1.Senior IPS officer Krishna Chaudhary has been appointed the new Director General (DG) of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP).
2.Italian lawmakers elected SergioMattarella, a constitutional court judge and seasoned politician, as the country’s president, marking a political win for young Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, who put him forward as the only candidate for his center-left Democratic Party.
3.Shivaraj Patil, retired judge of the Supreme Court, has been chosen for the Guru Basava award instituted by the Basava Seva Pratishtana.
4.In its bid to better the credit information landscape, the Reserve Bank of India
(RBI) has directed all credit institutions to become members of credit
information companies (CICs) .
5. The government will sell 315.8 million shares, or 5 % stake, through an offer for sale, with an option to sell the same number of shares as a greenshoe option.
6.The Government, sharply revised India’s 2013-14 GDP growth estimate to 6.9% from 4.7%.
7.China has taken a step to beef up its energy security by inaugurating a pipeline that will bring crude oil from a deepwater port in Myanmar, along a transit route that will bypass the strategic Malacca Straits .
8. The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) announced to create India's first fenced elephant sanctuarywithin the Banner ghatta Biological Park in Karnataka. The forested space will allow elephants to move around freely within the secure area.
9.Britain marked 50 years since the state funeral of wartime Prime Minister Winston Churchill, with the boat which carried his coffin in 1965 retracing its journey down London's River Thames.
10. The National Thermal PowerCorporation (NTPC) limited Ramagundam, Telangana, which is generating 2600 MW of thermal power, has set a new milestone in tapping the non- conventional energy sources of solar power.
11.India successfully carried out the maiden canister-based trial of its most potent missile Agni-V, which has a strike range of over 5000 km and can carry a nuclear warhead of over one tonne .
12. Serena Williams beat Maria Sharapova to win Australian Open.This is 19th Grand slam to Serena Williams.Serena Williams has now beaten Russia’s Sharapova, the world number two, 16 times in a row dating back to 2004.
13.Dwayne Bravo, the West Indies all rounder, has announced his retirement from Test Cricket.
14. Former Dutch National Hockey team coach Paul van Ass was appointed as the head Coach of Indian men’s hockey team.
15. Central Bank of India oThe first forex hub of the Mumbai-headquartered Central Bank of India in Gujarat was opened at Urmi Char Rasta here to provide prompt and efficient services to importers and exporters.
2.Italian lawmakers elected SergioMattarella, a constitutional court judge and seasoned politician, as the country’s president, marking a political win for young Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, who put him forward as the only candidate for his center-left Democratic Party.
3.Shivaraj Patil, retired judge of the Supreme Court, has been chosen for the Guru Basava award instituted by the Basava Seva Pratishtana.
4.In its bid to better the credit information landscape, the Reserve Bank of India
(RBI) has directed all credit institutions to become members of credit
information companies (CICs) .
5. The government will sell 315.8 million shares, or 5 % stake, through an offer for sale, with an option to sell the same number of shares as a greenshoe option.
6.The Government, sharply revised India’s 2013-14 GDP growth estimate to 6.9% from 4.7%.
7.China has taken a step to beef up its energy security by inaugurating a pipeline that will bring crude oil from a deepwater port in Myanmar, along a transit route that will bypass the strategic Malacca Straits .
8. The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) announced to create India's first fenced elephant sanctuarywithin the Banner ghatta Biological Park in Karnataka. The forested space will allow elephants to move around freely within the secure area.
9.Britain marked 50 years since the state funeral of wartime Prime Minister Winston Churchill, with the boat which carried his coffin in 1965 retracing its journey down London's River Thames.
10. The National Thermal PowerCorporation (NTPC) limited Ramagundam, Telangana, which is generating 2600 MW of thermal power, has set a new milestone in tapping the non- conventional energy sources of solar power.
11.India successfully carried out the maiden canister-based trial of its most potent missile Agni-V, which has a strike range of over 5000 km and can carry a nuclear warhead of over one tonne .
12. Serena Williams beat Maria Sharapova to win Australian Open.This is 19th Grand slam to Serena Williams.Serena Williams has now beaten Russia’s Sharapova, the world number two, 16 times in a row dating back to 2004.
13.Dwayne Bravo, the West Indies all rounder, has announced his retirement from Test Cricket.
14. Former Dutch National Hockey team coach Paul van Ass was appointed as the head Coach of Indian men’s hockey team.
15. Central Bank of India oThe first forex hub of the Mumbai-headquartered Central Bank of India in Gujarat was opened at Urmi Char Rasta here to provide prompt and efficient services to importers and exporters.
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