Government
to amend Child Labour Prohibition Act
The government plans to push through an
amendment to the Child Labour Prohibition Act in the current session of
Parliament, which will allow children below the age of 14 to work in select
family enterprises if it doesn't hamper their education. The bill will retain
the proposal of a complete ban on child labour in any organisation, big or
small. Children between 14 and 18 years
will not be allowed to work in hazardous industries. According to the labour
ministry official, this provision is in conformity with the ILO convention. India
has seen a sharp drop in the number of child labourers in the last decade, down
to 4.3 million from 12.6 million.
Bharatiya
Mahila Bank Wins The Asian Banker Achievement Award 2015
Bharatiya Mahila Bank (BMB) has won The
Asian Banker Achievement Award 2015. The
award was presented to the BMB in the Technology Implementation category of
Best Outsourcing Project (New Bank). Usha Ananthasubramanian, Chairman and
Managing Director of BMB received the award at a function held in Hongkong as a
part of The Asian Banker Summit 2015. BMB is India’s first all-women public
sector bank and was formally launched on November 19, 2013. It's objective is
to focus on the banking needs of the women and promote economic empowerment.
Loretta
Lynch sworn-in as first black female Attorney General of US
Loretta Lynch has sworn-in as United
States’ first African-American woman Attorney General. She is 83rd Attorney
General of country. Loretta Lynch succeeded Eric Holder who left the position
on April 24, 2015 after serving Attorney General for six years. Earlier, her
appointment was confirmed by senate on April 23, 2015. Prior to this appointment
she had served as US Attorney for the eastern district of New York, which
encompasses much part of New York City. Lynch was born on May 21, 1959 in
Greensboro, North Carolina. She is graduate from Harvard College in 1981 and
holds Bachelor of Arts in English and American literature. She also holds a
Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School (1984).
Indian
Army conducts Akraman–II defense exercise in Rajasthan
Indian Army conducted a major exercise
‘Akraman-II’ in Rajasthan. The exercise was conducted by the Chetak Corps, a
part of South Western Command based in Bhatinda, Punjab. The exercise aimed to
test a new generation of weaponry and platforms which are employed in the
desert region to provide ‘real time battle and situational awareness’ to its
commanders. In this exercise more than 300 Combat Vehicles including Main
Battle Tanks, Long Range Artillery Guns participated along with 10,000 troops.
The Akraman-II exercise also tested the capabilities of Indian Air Force in
launching deep insertion of helicopter-borne and airborne army units. The
exercise envisaged at orchestration of an integrated battle field scenario in
network-centric environment. This orchestrated environment was an integration
of reconnaissance, electronic warfare & surveillance and communication
assets in order to provide real time battle and situational awareness to
commanders.
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