1. India, Kazakhstan signed five Agreements including a contract for supply of uranium
India and Kazakhstan signed five agreements during the two-day visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Kazakhstan. The agreement was signed in the presence of PM Modi and Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan.
Narendra Modi is on an eight-day visit to five Central Asian states, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan from 6 July to 13 July 2015.
List of Agreements signed
• Agreement on Transfer of Sentenced Persons
• Agreement on Defence and Military – Technical Cooperation
• Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Cooperation on Physical Cultural and Sports
• MoU on Technical Cooperation in the field of Railways
• Long term contract between Department of Atomic Energy, India and KazAtomProm for sale and purchase of natural uranium concentrates
2. NDDB launched mobile application Pashu Poshan to boost dairy farmers' income
The National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) launched a mobile application named Pashu Poshan that will boost dairy farmers' income by raising milk yield and cutting feed cost. The app will recommend a balanced diet for cows and buffaloes.
The mobile application was launched by the Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh.
The application will be available on both web and android platforms. It can be accessed by registering on the INAPH portal http://inaph.Nddb.Coop.
To use this application, the farmer needs to provide complete animal profile including breed, age, milk production, fat content in milk apart from food items being currently fed to the animal along with the cost in order to formulate the balanced ration formula.
3. HDFC Bank launched watch banking application for Apple Watch
HDFC Bank, the country’s second largest private sector bank, launched Watch Banking application for Apple Watch in the first week of July 2015.
With this, HDFC became the first bank in India to offer the service of Watch Banking. In order to avail this service, customer will not be required to download a separate app but they just need to activate it from an upgraded version of HDFC Bank’s mobile banking app itself.
The Apple Watch app will work via Bluetooth on iPhone 5 and above versions. The application will allow customers to make around 10 banking transactions, like account information (on savings, current, fixed deposits), credit cards, mobile and DTH recharge, request account statements and cheque books.
4. India, Kazakhstan launched first drilling at Satpayev oil block
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Kazakhstan Prime Minister Karim Massimov jointly launched the first exploratory drilling of the Satpayev oil block by ONGC Videsh Limited (OVL) and KazMunaiGaz of Kazakhstan.
OVL, the overseas arm of the state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC), had picked up 25 percent stake in Satpayev oil block in the North Caspian Sea in 2011 and committed to invest 400 million dollar in exploration in the block.
Satpayev oil block
The Satpayev oil block is an offshore field (1582 sq km) in the Northern Caspian Sea, in water depths of 6-8 m. It has a potential reserves estimated at 1.8 billion barrels crude oil and natural gas. ONGC Videsh has estimates a peak output of 2 lakh 87 thousand barrels per day from the Satpayev structures.
5. Jodhpur Film Society honoured with Pritiman Sarkar Award 2014-15
The Film Society of Jodhpur was conferred with the Pritiman Sarkar Award 2014-15 for the consequent fourth time for being the best film society in Northern Region in raising awareness and film appreciation.
The award was presented by the Federation of Film Societies of India (North Region). The award was given in recognition of screening of a series of films by the society in 2014-15 in Jodhpur to mark 100 glorious years of Indian cinema under the Incredible Journey of Indian Cinema.
The society screened 24 films of different times, culture and languages for Incredible Journey of Indian Cinema. These screenings included the films as old as Raja Harishchandra.
The first Pritiman Sarkar Award in 1997-98 was also given to the Film Society of Jodhpur.
6. Floyd Mayweather stripped of WBO Welterweight title he won against Manny Pacquiao
World Boxing Organization (WBO) stripped Floyd Mayweather Jr of the Welterweight title which he won by defeating Manny Pacquiao in May 2015.
He was stripped of the title after he failed to pay the 200000 dollar sanctioning fee required by the WBO after he won the belt at iconic MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The deadline to make the payment was 3 July 2015.
The fight at MGM Grand was the richest boxing fight of all time which made Mayweather richer by a reported 220 million dollars.
According to WBO rules, a boxer should pay 3 percent of their purse to fight for a world title up to a maximum of 200000 dollars. The rules also prohibit WBO champions to hold any belts in any other weight divisions.
7. India Central Asia Relations authored by Amiya Chandra
Book titled India Central Asia Relations: The Economic Dimension authored by Amiya Chandra came in news in second week of July 2015. It came in news during the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to central Asian countries, namely Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan.
The book focuses on the economic dimensions of the ties. The author through the book wants to say that India can compete with China if it focuses on quality instead of quantity and improves credit line. The book also says that for that purpose, India will have to seriously take forward the trade disputes.
