1. Mahendra Singh Dhoni sole Indian in Forbes list of world’s richest athletes
Cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni is among Forbes magazine’s 100 highest-paid athletes in the world, the only Indian sportsman on the list that has been topped again by American boxer Floyd Mayweather and includes golfer Tiger Woods, tennis star Roger Federer and Portuguese soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo.
Dhoni has been ranked 23rd on the Forbes list of The World’s Highest-Paid Athletes 2015, dropping a notch from his ranking of 22 last year. Dhoni’s total earnings stood at USD 31 million, including amount from salary/winnings at USD 4 million and endorsements worth USD 27 million.
2. Kapil Mishra named as Delhi Law Minister
Delhi Jal Board vice-chairman Kapil Mishra was named as the new Law Minister of Delhi.
34-year-old Mishra, who represents Karawal Nagar Assembly seat, will succeed Jitendra Singh Tomar who resigned on 9 June 2015 following his arrest in fake degree case.
Mishra has been associated with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal since the days of India Against Corruption (IAC).
3. United Bank of India launches online SB account opening facility
The United Bank of India (UBI) today launched an online Saving Bank account opening facility.
According to P Srinivas, Managing Director & CEO of the bank, the facility will help prospective customers, who find it difficult to visit the bank’s branches.
Such prospective customers can now open a Savings Account by visiting the bank’s website (through a PC, tablet or smart-phone). The said facility also has the feature of uploading a photograph and KYC documents for quick processing.
4. Chandigarh is India’s Happiest City; Delhi happiest Metro
Chandigarh has emerged as India’s Happiest City and Delhi has emerged as India’s Happiest metro. According to a study commissioned by LG and conducted by IMRB International-LG Life’s Good Happiness Study, happiness has been found to be the most important value of life for Indians across the nation, compared to other sentiments like respect, trust, success or recognition.
Indians in the age group of 35-45 years are happier compared to the younger Indians aged 18-24. “While the importance of being happy is most for younger age groups, with 58 per cent aged 18-24 ranking happiness as their most important core value, it is the older people aged 35-45, with a Happiness Index of 103, who are happier as compared to the younger people,” the study said.
Chandigarh, Lucknow, Delhi, Chennai and Bengaluru were found to be the five happiest cities in India.
The study was conducted by the IMRB International with a sample size of 2424 respondents across 16 cities. The target groups were SEC A, B, C who were aged between 18-45.
5. Amazon opened its biggest Fulfilment Centre in Hyderabad
Amazon, the global e-commerce and cloud services firm, opened a Fulfilment Centre near Hyderabad in Telangana.
It is the biggest such facility for Amazon in the country having previously established 10 Fulfilment Centres across seven states.
The present centre is spread across 2.80 lakh sq ft facility and is aimed at helping small and medium businesses (SMBs) in utilizing the logistics and delivery capabilities offered by Amazon.
At the centre, by using automated solutions, the firm segregates and packages the goods before delivering them to customers.
The firm is also planning to set up its biggest global campus outside of the US in Hyderabad.
It is also considering a proposal to set up a datacenter in India to back its cloud service business Amazon Web Services (AWS).
6. ISRO presented with 2015 Space Pioneer Award for Mars Orbiter Mission
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) was presented with the Space Pioneer award for the year 2015 in the Science and Engineering category during the 34th Annual International Space Development Conference held at Toronto in Canada during 20 May- 24 May 2015.
The information was published on the ISRO's website on 8 June 2015. The award was presented by National Space Society (NSS) of USA in recognition of ISRO’s efforts in accomplishing Mars Orbiter Mission in its very first attempt.
Highlights of the Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM)
• The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) was launched on 5 November 2013 and was designed with five scientific payloads within a record time of 18 months.
• The spacecraft and its payloads performed as designed during the 300 days journey, traversing about 666 million kilometre in interplanetary space before entering the Mars Orbit on 24 September 2014.
• The spacecraft is in an elliptical orbit and the high resolution camera onboard MOM is configured to take full-disk colour imagery of Mars at apoareion and close-ups at periareion.
• Presently, the spacecraft is under solar conjunction at Mars, which means the spacecraft, which is orbiting Mars, is behind the sun as viewed from the Earth.
7. Parkash Singh Badal conferred with 2015 Sant Namdev National Award
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal was conferred with the prestigious 14th Sant Namdev National Award at a function in Pune, Maharashtra. He was awarded for promoting peace, communal harmony and universal brotherhood.
