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Oct 16, 2017

India's First Olympic Swimmer Passes Away

India's first Olympic swimmer Shamsher Khan passed away after suffering a heart failure.
He ranked 5th at the Melbourne Games of 1956. In 1954, he made a national record in the 200-meter butterfly event.
Shamsher was the first swimmer from the country to participate in the Olympics in 1956.

Oct 14, 2017

Rahul to Take Charge as Congress President

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi will soon takeover as the party chief, confirmed party president Sonia Gandhi. The change of guard is expected to take place after Diwali on October 19, 2017.
Rahul's elevation as the Congress president could be a game-changer for the party. The decision has been taken keeping in view the upcoming 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

Road Construction on China Border

Taking a cue from China on military infrastructure, the Indian Army plans to expedite its road constructions along the Chinese border, with at least four routes to be taken up on a priority basis.
As per Indian Army the road links to Niti, Lipulekh, Thangla 1 and Tsangchokla passes will be taken up on priority and 2020 is the deadline.
All these four locations fall under the ambit of the Army's Northern Command.

Oct 13, 2017

Congress set to Retain NWCMC

The Congress appeared set to retain the Nanded-Waghala City Municipal Corporation (NWCMC), bagging 15 of the 16 results announced so far for the 81-seat civic body.
The Congress has also built strong leads in 33 seats in the NWCMC, which is now one of the last surviving bastions of the party in the state.

Next Ambassador to China

Gautam Bambawale has been appointed as the next ambassador to China.
He will replace Vijay Gokhale.
He is presently High Commissioner of India to Pakistan.
He has earlier served in Hong Kong and Beijing and was the desk officer for China in the Ministry of External Affairs.

Oct 12, 2017

New FTII Chairman

Actor Anupam Kher has been appointed as the new chairman of Film and Television Institute of India. He has replaced former television actor Gajendra Chauhan.
Kher has acted in over 500 movies and is a well-known name in theatre too.
Kher was awarded Padma Shri in 2004 and Padma Bhushan in 2016. He has also held the post of chairman of the Central Board of Film Certification and the National School of Drama in India.

Cabinet Appoints 11 New Secretaries

The Appointment Committee of the Cabinet has appointed 11 new secretaries to various government departments.
Environment secretary Ajay Narayan Jha will succeed Ashok Lavasa as the secretary in the expenditure department in the Finance Ministry.
Health and Family Welfare Secretary C. K. Mishra will replace Jha as the new secretary in charge of environment, forests and climate change.
The Appointment Committee of the Cabinet also appointed Sports Secretary Injeti Srinivas as the new corporate affairs secretary in the Finance Ministry.
Gopal Krishna, serving in his home cadre of West Bengal, has been appointed as the Shipping Secretary while Uttar Pradesh cadre IAS officer Rahul Prasad Bhatnagar will be the new Sports Secretary.
Preeti Sudan, Secretary of Department of Food and Public Distribution, has been assigned the charge of health and family welfare.
Current Shipping Secretary Ravi Kant will take up her role in the Food Ministry.
Alok Shrivastava, currently Special Secretary in the Shipping Ministry, has been appointed as the new secretary in the Department of Justice.
Other cabinet secretary appointments include K. V. Eapen (Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances and Pensions and Pensioners` Welfare), Shakuntala Gamlin (Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities) and Vaidya Rajesh Kotecha (AYUSH Ministry).

Oct 11, 2017

Appointment of Executive Directors

The government has approved the appointment of executive directors (EDs) for nine public sector banks.
The following are the new EDs:
Bajrang Singh Shekhawat - Central Bank of India, Govind N. Dongre - Punjab and Sind Bank, Ajay Kumar Srivastava and Matam Venkata Rao have been appointed EDs of Indian Overseas Bank and Canara Bank, Kul Bhushan Jain - Andhra Bank, Rajesh Kumar Yaduvanshi and Chaitanya Gayatri Chinthapalli Dena Bank and Bank of India respectively, Krishnan. S - Syndicate Bank and Lingam Venkata Prabhakar - Punjab National Bank.

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