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DefExpo 2018, India's mega defence exhibition, to begin tomorrow |
- India’s mega defence exhibition, the defexpo 2018, will begin in Chennai on Wednesday. The event will underscore India’s first serious attempt to project itself as a major military manufacturer.
- The event will be formally inaugurated on April 12 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
- The event is happening even as work on the Tamil Nadu defence industrial corridor has begun. The corridor will be a quadrilateral extending from Chennai to Hosur, Coimbatore, Salem and Tiruchirappalli, opening new opportunities for the industry.
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Wipro Director, Harvard Alumnus Rishad Premji Appointed Chairman Of Nasscom |
- Rishad Premji, chief strategy officer and board member of Wipro Ltd, was appointed as chairman of IT industry body Nasscom (National Association of Software and Service Companies) for 2018-19. Mr Premji succeeds Raman Roy, chairman and managing director, Quatrro Global Services, who served as chairman of Nasscom for 2017-18.
- On Mr Premji's elevation as the chairman, Nasscom tweeted and announced, "Pleased to have Mr. Rishad Premji- Chief Strategy Officer, @Wipro on board as the Chairman of NASSCOM. We wish him all the best & support for the journey and his efforts to take NASSCOM and the technology industry to greater heights," tweeted Nasscom, a trade association of the Indian IT BPM industry.
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AIIMS professor Balram Bhargava appointed DG of ICMR |
- New Delhi: AIIMS professor Balram Bhargava was appointed the Director General of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and Secretary of the Department of Health Research on Tuesday.
- Bharagava, at present Professor/Senior Consultant Cardiologist at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here, has been appointed to the post for a period of three years or until attainment of age of 60 years, according to an order issued by the Personnel Ministry.
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NITI Aayog's northeast forum highlights 'HIRA' for development |
- The focus of development projects in the region will be based on the concept of "HIRA" which stands for Highways, Internet ways, Railways and Airways.
- Talking to media, Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog Dr Rajiv Kumar said, the emphasis will also be given on education, health and skill development in the region. He further said that there is also a planning for UDAN three through which the state capitals will be interconnected.
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Bandhan Bank to decide on IPO size, time later, says CEO Chandra Shekhar Ghosh |
- Private lender Bandhan Bank would decide on the size of the proposed initial public offering (IPO) which it was required to make to meet the regulatory norms.
- “We are required to come out with the IPO not for money, but to meet regulatory compliance. The size and timing of the IPO will be decided on a later course,” Bandhan Bank’s managing director and chief executive officer Chandra Shekhar Ghosh said.
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Isro set to launch first privately built satellite tomorrow |
- India could see its first privately built satellite in space this week as Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) gears up for a launch to boost its Navic fleet.
- A consortium of mid- and smallsized firms led by Bengaluru-based aerospace firm Alpha Design Technologies has built IRNSS-1L, the backup navigation satellite with a new atomic clock, under the watchful eyes of Isro. It is also the first satellite to be built at a special Isro facility for private firms.
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Allocation of cases is CJI’s prerogative: Supreme Court |
- A Bench, comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A.M. Khanwilkar and D.Y. Chandrachud, dismissed a PIL plea seeking the framing of guidelines for allocation of cases.
- The Chief Justice of India (CJI) is a high constitutional office entrusted with the duty to constitute Benches and allocate cases for the smooth dispensation of justice by the Supreme Court, the court held in a judgment on Wednesday while dismissing a public interest litigation (PIL) petition filed by Asok Pande for a transparent and codified procedure for constitution of Benches and allocation of cases in the court.
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2018 Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Highlights: India at 3rd spot with 11 golds |
- Heena Sidhu won India’s 11th gold medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast on Tuesday when she went on to win the women’s 25m pistol final at the Belmont Shooting Centre. On the other hand, Sachin Chaudhary clinched bronze medal in men’s heavyweight event of Para Powerlifting with 181 points.
- India have so far won 21 medals, including 11 gold, four silver and six bronze Down Under. In hockey, the Indian men’s team progressed to the semi-finals with a 2-1 win over Malaysia while boxers Manoj Kumar, Mohammed Hussanmuddin, Amit Phangal and Naman Tanwar also assured themselves of a bronze at least by entering the last four stage.
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PM Modi launches Indian Railways first 12,000 HP ‘Make in India’ electric locomotive; it’s a game-changer |
- Indian Railways takes big step towards environment-friendly transformation: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has flagged off Indian Railways’ first ‘Make in India’ 12,000 HP electric locomotive today. The locomotive rolled out of the factory in Bihar’s Madhepura and will now go to Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh for extensive testing before it is inducted into the Indian Railways. The electric locomotive manufacturing facility has been set up as joint venture between French major Alstom (76%) and Indian Railways (24%).
- The 3.5 billion euros project is said to be the biggest FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) project in Indian Railways. The new high-powered electric locomotives will run on dedicated freight corridors, pulling freight at much better speeds and doing so in a more ‘green’ way than the diesel locomotives. The electric locomotives will be gamechangers for Indian Railways as the national transporter looks to commission dedicated freight corridors for faster movement of goods at a time when roadways is giving stiff competition.
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China Successfully Launches Remote Sensing Satellites |
- BEIJING: China today successfully launched remote sensing satellites to conduct electromagnetic environmental probes.
- It was the 260th mission of the Long March rocket family, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
- The satellites were launched on a Long March-2C carrier rocket from Xichang Satellite launch center in the southwest Sichuan province, it said.
- They have entered its preset orbit and the launch was proclaimed a success, the report said, without disclosing the number of satellites launched.
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