The award was given by Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on behalf of the Sarhad Foundation.
Badal was honoured with a citation, a prize amount of 101000 rupees and a memento by the foundation. As a goodwill gesture, the Chief Minister returned the award money to the foundation and urged to utilise it towards the ongoing socio-cultural programmes and other development activities.
8. Indian-origin scientist Manu Prakash developed World's first water-based computer
Indian-origin scientist Manu Prakash along with his team developed World's first water-based computer. The results were published in the journal Nature Physics. Manu Prakash is an Assistant Professor of Bioengineering at Stanford University.
They have built a synchronous computer that operates using the unique physics of moving water droplets.
The work combines Prakash's expertise in manipulating droplet fluid dynamics with a fundamental element of computer science - an operating clock.
9. India, Japan and Australia held first ever trilateral dialogue
India, Japan and Australia held their first ever high-level trilateral dialogue in New Delhi. The talks were attended by Indian foreign secretary S Jaishankar, Japanese vice foreign minister Akitaka Saiki and Australian secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Varghese.
The representatives of three countries discussed prospects of cooperation in the fields of economy and security with special emphasis on maritime security.The three countries agreed to hold their next round of talks in Tokyo, Japan.
10. CCEA approved 4721 crore rupees road projects in Madhya Pradesh, Telangana
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved two road projects worth 4721 crore rupees, one in Madhya Pradesh and another in Telangana. The projects will be executed under the flagship road building programme National Highways Development Project (NHDP).
Highlights of the Madhya Pradesh Road Project
• The road project of Madhya Pradesh includes development of the four laning of the Guna-Biaora and Biaora-Dewas section of National Highway-3 in with an estimated cost of 2815.69 crore rupees.
• This will be done under the National Highways Development Project (NHDP) Phase-IV in Design, Build, Finance, Operate and Transfer (DBFOT) basis in BOT (Toll) mode.
• The cost for Guna-Biaora laning is estimated to be 1081.9 crore rupees including land acquisition, resettlement and rehabilitation and other pre-construction activities. The total length of the road will be approximately 93.5 kms.
• The total cost for Biaora-Dewa section will be about 1733.79 crore rupees including cost of land acquisition, resettlement and rehabilitation and other pre-construction activities. The total length of the road will be approximately 141.26 kms.
Highlights of the Telangana Road Project
• The road project of Telangana includes development of the four laning of the Yadgiri-Warangal section of National Highway- 163. This work will be under the NHDP Phase-IV.
• The approval was given on Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) basis.
• The cost of the project is estimated to be 1905.23 crore rupees including cost of land acquisition, resettlement and rehabilitation and other pre-construction activities. The total length of the road will be approximately 99 kms.
• After completion of the project, the whole stretch from Hyderabad to Warangal would be 4-laned.
11. Former Indian Cricketer Hemant Kanitkar died
Former Indian cricketer Hemant Kanitkar died after a prolonged illness at his residence in Pune, Maharashtra. He was 72. He is survived by his wife and sons Hrishikesh, also a former Indian batsman, and Aditya.
Kanitkar, a stalwart of domestic cricket, played two Tests as a wicketkeeper-batsman in the home series against West Indies cricket team led by Clive Lloyd in 1974-75. He started his first class career in 1963 for cricket team of Maharashtra and kept playing for it till 1978, the year of retirement.
Cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni is among Forbes magazine’s 100 highest-paid athletes in the world, the only Indian sportsman on the list that has been topped again by American boxer Floyd Mayweather and includes golfer Tiger Woods, tennis star Roger Federer and Portuguese soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo.Dhoni has been ranked 23rd on the Forbes list of The World’s Highest-Paid Athletes 2015, dropping a notch from his ranking of 22 last year. Dhoni’s total earnings stood at USD 31 million, including amount from salary/winnings at USD 4 million and endorsements worth USD 27 million.
2. Kapil Mishra named as Delhi Law Minister
Delhi Jal Board vice-chairman Kapil Mishra was named as the new Law Minister of Delhi.
34-year-old Mishra, who represents Karawal Nagar Assembly seat, will succeed Jitendra Singh Tomar who resigned on 9 June 2015 following his arrest in fake degree case.
Mishra has been associated with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal since the days of India Against Corruption (IAC).
3. United Bank of India launches online SB account opening facility
The United Bank of India (UBI) today launched an online Saving Bank account opening facility.
