.
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GSAT-6, the countrys latest communication satellite has been successfully positioned in its
orbital slot, as stated by Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO).
GSAT-6 is the 25th geostationary communication satellite of India built by ISRO and 12th in
GSAT series.
It dispenses communication through five spot beams in S-band and a national beam in C-band for
strategic users.
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Bollywood singer-composer Aadesh Shrivastava, who was battling a relapsed cancer, passed away
in Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani hospital.
Shrivastava had been undergoing chemotherapy at the hospital in Andheri for more than 40 days.
The Ministry of Home Affairs has reportedly asked the Department of Industrial Policy &
Promotion (DIPP) to stop allowing bulk import of ammonium nitrate (AN) in loose form because
it is posing a threat to the national security.
As per the directive, the chemical needs to be imported in bagged form only, irrespective of the
quantity in every bag, and the consignment needs to be packed at the point of origin.
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Nine new hi-tech buses to start plying on nine selected routes in Indore from today.
This was planned by Atal Indore City Transport Service Ltd (AICTSL) to promote public
transport system.
AICTSL CEO, Sandeep Soni stated that four months back they floated tenders and now received 9
buses with special features.
The drivers of the hi-tech city buses will be equipped with microphones for making
announcements to passengers.
Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu said the state looks forward to achieve the target of 100%
literacy rate by 2019.
To improve educational standards of government schools, government increased the budget for
school education although Andhra faced fund crux.
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Chief Minister Siddaramaiah stated the tourist arrivals in the state have grown by more than 300%
in the last 10 years.
Apart from being an attractive tourist destination, Karnataka offers a variety of investment
opportunities spanning both the manufacturing and services sectors.
NASA has collaborated with an American technology company to develop a Star Trek-style
tractor beam that can manipulate objects in space.
The tractor beam will be able to attract one satellite to another or drive them apart, using
electromagnetic energy.
The technology also claims to divert dangerous space debris that might threaten spacecraft.
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Haryana Assembly passed the Haryana Panchayati Raj (Amendment) Bill, 2015.
It fixes matriculation as minimum qualification to contest Panchayat election.
Haryana becomes second state after Rajasthan to bring in such criteria.
The educational qualification for SCs to contest for the post of Panch would be class V.
Functional toilets and payment of power bills are other such mandatory norms.
The bill makes the representatives more accountable as illiteracy would no more be an excuse.
Ministry of road transport and Highways to come up with an initiative to turn the national
highway stretches to green corridors.
To be done by planting trees, laying grass turfs, landscaping, and planting ornamental shrubs.
The initiative is a part of green highway policy to tree line the 96000 km of national highways
across the country.
To be funded by the green highway fund. The funds to be transferred to the National Highways
Authority of India (NHAI) would be exclusively for the plantation and maintenance on all the
highway stretches.
To be developed based on the Engineering Procurement Construction (EPC) and Build Operate
Transfer (BOT) mode.
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Competition Commission has imposed a penalty of Rs. 1.86 lakh on Kerala Film Exhibitors
Federation (KFEF) and two of its office bearers.
Penalty was imposed as the federation had denied the screening of other language film, which is
in contravention to the Competition Act, 2002.
Competition Commission is a body to regulate competition in India and is the final authority to
impose the penalty for any such violation.
It was formed under the Competition Act, 2002, and became fully functional in 2009.
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Best Performing Resource Support Organisation 1. State Resource Centre (SRC), West Bengal2. Jan
Shikshan Sansthan, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh
He was earlier a part of a task force on agricultural development headed by NITI Aayog vice
chairman Dr. Arvind Panagariya.
He was working as a Director in National Institute for Agricultural Economics & Policy Research,
New Delhi.
There are two other full time members in NitI Aayog,namely,Mr.Bibek Debroy and
Mr.V.K.Saraswat.
National Institution for Transforming India (NITI Aayog) is the policy think tank of Government
of India, established last year by newly elected NDA government replacing Planning Commission.
The Niti Aayog comprises of Chairman (Prime Minister),Vice Chairman, full time expert
members appointed by the government, two part time members(research scholars/professors), four
union council ministers(ex officio)nominated by the PM on rotational basis, and CEO of secretary
level bureaucrat and secretariat.
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1. Mudra card
2. Credit Card
3. An international Card
RuPay is a new card payment scheme to offer a domestic, open-loop, multilateral system which
will allow all Indian banks and financial institutions in India to participate in electronic payments.
It is in talks with Chinese and Japanese payment associations to enable Indians to avail of
international services wherever the two firms are operating.
National Payment Corporation of India is a body promoted by RBI and currently has ten core
promoter banks.
RuPay card is now accepted at all the ATMs, PoS terminals and most of the eCom merchants in
the country.
Madhya Pradesh emerged as the top leopard state in the country, with an estimated population of
1,817, followed by Karnataka (1,129), Maharashtra (905), Chhattisgarh (846) and Tamil Nadu
(815), states the report.
The study found the species well distributed across the country, indicating that Indias leopard
population is quite healthy.
It was restricted to Tiger States except West Bengal & North Eastern states. Non-tiger states were
not involved.
