Infosys announced appointment of Vishal Sikka, a former SAP board member, as CEO and Managing Director, bringing the curtains down on months of suspense over new leader which saw an exodus of senior level executives from India's second largest software services firm.
Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi was appointed as the new Attorney General (AG) and will have a tenure of three years.
Tata Sons appointed Sunil Sinha as Resident Director, Middle East and North Africa, and plans to set up an office in Dubai for the MENA region in collaboration with Tata International,Tata Sons has appointed S Padmanabhan as Executive Chairman of Tata Quality Management Services (TQMS).
Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar was declared elected as the Rajya Sabha member from Madhya Pradesh.
Indians splurge while they are on vacation, says a recent survey which pegged the country's travellers topmost in the world who begin saving up for their trips at least six months in advance.
Chile will host the Women's Junior World Cup in 2016, the International Hockey Federation (FIH) said.
Indian cricket team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the only Indian sportsperson to be on Forbes' list of world's 100 highest paid athletes.
9. An Indian-American is among the 54 kids announced winner of 'Healthy Lunchtime Challenge' and will be attending the Kids' "State Dinner" at the White House to be hosted by First Lady Michelle Obama on July 18.
The UN General Assembly has elected Ugandan Foreign Minister Sam Kahamba Kutesa as President of its upcoming 69th session.
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National:
CSIR announces Brahmachari award
The Council of
Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) announced has the U.N Brahmachari
Award for
excellence in
the field of research in combating infectious diseases. The award is in honour
of Dr.
Brahmachari
who discovered the treatment of 'Leishmaniasis' ( Kala azar ). Dr. Brahmachari
played an
important role
in the field of medicines. He discovered Urea Stibamine in 1922, the first
pentavalent
antimonial for
effective treatment of 'Leishmaniasis'. “Dr. Brahmachari’s discovery led to the
saving of
millions of
lives in the tropical environment. The achievement was a milestone in
successful application of
science in
medical treatment in the years before the arrival of antibiotics. Urea
Stibamine was a significant
addition to
the arsenal of specific medicines,” said CSIR Director-General Professor Samir
K. Brahmachari.
Subrahmanyam, Chaudhuri get Infosys Prize
The Infosys
Science Foundation has announced the winners of the fourth Infosys Prize for
research, across
six
categories, including one in Humanities introduced for the first time.
Bangalore-based scientist Satyajit
Mayor, won the
prize for Life Sciences for his research work in regulated cell-surface
organisation and
membrane
dynamics. Dr. Mayor is the second scientist from the NCBS to be conferred this
prize, after NCBS
director K.
Vijayaraghavan, who won the award in 2009.The first Humanities prize was
divided into two
categories —
History and Literary Studies. Sanjay Subrahmanyam, Professor of History,
University of
California,
was chosen for the prize in History, for developing “a new genre of ‘connected
history’ involving
persons,
products, and social and political processes stretching from Melaka (Malacca)
in the East to
Portugal in
the West.” The prize for outstanding work in Literary Studies was conferred on
Amit Chaudhuri,
Professor of
Contemporary Literature, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom, in
recognition of the
“intellectual
reach and the quiet humanity” in his writings. The jury for this new category
is chaired by Nobel
laureate
Amartya Sen.
Multiple missiles intercepted in DRDO test
off Orissa coast
India has
demonstrated its capability to intercept multiple missile attacks that will
help it build a missile
defence shield
for the National Capital Region by 2014. The feat was achieved after scientists
of the Defence
Research and
Development Organisation intercepted a real ballistic missile as well as a
computer-simulated
missile off
the coast of Orissa. During test, a real interceptor almost simultaneously
destroyed an incoming
target missile
in endo-atmosphere (inside Earth’s atmosphere), 14.5 km over the Bay of Bengal,
and a
computer-simulated
missile in exo-atmosphere (outside Earth’s atmosphere), over an altitude of 120
km. The
test was
overseen by DRDO Chief V K Saraswat. Ballistic missile- a modified surface-to-surface
Prithvi
missile was
fired from Integrated Test Range at Chandipur-on-sea in Balasore. In less than
five minutes of
the launch,
the interceptor, Advanced Air Defence (AAD) missile, was fired from Wheeler
Island off Dhamra
coast. It
destroyed the Prithvi missile after travelling at a supersonic speed of 4.5
Mach. The Prithvi missile
had a range of
600 km to 1,000 km. The interceptor missile was a 7.5-metre-long single-stage
solid rocket
propelled
guided missile equipped with a navigation system, a hi-tech computer and an
electro-mechanical
activator.