According to P Srinivas, Managing Director & CEO of the bank, the facility will help prospective customers, who find it difficult to visit the bank’s branches.
Such prospective customers can now open a Savings Account by visiting the bank’s website (through a PC, tablet or smart-phone). The said facility also has the feature of uploading a photograph and KYC documents for quick processing.
4. Chandigarh is India’s Happiest City; Delhi happiest Metro
Chandigarh has emerged as India’s Happiest City and Delhi has emerged as India’s Happiest metro. According to a study commissioned by LG and conducted by IMRB International-LG Life’s Good Happiness Study, happiness has been found to be the most important value of life for Indians across the nation, compared to other sentiments like respect, trust, success or recognition.
Indians in the age group of 35-45 years are happier compared to the younger Indians aged 18-24. “While the importance of being happy is most for younger age groups, with 58 per cent aged 18-24 ranking happiness as their most important core value, it is the older people aged 35-45, with a Happiness Index of 103, who are happier as compared to the younger people,” the study said.
Chandigarh, Lucknow, Delhi, Chennai and Bengaluru were found to be the five happiest cities in India.
The study was conducted by the IMRB International with a sample size of 2424 respondents across 16 cities. The target groups were SEC A, B, C who were aged between 18-45.
5. Amazon opened its biggest Fulfilment Centre in Hyderabad
Amazon, the global e-commerce and cloud services firm, opened a Fulfilment Centre near Hyderabad in Telangana.
It is the biggest such facility for Amazon in the country having previously established 10 Fulfilment Centres across seven states.
The present centre is spread across 2.80 lakh sq ft facility and is aimed at helping small and medium businesses (SMBs) in utilizing the logistics and delivery capabilities offered by Amazon.
At the centre, by using automated solutions, the firm segregates and packages the goods before delivering them to customers.
The firm is also planning to set up its biggest global campus outside of the US in Hyderabad.
It is also considering a proposal to set up a datacenter in India to back its cloud service business Amazon Web Services (AWS).
6. ISRO presented with 2015 Space Pioneer Award for Mars Orbiter Mission
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) was presented with the Space Pioneer award for the year 2015 in the Science and Engineering category during the 34th Annual International Space Development Conference held at Toronto in Canada during 20 May- 24 May 2015.
The information was published on the ISRO's website on 8 June 2015. The award was presented by National Space Society (NSS) of USA in recognition of ISRO’s efforts in accomplishing Mars Orbiter Mission in its very first attempt.
Highlights of the Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM)
• The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) was launched on 5 November 2013 and was designed with five scientific payloads within a record time of 18 months.
• The spacecraft and its payloads performed as designed during the 300 days journey, traversing about 666 million kilometre in interplanetary space before entering the Mars Orbit on 24 September 2014.
• The spacecraft is in an elliptical orbit and the high resolution camera onboard MOM is configured to take full-disk colour imagery of Mars at apoareion and close-ups at periareion.
• Presently, the spacecraft is under solar conjunction at Mars, which means the spacecraft, which is orbiting Mars, is behind the sun as viewed from the Earth.
7. Parkash Singh Badal conferred with 2015 Sant Namdev National Award
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal was conferred with the prestigious 14th Sant Namdev National Award at a function in Pune, Maharashtra. He was awarded for promoting peace, communal harmony and universal brotherhood.
The award was given by Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on behalf of the Sarhad Foundation.
Badal was honoured with a citation, a prize amount of 101000 rupees and a memento by the foundation. As a goodwill gesture, the Chief Minister returned the award money to the foundation and urged to utilise it towards the ongoing socio-cultural programmes and other development activities.
8. Indian-origin scientist Manu Prakash developed World's first water-based computer
Indian-origin scientist Manu Prakash along with his team developed World's first water-based computer. The results were published in the journal Nature Physics. Manu Prakash is an Assistant Professor of Bioengineering at Stanford University.
They have built a synchronous computer that operates using the unique physics of moving water droplets.
The work combines Prakash's expertise in manipulating droplet fluid dynamics with a fundamental element of computer science - an operating clock.
9. India, Japan and Australia held first ever trilateral dialogue
India, Japan and Australia held their first ever high-level trilateral dialogue in New Delhi. The talks were attended by Indian foreign secretary S Jaishankar, Japanese vice foreign minister Akitaka Saiki and Australian secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Varghese.
