9 day long Lord Jagannath’s Rathyatra commences
9 day Long Rathyatra
of Lord Jagannath in Puri,
Odisha
Why it is celebrated: To mark the annual visit of the God to
his birthplace
Deities
Lord Jagannath, brother Balabhadra and
sister
Subhadra taken in their respective chariots
The King
of Puri Gajapati Maharaj did the traditional
cleanse of the grand road by a golden broom after the deities
were taken into the chariots
In Ahmedabad,
Gujarat , Rathyatra of Lord Jagannath began from the
400-yearold
Jagannath temple in Jamalpur area
The Rathyatra is taken out at 110 places in Gujarat ,
and the
procession in
Ahmedabad
has the longest tradition
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi did the symbolic ‘road cleaning’ ahead
of
passage of chariots of Lord Jagannath, Lord Balram and their sister,
Subhadra
In Delhi
Thyagaraja Nagar
Yingiluck Shinawatra: First Woman Prime Minister of Thailand
Yingluck
Shinawatra (Leader of Pheu Thai Party and Sister of
ousted Premier Thakshin Shinawatra)
Yingluck Shinawatra became the First Woman Prime Minister of
Yingluck, dubbed as Thaksin Shinawatra’s political proxy, will be the
28th prime minister of the country
General elections were the first key electoral test for Government since
mass
demonstrations by Thaksin’s “Red Shirt” supporters last year paralysed Bangkok
and caused the worst political violence in decades
Novak Djokovic: Wimbledon ’s Men’s Singles
Champion 2011
Novak
Djokovic of Serbia
Novak Djokovic won the Men’s Singles title in the Wimbledon Tennis
Championships in London
In Finals he defeated defending champion Rafael Nadal of Spain
Djokovic won the title in his maiden appearance in the final
Supreme Court constitutes a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to
investigate black money cases
Supreme Court appointed a high-level Special Investigation Team(SIT)
Headed
by: B.P.Jeevan
Reddy (Former apex court judge)
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2011
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Other
members: Justice Reddy (Chairman of the SIT), Former
judge, Justice M B Shah (Vice-Chairman of the panel)
Objective:
To monitor the investigation and steps being taken
to bring back black money hive away in foreign banks
The Bench also directed the Government to disclose the names of all the
persons
who have been issued show cause notices by the authorities in connection
with
the probe into the black money issue
The Court passed the order on a petition filed by eminent jurist Ram
Jethmalani
and others seeking directions to the Government to track black money hived
away abroad and to bring it back
PM stresses for establishing linkages b/w various Policies of Govt and
HIV/AIDS Programme
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh stressed on the points that
1. Different ministries should make HIV sensitive policies and programmes
to provide
employment and assistance to HIV-AIDS infected persons
2. Linkages be built between MNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural
Employment
Guarantee) programme and HIV/AIDS programmes to facilitate employment of HIV
positive persons
The nutritional needs of HIV positive people, especially Women and Children
should be undertaken by linking them with ICDS and other developmental
schemes
3. Need to ensure that there is no stigma and discrimination towards HIV
infected
and affected persons
4. No child be denied entrance in
schools and colleges because he or she is infected with HIV or because his or
her parents are infected with
the disease
Thus, PM
stressed that different Policies of the Government should be linked with the
HIV/AIDS Programme:-
Employment of HIV/AIDS infected people — (Link To) — MNREGA
Programme
Nutritional Needs of HIV/AIDS infected Women and Children — (Link To)
— ICDS Programme
Education Rights of HIV/AIDS infected Children — (Link To) — Right To
Education Programme
Contract signed b/w Bangladesh Railway and India’s Texmaco Limited
Bangladesh
Railway signed a contract worth $ 16.45
million with the Indian company Texmaco Limited Indian
Company to supply Oil tank wagons and break vans
As per the agreement, 165 broad-gauge oil wagons and six broad-gauge break
vans will be supplied to Bangladesh Railway within a year
The wagons to be used to supply oil to power plants in Bangladesh
The
project being enforced under the $1 bn Credit Line provided by
Braille script on Electronic Voting Machines in Maharashtra
Maharashtra State Election Commission added the Braille script on
the EVMs (Electronic Voting Machines)
Objective:
To facilitate Visually Challenged Voters in exercising
their franchise
The EVMs, installed with Braille sign to be used in all the elections
in the state from now onwards
The EVMs to also have security features
Designed
by:
The
Electronics Corporation of India Limited
GOI started India Post 2012 Project
In August 2010 Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved the ‘INDIA
POST
2012′ IT Modernization project with a total outlay
of Rs 1877.2 crores
Objectives:
To develop Future business model for post offices in the country
To transform Department of Post into a Technology enabled, and autonomous
market leader
The
project focus on five initiatives:-
Covering increased market share and revenues
New products and services
Improved services delivery
Motivated workforce
Rural development
Mr. Sibal held a round table session with various industry leaders to give
a shape
to India
‘Partnering
India
conference
held to understand fields, techniques and
challenges for developing a long-term relationship between India
department and key stakeholders
Minister for IT and Communications: Mr. Kapil
Sibal
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