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Australia holds about one third of the worlds retrievable uranium resources, and it exports almost
7,000 tons a year.
Union govt Approved the Gold Bond and Gold Monetisation scheme
The Union Cabinet approved Gold Bond and Gold Monetization schemes to reduce the metals
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demand in physical form and take out idle gold lying with households and other entities.
This move could bring an approximate 20,000 tons of idle gold lying with Indian consumers into
the economy and reduce Indias dependence on gold imports.
Sania Mirza Slams Critics After US Open Win With Martina Hingis
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Wimbledon champions Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis won their second consecutive Grand
Slam womens doubles crown on Sunday.4
They defeated Casy Dellacqua and Yaroslava Shvedova in the US Open 2015 final.
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The sixth seeded Indian trio of Sarvesh Pareek, Sandeep Kumar, and Isaiah Rajendar Sanam won
the bronze at the Archery World Cup Stage 4 event in Colombia.
They defeated the higher-ranked Venezuela 231-222 on Sunday.
This was a second-string team due to the absence of regulars.
Facebook HQ
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit the headquarters of Facebook in California on September
27 to hold a town hall interaction with its CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
Modi will be the second leader after the US President Barack Obama to hold a town hall
interaction at Facebooks headquarters.
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Google and Indian Railways have collaborated together to create Project Nilgiri which will
provide WiFi access to almost 400 railway stations across India.
The project will use Googles Fiber technology which currently provides high speed internet
services in the United States.
The initial phase of the project is supposedly up and should be put to use in about 4 months.
He succeeds Tony Abbott after the latter was voted out by the members of his own Liberal Party.
Previously he served as Minister for Communications in the Abbott Administration from 2013
until September 2015 when he resigned to challenge Abbott for party leadership.
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Bain Capital is set to declare acquisition of a $300-million (nearly Rs. 2000 crore) stake in L&T
Finance
Holdings, the financial services unit of construction and engineering conglomerate L&T.
Bain has already made a capital call as it moves to seal the deal shortly.
From September 22, the Gurgaon will observe car-free day every Tuesday from 7am to 7pm to
encourage people to use alternative mode of transport.
It will save an average of 2.6 kg of greenhouse gas emissions per person per day.
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Ola will expand its business over the coming year to expand its cab leasing business to 1 lakh
drivers.
For achieving this target by December 2016, Ola will invest Rs. 5000 crore.
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Windows
Indian government is finally set to launch the latest version of its own operating system dubbed as
the Bharat Operating System Solutions, also known as BOSS.
The operating system which was originally developed in 2007 by National Resource Centre for
Free/Open Source Software is now said to have been developed along with Gujarat Technical
University and DRDO.
However, the latest version of BOSS which is developed by C-DAC (Centre for Development of
Advanced Computing) will be unveiled this week.
Certified by the Linux Foundation, the new operating system is said to come with powerful
security features and will be able to protect from countless attacks by hackers.
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Immigration Queues In US
Mukesh Ambani, Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan wont have to stand in immigration
queues in the US, or face frisking.
Their names are to be included in the US Global Entry Program for expedited immigration
clearance.
Other names include Gautam Adani and former PM of India, Manmohan Singh.
India is among the countries that are losing their forest cover faster than others, researchers have
warned.
The worlds forests have shrunk by three per cent since 1990 an area equivalent to the size of
South Africa.
Total global forest area has declined from 4,128 million hectares to 3,999 million hectares a loss
of 129 million hectares.
Significantly, loss of natural forested area was double the global total at six percent, while tropical
forests took the hardest hit with a loss rate of 10 percent.
Agricultural land development by large and small scale producers is believed to be the main driver
behind the decreases, with Brazil, Indonesia and Nigeria recording the biggest losses over the past
five years.
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A cheque for Rs. 100 crore was presented by Mata Amritanandamayi for construction of toilets
under the Swacch Bharat programme and for the Clean Ganga initiative.
Another Rs. 100 crore would be given by the mutt for the programme later this month.
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On 16th September 2015, Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu linked Godavari & Krishna rivers.
The water of River Godavari was released into Krishna to mark the formal linking.
About 80 TMC of water will be diverted from River Godavari to River Krishna.
This linkage is made possible by the Pattiseema lift irrigation scheme on Godavari River at
Pattisam Village in West Godavari district.
State Water Resources Minister Devineni Umamaheswara Rao said that there were plans to
develop the place of confluence of the two rivers near Ibrahimpatnam as a tourism spot.
floors)
buildings in the state to have solar power
generation facility.
Announcement was made by Chief Minister Jayalalithaa in the State Assembly on Tuesday
The rule would be applicable to all group developments (with more than eight dwelling units)
also.
In effect, it will cover almost 90% of residential and commercial developments in cities like
Chennai and Coimbatore.
The state is also a pioneer in the renewable energy sector with an installed wind energy capacity
of more than 8,000MW.
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Chandrayaan 2
ISRO is pondering the use of nuclear technology to increase the life span for complete safety and
an extended life span of Chandrayaan-2.