Amiya Chandra is the Joint Director-General of Foreign Trade in the Union Commerce and Industry Ministry.
Jerome Charles Weintraub, the legendary producer who produced Ocean’s Eleven, died following cardiac arrest in a Santa Barbara hospital, California. He was 77. He is survived by his four children and his wife Susan Ekins.
Weintraub got fame in the 1960s as a music manager and concert promoter. Later as a producer, he produced Nashville in the 1970s and other hits including Oh God!, The Karate Kid and the immensely popular caper-comedy series Ocean’s Eleven.
Weintraub was an executive producer of HBO’s comedy show The Brink. He worked with everyone from Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra to Led Zeppelin and George Clooney.
Born on 26 September 1937 in Brooklyn, Weintraub was raised in the Bronx, New York.
India and Kazakhstan signed five agreements during the two-day visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Kazakhstan. The agreement was signed in the presence of PM Modi and Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan.Narendra Modi is on an eight-day visit to five Central Asian states, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan from 6 July to 13 July 2015.
List of Agreements signed
• Agreement on Transfer of Sentenced Persons
• Agreement on Defence and Military – Technical Cooperation
• Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Cooperation on Physical Cultural and Sports
• MoU on Technical Cooperation in the field of Railways
• Long term contract between Department of Atomic Energy, India and KazAtomProm for sale and purchase of natural uranium concentrates
2. NDDB launched mobile application Pashu Poshan to boost dairy farmers' income
The National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) launched a mobile application named Pashu Poshan that will boost dairy farmers' income by raising milk yield and cutting feed cost. The app will recommend a balanced diet for cows and buffaloes.
The mobile application was launched by the Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh.
The application will be available on both web and android platforms. It can be accessed by registering on the INAPH portal http://inaph.Nddb.Coop.
To use this application, the farmer needs to provide complete animal profile including breed, age, milk production, fat content in milk apart from food items being currently fed to the animal along with the cost in order to formulate the balanced ration formula.
3. HDFC Bank launched watch banking application for Apple Watch
HDFC Bank, the country’s second largest private sector bank, launched Watch Banking application for Apple Watch in the first week of July 2015.
With this, HDFC became the first bank in India to offer the service of Watch Banking. In order to avail this service, customer will not be required to download a separate app but they just need to activate it from an upgraded version of HDFC Bank’s mobile banking app itself.
The Apple Watch app will work via Bluetooth on iPhone 5 and above versions. The application will allow customers to make around 10 banking transactions, like account information (on savings, current, fixed deposits), credit cards, mobile and DTH recharge, request account statements and cheque books.
4. India, Kazakhstan launched first drilling at Satpayev oil block
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Kazakhstan Prime Minister Karim Massimov jointly launched the first exploratory drilling of the Satpayev oil block by ONGC Videsh Limited (OVL) and KazMunaiGaz of Kazakhstan.
OVL, the overseas arm of the state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC), had picked up 25 percent stake in Satpayev oil block in the North Caspian Sea in 2011 and committed to invest 400 million dollar in exploration in the block.
Satpayev oil block
The Satpayev oil block is an offshore field (1582 sq km) in the Northern Caspian Sea, in water depths of 6-8 m. It has a potential reserves estimated at 1.8 billion barrels crude oil and natural gas. ONGC Videsh has estimates a peak output of 2 lakh 87 thousand barrels per day from the Satpayev structures.
5. Jodhpur Film Society honoured with Pritiman Sarkar Award 2014-15
The Film Society of Jodhpur was conferred with the Pritiman Sarkar Award 2014-15 for the consequent fourth time for being the best film society in Northern Region in raising awareness and film appreciation.
The award was presented by the Federation of Film Societies of India (North Region). The award was given in recognition of screening of a series of films by the society in 2014-15 in Jodhpur to mark 100 glorious years of Indian cinema under the Incredible Journey of Indian Cinema.
The society screened 24 films of different times, culture and languages for Incredible Journey of Indian Cinema. These screenings included the films as old as Raja Harishchandra.
The first Pritiman Sarkar Award in 1997-98 was also given to the Film Society of Jodhpur.
6. Floyd Mayweather stripped of WBO Welterweight title he won against Manny Pacquiao
World Boxing Organization (WBO) stripped Floyd Mayweather Jr of the Welterweight title which he won by defeating Manny Pacquiao in May 2015.
