Sanjeev Chaturvedi, Anshu Gupta win Ramon Magsaysay Award

Two Indians Sanjiv Chaturvedi and Anshu Gupta have been awarded prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award for 2015. They are among the total five awardees have been conferred with this year’s award which is often regarded as Asia’s Nobel Prize.

Three others who have been selected for the award include

  • Kommaly Chanthavong from Laos
  • Ligaya Fernando-Amilbangsa from Philippines
  • Kyaw Thu from Myanmar

Kazakhstan became 162th member of WTO

Kazakhstan became 162th member of World Trade Organization (WTO). The agreement was signed between the WTO Director General Robert Azevedo and Kazakhstan president Nursultan Nazarbayev at Geneva. The final accession will be done when the membership agreement is ratified by Kazakhstan Parliament on 31 October 2015.

Microsoft launches new operating system Windows 10

US Software giant Microsoft launched its new operating system Windows-10 with a host of new features. It was launched by Microsoft’s India-born CEO Satya Nadella at a global launch event held in Kenya.

Windows 10 is coming to PCs and tablets first, but it’s also designed to run phones, game consoles and even holographic headsets. It has new features, a streamlined web browser called Edge and a desktop version of Cortana, the online assistant that is Microsoft’s answer to Google Now and Apple’s Siri.

Note:-  Microsoft Edge- new web browser which has replaced Microsoft’s Internet Explorer.

Ashish Bahuguna appointed as Chairman of FSSAI

Union Government has appointed former IAS officer Ashish Bahuguna as the chairman of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI). He will have tenure of three years. Before this appointed Health Secretary Bhanu Pratap Sharma was temporarily in-charge of the post.

Current Affairs One-liners

  • Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has cancelled Sahara Asset Management Company’s licence, saying it’s not a “fit and proper person” to carry out the business of mutual fund.

  • Automobile manufacturer Renault India announced actor Ranbir Kapoor as its brand ambassador.
  • HIV researcher Dr Suniti Solomon, the first to bring to the world the prevalence of the infection in India in 1986 and one who successfully led research into the treatment of the deadly virus, passed away.
  • Former South African all-rounder cricketer Clive Rice passed away in Johannerburg, South Africa. He was 66 and was suffering from brain tumour.
  • Ferrari’s driver Sebastian Vettel of Germany won the 2015 Hungarian Grand Prix of Formula One (F1).