Page-26 of Current Affairs - August, 2015
Union Government to allow Aadhaar enrolments of NRIs, PIOs, OICs
Union Government has decided to allow Aadhaar enrollment of Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs), Overseas Citizen of India (OCIs) and Non-Resident Indians (NRIs). It was announced by Union Planning Minister Rao Inderjit Singh in written reply to Lok Sabha. This ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2015
Accenture appoints Rekha Menon as Chairperson of its India operations
Global software giant and consultancy Accenture has appointed Rekha Menon as the new chairperson for its India operations. She will succeed Avinash Vashistha who had resigned earlier in July 2015. With this appointment, Menon became Accenture’s first woman head in ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2015
India to boycott Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference 2015 meeting
India has decided to boycott the 61st Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference (CPC) which is scheduled to be held in Islamabad in September 2015. India took this extreme step in order to protest Pakistan’s (CPC 2015 host) unilateral decision of not inviting ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2015
Thomas Cook (India) Ltd acquires Kuoni’s travel business in India and Hong Kong
Thomas Cook (India) Ltd has acquired Zurich based Kuoni Group’s travel businesses in India and Hong Kong for 535 crore rupees. Kuoni entered India in 1996 by acquiring travel brand SOTC and destination management brand SITA. The acquisition includes these ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2015
Maharashtra government declares Thane creek area as 'Flamingo Sanctuary'
Maharashtra government has declared the area along Thane Creek as Flamingo Sanctuary. In this regard State Revenue and Forest Department has issued notification to declare northern part of the creek as a wildlife sanctuary as per provisions of Section 18 of ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2015
TurkmenGaz to head TAPI pipeline, Consortium to jointly own the project
TurkmenGaz, a company owned by Turkmenistan government will lead the consortium for the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) natural gas pipeline. This decision was collectively taken at the 22nd Steering Committee meeting held in Ashgabat, the capital of Turkmenistan. TurkmenGaz has done major ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2015
DRDO transfers Technology to L&T to develop Lakshya
Indian Multinational conglomerate Larsen and Toubro (L&T) to be the first to receive license for technology of full-scale system to make Lakshya from Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). Lakshya is a pilotless target aircraft developed by DRDO and L&T ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2015
Tripura Legislative Assembly passes resolution on abolishing death penalty
Tripura Legislative Assembly has unanimously passed a resolution for abolishing death penalty and to provide imprisonment up to death in case of heinous crimes. The resolution to send a proposal in this regard to Union Government was forwarded by Congress ..