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BOOKS AND AUTHORSStillness – A collection of Peoms by Varun Gandhi Legislating for Justice: The Making of the 2013 Land Acquisition Law by Jairam Ramesh Flood of Fire - By Amitav Ghosh
Mumbai Indians Wins Indian Premier League-8Mumbai Indians led by skipper Rohit Sharma emerged the Indian Premier League-8 (IPL-8) champion on May 24, 2015 at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata, joining the two times IPL Champion Club of Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders. Mumbai Indians registered an emphatic 41-run victory over Chennai Super Kings in the final. Mumbai Indians had won its maiden IPL title in 2013 under the captaincy of Rohit Mumbai skipper Rohit Sharma was adjudged Man of the Match in the final for his 50 runs quick innings in just 26 balls.
Top Run Scorers (Top Five)Player Team Runs David Warner Hyderabad 562 A. Rahane Rajasthan 540
Top Wicket-Takers (Top Five)Player Team Wkts D. Bravo Chennai 26 L. Malinga Mumbai 24
Jonathan Trott Takes Retirement from CricketEngland batsman Jonathan Trott took retirement from international cricket on May 4, 2015 after his poor performance against the West Indies in a England-West Indies Test Series which ended 1-1. But, he will continue to play for Warwickshire in the domestic cricket Brad Haddin Bids Adieu to ODI CricketAustralian wicketkeeper-batsman Brad Haddin took retirement from One-Day International Cricket on May 17, 2015 after an illlustrious ODI career of more than 14 years FOOTBALLJuventus Wins Italian CupMoving a step closer for a historic treble, the Serie A Champions Juventus clinched the Italian Cup Crown in Rome on May 20, 2015, beating Lazio 2-1 in extra-time. Juventus' substitute Alessandro Matri scored in 97th minute to end a 20-year wait of Juventus for an Italian Cup title Sepp Blatter Re-elected FIFA PresidentFIFA President Sepp Blatter of Switzerland was re-elected as the President of the Federation Inter-nationale de Football Association (FIFA) for a fifth consecutive term as he defeated his lone challenger Prince Ali Bin Al-Hussein of Jordan at the 65th FIFA Congress in Zurich on May 29, 2015. Blatter, the eighth President of FIFA has been in office since1998. Railways Claims Hockey India Women's National Championship 2015 (Division 'A')Railways thrashed Jharkhand 12-2 in the final to lift the 5th Hockey India Women's National Championship (Division 'A') of 2015 on May 3, 2015 in Saifai, Uttar Pradesh. This was Railways' fourth National Hockey Crown in five years and the first time Railways has completed a rare double after its men's team won the national crown in April, this year. In the play-off for third place in the tournament, Punjab defeated Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy to secure its first podium finish in the tournament TENNISDjokovic and Sharapova Win Italian Open Singles' TitleTop seed Novak Djokovic of Serbia clinched his fourth Italian Open Men's Singles Crown on May 17, 2015 in Rome, beating Roger Federer of Switzerland 6-4, 6-3 in the final. Russia's Maria Sharapova sailed through the tough challenge of Spain's Carla Suarez Navarro to win her third Italian Open Women's Singles title with a 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 win in the final. It was the 35th WTA title of third seed Sharapova BILLIARDS/ SNOOKERStuart Bingham Wins World Snooker Championship, 2015Stuart Bingham of England emerged the champion of the 2015 World Snooker Championship on May 4, 2015, beating compatriot Shaun Murphy 18-15 in the best of 35 frame summit clash at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre. Winning the first world snooker crown of his 20-year professional career, Bingham (38) became the oldest player to clinch the World Snooker Championship since Welsh great Ray Reardon won the 1978 final at the age of 45 SPORTS AND GAMES BRIEFINGDeGale Wins International Boxing Federation TitleJames DeGale became the first British fighter to win an Olympic gold medal and a professional world title on May 23, 2015 unanimously outpointing Andre Dirrell at Boston University's Agganis Arena to take the vacant International Boxing Federation super middleweight title Ding Ning Wins World Table Tennis (Women's) Championship,Top-seeded Ding Ning of China clinched the World Table Tennis Championship, beating second-seeded compatriot Liu Shiwen 7-11, 15-13, 11-7, 11-9, 9-11, 4-11, 11-8 in the final of women's singles title on May 2, 2015 in Suzhou, China. Ding, the 2011 World Champion defeated Li Xiaoxia, the 2013 champion in the semi-final. Ding is China's 11th straight Women's Single World Champion. During the dramatic and tough final, Ding escaped an injury when she lost her balance and fell down Ethiopian Athletes Shine AT TCS World 10K RaceEthiopia's Mosinet Geremew emerged the winner of the TCS World 10K race on May 17,2015 in Bengaluru as he finished the race in a time of 28 minutes and 16 seconds, two seconds clear of his compatriot and runner-up Fikadu Seboka Suresh Kumar emerged the winner among Indian athletes. He improved the Indian men's course record of 29 : 59 second by finishing the race in just 29 minutes and 49 seconds to take home an additional record bonus of Rs 2 lakh. Women's section of the TCS World 10K race also witnessed Ethiopian dominance as the first two places were claimed by Ethiopian athletes. Mamitu Daska won the TCS World 10K women's race as she finished the race in 31 minutes and 57 seconds. Wude Ayalew of Ethiopia finished second. Gladys Chesir of Kenya finished third. L. Surya emerged the winner among Indian women. It was the eighth edition of TCS World 10K race.