This was announced by former ISRO Chief Madhavan Nair.
The project is a joint mission between ISRO and BARC.
Chandrayaan-1, Indias first unmanned lunar probe was successfully launched on October 22,
2008, from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota.
Chandrayaan-1 survived for almost 8 months in the lunar atmosphere.
Chandrayaan-1 achieved 95 percent of its planned objectives during its lifetime.
Among its many achievements was the discovery of the widespread presence of water molecules
in lunar soil.
India and Cambodia signed two Memorandums of Understanding on tourism, and on the
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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has granted in-principle approval for 10 companies to set up
small finance banks.
The approval will be valid for 18 months to enable the applicants to comply with the
requirements.
The firms include Au Financiers (India) Ltd., Jaipur; Capital Local Area Bank Ltd., Jalandhar; and
Disha Microfin Pvt., Ahmedabad etc.
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1. To implement various developmental and welfare projects/programs in mining affected areas that
complement the existing ongoing schemes/projects of State and Central Government.
2. To minimize/mitigate the adverse impacts, during and after mining, on the environment, health
and socio-economics of people in mining districts.
3. To ensure long-term sustainable livelihoods for the affected people in mining areas.
4. High priority areas like drinking water supply, health care, sanitation, education, skill
development, women and child care, welfare of aged and disabled people, skill development and
environment conservation will get at least 60 % share of the funds.
The Mines and Minerals (Development & Regulation) Amendment Act, 2015, mandated the
setting up of District Mineral Foundations (DMFs) in all districts in the country affected by
mining related operations.
International.
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Its function will be to tap into road building possibilities outside India.
NHAI International will be a set-up outside the existing ambit of NHAI and will have its offices in
several countries.
It will work as a contractor mostly in neighbouring countries on the same model as railways PSUs
-IRCON, Railtel and RITES.
There are already offers to build roads and highways in Iran, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bhutan with
NHAI.
There is also potential opportunity to build roads in Myanmar.
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister has approved a proposal that sought to raise the
number of workdays under the NREGA.
Under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, the number of workdays
is to be increased to 150 from 100 in drought-hit areas.
The monsoon rains have been 16% below normal so far, worse than initially forecast and marking
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Metro Man E Sreedharan has been invited to the United Nations High Level Advisory Group on
Sustainable Transport (HLAG-ST).
Sreedharan is the Principal Advisor to Delhi Metro Rail Corporation.
He was invited by the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.
The service is for a period of three years.
Sreedharan has reportedly accepted the offer.
in Madhya Pradesh.
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The fossilised eggs of dinosaurs found so far over there belong to the Sauropod family.
The rare fossilised dinosaur eggs lying at these places are reported to be about 6.5 crore years old.
The nesting sites in Baag area of Dhar district are at a distance of about 8 kms from each other.
The state government is already working to develop the 108 hectares area in Dhar district where
the dinosaurs made nests, as National Dinosaur Fossil Park.
Vice President Hamid Ansari held talks with the top leadership from Laos.
Issues discussed included bolstering bilateral trade and investment.
This is a part of Indias push to strengthen its economic engagement with ASEAN nations.
Two MoUs, one on quick impact projects and the other on air services agreement, were signed
between the two sides after the talks.
WAPCOS, an Indian firm, was also handed over certificate of completion of Champassak
irrigation project.
He also visited the That Luang Stupa and the Soldiers Monument.
Facebook introduced a desktop-only tool for journalists and media publications called Signal.
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A 2,000-year-old lost stupa has been restored with religious rites by an Indian monk.
It was one of the 19 built with Lord Buddhas relics and sent by Emperor Ashoka to China.
By Buddhist records, Ashoka collected all the sariras and stored them in pagoda-shaped shrines
before sending them to different parts of the world.
China is believed to have received 19 of them, including the one in Nangchen, but most of them
have collapsed.
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The Prime Minister recently launched a significant financial inclusion initiative in Varanasi.
A total of 101 e-rickshaws, 501 pedal rickshaws, and push-carts are being given as part of this
initiative.
The beneficiaries will also get bank accounts and RuPay cards under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan
Yojana.
The e-rickshaws are equipped with digital gadgets including GPRS and cameras.
The initiative has been synergized through various financial institutions including SIDBI, IDBI
Bank, UCO Bank and the American India Foundation.
About e-rickshaws Electric rickshaws have been becoming more popular in some cities.
They are being widely accepted as an alternative to Petrol/Diesel/CNG auto rickshaws.
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Japan Allows its Military to Fight Abroad for First Time Since WW-II
Japans Parliament has passed law in a move that allows Japanese troops to fight abroad.
Laos.
The MoUs cover an air services agreement allowing airlines to start a direct flight between the
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two countries.
The other agreement was for three quick impact projects in the agriculture sector.
Three key areas were identified Mining, Plantation, and SMEs for investments by Indian
companies.
Buddhist pilgrimage circuit linkages was also agreed by the two countries.
Scholarships were also announced for Buddhist Studies in India.
chairmans powers.
These will be specific to conduct of search and seizure of defaulters properties.