The representatives of three countries discussed prospects of cooperation in the fields of economy and security with special emphasis on maritime security.The three countries agreed to hold their next round of talks in Tokyo, Japan.
10. CCEA approved 4721 crore rupees road projects in Madhya Pradesh, Telangana
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved two road projects worth 4721 crore rupees, one in Madhya Pradesh and another in Telangana. The projects will be executed under the flagship road building programme National Highways Development Project (NHDP).
Highlights of the Madhya Pradesh Road Project
• The road project of Madhya Pradesh includes development of the four laning of the Guna-Biaora and Biaora-Dewas section of National Highway-3 in with an estimated cost of 2815.69 crore rupees.
• This will be done under the National Highways Development Project (NHDP) Phase-IV in Design, Build, Finance, Operate and Transfer (DBFOT) basis in BOT (Toll) mode.
• The cost for Guna-Biaora laning is estimated to be 1081.9 crore rupees including land acquisition, resettlement and rehabilitation and other pre-construction activities. The total length of the road will be approximately 93.5 kms.
• The total cost for Biaora-Dewa section will be about 1733.79 crore rupees including cost of land acquisition, resettlement and rehabilitation and other pre-construction activities. The total length of the road will be approximately 141.26 kms.
Highlights of the Telangana Road Project
• The road project of Telangana includes development of the four laning of the Yadgiri-Warangal section of National Highway- 163. This work will be under the NHDP Phase-IV.
• The approval was given on Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) basis.
• The cost of the project is estimated to be 1905.23 crore rupees including cost of land acquisition, resettlement and rehabilitation and other pre-construction activities. The total length of the road will be approximately 99 kms.
• After completion of the project, the whole stretch from Hyderabad to Warangal would be 4-laned.
11. Former Indian Cricketer Hemant Kanitkar died
Former Indian cricketer Hemant Kanitkar died after a prolonged illness at his residence in Pune, Maharashtra. He was 72. He is survived by his wife and sons Hrishikesh, also a former Indian batsman, and Aditya.
Kanitkar, a stalwart of domestic cricket, played two Tests as a wicketkeeper-batsman in the home series against West Indies cricket team led by Clive Lloyd in 1974-75. He started his first class career in 1963 for cricket team of Maharashtra and kept playing for it till 1978, the year of retirement.
1. Mahendra Singh Dhoni sole Indian in Forbes list of world’s richest athletes
Cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni is among Forbes magazine’s 100 highest-paid athletes in the world, the only Indian sportsman on the list that has been topped again by American boxer Floyd Mayweather and includes golfer Tiger Woods, tennis star Roger Federer and Portuguese soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo.
Dhoni has been ranked 23rd on the Forbes list of The World’s Highest-Paid Athletes 2015, dropping a notch from his ranking of 22 last year. Dhoni’s total earnings stood at USD 31 million, including amount from salary/winnings at USD 4 million and endorsements worth USD 27 million.
2. Kapil Mishra named as Delhi Law Minister
Delhi Jal Board vice-chairman Kapil Mishra was named as the new Law Minister of Delhi.
34-year-old Mishra, who represents Karawal Nagar Assembly seat, will succeed Jitendra Singh Tomar who resigned on 9 June 2015 following his arrest in fake degree case.
Mishra has been associated with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal since the days of India Against Corruption (IAC).
3. United Bank of India launches online SB account opening facility
The United Bank of India (UBI) today launched an online Saving Bank account opening facility.
According to P Srinivas, Managing Director & CEO of the bank, the facility will help prospective customers, who find it difficult to visit the bank’s branches.
Such prospective customers can now open a Savings Account by visiting the bank’s website (through a PC, tablet or smart-phone). The said facility also has the feature of uploading a photograph and KYC documents for quick processing.
4. Chandigarh is India’s Happiest City; Delhi happiest Metro
Chandigarh has emerged as India’s Happiest City and Delhi has emerged as India’s Happiest metro. According to a study commissioned by LG and conducted by IMRB International-LG Life’s Good Happiness Study, happiness has been found to be the most important value of life for Indians across the nation, compared to other sentiments like respect, trust, success or recognition.
Indians in the age group of 35-45 years are happier compared to the younger Indians aged 18-24. “While the importance of being happy is most for younger age groups, with 58 per cent aged 18-24 ranking happiness as their most important core value, it is the older people aged 35-45, with a Happiness Index of 103, who are happier as compared to the younger people,” the study said.
Chandigarh, Lucknow, Delhi, Chennai and Bengaluru were found to be the five happiest cities in India.
