1. Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal has been appointed as a member of the International Olympic
Committee’s (IOC) Athletes’ Commission. The Athletes’
Commission is chaired by Angela Ruggiero and it comprises nine vice presidents
and 10 other members.
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Saina’s appointment to the prestigious
panel has come just when she is set to resume practice after recovering from a
knee injury.
2. The World Bank will provide US $1 billion aid to Bangladesh over the next three
years to fight child malnutrition. The fund will support programmes to ensure sufficient child nutrition
and include a conditional cash transfer scheme targeted at six lakh poor
families in 43 sub-districts.
3. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch first National Tribal Carnival in Delhi on October 25, 2016. The main purpose of this carnival is to promote a sense of inclusiveness amongst
the tribals. The carnival will showcase and
promote various facets of tribal culture on a large scale. Approx 1600 tribal
artists and around 15000 tribal delegates from across the country are expected
to take part in the carnival.
4. Amandeep Singh Gill, an Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer of 1992
batch, has been appointed
as the Ambassador/PR of India to the United Nations Conference on Disarmament
(CD) in Geneva, Switzerland.
5. ICICI Bank has become the
first Indian lender to complete a banking transaction using blockchain technology. This remittance transaction has been completed in partnership with
Emirates NBD, a lender from the West Asia. Blockchain is a digital ledger which
keeps real-time record of each and every transaction and is shared among a
distributed network of computers, more like a shared spreadsheet.
6.
The book “Jinnah Often Came To Our House” has been authored by Kiran
Doshi and is shortlisted for The Hindu Prize 2016. It provides a glimpse on the
personal life of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan.
7. Ashok Leyland Ltd has launched India’s
first made-in-India electric bus “Circuit” in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The Circuit series vehicles are all exclusively engineered
on India-specific platforms that can tackle varied topography, gradients and
usage conditions. The bus is a zero-emission, non-polluting vehicle, created
specifically for Indian road and passenger conditions. It is built on a simple,
mass-market platform that will enable the operator to cater to customers in
city centres with minimal operational and maintenance costs. These vehicles are
integrated with a fire detection and suppression system (FDSS) and can travel
120 kilometers on a single charge.
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