Indian Tennis Star Rohan Bopanna defeated Hong Chung by a
3-6 6-4 6-4 to win against Chung his 10 th Davis Cup Singles win, this happened before Yong-Kyu Lim prevented a Korean
whitewash with a gritty win over Ramkumar Ramanathan in the Davis Cup
Monday, 18 July 2016
Saurav Ghosal, Dipika Pallikal Karthik clinch national titles
- Dipika Pallikal Karthik dethroned defending champion Joshna Chinappa to regain the women’s title in the 73rd Senior National Squash Championship in Mumbai
- The men’s crown was captured by title holder and top seed
Yasir Shah scales to No.1 spot in ICC Test rankings
- Wrist spinner Yasir Shah has scaled the number spot in the ICC Test rankings, becoming the first Pakistani bowler to do so since Mushtaq Ahmed achieved the feat in December 1996
- He reached the number-one spot after bowling Pakistan to a 75-
Rudra Gaurav Shresth concurrently accredited as the High Commissioner of India to the Kingdom of Swaziland
Shri Rudra Gaurav Shresth (IFS:1999), presently High
Commissioner of India to the Republic of Mozambique has been concurrently
accredited as the High Commissioner of India to the Kingdom of Swaziland, with
residence in Maputo (Mozambique)
IndiaFirst Life Insurance partners Nainital Bank
- IndiaFirst Life Insurance announced a partnership with Nainital Bank for distribution of its products
- This tie-up will help India First Life Insurace Plan to provide life insurance solutions to the customers of the bank and
Turkish musician Kudsi Erguner named UNESCO Artist for Peace
- The United Nations cultural agency, has appointed musician Kudsi Erguner, as an Artist for Peace in recognition of his efforts to promote the universal values of music, his contribution to the protection of musical heritage support for
Uttar Pradesh inks pact with Netherlands to foster Farmer Welfare
- Uttar Pradesh Government signed an Memorandum of Understanding with Netherland in order to set up a new Skill Development Centre for Famers of UP
- This MoU ensures procedure about how modern techniques can be also used for better production of sugarcane, potato,
Government releases Rs 100 crore towards co-contribution in Atal Pension Yojana
- Government has released Rs 100 crore towards its co-contribution for Atal Pension Yojana (APY) for 2015-16
- Under the scheme, individuals who have registered before March 31, 2016, will get a co-contribution from the
Integrated Criminal Justice System (ICJS) to be 1st launched in AP and Telangana
- Telangana and Andhra Pradesh are the first states in the country where Integrated Criminal Justice System (ICJS) will be launched
- Justice Lokur is also inaugurating the first e-court (paperless
Sunday, 17 July 2016
HCL Tech appoints Vijay Kumar as COO
- IT services company HCL Technologies said its President, Infrastructure Services, C Vijay Kumar will take on additional responsibility as Chief Operating Officer