The study was conducted by the IMRB International with a sample size of 2424 respondents across 16 cities. The target groups were SEC A, B, C who were aged between 18-45.
5. Amazon opened its biggest Fulfilment Centre in Hyderabad
Amazon, the global e-commerce and cloud services firm, opened a Fulfilment Centre near Hyderabad in Telangana.
It is the biggest such facility for Amazon in the country having previously established 10 Fulfilment Centres across seven states.
The present centre is spread across 2.80 lakh sq ft facility and is aimed at helping small and medium businesses (SMBs) in utilizing the logistics and delivery capabilities offered by Amazon.
At the centre, by using automated solutions, the firm segregates and packages the goods before delivering them to customers.
The firm is also planning to set up its biggest global campus outside of the US in Hyderabad.
It is also considering a proposal to set up a datacenter in India to back its cloud service business Amazon Web Services (AWS).
6. ISRO presented with 2015 Space Pioneer Award for Mars Orbiter Mission
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) was presented with the Space Pioneer award for the year 2015 in the Science and Engineering category during the 34th Annual International Space Development Conference held at Toronto in Canada during 20 May- 24 May 2015.
The information was published on the ISRO's website on 8 June 2015. The award was presented by National Space Society (NSS) of USA in recognition of ISRO’s efforts in accomplishing Mars Orbiter Mission in its very first attempt.
Highlights of the Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM)
• The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) was launched on 5 November 2013 and was designed with five scientific payloads within a record time of 18 months.
• The spacecraft and its payloads performed as designed during the 300 days journey, traversing about 666 million kilometre in interplanetary space before entering the Mars Orbit on 24 September 2014.
• The spacecraft is in an elliptical orbit and the high resolution camera onboard MOM is configured to take full-disk colour imagery of Mars at apoareion and close-ups at periareion.
• Presently, the spacecraft is under solar conjunction at Mars, which means the spacecraft, which is orbiting Mars, is behind the sun as viewed from the Earth.
7. Parkash Singh Badal conferred with 2015 Sant Namdev National Award
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal was conferred with the prestigious 14th Sant Namdev National Award at a function in Pune, Maharashtra. He was awarded for promoting peace, communal harmony and universal brotherhood.
The award was given by Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on behalf of the Sarhad Foundation.
Badal was honoured with a citation, a prize amount of 101000 rupees and a memento by the foundation. As a goodwill gesture, the Chief Minister returned the award money to the foundation and urged to utilise it towards the ongoing socio-cultural programmes and other development activities.
8. Indian-origin scientist Manu Prakash developed World's first water-based computer
Indian-origin scientist Manu Prakash along with his team developed World's first water-based computer. The results were published in the journal Nature Physics. Manu Prakash is an Assistant Professor of Bioengineering at Stanford University.
They have built a synchronous computer that operates using the unique physics of moving water droplets.
The work combines Prakash's expertise in manipulating droplet fluid dynamics with a fundamental element of computer science - an operating clock.
9. India, Japan and Australia held first ever trilateral dialogue
India, Japan and Australia held their first ever high-level trilateral dialogue in New Delhi. The talks were attended by Indian foreign secretary S Jaishankar, Japanese vice foreign minister Akitaka Saiki and Australian secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Varghese.
The representatives of three countries discussed prospects of cooperation in the fields of economy and security with special emphasis on maritime security.The three countries agreed to hold their next round of talks in Tokyo, Japan.
10. CCEA approved 4721 crore rupees road projects in Madhya Pradesh, Telangana
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved two road projects worth 4721 crore rupees, one in Madhya Pradesh and another in Telangana. The projects will be executed under the flagship road building programme National Highways Development Project (NHDP).
Highlights of the Madhya Pradesh Road Project
• The road project of Madhya Pradesh includes development of the four laning of the Guna-Biaora and Biaora-Dewas section of National Highway-3 in with an estimated cost of 2815.69 crore rupees.
• This will be done under the National Highways Development Project (NHDP) Phase-IV in Design, Build, Finance, Operate and Transfer (DBFOT) basis in BOT (Toll) mode.
• The cost for Guna-Biaora laning is estimated to be 1081.9 crore rupees including land acquisition, resettlement and rehabilitation and other pre-construction activities. The total length of the road will be approximately 93.5 kms.
