Page-16 of Current Affairs - May, 2015

Writer Neel Mukherjee wins £10,000 Encore Award for year 2015

May 13, 2015

Writer Neel Mukherjee’s novel The Lives of Others has won the United Kingdom’s Encore Award for the best second novel. The novel The Lives of Others reflects the political and social convulsions of an entire society and based upon story ..

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Deepak Iyer appointed as CEO and MD of Bharti AXA General Insurance

May 13, 2015

Deepak Iyer was appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Managing Director (MD) of Bharti AXA General Insurance. Iyer will  take charge from Interim CEO and MD Milind Chalisgaonkar and join the board of company by end of June 2015. ..

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58% immunisation rate in rural areas, 67% in urban areas of India: Union Government

May 13, 2015

Union government has announced that, the current immunisation rate in rural areas is around 58 per cent while it is over 67 per cent in urban regions of the country. It was announced by Union Health Minister J P Nadda ..

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Union Government Constitutes Justice AP Shah Committee to look into the issue of MAT on FIIs

May 13, 2015

Union Government has constituted Committee headed by Justice A.P. Shah to look into the issue of Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) on Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs). It was announced by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in Rajya Sabha. The committee will ..

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UP Government launches Samajwadi water ATM scheme

May 13, 2015

Uttar Pradesh Government has launched Samajwadi water ATM scheme at bus stations. The scheme was launched by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav. It seeks to provide potable water to bus passengers at reasonable price. In this regard, state government will ..

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Dr. Sivanadane Mandjiny, Indian-American professor wins UNC’s 2015 Award for Teaching Excellence

May 12, 2015

Dr. Sivanadane Mandjiny, an Indian-American Professor in US is named UNC Pembroke’s recipient of the UNC Board of Governors 2015 Award for Excellence in Teaching. He will receive this award along with each professor of the other 16 UNC campuses. The award ..

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President Pranab Mukherjee presents Florence Nightingale Awards to 35 nurses

May 12, 2015

President Pranab Mukherjee conferred the National Florence Nightingale Awards to 35 nursing personnel from across the country on the occasion of International Nurses Day. The National Florence Nightingale Awards were presented at a function held at Rashtrapati Bhavan. About National ..

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Priti Patel, Indian-origin MP appointed as Minister of State for Employment in United Kingdom Government

May 12, 2015

Indian-origin Member of Parliament (MP) Priti Patel was appointed as Minister of State (MoS) for Employment in the David Cameron led United Kingdom Government. British Prime Minister David Cameron has also promoted her to his Cabinet. As the new Minister ..

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