3rd Advance Estimates of Production of Major Crops for 2014-15The 3rd Advance Estimates of production of major crops for 2014-15 have been released by the Department of Agriculture and Cooperation on May 13, 2015. Due to minor changes in the estimated production of other rabi pulses, the production estimates of rabi pulses and food-grains for 2013-14 have also undergone minor revisions Foodgrains — 251.12 million tonnes Rice — 102-54 million tonnes Wheat—90-78 million tonnes Coarse Cereals—40-42 million tonnes Sugarcane—356-56 million tonnes India at 100th Rankin Global Human Capital Index, 2015India has been ranked at 100th position on a Global Human Capital Index, which measures the countries in terms of the economies leveraging their human capital, where Finland has topped the 124-nation list. On the list, compiled by World Economic Forum (WEF), other emerging economies such as Russia, China, Brazil and South Africa are ranked ahead of India.' In the top-ten, Finland is followed by Norway, Switzerland, Canada, Japan, Sweden, Denmark, Netherlands, New Zealand and Belgium. According to WEF the list has been compiled on the basis of 46 indicators about "how well they are developing and deploying their human capital, focusing on education, skills and employment". The list also aims to understand whether countries are wasting or leveraging their human potential The US (17th), the UK (19th) and Germany (22nd). Among BRICS nations, Russia comes on the top at 26th position, followed by China at 64th, Brazil at 78th place and South Africa at 92nd. The countries with better score than India also include Kazakhstan, Armenia, Kyrgyz Republic, Chile, Philippines, Serbia, Mongolia, UAE, Macedonia, Sri Lanka, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Mauritius, Barbados, Brazil, Guatemala, Bhutan, Honduras, Cambodia, Tunisia and Bangladesh
India's Economic Growth to Surpass China's in 2015-16: UN ReportAccording to the mid-year update of the UN World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP), India's economic growth is projected to surpass that of China's, with the GDP expected to zoom by 7-7 per cent in 2016. Report says that India will help accelerate economic growth in South Asia Rs. 20,000 crore Allocation for Namami Gange SchemeCabinet approved the flagship 'Namami Gange' programme, which integrates the efforts to clean and protect the River Ganga in a comprehensive manner. The programme has a budget outlay of Rs. 20,000 crore for the next 5 years. The amount was a significant four-fold increase over the expenditure allocated to the task of cleaning the Ganga over the past 30 years. In order to push the efforts for the Ganga's clean-up, the Centre will now take over 100 per cent funding of various activities/projects under this programme. Marking a major shift in implementation, the government is focusing on involving people living on the banks of the river to attain sustainable results. The programme focuses on involving the states and grassroots-level institutions such as Urban Local Bodies and Panchayati Raj institutions for its implementation. The programme would be implemented by the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), and its state counterpart organisations, that is, the State Programme Management Groups (SPMGs) Namami Gange will focus on pollution abatement interventions, namely interception and diversion and treatment of waste water flowing through open drains via bio-remediation/appropriate in-situ treatment/use of innovative technologies/ sewage treatment plants (STPs)/ effluent treatment plant (ETPs). Namami Gange also aims at rehabilitation and augmentation of existing STPs and immediate short-term measures for arresting pollution at exit points on river front to prevent inflow of sewage, the statement added Cabinet Approves Stake Sale in Indian Oil, NTPCThe Union Cabinet has approved the sale of a 10 per cent stake in the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) and 5 percent stake in the NTPC. The pro-posed sale of 5 per cent stake in National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) is expected to fetch the exchequer around Rs. 5,500 crore, while that of 10 per cent stake in IOC would bring in nearly Rs. 8,000 crore. As per stock exchange data, the government holds 74-96 per cent stake in NTPC and 68-57 per cent in the IOC. It has an ambitious disinvestment target of T 41,000 crore through stake sale in public sector units, and another f 28,500 crore through strategic stake sale by transfer of management control, during the current fiscal 2015-16
