Tathagata
Roy sworn-in as 16th Governor of Tripura
Tathagata Roy was
sworn in as the 16th Governor of Tripura in Agartala. Chief Justice of the
Tripura High Court Mr. Jc. Deepak Gupta administered the oath of office to him
as per the provisions of Article 159 of Constitution of India. He replaced
Padmanabh Balkrishna Acharya, Governor of Nagaland, who had held the additional
charge of Tripura.
Hungarian writer Laszlo Krasznahorkai wins Man
Booker International Prize 2015
Hungarian writer
Laszlo Krasznahorkai has won the prestigious Man Booker International Prize for
2015. He was chosen from a list of 10 contenders from around the world. Laszlo Krasznahorkai was born in 1954 Gyula, Hungary. He
had gained recognition in 1985 after he had published his debut novel
Satantango, which he adapted for the big screen in 1994. Krasznahorkai’s other
famous novels are The Melancholy of Resistance (1989), War and War (1999),
Seiobo There Below (2008). Awards and Honours: In 1993, he was awarded
Bestenliste-Prize of Germany for his novel The Melancholy of Resistance. In 2004, he was
awarded with most prestigious cultural award in Hungary- The Kossuth Prize.
President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurates 50th
anniversary of India’s first historic climb of Mt. Everest in 1965
President Pranab
Mukherjee inaugurated the 50th Anniversary of India’s first historic climb of
Mt. Everest in 1965 at a function held at Rashtrapati Bhavan. This function was
organized by the Indian Mountaineering Foundation (IMF) to celebrate the
historic climb of Mt. Everest in 1965 by an Indian team led by Captain Mohan
Singh Kohli. On this day in 1965, Indian team of 21 mountaineers led by Captain
M S Kohli of Indian Navy had successfully climbed world’s highest peak Mt.
Everest (8848 m) after a series of three unsuccessful attempts in five years. The
function was attended by nine surviving members of the 1965 expedition
including Capt MS Kohli, Maj. H.P.S. Ahluwalia, Col Narinder Kumar, Sonam
Wangyal, C P Vohra, G S Bhangu, Brigadier Mulk Raj, Dr Lala Telang and
Gurdial Singh.
SBI inks MoU
with Amazon for payment, commerce solutions
India’s largest
public sector lender, State Bank of India (SBI) has signed memorandum of
understanding (MoU) with e-commerce giant Amazon. The MoU seeks to
identify and tap the potential areas of collaboration for payments and commerce
solutions between both signatory parties. Through this tie, SBI is seeking to
enrich customers’ payment experience and opening up the windows of e-commerce
to its small and medium enterprise (SME) customer’s base which is the largest
in the country.While e-tailers like Amazon are set to gain even if a percentage
of SBI’s SME customers after they adopt the online payment platform for their
businesses.SBI is also looking to tap Amazon’s expertise and talent in order to
connect potential buyers and sellers, along with efficient ways of sourcing raw
materials for existing customers. SBI is also seeking to ink similar agreement
with other e-commerce players such as Snapdeal and Paypal for similar payments
and commerce solutions.
Astra missile successfully test-fired from Sukhoi-30
MKI in Odisha
Indigenously-developed
beyond visual range air-to-air Astra missile was
successfully test fired at the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur, Odisha. In the
test, the missile was fired from Sukhoi -30 MKI fighter jet in two
developmental trials to prove its long range capability. In the first trial,
the missile was released when the fighter jet was performing a very high-g
manoeuvre and in the second trial it was fired when the manoeuvre was higher
than in the first exercise. These tests were the part of seven developmental
trials of the missile. After few more tests, including pre-induction trials the
missile is expected to be inducted by 2016.
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