Person in NEWS in month of August 2016 (18Aug to 31Aug): Noted filmmaker Aishwaryaa Dhanush was appointed United Nations Women’s Advocate for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in India. The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has decided to appoint Olympic silver medallist P. V. Sindhu as its honorary commandant and brand ambassador. Indian wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt’s bronze …
Maharashtra became first state in the country to launch India’s first comprehensive ‘Crime Criminal Tracking Network System’ (CCTNS). It was launched in Mumbai through the operationalisation of 42 cyber laboratories across the state in order to combat growing cybercrimes. Additional Facts: CCTNS has been developed by Pune based Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC). …
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President Pranab Mukherjee has appointed new governors for Manipur, Assam, Punjab and Andaman & Nicobar Najma Heptulla has been appointed Manipur Governor of Manipur. Previously, she was part of Narenda Modi’s cabinet as Union Minority affairs minister but she resigned in July 2016. Banwarilal Purohit has been appointed Governor of Assam. He is a three-time …
Indian wrestler Narsingh Yadav has been banned from all competitive sporting events for four years by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). The CAS panel did not accept the argument of the athlete that he was the victim of sabotage and noted that there was no evidence that he bore no fault, nor that the …
India Post Payments Bank has received the certificate of incorporation from the Registrar of Companies, Ministry of Corporate Affairs under the Companies Act 2013, paving the way for the postal department’s bank to begin operations in 2017 as announced. IPPBL would be the first PSU under the Department of Posts (DoP). Facts about India Post Payments Bank …
