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Thursday, August 14, 2014

New Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha elected

Dr. M. Thambidurai elected as the Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha. He is belonging from the political party AIADMK.

Friday, August 8, 2014

Indian Medal Winners in 20th Commonwealth Games

Gold Medal Winners

Medal Winners Events
Amit Kumar Wrestling
Abhinav Bindra Shooting
Apurvi Chandela Shooting
Sukhen Dey Weightlifting
Yogeshwar Dutt Wrestling
Sanjita Khumukcham Weightlifting
Sushil Kumar Wrestling
Babita Kumari Wrestling
Dipika Pallikal, Joshana Chinappa Squash
Kashyap Parupalli Badminton
Jitu Rai Shooting
Rahi Sarnobat Shooting
Vikas Shive Gowda Athletics
Sathish Sivlingam Weightlifting
Vinesh Wrestling

Silver Medal Winners

Ayonika Paul Shooting
Amalraj Anthony Arputharaj, Sharath Kamal Achanta Table Tennis
Bajrang Wrestling
Navjot Chana Judo
Mirabai Chanu Saikhom Weightlifting
Laishram Devi Boxing
Malaika Goel Shooting
Ashwini Ponnappa, Jwala Gutta Badminton
Geetika Jakhar Wrestling
Mandeep Jangra Boxing
Satywart Kadian Wrestling
Ravi Katulu Weightlifting
Devendro Laishram Boxing
Lalita Wrestling
Shushila Likmabam Judo
Sakshi Malik Wrestling
Santoshi Matsa Weightlifting
Prakash Nanjappa Shooting
Gagan Narang Shooting
Seema Punia Athletics
Rajinder Rahelu Powerlifting
Sanjeev Rajput Shooting
Anisa Sayyed Shooting
Gurpal Singh Shooting
Shreyasi Singh Shooting
Harpreet Singh Shooting
Vikas Thakur Weightlifting
Rajeev Tomar Wrestling
Vijender Boxing
Sadar Singh, Akashdeep Singh, Birendra Lakar, Chinglensana Kangujam, Chandana Nikkin Thimmaiah, Danish Mujtaba, Dharamvir Singh, Gurwinder Chandi, Gurbaj Singh, Kothajit Khadangbam, Manpreet Singh, Sreejesh Parattu Raveendran, Rupinder Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Sunil Sowmarpet Vitalacharya, Raghunath Vokkaliga Ramachandra Mens Hockey

Bronze Medal Winners

Arpinder Singh Athletics
Lajja Gauswami Shooting
R. V. Gurusaidutta Badminton
Dipa Karmakar Gymnastics
Rajwinder Kaur Judo
Sakina Khatun Powerlifting
Pawan Kumar Wrestling
Ganesh Mali Weightlifting
Chandrakant Mali Weightlifting
Asab Mohd Shooting
Gagan Narang Shooting
Navjot Kaur Wrestling
Omkar Otari Weightlifting
Pinki Rani Boxing
Manavjit Sandhu Shooting
P. V. Sindhu Badminton
Swati Singh Weightlifting
Kalpana Thoudam Judo
Punam Yadav Weightlifting

Friday, July 18, 2014

India to host next IBSA summit

India will host the 7th IBSA (India-Brazil-South Africa) summit in 2015. The announcement was made following a meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and South African President Jacob Zuma in Brasília on Wednesday.

The two leaders met at the sidelines of the interaction between the BRICS leadership and leaders from Latin American countries.

This will be the third time New Delhi will be hosting the IBSA summit since it started in 2006. While the inaugural edition of the summit was held in Brazil, India played host to the third edition in 2008 and the sixth in 2013. IBSA is a trilateral initiative between India, Brazil and South Africa “to promote, inter-alia, South-South cooperation and exchange.” The platform was announced, following a meeting of Foreign Ministers of the three countries in Brasilia in 2003, through the adoption of the Brasilia Declaration.

The IBSA summit involves consultations at the heads of state-level while meetings between Ministers and officials are held at the Trilateral Joint Commission and Focal Point levels respectively.

Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Five new Governors has been appointed by the President of India

 

The President has been pleased to appoint the following as Governors:-

1. Shri Ram Naik as the Governor of Uttar Pradesh
2. Shri Balramji Dass Tandon as the Governor of Chhattisgarh
3. Shri Keshari Nath Tripathi as the Governor of West Bengal
4. Shri Om Prakash Kohli as the Governor of Gujarat
5. Shri Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya as the Governor of Nagaland

Tuesday, July 8, 2014

Rajya Sabha passes NID Bill

The government pushed through the ‘National Institute of Design Bill, 2013’ in the Rajya Sabha on the first day of the budget session of Parliament. The BJP-led NDA government, which is a minority in the Upper House, managed to pass the Bill with help from the Congress. The Bill originally drafted by the UPA government is not contentious and was introduced in the Rajya Sabha last year by former Commerce Minister Anand Sharma. Minister of State for Commerce & Industry Nirmala Sitharaman, who moved the Bill for consideration and passage, explained its provisions seeking to declare the National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad, as an institution of national importance. Currently, the NID is registered as a society under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 and as an autonomous institution under the Bombay Public Trusts Act, 1950. Now, the NID can establish institute campuses anywhere within or outside India.

Thursday, June 26, 2014

Srinivasan becomes first ICC chairman

N. Srinivasan was on Thursday formally appointed the first chairman of the ICC after its 52-member council approved a controversial revamp of the body’s administrative structure.

The full council approved the amendments to the ICC’s Memorandum and Articles of Association at the Annual Conference, in Melbourne.

As was widely known before the conference, Srinivasan was elected the chairman despite being barred by the Supreme Court of India from carrying out his duties as BCCI president due to ongoing investigations into the match-fixing allegations relating to the 2013 edition of the IPL.

Saturday, June 21, 2014

Kedarnath Singh chosen for Jnanpith

th20-JNANPITH_G_21_1960437eNoted Hindi poet Kedarnath Singh has been chosen for the prestigious Jnanpith award for 2013. He is the 10th Hindi writer to receive the honour and joins the likes of Sumitra Nandan Pant, Ramdhari Singh Dinkar among others.

Eighty-year-old Singh, who has also written essays and stories, was born in Balia, Uttar Pradesh. ‘Abhi bilkul abhi’ and ‘Yahan se dekho’ are among his prominent works. The award includes. Rs 11 lakh and a citation, a release from the Jnanpith award committee said.