Henceforth, permissions for such operations will be required from a special court.
These regulations would be called the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Procedure for
Search and Seizure) Repeal Regulations, 2015.
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IDFC Gets RBI Nod for Using Rs. 2,500 Crore Reserve as Provision
against Bad Loans
IDFC had got regulatory approval to utilise Rs 2,500 crore non-distributable reserves for
provisions against bad loans, to clean its book before venturing into universal bank.
Colleges
A three-member expert team from China visited Sri Krishna Arts and Science College,
Coimbatore,India.
China will be taking home the best practices followed in some of the city colleges here.
The aim is to improve the communication and employability skills of its students.
China wants to further improve proficiency in English.
For this, they have shortlisted some colleges in India, excelling in communications and academics.
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Africa
A life-size statue of Mahatma Gandhi was unveiled in South Africas Rustenburg city.
The statue stands beside that of his nemesis and former President Paul Kruger.
It was to mark the centenary of his return to India from South Africa.
The operation conducted by the home ministry to save children from slavery and abuse.
Different state police and women and child departments set up efforts to rescue the missing
children.
Haryana and Maharashtra states took the lead in the operation.
The Home Ministry also asked the state governments to sensitise and train police officers at
various ranks about issues related to missing children, POSCO Act, Juvenile Justice Act and
Protection of Child Rights Acts.
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This took place at the China-India Economic and Trade Cooperation Conference 2015.
The 11 member Chinese delegation was led by Zhu Xiaodong.
There were 300 participants in the business conference that included Indian & Chinese firms.
programme.
NITI Aayog has replaced the Planning Commission, and is headed by Prime Minister Narendra
Modi as chairperson.
The cabinet secretariat has amended Government of India (Allocation of Business) Rules, 1961,
and put it under the Department of Electronics and Information Technology, Ministry of
Communication and Information Technology.
Aadhaar is a 12-digit individual identification number issued by UIDAI.
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On September 20, 2005, President Ram Baran Yadav, announced it in the Constituent Assembly.
The New Constitution has 37 divisions, 304 articles and 7 annexes.
The seven provinces too be finalised by a high-level commission within a year.
Nepal also chose to become a secular democracy.
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The two paired up with Indian conglomerate Tata to offer online technical training courses.
These courses will focus on teaching software developers to build apps for Android.
The degrees will cost Rs. 9800 ($148) a month and will take between six and nine months to
complete.
The lessons will be conducted by Google instructors from the U.S.
On graduating, students will get back 50% of their tuition costs.
India has 3.6 million developers, the second largest number worldwide.
1,000 scholarships are also being offered and all graduates will be invited to a job fair next year
hosted by Google in India.
Udacity will provide Android Nanodegree to Indian developers after the course.
As of now, just 2% of the top 1,000 apps on Google Play have been created by Indian developers.
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These are one isotope each of the heavy elements berkelium (Bk, atomic number 97) and
neptunium (Np, 93) and two isotopes of the element americium (Am, 95).
M. Devaraja from the Manipal Centre of Natural Sciences at Manipal University, Karnataka has,
in a paper claimed to have discovered four new atomic nuclei.
He was part of an international collaboration.
This becomes important for the study of superheavy elements.
The known Periodic Table currently comprises over 3,000 isotopes of 114 chemical elements.
Another 4,000 undiscovered isotopes are theoretically believed to exist.
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(NIMZ).
The state assured the Centre of availability of 10 sq km of land in one place in Prakasham district.
The NIMZ will comprise a special purpose vehicle and a developer, along with the state and the
central governments as stakeholders.
Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) has in the past four years given in-
principle approval to 12 NIMZs.
These are in Nagpur in Maharashtra; Tumkur, Kolar, Gulbarga and Bidar in Karnataka; Medak in
Telangana; Chittor in Rajasthan and Kalinganagar in Odisha, among others.
However, none of the states other than Andhra Pradesh has been able to make any headway yet.
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The Centre will assist the state in negotiating non-sovereign multilateral loans and the developers
in raising extra commercial borrowings to develop internal infrastructure.
It also started a single window system using an IT-enabled platform to provide all clearances to
set up an industrial operation within 21 days.
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One.
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This is a fully functional portable showroom on the move that aims to provide the complete
Audi experience to customers, irrespective of their location.
The AMT is scheduled to visit 30 cities over the next 12 months.
It plans to target over 2000 customers pan India.
The terminal will be to customers for two days per city.
This initiative is to deepen its presence in Tier II and III markets.
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Draft National Encryption Policy Put up Online for Public Review, then
Withdrawn
A proposal (for a National Encryption Policy) was released for public feedback on the website of
the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeITY) on Monday.
The internet backlash forced IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad to issue a clarification about the
rules.
The Encryption Policy was then taken down and withdrawn to be reworked.
The IT Minister clarified that the new rules would not impact individual users.
The original proposal stated that apps and platforms would need to register their encryption
protocol with the government or use government-approved encryption services.
The proposal also stated that all users and businesses would need to save their encrypted messages
for 90 days, and make them available to the government on demand.