He was stripped of the title after he failed to pay the 200000 dollar sanctioning fee required by the WBO after he won the belt at iconic MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The deadline to make the payment was 3 July 2015.
The fight at MGM Grand was the richest boxing fight of all time which made Mayweather richer by a reported 220 million dollars.
According to WBO rules, a boxer should pay 3 percent of their purse to fight for a world title up to a maximum of 200000 dollars. The rules also prohibit WBO champions to hold any belts in any other weight divisions.
7. India Central Asia Relations authored by Amiya Chandra
Book titled India Central Asia Relations: The Economic Dimension authored by Amiya Chandra came in news in second week of July 2015. It came in news during the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to central Asian countries, namely Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan.
The book focuses on the economic dimensions of the ties. The author through the book wants to say that India can compete with China if it focuses on quality instead of quantity and improves credit line. The book also says that for that purpose, India will have to seriously take forward the trade disputes.
Amiya Chandra is the Joint Director-General of Foreign Trade in the Union Commerce and Industry Ministry.
8. UGC accorded Heritage Status on 19 Colleges across the country
University Grants Commission (UGC) accorded special Heritage Status on 19 Colleges across the country. These include St Xavier’s College, Mumbai and Fergusson College, Pune among others.
The Heritage status was granted to institutions across the country with an aim of conserving college campuses which are more than 100 years old. The UGC also approved financial assistance for the improvement and upgradation of these 19 colleges.
List of 19 Heritage Colleges
• St Xavier's College, Mumbai (Maharashtra)
• Ferguson College, Pune (Maharashtra)
• Hislop College, Nagpur(Maharashtra)
• Midnapore College (West Bengal)
• St Xavier's College, Kolkata (West Bengal)
• Khalsa College, Amritsar (Punjab)
• Kanya Mahavidyalya, Jalandhar (Punjab)
• CMS College, Kottayam (Kerala)
• Government Brennan College, Thalassery (Kerala)
• Old Agra College, Agra (Uttar Pradesh)
• Meerut College, Meerut (Uttar Pradesh)
• St Joseph College, Tiruchirappalli (Tamil Nadu)
• St Bede's College, Shimla (Himachal Pradesh)
• Langat Singh College, Muzaffarpur (Bihar)
• University College, Mangalore (Karnataka)
• Cotton College, Guwahati (Assam)
• Government Medical Science College, Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh)
• Gandhi Memorial Science College, Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir)
• DAV College, Ambala (Haryana)
9. Legendary producer Jerome Charles Weintraub diedUniversity Grants Commission (UGC) accorded special Heritage Status on 19 Colleges across the country. These include St Xavier’s College, Mumbai and Fergusson College, Pune among others.
The Heritage status was granted to institutions across the country with an aim of conserving college campuses which are more than 100 years old. The UGC also approved financial assistance for the improvement and upgradation of these 19 colleges.
List of 19 Heritage Colleges
• St Xavier's College, Mumbai (Maharashtra)
• Ferguson College, Pune (Maharashtra)
• Hislop College, Nagpur(Maharashtra)
• Midnapore College (West Bengal)
• St Xavier's College, Kolkata (West Bengal)
• Khalsa College, Amritsar (Punjab)
• Kanya Mahavidyalya, Jalandhar (Punjab)
• CMS College, Kottayam (Kerala)
• Government Brennan College, Thalassery (Kerala)
• Old Agra College, Agra (Uttar Pradesh)
• Meerut College, Meerut (Uttar Pradesh)
• St Joseph College, Tiruchirappalli (Tamil Nadu)
• St Bede's College, Shimla (Himachal Pradesh)
• Langat Singh College, Muzaffarpur (Bihar)
• University College, Mangalore (Karnataka)
• Cotton College, Guwahati (Assam)
• Government Medical Science College, Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh)
• Gandhi Memorial Science College, Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir)
• DAV College, Ambala (Haryana)
Jerome Charles Weintraub, the legendary producer who produced Ocean’s Eleven, died following cardiac arrest in a Santa Barbara hospital, California. He was 77. He is survived by his four children and his wife Susan Ekins.
Weintraub got fame in the 1960s as a music manager and concert promoter. Later as a producer, he produced Nashville in the 1970s and other hits including Oh God!, The Karate Kid and the immensely popular caper-comedy series Ocean’s Eleven.
Weintraub was an executive producer of HBO’s comedy show The Brink. He worked with everyone from Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra to Led Zeppelin and George Clooney.
Born on 26 September 1937 in Brooklyn, Weintraub was raised in the Bronx, New York.
