Tonga's Prime Minister Akilisi Pohiva Dies Aged 78
Tonga's Prime Minister Akilisi Pohiva has died at the age of 78. Mr Pohiva was medically evacuated from the capital, Nuku'alofa, to a hospital in Auckland, New Zealand.
Mr Pohiva had served as Tonga's Prime Minister since 2014, and was Tonga's longest serving member of Parliament, coming into office in 1987.
He spent years campaigning against royal involvement in the island kingdom's politics, and in 2014 became the first commoner to be elected Prime Minister by Tonga's Parliament.
Hima Das Appointed as Brand Ambassador for Gatorade
PepsiCo India has roped in star athlete Hima Das as the brand ambassador for its sports drink brand Gatorade. She joins ace shuttler PV Sindhu and javelin star Neeraj Chopra as the brand's ambassadors in the country.
Gatorade India will also work with Hima Das during the period of partnership to understand her training and race-day nutrition better.
Tarun Bhagat, Director-Marketing, Hydration and Cola, PepsiCo India welcomed Hima Das into Gatorade's family of athletes.
UN Appoints Veteran Indian Officer to Lead Mission in Yemen
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appointed a veteran Indian Army official as the head of the world body's observer mission in Yemen's port city of Hodeidah.
Lieutenant General (retired) Abhijit Guha has been appointed as the Chair of the Redeployment Coordination Committee (RCC) and head of the UNMHA.
He will succeed Lieutenant General Michael Lollesgaard, who served as RCC Chair and head of UNMHA from January 31 to July 31, 2019.
Guha brings to this position 39 years of national and international military experience. He served from 2009-2013 as the Deputy Military Adviser and the Military Adviser within the Office of Military Affairs of the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations, while also establishing the Office of Peacekeeping and Strategic Partnerships in 2013.
He has also previously served as a Military Observer as part of the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia during 1992-93.
Google Doodle Celebrates Hans Christian Joachim Gram
Google is celebrating the 166th birth anniversary of microbiologist Hans Christian Joachim Gram with a doodle in his honour.
Gram was born on September 13, 1853, in Denmark's Copenhagen. Gram is best known for pioneering the method of the Gram stain to identify bacteria.
The Danish microbiologist earned an M.D. from the University of Copenhagen in 1878. He then traveled through Europe between 1883 to 1885 studying pharmacology and bacteriology.
Sep 12, 2019
Pramod Kumar Mishra Is Principal Secy To PM Narendra Modi
Pramod Kumar Mishra was appointed principal secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, succeeding Nripendra Misra. Former cabinet secretary Pradeep Kumar Sinha was appointed principal adviser to the prime minister.
Mishra, who had been additional principal secretary to the PM since 2014, was promoted after Mishra sought to be relieved of his duties.
Mishra served as principal secretary to Modi when he was Gujarat chief minister between 2001 and 2004.
Sinha's appointment order did not say whether he would be given the status of a cabinet minister like his senior counterparts in the Prime Minister's Office — PK Mishra and national security adviser Ajit Doval. Both Mishra and Sinha will report to the prime minister.
Former Indonesian President Habibie Dies, Aged 83
Former Indonesian president B J Habibie has died at the age of 83. He died of heart failure at Jakarta's Gatot Soebroto Army Hospital.
Habibie, whose full name was Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie, was Indonesia's third president following Suharto's more than 30-year rule.
An engineer by training, he was in office for less than two years. He saw Indonesia through the Asian financial crisis and ordered a referendum for East Timor's independence.
The body of the late president will be taken to his house in Kuningan, Jakarta. He will be buried next to his wife in the Kalibata Heroes Cemetery.
Sep 11, 2019
Trump Fires John Bolton as National Security Adviser
President Donald Trump said that he had fired national security adviser John Bolton after a string of disagreements, removing one of the most hawkish voices in Trump's inner circle on a number of issues, including Taliban negotiations and China trade talks.
Trump announced that he had asked for Bolton's resignation, saying he had "disagreed strongly with many of his suggestions."
Pawan Munjal To Be Inducted To Asia Pacific Golf Hall Of Fame
Hero MotoCorp Chairman and Managing Director Pawan Munjal will be inducted to the 2019 Asia Pacific Golf Hall of Fame later in 2019 for his support to the sport in India and around the world.