The government clarified that the new rules would not apply to internet banking and e-commerce.
It also clarified that social media platforms like Whatsapp and Facebook would fall outside the
purview of this policy.
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by 2030.
The new goals will replace the eight Millennium Development Goals adopted at a summit in
2000.
The Millennium Development Goals expire at the end of 2015.
The goals will be added to the world agenda at a global summit just before UN general assembly
is set to meet.
One of the development goals is the eradication of hunger and poverty by 2030.
These will be mentored by multiple chief executives for up to two decades compared with one
year now.
The exercise is aimed at preparing potential leaders to tackle a rapidly evolving business climate.
The group is looking to more than double market value to $350 billion in a decade.
This is part of Tatas chairman Cyrus Mistrys Vision 2025.
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This is to prevent undetected intrusion and monitor the movement of vessels plying along the
Odisha coastline.
It has high-end surveillance gadgets like frequency diversity radar, electro optic sensors, VHF sets
and Met equipment on lighthouses.
The station is a part of a chain of static sensors in different parts of the country.
The station will also aid in enhancing the efficacy of search and rescue operations coordinated by
the Coast Guard.
abuse.
The initiative was the result of an expert committees roadmap to effectively tackle cybercrime.
The cybercrime control centre will be a Rs. 400 crore hub, called Indian Cybercrime
Coordination Centre (IC4).
It will be set up to check all cybercrime, including child pornography and online abuse, as per the
recommendations of the committee.
The government asked Internet Service Providers to block over 800 sites which had child porn
content.
The IC4 plans to act as a nodal point in the fight against cybercrime and as an early warning
system for law enforcement agencies with active cybercrime monitoring.
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Anganwadi is the service delivery unit established under the Integrated Child development
Scheme (ICDS).
The ICDS is the flagship programme of the Women & Child Development Ministry.
These anganwadi centres will be built in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh,
Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan, Telangana and Uttar Pradesh
among others.
The land for the Anganwadis will be provided by the Gram Panchayats.
It will enhance the learning environment through e-learning modules for children and skill
enhancement programmes for women.
This centre will also act as a focal point for immunisation, gender sensitisation and maternal care.
The model Anganwadis will be equipped with solar power, television for e-learning, hygienic
toilets and pure drinking water supply.
These next generation Anganwadis will also have access to medical vans provided by Vedanta.
The Trust Fund lies under the Department of Empowerment of People with Disabilities, Ministry
of Social Justice and Empowerment.
It will provide a comprehensive and affordable Health Insurance Scheme Swavalamban Health
Insurance Scheme for the Persons with Disabilities (PwDs).
The objective is to provide affordable Health Insurance to persons with blindness, low vision,
leprosy-cured, hearing impairment, locomotor disability, mental retardation and mental Illness.
The scheme has been designed to deliver comprehensive cover to the beneficiary as well as his
family (PwD, Spouse & up to two children).
It has a single premium across age band and can be availed by PwDs aged between 18 years and
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65 years with family annual income of less than Rs. 3,00,000 per annum.
Under the MoU, the New India Assurance Company Limited will create a network of Hospitals,
where the Insured persons can get cashless treatment.
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The GST would subsume central excise, service tax and state-level value-added tax (VAT),
besides other local levies.
Infosys has won a Rs 1,400-crore contract from GST Network (GST-N) to build the IT system so
that the goods and services tax (GST) regime is rolled out on schedule.
GSTN is a company that will connect states databases with the Centres and provide IT
infrastructure for seamless implementation of GST.
The company will operate the IT system for five years
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They were awarded by the US India Business Council, for their commitment to driving a more
inclusive global economy and their roles as women leaders.
Renowned Indian-American artist, Natvar Bhavsar was awarded the Artistic Achievement Award
for his abstract expressionism and color-field painting.
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Ramdhari Singh Dinkar was an Indian Hindi poet, essayist, patriot and academic.
2015.
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The ISLRTC will fall under the purview of the Department of Empowerment of Persons with
Disabilities, Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment.
It will initially be located at the Institute for Physically Handicapped, New Delhi.
This decision will help the five million strong deaf community of the country.
It will provide for increased accessibility for the hearing impaired in education, in the workplace
and in all activities of public life.
communities.
The first bill provides five per cent reservation to Gujjars and other communities under Special
Backward Classes (SBC).
The other ensures 14 per cent to Economically Backward Classes (EBC) of unreserved categories.
Five communities including Banjara/Baldia/Labana, Gadiya Lohar/Gadoliya, Gujar/Gurjar,
Raika/Rebari/Debasi and Gadariya/Gadri/Gayari have been included under SBC.
The reservation under Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and OBC categories remains
unchanged.
With these Bills, the state has exceeded the 50 per cent limit of reservation laid down by the
Supreme Court.
Total reservation now amounts to 68%.
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The deal is for 22 Apache attack helicopters and 15 Chinook heavy-lift choppers.
The 22 Apache AH 64D Longbow helicopters are one of the most advanced multi-role combat
helicopters.
According to this report, 600,000 of the 800,000 asylum claims in 2014 were submitted in Europe.