• The total cost for Biaora-Dewa section will be about 1733.79 crore rupees including cost of land acquisition, resettlement and rehabilitation and other pre-construction activities. The total length of the road will be approximately 141.26 kms.
Highlights of the Telangana Road Project
• The road project of Telangana includes development of the four laning of the Yadgiri-Warangal section of National Highway- 163. This work will be under the NHDP Phase-IV.
• The approval was given on Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) basis.
• The cost of the project is estimated to be 1905.23 crore rupees including cost of land acquisition, resettlement and rehabilitation and other pre-construction activities. The total length of the road will be approximately 99 kms.
• After completion of the project, the whole stretch from Hyderabad to Warangal would be 4-laned.
11. Former Indian Cricketer Hemant Kanitkar died
Former Indian cricketer Hemant Kanitkar died after a prolonged illness at his residence in Pune, Maharashtra. He was 72. He is survived by his wife and sons Hrishikesh, also a former Indian batsman, and Aditya.
Kanitkar, a stalwart of domestic cricket, played two Tests as a wicketkeeper-batsman in the home series against West Indies cricket team led by Clive Lloyd in 1974-75. He started his first class career in 1963 for cricket team of Maharashtra and kept playing for it till 1978, the year of retirement.
Cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni is among Forbes magazine’s 100 highest-paid athletes in the world, the only Indian sportsman on the list that has been topped again by American boxer Floyd Mayweather and includes golfer Tiger Woods, tennis star Roger Federer and Portuguese soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo.Dhoni has been ranked 23rd on the Forbes list of The World’s Highest-Paid Athletes 2015, dropping a notch from his ranking of 22 last year. Dhoni’s total earnings stood at USD 31 million, including amount from salary/winnings at USD 4 million and endorsements worth USD 27 million.
2. Kapil Mishra named as Delhi Law Minister
Delhi Jal Board vice-chairman Kapil Mishra was named as the new Law Minister of Delhi.
34-year-old Mishra, who represents Karawal Nagar Assembly seat, will succeed Jitendra Singh Tomar who resigned on 9 June 2015 following his arrest in fake degree case.
Mishra has been associated with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal since the days of India Against Corruption (IAC).
3. United Bank of India launches online SB account opening facility
The United Bank of India (UBI) today launched an online Saving Bank account opening facility.
According to P Srinivas, Managing Director & CEO of the bank, the facility will help prospective customers, who find it difficult to visit the bank’s branches.
Such prospective customers can now open a Savings Account by visiting the bank’s website (through a PC, tablet or smart-phone). The said facility also has the feature of uploading a photograph and KYC documents for quick processing.
4. Chandigarh is India’s Happiest City; Delhi happiest Metro
Chandigarh has emerged as India’s Happiest City and Delhi has emerged as India’s Happiest metro. According to a study commissioned by LG and conducted by IMRB International-LG Life’s Good Happiness Study, happiness has been found to be the most important value of life for Indians across the nation, compared to other sentiments like respect, trust, success or recognition.
Indians in the age group of 35-45 years are happier compared to the younger Indians aged 18-24. “While the importance of being happy is most for younger age groups, with 58 per cent aged 18-24 ranking happiness as their most important core value, it is the older people aged 35-45, with a Happiness Index of 103, who are happier as compared to the younger people,” the study said.
Chandigarh, Lucknow, Delhi, Chennai and Bengaluru were found to be the five happiest cities in India.
The study was conducted by the IMRB International with a sample size of 2424 respondents across 16 cities. The target groups were SEC A, B, C who were aged between 18-45.
5. Amazon opened its biggest Fulfilment Centre in Hyderabad
Amazon, the global e-commerce and cloud services firm, opened a Fulfilment Centre near Hyderabad in Telangana.
It is the biggest such facility for Amazon in the country having previously established 10 Fulfilment Centres across seven states.
The present centre is spread across 2.80 lakh sq ft facility and is aimed at helping small and medium businesses (SMBs) in utilizing the logistics and delivery capabilities offered by Amazon.
At the centre, by using automated solutions, the firm segregates and packages the goods before delivering them to customers.
The firm is also planning to set up its biggest global campus outside of the US in Hyderabad.
It is also considering a proposal to set up a datacenter in India to back its cloud service business Amazon Web Services (AWS).
6. ISRO presented with 2015 Space Pioneer Award for Mars Orbiter Mission
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) was presented with the Space Pioneer award for the year 2015 in the Science and Engineering category during the 34th Annual International Space Development Conference held at Toronto in Canada during 20 May- 24 May 2015.