India Home to 56 of the World's 2000 Powerful Companies: Forbes 2015India is home to 56 of the world's 2000 largest and most powerful public companies, according to the Forbes' annual list which is topped by the US with its share of 579 companies. Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries leads the pack of 56 Indian companies in the 2015 Forbes 'Global 2000' list. India has added two companies to its last year's tally. Reliance Industries is ranked 142 on the list, down from last year's 135th spot, with a market value of 42-9 billion dollars and 71-7 billion dollars in sales. Reliance is followed by State Bank of India which is ranked 152 and has a 33 billion dollars market value. The other Indian companies on the list are Oil and Natural Gas ranked 183, Tata Motors (263), ICICI Bank (283), Indian Oil (349), HDFC Bank (376), NTPC (431), Tata Consultancy Services (485), Bharti Airtel (506), AXIS Bank (558), Infosys (672), Bharat Petroleum (757), Wipro (811), A Tata Steel (903) and Adani Enterprises (944) China's four biggest banks own the top lour spots and the South Asian giant is home to 232 of the world's largest companies, adding more spots than any other country in the world and surpassing Japan for the first time. With 218 companies, Japan slid to the third spot. The United Kingdom kept its fourth place with 95 companies RBI Approves ING Vysya-Kotak Mahindra MergerThe Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has approved the merger of Kotak Mahindra Bank and ING Vysya Bank. As per notification of RBI, all ING branches will now function as Kotak branches. The change at signage in ING Vysya branches had already begun and the process would be completed within a month. For ATMs, too, the same has started. The acquisition will make Kotak Mahindra Bank the fourth largest private sector lender in the country, will have about 1,200 branches and a total business of Rs. 2-25 lakh crore, as on December 2014, and a combined market capitalisation of close to Rs. 1-25 lakh crore Money Order Service DiscontinuedA 135-year-old post office service to the common man comes to an end. Like in the case of the telegram, India Post has quietly discontinued the traditional money order service, which was an integral part of the department since 1880, facilitating pan-India door-delivery of funds to a payee from over 155,000 post offices. Post offices now have electronic money orders, or eMO, and instant money orders, or iMO, systems. Both these are much faster and simpler means to remit money. The iMO system, according to India Post, provides instant money order service for amounts ranging from Rs. 1,000 to Rs. 50,000. An instant, web-based system, money can be remitted by designated iMO post offices where an electronic version of a form is filled along with an identity proof. In the case of eMO, money is paid at the door-step of a payee from Rs. 1 to Rs. 5,000 within a day, along with 21 standard messages. It is booked at an authorised post office and delivered pan-India from all delivery post offices. This can also be tracked on the India Post website. CPI Basket Weights Revised, Base Year Changed from 2010 to 2012The government has revised the base year of the All India CPI series from'2010:100 to 2012:100 starting with the January 2015 reading to be released on February 12, 2015. The weights of the sub-components within the new CPI basket will be based on the Consumer Expenditure Survey (CES) of 2011-12, against the old/ current basket individual weights based on CES of 2004-05. These changes reflect the falling share of household expenditure on food and the rising share of the nonfood items. In addition, the number of items will also increase from 437 to 448 in the rural basket and from 450 to 460 in the urban basket the weight of the Core group (CPI ex-food and fuel) will rise to 47-3% from 42-9% earlier
India Post Sets up e-Commerce Centre, Targets Online PlayersIndia Post on April 11, 2015 launched a mobile application and an e-commerce centre at Safdarjang, New Delhi that will handle e-retailing exclusively. Equipped with modern technology, the India Post centre will be capable of handling 30,000 parcels per day. Online companies such as Amazon, Paytm, Yepme, Snapdeal and the like are already using the Postal Department's services for their parcels India Post has over 1.55 lakh post offices, of which more than 1.39 lakh are in rural areas Andhra Pradesh is Most Likely to Become India's Nuclear CoreWith Visakhapatnam set to host BARC (Bhabha Atomic Research Centre)-2 and GE-Hitachi collaborating with Nuclear Power Corporation to set up a cluster of six 1,600 MW reactors at Kowada in Srika-kulam district, Andhra Pradesh is fast turning into the country's nuclear core. According to BARC Director Sekhar Basu,the 4,000-acre BARC-2 campus in Visakhapatnam will have strategic facilities, a fuel fabrication unit, futuristic accelerators and a Hiflux reactor producing large quantities of radioisotopes. Currently, the Dhruva reactor in Trombay (Mumbai) is the mainstay. Andhra Pradesh will soon turn a key supplier of atomic fuel. At Thum-malapalle, Kadapa district, where the largest deposit of low-grade uranium ore (about one lakh tonnes) was discovered by the Atomic Minerals Division, Uranium Corporation of India Ltd (UCIL) is working at full throttle to start production. UCIL is struggling to supply the 21 power plants with mining restricted to Jharkhand's Jaduguda mines. AP has also made a proposal to the Department of Atomic Energy on setting up a greenfield nuclear fuel fabrication facility in Kurnool district. This facility will supplement the Nuclear Fuel Complex in Hyderabad, the main fuel supplier