Approximately 137,000 migrants have come ashore in Greece, Malta, Italy, and Spain in the first
six months of 2015.
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shareholding pattern.
This will ensure the control and ownership structure remains with Indians even after an increase in
foreign holding.
The companies issued notices to companies like Bharti AXA and Max Bupa
While Indian ownership is defined as more than 50% of the equity share capital being held by
Indian residents.
The insurance Act provides a provision for FDI cap at 49% but it doesnt say anything for control
and ownership of an insurance company.
Students will be able to avail loans at the click of a mouse for the first time in the country.
The partnership will offer students up to 100% finance for education.
There is to be no upper cap on loan amount and easy EMI repayment options at attractive interest
rates.
Credila is an HDFC Group firm specialising in educational loans.
Education loan is the latest addition to Snapdeals expanding portfolio of financial services.
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Snapdeal already includes personal loans, home loans and a co-branded Snapdeal HDFC credit
card.
The reason is for failing to register the companys collective investment scheme (CIS).
The CIS took thousands of crores from small investors.
PACL, formerly Pearl Agrotech Corporation, is in the business of realty and land development.
This is because of slower than expected pace of reforms and weaker global demand.
According to official estimates, Indian economy expanded 7% in April-June quarter, well below
7.5% recorded in the previous quarter.
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It will bring to India a technology that will help collect and exchange data to boost the Internet of
Things (IoT).
IoT is a network of physical devices that allows you to operate and control them remotely.
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Maharashtra is the biggest beneficiary in the first year of mandated corporate social responsibility
(CSR) under the Companies Act, 2013.
At least Rs.677.56 crore being spent by 53 of the 85 National Stock Exchange (NSE)-listed
companies goes to Maharashtra.
This is based on a survey by NextGen, a CSR management firm.
They will receive Rs. 3000 per month and will also get a medical fee of upto Rs. 20 lakhs.
The medical fee will be available topoor victims undergoing treatment in private hospitals.
Furthermore, Rs. 1 lakh compensation will be given to the family of children who die due to
sexual abuse.
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A certificate course on Vedic Rituals was launched for the first time for such classes by the temple
administration.
Saudi National Day is celebrated on the anniversary of the occasion of the King Abdulaziz
announcing the country as a kingdom on 23 September 1932.
The announcement had come after prolonged struggle for unification of kingdom since 1902.
This year (2015) KSA is celebrating its 85th Saudi National Day.
These are products identified by Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP) to be
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Telenor entered India in 2009 as a joint venture with realty major Unitech.
The two however parted ways in 2012.
The company subsequently started operating with the name of Telewings.
In 2014, Telenor bought 100 per cent stake in the company.
The sectors include energy security, climate change and clean energy.
This is ahead of Paris Summit under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change that is to
be held later this year.
Indias commitment to reach 175 gigawatts of renewable energy by 2022 is the worlds most
ambitious target in the area of renewables.
Several American companies and research institutions are committed to help India achieve that
goal.
US government is also planning to give Fulbright Climate Fellowship programme to facilitate the
exchange of key research information.
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(MTCR).
This will enable it to share sensitive missile technologies like armed drones with India.
India had formally applied for the membership of MTCR early this year.
The MTCR is a club of 34 countries that controls trade in missile and space technology.
the Sun.
The team includes an Indian-origin astronomer, Dheeraj Pasham from University of Maryland
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It will also support Chief Ministers Mission on Skill Development and Employment Generation
in the state.
UNDP is set to play a major role in capacity building of communities which are perennially
affected by natural disasters
UNDP is set to strategically support the state in organic certification.
This will increase the market competitiveness of organic products of Arunachal Pradesh.
UNDP has explored many areas like disaster management, medicinal plants, eco- tourism
development, bio diversity conservation for collaboration with the state government.
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It has also hiked VAT on Pan Masala and Gutkha from 30 per cent to 40 per cent.
Besides this, it has decided to ban sale of loose cigarettes in open market.
The hike in the VAT on these products will earn an additional revenue of Rs. 200 crore for the
state.
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The RBI said companies will now be able to borrow up to $50 million in ECBs with 3-year
maturities and more than $50 million for 5-year maturities.
The previous limits had been around $20 million.
RBI will now allow real estate investment trusts and infrastructure investment trusts to raise rupee-
denominated funds offshore.
This step will likely to provide some relief to the cash-strapped real estate sector in India.
effect.
Chinas LONGi Inks Pact with Andhra Pradesh to Invest Rs. 1,670 Crore
Xian LONGi Silicon Materials Corp signed an agreement with Andhra Pradesh for setting up a
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The project is expected to employ 5,000 people with total investment of Rs. 8000 crores.
economies.
It has strong growth prospects that could be driven by strong fundamentals and resilience to
Chinas economic downturn.
Indias growth is, surprisingly, independent of rest of the world.
Growth has accentuated, inflation and current account deficit is in a good shape, and fiscal
balances too have improved.
The name Fragile Five was coined by Morgan Stanley during the Fed taper fear days in the
summer of 2013.