1. India, Kazakhstan signed five Agreements including a contract for supply of uranium
India and Kazakhstan signed five agreements during the two-day visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Kazakhstan. The agreement was signed in the presence of PM Modi and Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan.
Narendra Modi is on an eight-day visit to five Central Asian states, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan from 6 July to 13 July 2015.
List of Agreements signed
• Agreement on Transfer of Sentenced Persons
• Agreement on Defence and Military – Technical Cooperation
• Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Cooperation on Physical Cultural and Sports
• MoU on Technical Cooperation in the field of Railways
• Long term contract between Department of Atomic Energy, India and KazAtomProm for sale and purchase of natural uranium concentrates
2. NDDB launched mobile application Pashu Poshan to boost dairy farmers' income
The National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) launched a mobile application named Pashu Poshan that will boost dairy farmers' income by raising milk yield and cutting feed cost. The app will recommend a balanced diet for cows and buffaloes.
The mobile application was launched by the Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh.
The application will be available on both web and android platforms. It can be accessed by registering on the INAPH portal http://inaph.Nddb.Coop.
To use this application, the farmer needs to provide complete animal profile including breed, age, milk production, fat content in milk apart from food items being currently fed to the animal along with the cost in order to formulate the balanced ration formula.
3. HDFC Bank launched watch banking application for Apple Watch
HDFC Bank, the country’s second largest private sector bank, launched Watch Banking application for Apple Watch in the first week of July 2015.
With this, HDFC became the first bank in India to offer the service of Watch Banking. In order to avail this service, customer will not be required to download a separate app but they just need to activate it from an upgraded version of HDFC Bank’s mobile banking app itself.
The Apple Watch app will work via Bluetooth on iPhone 5 and above versions. The application will allow customers to make around 10 banking transactions, like account information (on savings, current, fixed deposits), credit cards, mobile and DTH recharge, request account statements and cheque books.
4. India, Kazakhstan launched first drilling at Satpayev oil block
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Kazakhstan Prime Minister Karim Massimov jointly launched the first exploratory drilling of the Satpayev oil block by ONGC Videsh Limited (OVL) and KazMunaiGaz of Kazakhstan.
OVL, the overseas arm of the state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC), had picked up 25 percent stake in Satpayev oil block in the North Caspian Sea in 2011 and committed to invest 400 million dollar in exploration in the block.
Satpayev oil block
The Satpayev oil block is an offshore field (1582 sq km) in the Northern Caspian Sea, in water depths of 6-8 m. It has a potential reserves estimated at 1.8 billion barrels crude oil and natural gas. ONGC Videsh has estimates a peak output of 2 lakh 87 thousand barrels per day from the Satpayev structures.
5. Jodhpur Film Society honoured with Pritiman Sarkar Award 2014-15
The Film Society of Jodhpur was conferred with the Pritiman Sarkar Award 2014-15 for the consequent fourth time for being the best film society in Northern Region in raising awareness and film appreciation.
The award was presented by the Federation of Film Societies of India (North Region). The award was given in recognition of screening of a series of films by the society in 2014-15 in Jodhpur to mark 100 glorious years of Indian cinema under the Incredible Journey of Indian Cinema.
The society screened 24 films of different times, culture and languages for Incredible Journey of Indian Cinema. These screenings included the films as old as Raja Harishchandra.
The first Pritiman Sarkar Award in 1997-98 was also given to the Film Society of Jodhpur.
6. Floyd Mayweather stripped of WBO Welterweight title he won against Manny Pacquiao
World Boxing Organization (WBO) stripped Floyd Mayweather Jr of the Welterweight title which he won by defeating Manny Pacquiao in May 2015.
He was stripped of the title after he failed to pay the 200000 dollar sanctioning fee required by the WBO after he won the belt at iconic MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The deadline to make the payment was 3 July 2015.
The fight at MGM Grand was the richest boxing fight of all time which made Mayweather richer by a reported 220 million dollars.
According to WBO rules, a boxer should pay 3 percent of their purse to fight for a world title up to a maximum of 200000 dollars. The rules also prohibit WBO champions to hold any belts in any other weight divisions.
7. India Central Asia Relations authored by Amiya Chandra
Book titled India Central Asia Relations: The Economic Dimension authored by Amiya Chandra came in news in second week of July 2015. It came in news during the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to central Asian countries, namely Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan.
The book focuses on the economic dimensions of the ties. The author through the book wants to say that India can compete with China if it focuses on quality instead of quantity and improves credit line. The book also says that for that purpose, India will have to seriously take forward the trade disputes.
