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Nov 23, 2020

Agastya Jaiswal from Hyderabad Becomes first Graduate at Just 14 Years

Fourteen-year-old Agastya Jaiswal from Hyderabad has claimed himself to be the first student in India to complete his graduation at the age of 14 years.
Jaiswal has completed his BA Mass Communication and Journalism Degree from Osmania University.
He is also the first boy in Telangana to pass Class 10 at the age of 9 years with 7.5 GPA. At 11 years of age, he was also the first boy in Telangana to pass the intermediate examination with 63 per cent.
He is also a national-level table tennis player.

Nov 20, 2020

Bihar Education Minister Mewalal Choudhary Resigns from Newly Formed Cabinet

Newly-appointed Bihar Education Minister Mewalal Choudhary resigned from his cabinet post. He tendered his resignation within 72 hours of taking oath as a cabinet minister following the pressure from the opposition over corruption charges levelled against him.
His resignation has been accepted by the Governor.
The education portfolio has been given to Ashok Choudhary who is also in charge of the Science and Technology Department, Building Construction Department, Social Welfare Department and Minority Welfare Departments.
Mewalal Choudhary is accused of misusing his position as the vice-chancellor of Bhagalpur's Sabaur Agriculture University in 2011 to influence the recruitment of 161 assistant professors and junior scientists.

Nov 19, 2020

Former Governor of Goa Mridula Sinha Passes Away

First woman Governor of Goa and senior BJP leader Mridula Sinha passed away at the age of 77.
Mridula Sinha was an Indian writer and politician who served as Governor of Goa from August 2014 to October 2019.

Nov 18, 2020

Kris Gopalakrishnan as Chairperson of RBI's Innovation Hub

Gopalakrishnan, co-founder and former co-Chairman, Infosys, has been appointed as the first Chairperson of the Reserve Bank Innovation Hub.
Gopalakrishnan is currently the Chief Mentor of Start-up Village, an incubation hub for start-ups.
RBIH would be guided and managed by a governing council led by a Chairperson.
Other members of the governing council are CEO (to be appointed), Ashok Jhunjhunwala (Institute Professor, IIT, Madras), H Krishnamurthy (Principal Research Scientist, IISc, Bengaluru), Gopal Srinivasan (CMD, TVS Capital Funds), A P Hota (Former CEO, NPCI), Mrutyunjay Mahapatra (Former CMD, Syndicate Bank), T Rabi Sankar (Executive Director, RBI), Deepak Kumar (CGM, Department of Information Technology, RBI), and K Nikhila (Director, Institute for Development & Research in Banking Technology, Hyderabad).

Former HP Assembly Speaker Tulsi Ram Passes Away

Former Himachal Pradesh assembly speaker and senior BJP leader Tulsi Ram passed away at Palampur. He was 78.
Tulsi Ram was the speaker of the Himachal Pradesh assembly from 2007 to 2012 and was elected MLA thrice in 1990, 1998 and 2007 from the Bharmour assembly constituency.
He was a great statesman who worked tirelessly for the cause of vulnerable sections of society.
Tulsi Ram's contributions for the development of the Bharmour assembly constituency were immense and he would always be remembered.

Nov 17, 2020

Rajasthan Minister Bhanwar Lal Meghwal Passes Away

Rajasthan Minister Master Bhanwar Lal Meghwal passed away at the age of 72.
The five-time MLA was reportedly suffering from brain haemorrhage.
He was Rajasthan's Social Justice and Empowerment Minister who represented the Sujangarh assembly constituency of Churu district.
He was a Member of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly constituency Sujangarh Churu, Rajasthan. He was the member of Indian National Congress.

Arun Founder Vasan Eye Care Passes Away

Fifty-one-year-old A M Arun, the founder of Vasan Eye Care, passed away in Chennai.
In 1991, Arun took over the reins of the family's pharmacy business 'Vasan Medical Hall' in Trichy. In 2002, he forayed into the eye care business and set up the first eye care hospital in Trichy.
Today the network includes 170 eye care hospitals in India and 27 dental Hospitals across 4 states in South India. Company also operates two multi-speciality hospitals in Trichy.

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