Simultaneously, DRDO scientists simulated another enemy missile with a range of
1,500 to 2,000
km on the
computers which was “electronically destroyed” by another interceptor missile
in the exoatmosphere.
International:
Indian-American appointed to key
administrative post
The Obama
administration has appointed an Indian-American as member of the National
Museum and
Library
Services Board, a key administrative post. Name of India-born Vishakha Desai,
who is also president
of global
non-profit organisation the Asia Society, figured in the list of appointments
to 10 key administration
posts. She
served as Assistant Curator of Indian, Southeast Asia, and Islamic collections
from 1981 to 1990,
and
simultaneously worked as the Head of Academic Programs from 1981 to 1988.
Author Bryce Courtenay dies 2 weeks after
publishing final novel
Best-selling
Australian author Bryce Courtenay, who wrote about the struggles of life in
Australia and South
Africa, died
in Canberra, just two weeks after his latest novel was published. He was 79.
Known for his
dedication to
work and prolific output, often writing for 12 hours a day, Courtenay sold more
than 20 million
books. He
turned to writing in the late 1980s after a 30-year career in advertising. His
first novel, 'The Power
of One', the
story of a child growing up under apartheid in South Africa, was an instant
hit, selling more than
8 million
copies and later made into a movie. In 1993, he turned to non-fiction with
April Fool's Day, a
personal
account of his son Damon's death after he contracted the AIDS virus from a
routine blood
transfusion.
Technology:
Super-Earths may have life-protecting
magnetic shields: study
Super-Earths
could have oceans of liquid metal and life- protecting magnetic shields,
scientists say. Under
the heat and
pressure that exist inside super-Earths, magnesium oxide and other minerals
commonly found
in the rocky
mantles of the terrestrial planets, transform into liquid metals, laboratory
tests have shown.
Super-Earths
are planets beyond the solar system that are bigger than Earth but smaller than
gas giants like
Neptune. The research
has implications for understanding conditions on super-Earths, including
whether
they might be
favourable for supporting life. Scientists zapped a piece of magnesium oxide
with highpowered
lasers to
simulate the heat and pressure that would exist on planets roughly three to 10
times as
massive as
Earth. They discovered that the clear ceramic mineral first morphed into a
solid with a new
crystal
structure, then completely transformed into a liquid metal. In that state, the
liquid mineral may be able
to sustain a
physics phenomenon called a "dynamo" action, which is responsible for
generating magnetic
fields.
Business & Economy:
Navratna status for RINL extended
The Government
of India has approved extension of the ‘Navratna’ status of Rashtriya Ispat
Nigam Limited,
the corporate
entity of the Visakhapatnam Steel PlantIt would be extended till November 2013.
The company
was accorded
the status on November 16, 2010 with the condition that it would be listed on
the stock
markets within
two years. However, due to poor market conditions, the company deferred its
initial public
offering (IPO)
and was on the verge of losing its status. The announcement by the Government
gives it a
breather
Outlook for France remains negative:
S&P
Standard and
Poor’s held to a downgraded AA+ rating for France, and said the outlook
remained negative,
after Moody’s
cut its top rating for the country by one notch and warned that more could
come. France has
not run a
balanced budget since the 1970s.
Aircel told to pay Vodafone SMS fee
The Telecom
Disputes Settlement & Appellate Tribunal directed Aircel has to pay 5 paise
per SMS in
termination
fee to Vodafone till it resolves the dispute. Vodafone has been directed to
immediately restore
SMS
connectivity with Aircel.
Sport:
16 countries to take part in World Cup
Kabaddi
Sixteen
countries will be taking part in the 3rd edition of World Cup Kabaddi,
scheduled to be held in Punjab
from December
1 to 15. Punjab government has announced doubling of prize money for women’s
teams
from Rs 25
lakh to 51 lakh for the winner, Rs 15 lakh to 31 lakh for the runners-up and Rs
10 to 21 lakh for
the third
position. In the men’s category, the prize money has already been doubled to Rs
2 crore for winner,
Rs 1 crore for
runners-up and Rs 51 lakh for the third placed team. Countries including
England,
Afghanistan,
Denmark, Canada, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Norway, Pakistan, Sierra Leone,
Scotland,
Argentina, Italy, Iran, Kenya
and USA will participate.
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