1. India, New Zealand ink deal for direct flights
India and New Zealand signed a deal that opens the door for direct flights between the two countries that could boost tourism and trade sectors.
The signing ceremony of the bilateral air services agreement was witnessed by visiting President Pranab Mukherjee and New Zealand Prime Minister John Key.
Bridges signed the deal with Sanjeev Balyan, India's Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmer Welfare.
2. Indian-American journalist Neela Banerjee receives Edgar A Poe award
US President Barack Obama and the First Lady Michelle awarded an Indian-American journalistNeela Banerjee and three of her colleagues from Inside Climate News — John Cushman Jr, David Hasemyer and Lisa Song with the prestigious Edgar A Poe award. The annual award by the White House Correspondents Association (WHCA) honours journalistic work of national or regional significance.
3. Himachal CM launches Rajeev Gandhi Digital Vidyarthi Yojana
Himachal Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh launched the ambitious Rajeev Gandhi Digital VidyarthiYojna 2015-16.
Under the scheme launched at Sundernagar in district Mandi, laptops/net books were distributed to the meritorious students of classes 10th and 12th who passed out from the HP Board of School Education. This scheme was introduced by the UPA Government.
The Chief Minister distributed laptops to as many as 86 meritorious students of Mandi. The Government will provide around 10,000 laptops for fiscal year 2015-16 to such students on whom an expenditure of `18.32 lakhs was being incurred.
4. Maiden Sea Trial of Kalvari - First Scorpene Class Submarine
‘Kalvari’, the first of the Scorpene class submarines, being built at the Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd Mumbai (MDL), went to sea for the first time. The submarine sailed out at about 1000 hrs under her own propulsion for the first sea trial, off the Mumbai coast and during the sortie.
5. NASA Scientists Unravel Mystery of Moon's Surface Swirls
New observations of the Moon have shed light on the origin of the distinctive swirls on the lunar surface.
Scientists have moved a step closer to solving the mystery of puzzling swirls on the surface of the moon, using computer models to test various hypotheses of their origin, NASA reported.
According to lunar observations, the swirls appear where ancient bits of magnetic field are embedded in the lunar crust. They also have bright areas which appear to be less weathered than their surroundings.
Researchers have hypothesized that the swirls and the magnetic fields formed from plumes of material ejected by comet impacts, or that micrometeorite impacts propelled fine dust particles upwards, which were then sorted by an existing magnetic field.
A third theory holds that since particles in the solar wind (electrons and ions) are electrically charged, they respond to magnetic forces.
6. Practo appoints Manish Dugar as CFO
Digital healthcare platform Practo appointed Manish Dugar as its Global CFO.
Dugar will be responsible for the leadership of Practo's financial legal and regulatory operations.
Dugar joins Practo from Inmobi, where he was the CFO.
Practo currently lists over 2 lakh doctors, 10,000 hospitals, 8,000 diagnostic centres and over 4,000 wellness centres globally and receives over 10 million searches monthly across its website and apps.
The Bengaluru-based startup operates in 15 countries, including Singapore, Indonesia and the Philippines across over 50 cities.
7. Badminton: Chong Wei claims second Asian title
Malaysian icon Lee Chong Wei battled past home favourite and World No.1 Chen Long in the final to regain his second continental crown after 10 years at the Badminton Asia Championships.
Chong wei defeated World No.1 Chen Long of China in the final match.
8. Former Jana Sangh president Balraj Madhok is dead
Balraj Madhok, an activist of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and former president of the Bharatiya Jan Sangh (BJS).He was 96.
He became a full-time member of the RSS in 1942 and became politically active in Jammu and Kashmir. At one point, Sheikh Abdullah externed him from the state.
Initially associated with the Praja Parishad Party in Jammu, Madhok joined hands with others to form the Jana Sangh. He was also a founder of the Akhil Bharatiya VidyarthiParishad (ABVP), the RSS student wing, in 1951.
Elected to the Lok Sabha in 1961, Madhok served as the president of the Jana Sangh in 1966-67 when the party was a force in Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan and then undivided Madhya Pradesh.
9. India to clock 7.4% GDP growth this fiscal: Report
The Indian economy is expected to clock a GDP growth of 7.4% this fiscal, a Standard Chartered report says.
According to the report, the rate of growth will be largely driven by the lagged impact of a good monsoon and increased consumer spending, supported by pay commission awards.
10. Kohlschreiber beats Thiem to clinch BMW Open tennis title
Philipp Kohlschreiber defeated Dominic Thiem to win his third BMW Open tennis title.
11. Wipro, partners set up Saudi Arabia’s first all-women business park
IT major Wipro, along with Saudi Aramco and Princess Nourah University (PNU), inaugurated Saudi Arabia’s first all women business and technology park (WBP).
WBP, a joint venture of PNU (world’s largest university for women) and Wipro Arabia, had Saudi Aramco as the strategic advisor and anchor of this initiative.
The JV is responsible for developing the facilities and infrastructure at the park set in Riyadh, as well as training and employing up to 21,000 Saudi women, Wipro said.
WBP is envisioned to be the largest engineering drafting services, business process services and IT hub in the region for industry sectors including oil and gas, government, manufacturing, healthcare, telecom and construction.
Wipro’s larger rival Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) had established its first all-women Business Process Services (BPS) centre in Riyadh in 2013, where 1,000 women work in BPO operations, 85 per cent of whom are Saudi nationals.
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