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Apr 20, 2018

Punit Awarded with 'Outstanding Contribution to Media' Award

AIMA Managing India Awards awarded Mr. Punit Goenka, MD & CEO, Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (ZEEL) with the 'Outstanding Contribution to Media' Award.
The AIMA Awards facilitates outstanding achievers who have made a fundamental difference in the industry setting new benchmarks and created an edge above peers for others to emulate.
The 8th edition of the Award ceremony was held in New Delhi in the presence of Mr. Nitin Gadkari, Minister for Shipping, Road Transport and Highways, Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Government of India.

Mukesh Ambani in World's Greatest Leaders of 2018

Richest Indian Mukesh Ambani and human rights lawyer Indira Jaising have been named by Fortune magazine as the World's Greatest Leaders of 2018.
While Ambani is at number 24, Jaising has been ranked number 20. The Fortune's 2018 ranking of the 50 greatest leaders released also has architect Balkrishna Doshi in the list which includes Apple CEO Tim Cook, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and football coach Nick Saban.

Apr 19, 2018

Rakesh Singh Named as BJP Chief in Madhya Pradesh

The BJP leadership named Rakesh Singh as Madhya Pradesh state party chief. He will replace Nandkumar Singh Chauhan who had expressed a 'desire' to be relieved of his duties.

Chauhan had become the party chief in August of 2014

Apr 18, 2018

All BJP Ministers Asked to Resign from J&K Cabinet

The BJP has asked all its ministers to resign from the Mehbooba Mufti cabinet in Jammu and Kashmir.

As per reports, this is not a move by the BJP to pull out of the coalition government in the state with the PDP, but merely a reshuffle.

The development comes in light of the strain that the alleged rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl has placed on the uneasy partnership between the BJP and the PDP.

Apr 17, 2018

Judge Ravindra Reddy Resigns

The Special National Investigation Agency (NIA) Judge Ravindra Reddy, who delivered the verdict in the 2007 Mecca Masjid blast, submitted his resignation to the Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh.

A special NIA court had acquitted all the 10 accused including Swami Aseemanand in the Hyderabad's Mecca Masjid blast case citing a lack of evidence. The verdict was announced by Judge Ravindra Reddy.

In May 2007, a powerful blast killed nine people and injured 58 during Friday prayers at Mecca Masjid near Hyderabad's Charminar.

Apr 16, 2018

IAF Tests Long-range Striking Capabilities

In a joint operation with Indian Navy, the Indian Air Force conducted long-range maritime air exercise - Gagan Shakti - in the Western Seaboard. One highlight of the exercise was IL-78 flight refuelling IAF aircraft midair.

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