Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar Retires and Bhim Sain Bassi takes charge as new Commissioner



The Delhi Police commissioner Neeraj Kumar retired from his office on 31 July 2013. He served to the police force for 37 years. At the end of his career , he came under criticism after the rape of para medical student and a five-year-old girl  However, Neeraj Kumar and his police force unearthed  the scam of spot fixing in Indian Premier League (IPL). 

 Bhim Sain Bassi, the 1977-batch IPS officer, took over the charge as the next Delhi Police Commissioner on 31 July 2013. He succeeded Neeraj Kumar. The chief of the Delhi Police, said the security of women would be given priority and special arrangements will be made to check incidents such as eve-teasing in buses and other areas to ensure that the feminine gender feels safe in the national capital


 

Aditya Mehta lifts snooker gold medal in the World Games




 India's number one snooker player, Aditya Mehta clinched the gold medal in the World Games,  in Cali, Columbia. beating China's Liang Wenbo, 3-0, in the final Aditya Mehta hails from Mumbai. Aditya won a Silver and a Bronze medal in Men's Snooker Team and Men's Snooker Singles respectively, at the 2010 Asian Games held in Guangzhou, China.

Tuesday, August 6, 2013

India's Success at 54th International Mathematics Olympiad



A six member team India, sponsored by Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (HBCSE), an Institution under the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai has bagged Two Silver & Three Bronze Medals at the 54th International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) 2013 held at Santa Marta, Colombia during July 18-28, 2013. A total of 528 students from 97 countries participated in the event.

National Archives of India Launches e-Abhilekh

The quarterly newsletter of the National Archives of India entitled e-Abhilekh was launched by the Secretary, Ministry of Culture, Shri Ravindra Singh . This news bulletin has been planned with the objective of disseminating information for the development of Archives. 

To access the news letter visit : National Archives of India 



National Teeka Express was launched

The National Teeka Express was launched by Mr. Ghulam Nabi Azad, Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare  at Alwar, Rajasthan today. It has been launched to protect children from life-threatening childhood diseases.


In the Routine Immunization Programme ANMs collect vaccines from storage point (cold chain point) and transport them to session sites, i.e. either Sub-centre or Anganwari centre for carrying out vaccination.


INSAT-3D Satellite Successfully Placed in Geosynchronous Orbit

India’s advanced weather satellite INSAT-3D, launched in the early hours of July 26, 2013 from Kourou, French Guyana, has successfully been placed in Geosynchronous orbit after three orbit raising manoeuvres commanded from ISRO`s Master Control Facility at Hassan.

The Orbital parameters of INSAT-3D are:

• Apogee (farthest point to Earth) – 35,799 km
• Perigee (nearest point to Earth) – 35,469 km
• Inclination (of the orbit with respect to the equator)- 0.23 deg
• Orbital period – 23 hr 48 min

Smt. Anita Kaul is the new Secretary of Justice Department in the Ministry of Law & Justice.



 Anita Kaul, a 1979 batch IAS officer of the Karnataka cadre, is appointed as the
Secretary, Department of Justice in the Ministry of Law & Justice. She had earlier
served as Joint Secretary and Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India.  Prior to this appointment  Smt. Kaul was the Principal Secretary Planning in the Programme Implementation Department of the Govt. of Karnataka