Satya Nadella honored with the White House Champions of Change
Microsoft’s Indian-origin CEO Satya Nadella honored with the White House Champions of Change. He is among the 12 local Champions of Change who were honored for their flawless leadership. The honor is presented to those who support working families and help make change in their companies or communities.
Pakistan and Russia agreed to held joint military
exercise
Pakistan and Russia as a part of their enhanced defence cooperation agreed to
hold first-ever joint military exercises. Aim is to intensify cooperation in
both defence industry and military training.
India’s broadband penetration is much below its neighboring
countries
According to Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), India is ranked
below Bhutan and Sri Lanka in terms of broadband penetration. "India is ranked
at 125th in the world for fixed broadband penetration. Some of our neighbors
like Bhutan and Sri Lanka are ahead of us.
Jamal Benomar, UN Peace Envoy to Yemen resigned
Jamal Benomar, UN Peace Envoy to Yemen resigned from his post, after losing
support from Gulf countries for his mission in the conflict-riven nation. Since
2012, he was serving as UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's special envoy for
Yemen. He joined UN in 1994 and had served at various key of posts of different
UN agencies.
HDFC bank become first private bank to Launch app for Apple
watch
With Mobile Application titled WatchBanking, HDFC the first bank, and also
the first Indian company to launch an app for the Apple Watch.
World Hemophilia Day is observed on 17th April
Ashish Jakhar set a national youth record in boys' hammer
throw
Ashish Jakhar of Haryana set a national youth record in boys' hammer throw on
the second day of the 12th National Youth Athletics Championships. He hurled the
5kg ball-and-chain to a new distance of 71.92m on his opening throw and went on
to improve it further to 72.04m to stamp his class with fine rotations on the
circle to set the first national record of the meet.
Source: The Hindu