Back then, it identified Turkey, Brazil, India, South Africa and Indonesia as economies that have
become too dependent on foreign investment to finance their growth ambitions.
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Development Ministry.
Reserves include national parks in Nagarahole, Bandipur, BRT Tiger Reserve, Cauvery Wildlife
Sanctuary and M.M. Hills Sanctuary.
Each elephant is distinguished by its unique identification marks like shapes and cuts in ears, tail,
size of tusks and even toe nails.
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Iran Offers Natural Gas to India at $2.95 per unit for urea plant
Iran is offering natural gas to India at the rate of $2.95 (about Rs 195) per million British thermal
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Nehru in 1956.
Modi sought Irelands support for Indias membership of UN Security council and international
export control regimes including NSG.
PM has raised the issue of sensitivity towards Indian IT firms requirements in relation to
Irelands visa policy.
In 2013, the total trade in goods and services was pegged at 2.48 billion.
York.
Syed Akbaruddin has been an Additional Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs (India)
from April 2015.
He takes over from Asoke Mukerji who will be retiring.
Akbaruddin also heads the External Publicity and Public Diplomacy division of the Ministry of
External Affairs in capacity of Joint Secretary and the Chief Coordinator for the India-Africa
Summit in October 2015.
Other appointments include:
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The record was for the Largest Yoga Performance simultaneously by a single uniformed youth
organisation (NCC) at multiple venues.
NCC created this record with 9,50,210 NCC cadets performing Yoga simultaneously at 1767
venues pan India on International Yoga Day, 21 Jun 2015.
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The movement encourages people to surrender the subsidy on their household LPG cylinder
voluntarily.
30 lakh people have surrendered their LPG subsidy in response to the appeal made by the Honble
Prime Minister.
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The drive will last from 25th September to 2nd October 2015.
It will grant larger credit to Micro Enterprises under the Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY).
It will also subsequently create a sound eco-system for aspiring Entrepreneurs to avail bank credit.
Major Findings
1. Out of about 248.3 million such households around 50% have at least one matriculate and above.
2. The number of households with at least one graduate and above is 16.7% in India during 2011 as
against 12.2% such households in 2001.
3. The number of households with at least one male matriculate and above is 42.2% while 30.3%
households have at least one female matriculate and above in the country.
4. It has also recorded about 13.4% households with at least one male graduate and above and 8.8%
households with at least one female graduate.
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The booklet depicts the valour and sacrifice of the CRPF personnel during the epic battle of
Sardar Post, Rann of Kutch in the 1965 lndo-Pak War.
On 9th April, 1965, at the Sardar Post in the Rann of Kutch, two companies of CRPF stood their
ground and repulsed the attack of a full-fledged Pakistani Infantry Brigade inflicting heavy
casualties on them.
The retaliation by the CRPF men was such a profound shock to the Pakistani Army that they left
behind 34 dead bodies including 2 officers. Six CRPF men made supreme sacrifice for the cause
of the nation.
The award was for its initiatives on UAN Programme and Transformation of Social Security
Agenda in India.
EPFO has taken major e-governance initiatives like distribution of pension on the first day of the
month and online registration of establishments.
It has also rolled out initiatives like online submission of returns and remittances by the employers
through Net-Banking.
Other facilities include online filing of statutory returns by PF exempted establishments.
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Bengal (CAB).
RBI Let More Leverage for Companies with Partial Credit Enhancement
The Reserve Bank today allowed banks to provide partial credit enhancement (PCE) up to 20 per
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The RBI has permitted banks to enter into pacts with OPGSPs (Online Payment Gateway Service
The facility will only be available for import of goods and software (as permitted in the prevalent
Foreign Trade Policy) of value less than or equal to $2,000.
Foreign entities, desirous of operating as OPGSP, will have to open a liaison office in India.
This will have to be done with the approval of the Reserve Bank before operationalising the
arrangement with any bank.
Domestic entities functioning as intermediaries for electronic payment transactions and intending
to undertake cross border transactions are required to maintain separate accounts for domestic and
cross border transactions.
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The exercises will include three warships from Russias Black Sea Fleet.
These are the Saratov landing ship, the Moskva guided missile cruiser and the Smetlivy destroyer.
The drills will involve 40 combat exercises.
The exercises will include rocket and artillery fire at sea and airborne targets.
The list is an annual ranking of the most influential young people in the world of business.
The five Indians in the coveted list include Dhivya Surayadevara, Vas Narasimhan, Anand
Swaminathan, Apoorva Mehta and Reshma Saujani.
The Fortunes 40 under 40 list for this year was topped by Adam Neuman, Co-founder and CEO,
WeWork.
The second and third positions went to Teslas JB Straubel and Ryan Graves, SVP of Global
Operations, Uber respectively.
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With this, India plans to accelerate its ambitious Chabahar port project in Iran.
For India, Chabahar port is an important initiative involving three partners.
It also happens to be a critical alternate trade route for Afghanistan.
The transit corridor will revive the Silk Road for Afghanistan.
It will also act as a regional hub for connecting South Asia with Central Asia.
