Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has signed a Rs. 1,090-crore
contract for supplying 14 Dornier-228 (Do-228) aircraft’s to the Indian Air Force (IAF).
The contract also includes supplying six reserve engines, a flight simulator and associated equipment to IAF.
These 14 aircraft’s will be manufactured by the HAL’s Transport Aircraft Division at Kanpur.
Kolkata has become India’s first Wi-Fi-enabled metro city as the
service was launched from Park Street in city.
This 4th Generation (4G) free Wi-fi service was launched by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
Free Wi-fi service will be will be rolled out in phased manner in all the wards under Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) as well as adjacent areas of Kolkata. The whole city is expected to come under Wi-Fi coverage by mid-April in 2015.
3- Private telecom operator, Reliance Jio is providing the 4G enabled service Wi-fi s in the city.
Eminent Marathi writer Bhalchandra Nemade has been selected
for Jnanpith Award 2014.
He is the 4th Marathi writer to receive the honour and is the 50th recipient of Jnanpith award.
With this award he joined the league of noted Marathi writers who have won Jnanpith award. They are
His work
Awards- He has received Sahitya Akademi Award (1990) for his critical work Teeka Svayanwar. He is also recipient of Padma Shri (2011).
Tunisia Parliament has approved the first historic coalition
government after the Arab spring.
In this regard, 166 out of 204 Members of Parliament (MPs) voted in favor of the new cabinet proposed by the Prime Minister Habib Essid. The new coalition Government comprised of liberal Nida Tounes party, moderate Islamist Ennahda party and the Free Patriotic party.
In the coalition government, Nidaa Tounes party holds 6 portfolios, including the foreign ministry. While, the interior, defence and justice portfolios have been given to independents. Ennahda party holds labour ministry and three secretary of state posts.
Background
In October election 2014, Nidaa Tounes party had won the most seats in country’s first free presidential and Parliamentary elections in the wake of 2011 Arab Spring. They had formed a coalition government after the election. While, Beji Caid Essebsi was elected as President.
Arab Spring– Tunisia was birth place of Arab Spring which started in 2011 to overthrow country’s longtime dictator Ben Ali. Later it spread to many parts of the Arab countries like Egypt, Libya, Syria and Yemen.
In every country except Tunisia the revolution had turned violent. In case of Syria it turned into civil war.
United States (US) President Barack Obama has appointed
Indian CEO Ajay Banga as member of the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations (ACTPN).
ACTPN is the US president’s private-sector advisory panel on international trade and helps him to coordinate trade related policies and resolve disagreements.
This appointment came along with several other appointments to key US administration posts.
India’s largest mobile vendor, Micromax has appointed Shubhajit
Sen as its chief marketing officer (CMO).
His appointment seeks to boost its marketing efforts as it looks to further improve its position in the surging smartphone market in the country.
As the CMO, Sen will be leading all marketing efforts for the company across markets while strengthening the overall brand communication.
He is an economics graduate from Delhi University and holds a postgraduate diploma in management (PGDM) from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A).
He had started his career in 1992 with Glaxo Smith Kline (GSK) as a management trainee and advanced through the organization. He has rich experience of 21 years with GSK in both national and global operations.
Prior to this appointment, he was the executive vice president- marketing of GSK.
A symposium, Towards Zero Poaching in Asia concluded in Kathmandu, Nepal on 6th February 2015.
Nepal’s wildlife
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