The induction ceremony will be held on November 6, 2019 at the Asian Golf Awards Gala Banquet to be held at DLF Golf & Country Club in Gurugram.
His induction into the Asia Pacific Golf Hall of Fame will be permanently installed at the Dr David Chu Golf Museum at Shenzhen in China, the new home of the Hall of Fame.
Munjal joins legendary players such as Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player and other leading personalities such as David Chu, the founder of Mission Hills golf resort, to have been bestowed with the highest honour in the Asia Pacific golf industry.
Urmila Matondkar, Kripashankar Singh Resign From Congress
Actor-turned-politician Urmila Matondkar and former Maharashtra Minister Kripashankar Singh announced their resignations from the Congress.
Matondkar, who unsuccessfully contested the Lok Sabha election in April 2019 from Mumbai, said that she is quitting owing to petty politics in the party.
Mr Singh said that he was leaving the Congress, as he did not agree with party's stand to oppose abrogation of Article 370.
Rajiv Kumar Appointed as MD of Microsoft India R&D
Microsoft said it has appointed Rajiv Kumar as the new managing director of Microsoft India (R&D) Pvt Ltd (MIRPL).
Rajiv, who is currently the Corporate Vice-President of Microsoft's Experiences and Devices (E+D) Group, will replace Anil Bhansali, who held this role for six years.
Anil will continue as the Corporate Vice President of Cloud & Enterprise and will be relocating to Redmond, USA.
Rajiv has a track record of strong people leadership, innovation and sharp business acumen, all along in his 27-year long career at Microsoft.
Sep 10, 2019
Gyanesh Bharti South Corporation's New Commissioner
The South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) is set to get a commissioner after three months of the post lying vacant.
The ministry of home affairs (MHA) issued an order appointing senior IAS officer, Gyanesh Bharti, for the job.
Bharti is an officer with the Union Territory cadre, of the 1998 batch. He was posted as joint secretary, cabinet secretariat, with the Government of India before being repatriated to his parent cadre in July 2019.
The north corporation's commissioner, Varsha Joshi, was holding the additional charge of SDMC after the previous south body commissioner, Puneet Kumar Goel, was transferred to Goa in June 2019.
Sep 09, 2019
Nissan CEO Set To Resign After Admitting To Receiving Overpayments
The CEO of crisis-hit Japanese auto giant Nissan plans to resign, days after admitting he received more pay than his entitlement.
The reports said it was not immediately clear when Hiroto Saikawa would step down, as the firm struggles with the aftermath of the arrest of its former chief Carlos Ghosn on charges of financial misconduct.
Nikkei said Saikawa has told several Nissan executives of his intent, but that no date for his resignation nor a successor has been decided.
Actor, Kathak Dancer Veeru Krishnan Passes Away
Actor and Kathak dancer Veeru Krishnan passed away in Mumbai. He was best known for his work in films like Raja Hindustani, Dulhe Raja, Akele Hum Akele Tum among others.
Veeru Krishnan trained several actresses in dance over the years including Priyanka Chopra, Katrina Kaif and Athiya Shetty, to name a few.
Priyanka along with other celebrities paid tribute to their "guru" on social media afer the news of his death.
Sonia Dhawan Rejoins Paytm Group
Sonia Dhawan, a former Paytm executive and the prime accused in an alleged extortion case involving the company's founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma, has joined Paytm First Games.
Gamepind Entertainment, which owns Paytm First Games, is a joint venture between Alibaba's AGTech and Paytm's parent One97 Communications.
The case against Dhawan is still pending.
DC Udhampur Bicycles 70 Km To Spread Message Of 'Beti Bachao Beti Padhao'
In Jammu and Kashmir, a senior district official set a unique example to spread the message for 'Beti Bachao Beti Padhao'.
District Development Commissioner, Udhampur, Dr. Piyush Singla bicycled from Udhampur to Jammu for nearly 70 Kms wearing 'Beti Bachao Beti Padhao' T-shirt to generate awareness on this flagship program.
He was accompanied by group of other 15 riders from Udhampur who raised slogans while crossing various habitations and market areas. The riders were also flanked by a 'BBBP Van'.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Singla said group awareness through cycling catches attention very fast and help in propagating the message and objective of the programme.
The journey culminated at Jammu. This unique effort of District Development Commissioner, Udhampur has been widely appreciated as it also incorporates the spirit of Fit India Movement besides motivating the youth for such social causes.
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