Amiya Chandra is the Joint Director-General of Foreign Trade in the Union Commerce and Industry Ministry.
Jerome Charles Weintraub, the legendary producer who produced Ocean’s Eleven, died following cardiac arrest in a Santa Barbara hospital, California. He was 77. He is survived by his four children and his wife Susan Ekins.
Weintraub got fame in the 1960s as a music manager and concert promoter. Later as a producer, he produced Nashville in the 1970s and other hits including Oh God!, The Karate Kid and the immensely popular caper-comedy series Ocean’s Eleven.
Weintraub was an executive producer of HBO’s comedy show The Brink. He worked with everyone from Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra to Led Zeppelin and George Clooney.
Born on 26 September 1937 in Brooklyn, Weintraub was raised in the Bronx, New York.
India and Kazakhstan signed five agreements during the two-day visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Kazakhstan. The agreement was signed in the presence of PM Modi and Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan.Narendra Modi is on an eight-day visit to five Central Asian states, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan from 6 July to 13 July 2015.
List of Agreements signed
• Agreement on Transfer of Sentenced Persons
• Agreement on Defence and Military – Technical Cooperation
• Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Cooperation on Physical Cultural and Sports
• MoU on Technical Cooperation in the field of Railways
• Long term contract between Department of Atomic Energy, India and KazAtomProm for sale and purchase of natural uranium concentrates
2. NDDB launched mobile application Pashu Poshan to boost dairy farmers' income
The National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) launched a mobile application named Pashu Poshan that will boost dairy farmers' income by raising milk yield and cutting feed cost. The app will recommend a balanced diet for cows and buffaloes.
The mobile application was launched by the Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh.
The application will be available on both web and android platforms. It can be accessed by registering on the INAPH portal http://inaph.Nddb.Coop.
To use this application, the farmer needs to provide complete animal profile including breed, age, milk production, fat content in milk apart from food items being currently fed to the animal along with the cost in order to formulate the balanced ration formula.
3. HDFC Bank launched watch banking application for Apple Watch
HDFC Bank, the country’s second largest private sector bank, launched Watch Banking application for Apple Watch in the first week of July 2015.
With this, HDFC became the first bank in India to offer the service of Watch Banking. In order to avail this service, customer will not be required to download a separate app but they just need to activate it from an upgraded version of HDFC Bank’s mobile banking app itself.
The Apple Watch app will work via Bluetooth on iPhone 5 and above versions. The application will allow customers to make around 10 banking transactions, like account information (on savings, current, fixed deposits), credit cards, mobile and DTH recharge, request account statements and cheque books.
4. India, Kazakhstan launched first drilling at Satpayev oil block
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Kazakhstan Prime Minister Karim Massimov jointly launched the first exploratory drilling of the Satpayev oil block by ONGC Videsh Limited (OVL) and KazMunaiGaz of Kazakhstan.
OVL, the overseas arm of the state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC), had picked up 25 percent stake in Satpayev oil block in the North Caspian Sea in 2011 and committed to invest 400 million dollar in exploration in the block.
Satpayev oil block
The Satpayev oil block is an offshore field (1582 sq km) in the Northern Caspian Sea, in water depths of 6-8 m. It has a potential reserves estimated at 1.8 billion barrels crude oil and natural gas. ONGC Videsh has estimates a peak output of 2 lakh 87 thousand barrels per day from the Satpayev structures.
5. Jodhpur Film Society honoured with Pritiman Sarkar Award 2014-15
The Film Society of Jodhpur was conferred with the Pritiman Sarkar Award 2014-15 for the consequent fourth time for being the best film society in Northern Region in raising awareness and film appreciation.
The award was presented by the Federation of Film Societies of India (North Region). The award was given in recognition of screening of a series of films by the society in 2014-15 in Jodhpur to mark 100 glorious years of Indian cinema under the Incredible Journey of Indian Cinema.
The society screened 24 films of different times, culture and languages for Incredible Journey of Indian Cinema. These screenings included the films as old as Raja Harishchandra.
The first Pritiman Sarkar Award in 1997-98 was also given to the Film Society of Jodhpur.
6. Floyd Mayweather stripped of WBO Welterweight title he won against Manny Pacquiao
World Boxing Organization (WBO) stripped Floyd Mayweather Jr of the Welterweight title which he won by defeating Manny Pacquiao in May 2015.
