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Jul 12, 2017

Rajeev Dubey Elected to the Governing Board of ILO

Group president of HR & Corporate Services at Mahindra & Mahindra, Rajeev Dubey has been elected to the governing board of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in Geneva.
Dubey has also been the past- president of The Employer’s Federation of India. He also serves on the boards of International Organisation of Employers (IOE), Geneva, and the International Training Centre of the ILO in Turin, Italy.

Floor-test for Liezietsu Postponed

Nagaland Governor P. B. Acharya, who had asked Chief Minister Shurhozelie Liezietsu to prove his majority on the floor of the assembly by July 15, postponed the floor-test in view of the Presidential elections on July 17.

Opposition's Vice-presidential Candidate

Opposition parties unanimously decided to pick former West Bengal Governor Gopal Krishna Gandhi as its candidate for the post of vice-president.
According to reports, Gandhi was the only name, discussed when the opposition parties met to decide on their candidate for the vice-presidential poll.

Vistara Picks Thng as CEO

Singapore Airlines (SIA) veteran Lesli Thng will be the new CEO of Vistara, effective October, replacing current chief Phee Teik Yeoh, who has piloted the Tata-SIA venture full-service airline since inception.

Jul 11, 2017

Tejashwi Yadav Won't Resign

Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav will not step down from his post, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) cleared after party meet.
According to reports, majority of MLAs in the meeting came out in support of Tejashwi.

Naresh Chandra Passes Away

Former Indian Ambassador to the US Naresh Chandra passed away. He was 82.
Chandra had served as the Cabinet Secretary from 1990-92 and was the Indian Ambassador to the US from 1996 to 2001.
He was awarded India's second highest civil awards, the Padma Vibhushan, in 2007.

Malabar Exercise in Bay of Bengal

India, Japan and the US began the Malabar Naval Exercise-2017 in the Bay of Bengal in a bid to achieve deeper military ties among the three nations.
Malabar is a joint exercise between India and US, which now has Japan as a permanent partner. Australia wanted to participate as an observer this year but was not included, following reservations by China.

Jul 10, 2017

Nagaland Crisis

Former CM T. R. Zeliang has staked claim to form the government in Nagaland asserting that he enjoyed the support of 41 of the 59 MLAs, after a majority of ruling NPF legislators rebelled against the incumbent Shurhozelie Liezietsu.
Zeliang requested the governor to invite him to form a new Naga People's Front (NPF)-led DAN government in Nagaland at the earliest.

India’s First World Heritage City

The Walled City of Ahmedabad, founded by Sultan Ahmed Shah in the 15th century, has been declared India’s first World Heritage City.
According to Ahmedabad Municipal Commissioner, there are 2,600 heritage sites and over two dozen ASI protected monuments and sites in the walled city. The city had figured in UNESCO’s tentative list in 2011.
The civic body and the State authorities expect a huge boost to tourism after the UNESCO’s declaration.

Jul 09, 2017

Modernisation of Army's Armoured Vehicles

The Defence Ministry has cleared a Rs. 2,400 crore proposal for upgrading the Army's armoured fighting vehicles to make them capable of undertaking night operations.
The modernisation of the armoured vehicles will enhance their overall performance besides enabling them to fully operate at night.
The DAC, chaired by Defence Minister Arun Jaitley, also approved procurement of 'carrier command post vehicles' for the army.
Command post vehicles act as centralised command facilities, equipped with electronic command and control systems to ensure precision firing.

Jul 07, 2017

Hyderabad may get India’s first Dalits-only Varsity next year

If the Telangana government has its way, Dalit students who wish to pursue their post-graduation in the state will have an exclusive university for them by next academic year. A proposal to establish an exclusive university for Dalit students in Hyderabad is under active consideration of the state government. The university is said to be part of the government’s policy of providing education free of cost to students from weaker sections from kindergarten to postgraduation (KG to PG) level. Once established, it will be the first of its kind university for Dalit students in the country. At present, there are universities exclusively for women and religious minorities but not for weaker sections, though they are given reservations in various state-run universities.The objective of establishing an exclusive university for Dalit students is to provide them a comprehensive education, so that they would come out as complete and knowledgeable citizens.Once the Dalit university comes into existence, all degree colleges which are now affiliated to other universities, would come under it.

Hyderabad to have India’s First RoboCop

A RoboCop will soon perform policing duties in Hyderabad, making it the first city in the country to deploy a police robot. The six-foot tall RoboCop, developed by city based H-Bots, Robotics, will walk, receive complaints and even defuse bombs. The prototype will be ready by September and after trial, it would be handed over to the police by year-end. It will be world’s second humanoid robot after Dubai.

Mankotia Removed from Post of Vice Chairman of HP Tourism Development Board

Major Vijai Singh Mankotia was unceremoniously removed from the post of Vice Chairman of the Himachal Pradesh Tourism Development Board. Within minutes of Mankotia sending an invitation to the media for a press conference, the notification about his removal was issued. Mankotia said he had been compelled to speak his mind as the acts of omission and commission of the Chief Minister were making him compromise his position. Having lost the 2012 Assembly Election from Shahpur on the Congress ticket, it was in 2014 that he was made Vice Chairman by Virbhadra.

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