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Age limit has been raised from 28 years for the general category to 33 years and from 33 years to
38 years in the reserved category.
Over next three years, the government also plans to increase the number of medical seats by
1,000.
This will be achieved by opening medical colleges through public-private partnership.
The government will pay 50 per cent fees of the medical college students every year.
It will also pay Rs. 25,000 for each student in engineering courses every year.
She became the first woman to be awarded the honour in her own right.
The gold medal is awarded for a lifetimes work by the Royal Institute of British Architects.
Her creations include the Bridge in Zaragoza, Spain; the Riverside Museum at Glasgows
Museum of Transport; and Guangzhou Opera House.
She has twice won the Riba Stirling Prize, the UKs most prestigious architecture award.
She won it in 2010 was for the Maxxi Museum in Rome.
She won again in 2011 for the Evelyn Grace Academy in Brixton.
In 2004 she became the first woman to be awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize.
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SBI, ICICI Get Permanent Seats at Lenders Forum for Distressed Assets
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has mandated that State Bank of India (SBI) and ICICI Bank
will be part of all the empowered committees of any joint lenders forum (JLF) set up by a
The central bank has now also mandated that after a JLF finalises a corrective action plan (CAP),
the proposal should go to an empowered group of the lenders, for approval.
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New private sector lender IDFC Bank will flag off its operations on October 1.
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The government will be bringing down its holding in IDBI Bank to 49% from 76.5%.
Unlike other state-run banks, IDBI Bank is governed by a separate law, the IDBI Act.
Thus the government can bring down its stake to 49% without having to approach Parliament like
the Axis Bank Model.
The government indirectly controls 29.19% stake in Axis Bank through 100% owned Specified
Undertaking of UTI and state owned insurance company LIC.
IDBI Bank was created in 2003 through the IDBI Repeal Act that allowed the conversion of IDBI,
a development finance institution (DFI), into a banking company.
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Top Science Book Prize Royal Society Winton Prize Won by Woman
for First Time
Gaia Vince, a journalist and broadcaster based in London, was named the winner of the 2015
Royal Society Winton prize for Science Books.
She won for her book Adventures in the Anthropocene: a Journey to the Heart of the Planet We
Made.
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Royal Society Winton prize for Science Books is the most prestigious science book prize in
Britain.
This is the first time the prize has been won by a solo female writer in its 28-year history.
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According to the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW)s statement, United States is one
of the worlds top markets for ivory.
Jennifer Lopez Named First UN Global Advocate for Girls and Women
Singer-actress Jennifer Lopez has been named the first-ever global advocate for girls and women
at the United Nations Foundation.
The 46-year-old American celebrity, of Peurto Rican descent, will travel the globe to highlight the
plight of females struggling in war zones, refugee camps and even on the streets of urban cities.
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MHA Gives In-Principle Nod for Visa-Free Business Trip within RCEP
Countries
Leading businessmen from India and 15 other countries of RCEP, including China and Japan, may
soon be able to make visa-free short business trips to each others territory.
This will help boost commercial ties.
Sixteen-members of Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) include 10 ASEAN
member states and their trading partners India, South Korea, Japan, China, Australia and New
Zealand.
As per the proposal, a special business travel card, will be issued to leading businessmen of RCEP
member countries
This willgrant them uninterrupted, visa-free short business trips to each others territory.
The travel card will be modelled on that of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC).
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called on in a crisis.
The proposed standard is known as total loss absorbency capacity (TLAC).
The rule will apply to nearly all the 30 big banks that the Financial Stability Board (FSB) has
deemed to be globally systemic such as Goldman Sachs.
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The fine is for violating various insurance norms including modification of policy wordings.
IRDA said the insurer enrolled some beneficiaries soon after receipt of enrollment forms under
Rajiv Gandhi Shilpi Swasthya Bima Yojana (RGSSBY) in Rajasthan without waiting for full
receipt of their share of premium.
It said there were certain exclusions from the policy wordings which was a violation.
The violation was detrimental to the interests of the policyholders.
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Google, RailTel Join Hands for One of Worlds Largest Wi-Fi Projects
Internet major Google and state-run RailTel Corp. of India have joined hands.
The two will equip 400 railways stations in the country with high speed Wi-Fi networks.
The deployment of Wi-Fi networks will start from October 2015.
Mumbai Central will be the first station to get covered.
The initial target is to make Internet accessible to one crore passengers at 100 busiest railway
stations in India.
The availability of high speed connectivity can also spur the vendors in the railway stations to
offer new services.
It will also create the possibility of building an Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem in the stations,
and help bringing efficiency.
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According to WEF, the most problematic factors for doing business in India include corruption,
policy instability, inflation and access to finance.
The areas where India ranks better investor protection, gross national savings, quality of
education system, venture capital availability, hiring and firing practices, GDP and domestic
market size, public trust in politicians and burden of government regulation.
Bengali Film Kadambari Wins Best Film at Washington South Asian Film
Festiva
Kadambari, a Bengali film won the Best Film award at the 4th Washington, DC, South Asian
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Film Festival.
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