RBI to make Sinha an advisor for 3 months after retirement
as deputy governor
This is the first time an RBI deputy governor would have an
advisory role after retirement, though there are instances of executive
directors (EDs, the rank lower to this) having one.
It is aimed at
keeping Sinha's guidance in completing the licensing process for new banks.
The government has also begun the process of finding a
successor to Sinha, having interviewed eight of the EDs.
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Kerala-based writer Anees Salim won The Hindu Prize for Best
Fiction 2013 for his second novel, Vanity Bagh for consistent writing and
humour and imagination.
The book is a very comic account of a young man from a
minority group from a place called Vanity Bagh, also called Little Pakistan.
It is about physical cities, both real and imagined,” said
writer Timeri N. Murari, one of the jury members.
The Hindu Prize for Best Fiction recognises the contribution
of Indian writers to literary culture. It comprises a cash component of Rs. 5
lakh and a plaque.
Manu Joseph won the first The Hindu Prize for Best Fiction
in 2010 for his debut novel Serious Men.
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Former India captain Sourav Ganguly would be conferred with
an honorary Doctor of Letters (D.Litt) degree by the prestigious Bengal
Engineering and Science University (BESU), Shibpur, for his great contribution
to Indian cricket.
BESU was established as Bengal Engineering College in 1856
at Shibpur in Howrah district.
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Marathi poet and activist Namdeo Dhasal passed away in
Mumbai at the age of 64
Dhasal was one of the founders of the militant Dalit Panther
movement. He was also a pioneer of the Dalit literature movement.
The Padma Shri awardee has had a medical history of
myasthenia gravis which is one of the lesser known auto-immune disorders.
Dhasal, also a rights activist, received the Nehru award for
his book 'Golpitha'. In 2004, he was awarded the prestigious Sahitya Akadami
award for his contribution to literature.
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Akhilesh Das Gupta is set to be Re-elected president of the
Badminton Association of India (BAI) as he remained the only candidate for the
coveted post at the end of the filing of the nominations.
General secretary Vijai Sinha would also be re-elected
unopposed when the BAI’s annual general meeting takes place here on 25 January 2014 during the Syed Modi International Grand Prix Gold Tournament.
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