IIP Based Growth of Industrial Sector Improved Slightly in 2014-15The Quick Estimates of Index of Industrial Production (IIP) with base 2004-05 for the month of March 2015 and 2014-15 have been released by the Central Statistics Office of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. The General Index for the month of March 2015 stands at 197-3, which is 2-1% higher as compared to the level in the month of March 2014. The cumulative growth for the period April-March 2014-15 over the corres-ponding period of the previous year stands at 2-8%. The Indices of Industrial Production for the Mining, Manufacturing and Electricity sectors for the month of March, 2015 stand at 148-5, 209-3 and 176-4 respectively, with the corresponding growth rates of 0-9%, 2-2% and 2-0% as compared to March 2014 (Statement I). The cumulative growth in the three sectors during April-March 2014-15 over the corres-ponding period of 2013-14 has been 1-4%, 2-3% and 8-4% respectively
India's First Private Greenfield Airport at Andal Sarted FlightsIndia's first private greenfield airport at Andal near Durgapur becomes operational on Mayl8, 2015. Commercial operations at the facility, named the Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport (which has a capacity to handle one million passengers a year), in which Singapore's Changi has a 36-2 per cent stake, will begin on May 18, 2015 Fiscal Deficit for FY 2014-15 at 4%, Revenue Deficit at 2-8%Prudent policies and commitment to fiscal consolidation of Gol had helped to bring the fiscal deficit down to 4 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2014-15 as against the revised estimate (RE) of 4-1 per cent and actual of 4-4 per cent in 2013-14. An official press release from the Ministry of Finance said the fiscal deficit at the end of 2014-15 stood at Rs. 5,01,880 crore which is 98% of the projected figure in RE 2014-15. The revenue deficit at the end of 2014-15 is Rs. 3,58,306 crore which is 99% of the projected figure in the RE 2014-15 and is 2-8% of the GDP as against the RE of 2-9%.J3.2% for the previous year FY 13-14) Non-debt capital receipts, which incTu3e disinvestment, stood at Rs. 43,439 crore (103% of RE) and had shown an increase of 4% as compared to the previous year's collection of Rs. 41,865 crores
Government Relaxes FDI Norms for NRIs, PIOs,OCIsThe Union Cabinet on May 21, 2015 approved a relaxation of policy on investment proposals from Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs) and Overseas Citizens of India (OCIs), treating them at par with Nonresident Indians (NRIs) in this regard New Norms Regarding Investments by PIOs and OCIs
SEBI Ropes in Narayana Murthy to Head Panel on Start-upsAs it prepares a new regulatory framework for start-ups and alternative investments, regulator SEBI today set up an 18-member panel headed by IT czar N R Narayana Murthy to advise on policy matters in this regard. The Alternative Investment Policy Advisor}' Committee (AIPAC) includes representatives from the industry, private equity firms and start-up organisations, besides senior officials of SEBI, RBI and the Finance Ministry ICICI Bank Launches Voice Recognition Service Now the voice of the customer will act as his password to do banking transactions. ICICI Bank, India's largest private sector bank, launched a voice recognition service which authenticates customers based on their speech patterns and allows them to execute banking transactions through the bank's call centre
India Tops World Hunger List with 194 million People in 2015According to 'The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2015', published by The United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), India is home to the highest number of hungry people in the world, at 194 million, surpassing China. At the global level, the corresponding figure dropped to-795 million in 2014-15, from 1 billion in 1990-92, with East Asia led by China accounting for most of the reductions. Number of persons suffering from acute and hunger also declined in India between 1990 and 2015. In 1990-92, those who were starved of food in India number of starved people in India declined from 210.1 million in 1990-92 to 194-6 million in 2014-15. The FAO report observes, "India has made great strides in reducing the proportion of food insecure persons in the overall population, but according to FAO, it still has over 194 million hungry persons. India's numerous social programmes are expected to continue to fight hunger and poverty." However, China stood out as the reduction in the number of hungry people was much higher than in India, which came down to 133-8 million in 2014-15 from 289 million in 1990-92. A majority 72 out of 129 of the countries monitored by FAO have achieved the Millennium Development Goal target of halving the prevalence of undernourishment by 2015 Yüklə 53,25 Kb. Dostları ilə paylaş:
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