The information was published on the ISRO's website on 8 June 2015. The award was presented by National Space Society (NSS) of USA in recognition of ISRO’s efforts in accomplishing Mars Orbiter Mission in its very first attempt.
Highlights of the Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM)
• The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) was launched on 5 November 2013 and was designed with five scientific payloads within a record time of 18 months.
• The spacecraft and its payloads performed as designed during the 300 days journey, traversing about 666 million kilometre in interplanetary space before entering the Mars Orbit on 24 September 2014.
• The spacecraft is in an elliptical orbit and the high resolution camera onboard MOM is configured to take full-disk colour imagery of Mars at apoareion and close-ups at periareion.
• Presently, the spacecraft is under solar conjunction at Mars, which means the spacecraft, which is orbiting Mars, is behind the sun as viewed from the Earth.
7. Parkash Singh Badal conferred with 2015 Sant Namdev National Award
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal was conferred with the prestigious 14th Sant Namdev National Award at a function in Pune, Maharashtra. He was awarded for promoting peace, communal harmony and universal brotherhood.
The award was given by Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on behalf of the Sarhad Foundation.
Badal was honoured with a citation, a prize amount of 101000 rupees and a memento by the foundation. As a goodwill gesture, the Chief Minister returned the award money to the foundation and urged to utilise it towards the ongoing socio-cultural programmes and other development activities.
8. Indian-origin scientist Manu Prakash developed World's first water-based computer
Indian-origin scientist Manu Prakash along with his team developed World's first water-based computer. The results were published in the journal Nature Physics. Manu Prakash is an Assistant Professor of Bioengineering at Stanford University.
They have built a synchronous computer that operates using the unique physics of moving water droplets.
The work combines Prakash's expertise in manipulating droplet fluid dynamics with a fundamental element of computer science - an operating clock.
9. India, Japan and Australia held first ever trilateral dialogue
India, Japan and Australia held their first ever high-level trilateral dialogue in New Delhi. The talks were attended by Indian foreign secretary S Jaishankar, Japanese vice foreign minister Akitaka Saiki and Australian secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Varghese.
The representatives of three countries discussed prospects of cooperation in the fields of economy and security with special emphasis on maritime security.The three countries agreed to hold their next round of talks in Tokyo, Japan.
10. CCEA approved 4721 crore rupees road projects in Madhya Pradesh, Telangana
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved two road projects worth 4721 crore rupees, one in Madhya Pradesh and another in Telangana. The projects will be executed under the flagship road building programme National Highways Development Project (NHDP).
Highlights of the Madhya Pradesh Road Project
• The road project of Madhya Pradesh includes development of the four laning of the Guna-Biaora and Biaora-Dewas section of National Highway-3 in with an estimated cost of 2815.69 crore rupees.
• This will be done under the National Highways Development Project (NHDP) Phase-IV in Design, Build, Finance, Operate and Transfer (DBFOT) basis in BOT (Toll) mode.
• The cost for Guna-Biaora laning is estimated to be 1081.9 crore rupees including land acquisition, resettlement and rehabilitation and other pre-construction activities. The total length of the road will be approximately 93.5 kms.
• The total cost for Biaora-Dewa section will be about 1733.79 crore rupees including cost of land acquisition, resettlement and rehabilitation and other pre-construction activities. The total length of the road will be approximately 141.26 kms.
Highlights of the Telangana Road Project
• The road project of Telangana includes development of the four laning of the Yadgiri-Warangal section of National Highway- 163. This work will be under the NHDP Phase-IV.
• The approval was given on Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) basis.
• The cost of the project is estimated to be 1905.23 crore rupees including cost of land acquisition, resettlement and rehabilitation and other pre-construction activities. The total length of the road will be approximately 99 kms.
• After completion of the project, the whole stretch from Hyderabad to Warangal would be 4-laned.
11. Former Indian Cricketer Hemant Kanitkar died
Former Indian cricketer Hemant Kanitkar died after a prolonged illness at his residence in Pune, Maharashtra. He was 72. He is survived by his wife and sons Hrishikesh, also a former Indian batsman, and Aditya.
Kanitkar, a stalwart of domestic cricket, played two Tests as a wicketkeeper-batsman in the home series against West Indies cricket team led by Clive Lloyd in 1974-75. He started his first class career in 1963 for cricket team of Maharashtra and kept playing for it till 1978, the year of retirement.
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