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Government Approve Establishment of six new Indian Institutes of Management The union cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved the proposal to set up six new Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) across the country. Now the total strength of IIMs increases to 19 from 13. The new IIMs would come up at Vishakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh), Bodh Gaya (Bihar), Sirmaur (Himachal Pradesh), Nagpur (Maharashtra), Sambalpur (Odisha) and Amritsar (Punjab). Steffi Graf to be Kerala’s Ayurveda Tourism Brand Ambassador […]

21 June: First International Day of Yoga observed globally The first International Yoga Day (IYD) was celebrated across the world on 21 June 2015 with participation of crores of people in 192 countries. In this occasion India set two world records:- The largest yoga session ever with 35,985 participants. The most nationalities, 84, taking part at a single venue. The United Nations General Assembly on 11 December 2014 adopted the resolution to commemorate 21 June as the International Day of Yoga every year. […]

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Aakar Patel to head Amnesty International India Writer Aakar Patel joined Amnesty International India as its new executive director. Aakar Patel will head AI India’s operations and its efforts to end human rights abuses in India and worldwide. With a background in the textile industry, Aakar’s work includes ‘India: Low Trust Society’ (2015) and ‘Rights and Wrongs’, a report on the 2002 Gujarat riots which he co-authored. . Note:- Amnesty International is the world’s most prominent human rights organisation, headquartered in London, (United Kingdom). Historian Ramachandra Guha Selected for Japan’s Fukuoka Prize […]

Asia overtakes Europe as world’s second richest region Asia has overtaken Europe as the world’s second richest region. According to an annual report by the Boston Consulting Group, a global management consulting firm, the Asia-Pacific, excluding Japan, held 47 trillion dollars in private wealth in 2014 as the number of new millionaires rose in China and India. North America is the world’s richest region with 51 trillion dollars, but is expected to be surpassed by Asia in 2016. Japan passes law to lower voting age to 18 from 20 years […]

Denmark’s Mogens Lykketoft elected as President of UN General Assembly The UN General Assembly elected Denmark’s Mogens Lykketoft as its President for a one-year term. Lykketoft, presently speaker of the Danish Parliament, will preside over the 193-member UN body’s upcoming 70th session and succeeds Uganda’s Sam Kutesa. He will begin his Presidency in September at the commencement of the 70th General Assembly session. Britain celebrated 800th anniversary of Magna Carta […]

BSNL begins free roaming service Public Sector telecom company Bharat Sanchar Nigal Limited (BSNL) begins free roaming service from today as over 8 crore cell phone users will enjoy free incoming even while travelling outside their state. BSNL is also putting up 5,000 Base Transceiver Station (BTS) towers across the country to provide better services to its customers. Cairn India to merge into Vedanta in $2.3-bn deal […]

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Dick Costolo resigned as CEO of Twitter Inc Dick Costolo has resigned as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Twitter Inc after leading the company for five years. Costolo will demit the office of CEO on 1 July 2015. Twitter co­founder and Square Inc’s CEO Jack Dorsey will take over as the Interim CEO of the company on 1 July 2015 and will stay until a replacement is found. US becomes biggest oil producer in 2014, surpasses Saudi Arabia […]

ICICI Bank appoints M K Sharma as new non-executive Chairman M.K. Sharma was nominated as the new non-executive Chairman of ICICI Bank. He will succeed KV Kamath, who would step down from the Board to take on a bigger role as the first President of New Development Bank, established by the BRICS nations. M.K Sharma was earlier the Vice Chairman of Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL). “Flood of fire” written by Amitav Ghosh […]