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NATIONAL AFFAIRS - September 2015

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Oct 10, 2017

A. K. Srivastava Elevated as MD and CEO

Private life insurer PNB MetLife has elevated Ashish Kumar Srivastava as its new MD and CEO.
Srivastava comes with extensive experience in multiple disciplines, including strategy, HR, project management and operations, infrastructure, administration and communications.
Srivastava joined PNB MetLife in 2013 as the head of HR and then moved to Dubai in 2015 to head the HR at MetLife Middle East & Africa (MEA).

D. Shivakumar Quits PepsiCo India

D. Shivakumar has quit as the chairman of PepsiCo India after serving at the multinational for four years.
Mr. Shivakumar would be joining the Aditya Birla Group where he would be the group corporate president for strategy and business development.
Prior to joining PepsiCo India, he was the managing director at Nokia India. He also had useful stints at Hindustan Unilever and Philips Consumer Electronics.

Oct 09, 2017

Need to be On Board for Simultaneous Polls

Favouring simultaneous Lok Sabha and assembly polls, the Election Commission said that all political parties need to be brought on board before such an exercise is carried out.
The Election Commission has always been of the view that simultaneous elections will give enough time for incumbent government to formulate policies and implement programmes continuously for a longer time without interruptions caused by imposition of model code of conduct.
Conducting the polls together would be possible only when necessary changes in the Constitution and Representation of the People Act are carried out.

Recommendations of the Haj Review Committee

Women above 45 years will not need a male relative to accompany them for Haj as per recommendations of the Haj review committee for a new Haj policy.
As per Minority affairs minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, women will be allowed to perform Haj without a 'Mehram' (a male relative by blood) in a group of four or more.
The Centre has also decided to abolish the subsidy for Haj pilgrims in accordance with a Supreme Court order.

Financial Assistance to Widows

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that his government will provide financial assistance of Rs. 2 lakh to widows who want to remarry.
Chouhan also called on the people of the state to help the government to end practices like child marriage, dowry and others by providing equal opportunity to female child.

Oct 08, 2017

IAF Celebrates Its 85th Anniversary

The Indian Air Force (IAF) is celebrating its 85th anniversary at Hindon Air Force base in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad district on Sunday.

Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee Delegate

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has been elected to the Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee which governs the party affairs in the union territory.

Oct 07, 2017

Piracy Attempt Thwarted

INS Trishul thwarted a piracy attempt on Indian ship MV Jag Amar in the Gulf of Aden.
The cargo ship MV Jag Amar was going to Jubail in Saudi Arabia when the piracy attempt took place.
The Indian Navy has been actively engaged in anti-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden, a key shipping route near the southern tip of the Red Sea between Somalia and Yemen.

Narayan Rane's Outfit MSP to Join NDA

Maharashtra's former Chief Minister Narayan Rane, who recently quit the Congress, said that his political outfit, 'Maharashtra Swabhiman Paksh', would join the National Democratic Alliance (NDA).
A prominent leader from the influential Maratha community, Rane hails from Sindhudurg district of the Konkan region. Rane became the Chief Minister in 1999 when he was in the Shiv Sena.

Big Win for India

India and the European Union adopted a declaration to counter terrorism as they discussed ways to strengthen their cooperation in key areas of trade and security during the 14th summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the top EU leadership.
Leaders of India and EU agreed on stronger cooperation to act against global terrorists and terror entities including Hafiz Saeed, Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, Dawood Ibrahim, Lashkar-eTaiba, Jaish e Mohammad, Hizbul Mujaheedin, Haqqani Network, Al Qaeda, ISIS and affiliates.

Oct 06, 2017

First Three Women Fighter Pilots

The Indian Air Force is set to get its first three women fighter pilots commissioned in December 2017.
Flying Officers Bhawana Kanth, Avani Chaturvedi and Mohana Singh are the first women pilots in IAF’s history who will be getting the honour of flying fighter jets like the Sukhoi and Tejas.

Akhilesh Re-elected as Party Chief

Akhilesh Yadav has been re-elected as Samajwadi Party's national president for the next five years.
Now, SP will fight both Lok Sabha 2019 polls and state Assembly elections 2022 under Akhilesh's leadership.

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