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Indian-origin lawyer Davinder Singh named vice-chairman of ICC commission
Indian-origin lawyer Davinder Singh (58) has been named as Vice-Chairman of International Chamber of Commerce Commission (ICC) on Corporate Responsibility and Anti-corruption. Mr. Singh is one of top Indian-origin lawyer in Singapore. Currently he is chief executive of the Singapore ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2016
Railway Ministry launches 3 IT enabled apps
The Union Ministry of Railways has launched 3 IT (Information Technology) enabled apps to bring transparency in Indian Railways on the sidelines of Digital India initiative. These app projects were launched by Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu at through ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2016
Wipro buys HealthPlan Services
India’s third largest IT exporter Wipro Limited has acquired US based healthcare technology firm HealthPlan Services for US 460 million dollars. This acquisition was part of the Wipro’s traditional “string of pearls” acquisition strategy and it shall help company to ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2016
Harinder Sidhu appointed as new Australian High Commissioner to India
Indian-origin Harinder Sidhu has been appointed as Australian High Commissioner to India. She replaces outgoing High Commissioner Patrick Suckling. She is second envoy from Australia with Indian roots after Peter Varghese who had ancestral roots to southern Indian state of ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2016
Pulitzer winning composer Leslie Bassett passes away
Pulitzer winning composer Leslie Bassett passed away on 4 February 2016 in Oakwood, Georgia. He was 93. As a master composer he was known for his lush sonorities and ecumenical instrumentation and for compositions of coaxing a vast range of ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2016
India ranks 37th in USCC’s 2016 Intellectual Property Index
In recently released Intellectual Property Index (IPI) by United States Chamber of Commerce (USCC), India was ranked 37th among the surveyed 38 countries. These 38 countries benchmarked in the 2016 index accounts for nearly 85% of the global GDP. Venezuela ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2016
NATO, EU sign agreement on Cyber Defence Cooperation
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and European Union (EU) have signed an agreement to improve Cooperation in Cyber Defence to counter modern forms of hybrid warfare. In this regard a technical agreement was signed at NATO headquarters in Brussels, ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2016
UAE’s ADNOC to store crude oil in India's Strategic Petroleum Reserves
The UAE’s national oil company Abu Dhabi National Oil (ADNOC) Company has agreed to store crude oil in India’s maiden Strategic Petroleum Reserves (SPRs) storage. It will be first of its kind deal in which India has partner with other ..