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Aug 24, 2019

Indian Climate Activist Selected To Participate In First Youth Climate Summit At UN

Young climate activist from India is among 100 outstanding climate champions selected from around the world for a special 'Green Ticket' that will help them travel to the UN headquarters to participate in the first-ever Youth Climate Summit, a platform for young leaders to showcase their solutions for climate change on a global stage.
Vishnu PR, from Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, is the CEO of 'Change Can Change Climate Change (C5) Foundation', an organisation focused on climate change mitigation and adaptation projects.
C5 is a youth-led initiative that was originally designed as a sustainable volunteer development platform which will be a model for the whole nation starting from Thiruvananthapuram.
The 100 'Green Ticket' winners, all outstanding young climate champions, will join the more than 500 young climate leaders selected to participate in the first-ever Youth Climate Summit at the UN on September 21, 2019.

Aug 22, 2019

Rajiv Gauba Appointed New Cabinet Secy

Union home secretary Rajiv Gauba was appointed Cabinet Secretary for a two-year tenure. Gauba, a 1982 batch IAS officer of the Jharkhand cadre, will join as Officer on Special Duty in the Cabinet Secretariat before taking charge of the top bureaucratic post from PK Sinha.
Gauba (60) has previously served as secretary in the urban development ministry and additional secretary in the home ministry.
In another order, Ajay Kumar was appointed the new Defence Secretary.

Former MP CM Babulal Gaur Dies At 89 In Bhopal

Former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Babulal Gaur passed away at a private hospital in Bhopal, where he was admitted around a fortnight back.
He was 89.
Gaur's body was kept at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s state office before he was cremated with full state honours .
As Minister and CM of Madhya Pradesh he undertook many efforts to transform the state.

Aug 21, 2019

NBCC Appoints BK Sokhey As Director (Finance)

BK Sokhey has been appointed as Director (Finance) of NBCC. A B.Com (Hons) from Shree Ram College of Commerce and a fellow of the Institute of Costs Accountants of India, Sokhey joined NBCC in 1990, as accounts officer.
She has more than 30 years of rich experience of working in different capacities in all the areas of accounts and finance. NBCC (India) Limited is a blue-chip Government of India Navratna enterprise and a Central Public Sector undertaking which trades publicly in the market.

Sandeep Kumar Disqualified From Assembly For Defection

Rebel Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA and former Delhi minister Sandeep Kumar was disqualified from the Delhi Assembly under the anti-defection law.
Kumar is the fourth MLA to be disqualified by Delhi Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel in the last three weeks.
The others MLAs are Kapil Mishra, Anil Bajpai and Devinder Sehrawat, who were disqualified, under the anti-defection law, for allegedly supporting the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the 2019 general elections.
With the disqualification of the four MLAs, the strength of legislators in the 70-member House has come down to 66.

Italian PM Giuseppe Conte May Step Down

Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte will hand his resignation to the Italian president after telling lawmakers that his deputy's self-interested and irresponsible rebellion means the administration can't continue.
But Conte may not be ready to step aside just yet — he also savaged Matteo Salvini's demands for a snap election. Conte could stay in office and thwart Salvini's power grab if he can stitch together a fresh majority and persuade head of state Sergio Mattarella to give him a second shot at governing.

Aug 20, 2019

Veteran Music Composer Khayyam Passes Away

Mohammed Zahur Hashmi, popularly known as Khayyam, also a recipient of Sangeet Natak Akademi Award and Padma Bhushan died at the age of 92.
Veteran composer Khayyam, best known for his music in classic films such as 'Kabhie Kabhie' and 'Umrao Jaan', passed away after prolonged illnesses at a hospital.
The musician's other notable works include films such as 'Trishul', 'Noorie' and 'Shola Aur Shabnam'.

Pakistan's Army Chief Bajwa Gets 3-Year Extension

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan approved a three-year extension to the tenure of Army chief general Qamar Javed Bajwa.
General Bajwa was appointed as army chief on November 26, 2016, by former prime minister Nawaz Sharif.
The extension of his tenure comes at a time of heightened tensions with India on Pakistan's eastern front.

Three-time Bihar CM Jagannath Mishra Dies At 82

A three-time Chief Minister who could not complete a single term and a Congress stalwart whose son served as a minister in an NDA government, Mishra died at a Delhi hospital after prolonged illness at the age of 82.
A professor of economics, Mishra was catapulted to the Chief Minister's post after his elder brother and then Union Railway Minister Lalit Narayan Mishra was killed in a blast at Samastipur in 1975. Mishra, too, was injured in the attack, but survived.

Balesh Sharma Steps Down As Chief Executive Of Vodafone Idea

Vodafone Idea Ltd chief executive officer (CEO) Balesh Sharma has resigned citing "personal reasons" and will be replaced by Vodafone Group's India representative, Ravinder Takkar.
Sharma's exit comes less than a year after the merged entity started operations on August 31, 2018.
The merged company has since lost market share and posted losses in every quarter of the past year, amid a bruising tariff war. Sharma, who was driving the integration process at the company, will take up a new role at Vodafone Group Plc.
Takkar is a board member of Vodafone Idea and Indus Towers.

Sri Lankan Army Gets New Chief

A general accused of war crimes was appointed Sri Lanka army chief, as the US warned his selection undermined efforts to ensure accountability after a long-running conflict with Tamil separatists.
Maj Gen Shavendra Silva was elevated to the army's second highest position of chief of staff in January, 2019 before his latest promotion by President Maithripala Sirisena to commander of the Sri Lankan army.
The president has appointed Major General Shavendra Silva as the 23rd commander of the army.
The 55-year old, who commanded an army division in the civil war, has been accused by the UN of war crimes during the final stages of the separatist conflict.

Aug 19, 2019

Argentina Minister Resigns After Peso Plunges

Argentine economy minister Nicolas Dujovne resigned capping a week of market chaos that followed President Mauricio Macri's stunning loss in a primary vote.
Hernan Lacunza, economic minister for the province of Buenos Aires, would replace Dujovne.

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