He was stripped of the title after he failed to pay the 200000 dollar sanctioning fee required by the WBO after he won the belt at iconic MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The deadline to make the payment was 3 July 2015.
The fight at MGM Grand was the richest boxing fight of all time which made Mayweather richer by a reported 220 million dollars.
According to WBO rules, a boxer should pay 3 percent of their purse to fight for a world title up to a maximum of 200000 dollars. The rules also prohibit WBO champions to hold any belts in any other weight divisions.
7. India Central Asia Relations authored by Amiya Chandra
Book titled India Central Asia Relations: The Economic Dimension authored by Amiya Chandra came in news in second week of July 2015. It came in news during the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to central Asian countries, namely Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan.
The book focuses on the economic dimensions of the ties. The author through the book wants to say that India can compete with China if it focuses on quality instead of quantity and improves credit line. The book also says that for that purpose, India will have to seriously take forward the trade disputes.
Amiya Chandra is the Joint Director-General of Foreign Trade in the Union Commerce and Industry Ministry.
8. UGC accorded Heritage Status on 19 Colleges across the country
University Grants Commission (UGC) accorded special Heritage Status on 19 Colleges across the country. These include St Xavier’s College, Mumbai and Fergusson College, Pune among others.
The Heritage status was granted to institutions across the country with an aim of conserving college campuses which are more than 100 years old. The UGC also approved financial assistance for the improvement and upgradation of these 19 colleges.
List of 19 Heritage Colleges
• St Xavier's College, Mumbai (Maharashtra)
• Ferguson College, Pune (Maharashtra)
• Hislop College, Nagpur(Maharashtra)
• Midnapore College (West Bengal)
• St Xavier's College, Kolkata (West Bengal)
• Khalsa College, Amritsar (Punjab)
• Kanya Mahavidyalya, Jalandhar (Punjab)
• CMS College, Kottayam (Kerala)
• Government Brennan College, Thalassery (Kerala)
• Old Agra College, Agra (Uttar Pradesh)
• Meerut College, Meerut (Uttar Pradesh)
• St Joseph College, Tiruchirappalli (Tamil Nadu)
• St Bede's College, Shimla (Himachal Pradesh)
• Langat Singh College, Muzaffarpur (Bihar)
• University College, Mangalore (Karnataka)
• Cotton College, Guwahati (Assam)
• Government Medical Science College, Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh)
• Gandhi Memorial Science College, Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir)
• DAV College, Ambala (Haryana)
9. Legendary producer Jerome Charles Weintraub diedUniversity Grants Commission (UGC) accorded special Heritage Status on 19 Colleges across the country. These include St Xavier’s College, Mumbai and Fergusson College, Pune among others.
The Heritage status was granted to institutions across the country with an aim of conserving college campuses which are more than 100 years old. The UGC also approved financial assistance for the improvement and upgradation of these 19 colleges.
List of 19 Heritage Colleges
• St Xavier's College, Mumbai (Maharashtra)
• Ferguson College, Pune (Maharashtra)
• Hislop College, Nagpur(Maharashtra)
• Midnapore College (West Bengal)
• St Xavier's College, Kolkata (West Bengal)
• Khalsa College, Amritsar (Punjab)
• Kanya Mahavidyalya, Jalandhar (Punjab)
• CMS College, Kottayam (Kerala)
• Government Brennan College, Thalassery (Kerala)
• Old Agra College, Agra (Uttar Pradesh)
• Meerut College, Meerut (Uttar Pradesh)
• St Joseph College, Tiruchirappalli (Tamil Nadu)
• St Bede's College, Shimla (Himachal Pradesh)
• Langat Singh College, Muzaffarpur (Bihar)
• University College, Mangalore (Karnataka)
• Cotton College, Guwahati (Assam)
• Government Medical Science College, Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh)
• Gandhi Memorial Science College, Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir)
• DAV College, Ambala (Haryana)
Jerome Charles Weintraub, the legendary producer who produced Ocean’s Eleven, died following cardiac arrest in a Santa Barbara hospital, California. He was 77. He is survived by his four children and his wife Susan Ekins.
Weintraub got fame in the 1960s as a music manager and concert promoter. Later as a producer, he produced Nashville in the 1970s and other hits including Oh God!, The Karate Kid and the immensely popular caper-comedy series Ocean’s Eleven.
Weintraub was an executive producer of HBO’s comedy show The Brink. He worked with everyone from Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra to Led Zeppelin and George Clooney.
Born on 26 September 1937 in Brooklyn, Weintraub was raised in the Bronx, New York.
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