Page-7 of Current Affairs - May, 2015

Maharashtra government to allow women to work in night shifts

May 21, 2015

Maharashtra Government has decided to allow women employees to work in night shifts. In this regard, state government is going to amend Section 66(1) (c) Factories Act 1948, thus making the way for women employees to work in night shifts. ..

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Akhil Amar appointed to key administration post by US President Barack Obama

May 21, 2015

Akhil Amar, an Indian-American professor from Yale University has been appointed as a member of the prestigious National Council on Humanities of US by President Barack Obama. Presently, he is Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at the Yale ..

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SBI inks MoU with Amazon for payment, commerce solutions

May 21, 2015

India’s largest public sector lender, State Bank of India (SBI) has signed memorandum of understanding (MoU) with e-commerce giant Amazon. The MoU seeks to identify and tap the potential areas of collaboration for payments and commerce solutions between both signatory parties. ..

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Eminent Economist Mrinal Datta Chaudhuri passes away

May 21, 2015

Eminent economist, policy advisor and noted academic Mrinal Datta Chaudhuri passed away in Pune, Maharashtra 19 May 2015. He had served as Director of Delhi School of Economics (DSE) and was a visiting professor of economics at the Universities of ..

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Astra missile successfully test-fired from Sukhoi-30 MKI in Odisha

May 21, 2015

Indigenously-developed beyond visual range air-to-air Astra missile was successfully test fired at the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur, Odisha. In the test, the missile was fired from Sukhoi -30 MKI fighter jet in two developmental trials to prove its long range ..

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President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurates 50th anniversary of India’s first historic climb of Mt. Everest in 1965

May 21, 2015

President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the 50th Anniversary of India’s first historic climb of Mt. Everest in 1965 at a function held at Rashtrapati Bhavan. This function was organized by the Indian Mountaineering Foundation (IMF) to celebrate the historic climb of ..

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Hungarian writer Laszlo Krasznahorkai wins Man Booker International Prize 2015

May 20, 2015

Hungarian writer Laszlo Krasznahorkai has won the prestigious Man Booker International Prize for 2015. He was chosen from a list of 10 contenders from around the world. About Laszlo Krasznahorkai Laszlo Krasznahorkai was born in 1954 Gyula, Hungary. He had ..

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Tathagata Roy sworn-in as 16th Governor of Tripura

May 20, 2015

Tathagata Roy on 20 May 2015 was sworn in as the 16th Governor of Tripura in Agartala. Chief Justice of the Tripura High Court Mr. Jc. Deepak Gupta administered the oath of office to him as per the provisions of ..

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Meghalaya achieves 100% financial inclusion under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojna

May 20, 2015

Meghalaya has achieved 100 percent success in implementing Union Government’s flagship scheme for financial inclusion-Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojna (PMJDY). In the state, all eleven districts have been able to open at least one bank account of every household under ..

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V Shanmuganathan sworn in as 15th Governor of Meghalaya

May 20, 2015

V Shanmuganthan was sworn in as the 15th Governor of Meghalaya on 20 May 2015 at the oath taking ceremony held at Raj Bhawan in Shillong. Chief Justice of the Meghalaya High Court, Uma Nath Singh administered the oath of ..

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