India is elected as President of UN-Habitat, the
United Nations’ Human Settlements Programme
India was unanimously elected as the President of the
UN-Habitat, an organ of the United Nations’ Organisation (UNO) on 8th May 2017.
India has been elected to head the body after a decade. Four day meeting of the
58 member Governing Council of UN-Habitat theme is “Opportunities for effective
implementation of the New Urban Agenda.”
Legendary Sitarist Rais Khan passed away on 6th May 2017
Renowned Sitar maestro Ustad Rais Khan passed away on 6th
May 2017 in Karachi, Pakistan.
Ustad Rais Khan was born in Indian city of
Indore, Madhya Pradesh, on 25th November 1939.
The Sitarist’s maternal
grandfather Inayat Ali Khan was also considered one of the finest sitar players
in the subcontinent.
NBT to host book fairs in - Panchayats
The National Book Trust (NBT) is planning to launch
Panchayat Pustak Mela with the objective of organising regular book fairs in
rural areas across the country.
The main motto behind introducing this new
scheme at the panchayat level is to encourage the reading habit in villages.
Justice Karnan is the first High Court judge to be sentenced
to jail by - Supreme Court
A seven-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court (SC),
headed by Chief Justice J S Khehar, sentenced Justice C S Karnan, the Calcutta
High Court judge, to six months of imprisonment on 9th May 2017.
Justice Karnan
has been sentenced for imprisonment of repeated incidents of contempt of court.
It is the first time that the Supreme Court has sent a high court judge to jail
on contempt charges.
Undetonated World War II bombs found - in Germany
After the discovery of multiple unexploded World War II
bombs, more than 50,000 people were evacuated from the German city of Hanover.
While two of the suspected bombs were found from a construction site in the
Vahrenwald district, three more were found from another suspected site near the
location.
Konkona Sen Sharma bags Best Director and Best Actress
awards at New York Indian Film Festival
Konkona Sen Sharma grabbed the top honours at the 2017 New
York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF) in the first week of May 2017.
Konkona won
the Best Director award for her directorial debut A Death in the Gunj and the
Best Actress award for Lipstick Under My Burkha at NYIFF 2017.
A Death in the
Gunj is a drama thriller starring Kalki Koechlin, Vikrant Massey, Jim Sarbh and
Tanuja.
29th edition of CORPAT between India and Indonesia begins at Port Blair
The 29th series of India- Indonesia Co-Ordinated Patrol
(CORPAT) commenced at Port Blair. The Indonesian Naval Ship KRI Sutedi
Senoputra arrived at Haddo Wharf, Port Blair to mark the commencement of 29th
series of IND–INDO CORPAT.
An Indonesian Maritime Patrol Aircraft also flew in
with the Indonesian Naval delegation led by First Admiral Bambang Irwanto to
INS Utkrosh.
Union Government sets up a task force to compute - Reliable
and timely employment data
The Union Government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi
created a task force on employment data on 9th May 2017.
NITI Aayog Vice
Chairman Arvind Panagariya headed the task force and will be responsible for
creating a methodology to generate timely and reliable employment data.
Integrated case management system of Supreme Court launched
by PM Narendra Modi
The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi launched the
integrated case management system of the Supreme Court on 10th May 2017 at a
function in New Delhi.
Chief Justice of India, Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar
Prasad and judges of the apex court attended this inaugural event.
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