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Jan 2020

Sep 10, 2020

Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Smriti Mandhana Brand Ambassadors of Olayerzpot

Playerzpot fantasy sports gaming platforms, signed Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Smriti Mandhana as its brand ambassadors. The partnership will see the cricketers in the brand's upcoming campaigns and promote Playerzpot through engagement activities.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar is a cricketer, Smriti Mandhana is a performer and connects with sports, cricket and more and now they will anchor the brand with their sports charisma and help in creating a higher brand recall amongst the key target audience.

Sep 09, 2020

Renowned Astronomer Govind Swarup Passes Away

Globally acclaimed scientist Govind Swarup, one of the pioneers in radio-astronomy, passed away.
Born in 1929, Swarup was one of the pioneers of radio astronomy in India.
Swarup obtained his M.Sc from Allahabad University in 1950 and his Ph.D. from Standford University in the USA in 1961.
He returned to India in 1963 and joined the TIFR at the invitation of Homi Bhaba.
Swarup was a fellow of many distinguished academics, including Fellowship of the Royal Society.
He received several distinctions throughout his career, including Padma Shri, the Bhatnagar Award, and the Grote Reber medal.

Sep 07, 2020

Jiri Menzel: Oscar Winning Czech Director Passes Away

Oscar-winning Czech director Jiri Menzel died aged 82 after battling serious health issues.
Menzel won an Academy Award in 1968 for best foreign language film for World War Two drama Closely Watched Trains.
He was one of the leading figures in the Czech New Wave cinema during the 1960s alongside One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest director Milos Forman.
Menzel was rarely seen in public after brain surgery in 2017.

Kesavananda Bharati, Petitioner in Landmark SC judgement on Constitution, Passes Away

Kesavananda Bharati, on whose petition the Supreme Court delivered the landmark judgement on the celebrated doctrine of basic structure of the Constitution, passed away.
People from all walks of life paid homage to the departed seer at the Edneer Mutt of which he became the head overfive decades ago.
The case in which Bharati had challenged Kerala Land Reform laws nearly four decades ago set the principle that the Supreme Court is the guardian of the basic structure of the Constitution and the verdict involved 13 judges, the largest bench ever to sit in the apex court. While the seer did not get the relief he wanted, the case became significant for its landmark judgment which clipped the widest power of Parliament to amend the Constitution and simultaneously gave judiciary the authority to review any amendment.
Kesavananda Bharati Swamiji, the seer of Edneer Mutt was a rare blend of philosopher, classical singer and a cultural icon. His patronage of Yakshagana was crucial in reviving this traditional theatre form in Karnataka.

Sep 05, 2020

Ayushmann Khurrana Brand Ambassador of Bajaj Allianz Life

Private life insurer, Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Company Limited appointed bollywood actor Ayushmann Khurrana as its brand ambassador. As the brand ambassador of the life insurer, actor will be promoting the products as well as the digital services of the Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Company Limited.
The bollywood actor is also set to feature in the upcoming campaign "Smart Living" of the private life insurer which encompasses its Term Plan "Smart protect Goal" and the newly digital service "Smart Assist" which collectively seeks to secure and enable its customer's life goal amid these uncertain times.

Sep 03, 2020

IRDAI Set Up 6 Member Working Group Headed by Dinesh Pant

Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) formed a 6-member working group headed by Dinesh Pant, appointed actuary of Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) to scrutinize various aspects for allowing the life insurance companies to offer index linked products.
The regulations of IRDAI does not permit the insurance companies to offer or sell the index linked products.
The insurers requested IRDAI to permit them to sell the index linked products.
Considering the request of the life insurers, the working group has been constituted to study the aspects of index linked products in the life insurance segment.
The working group of 6 members headed by Dinesh Pant, includes Anil Kumar Singh, Jose C. John, Manish Kumar, Y. Srinivasa Rao, and DNK LNK Chakravarthi.

Kshatrapati Shivaji Takes Up India's Top Statistical Post

The Government of India appointed Kshatrapati Shivaji, a 1986-batch Maharashtra cadre IAS officer, as secretary in the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI). The secretary at this ministry is, by design, known as the chief statistician of India.
But he has only been given additional charge to head India's statistical system, and the government has not appointed a full-time chief statistician yet. Shivaji will continue to lead the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions as his main charge until his superannuation at the end of March 2021.
The interesting bit is that the Cabinet post for this ministry is held by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
This is the second instance when a secretary at this ministry will oversee India's statistical system. In 2018, when T. C. A. Anant quit as the then chief statistician, the Modi government had given the top job for government statistics to the then secretary in this very ministry, K. V. Eapen.

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