Patna Pirates wins 4th season
of Pro Kabaddi League
§ The
Patna Pirates have won the fourth edition of STAR Sports-Pro Kabaddi League by
defeating Jaipur Pink Panthers in the final match played at Hyderabad.
§ Patna
Pirates (champions of season-3) has became the only team to lift the trophy
twice in the tournament’s history of four editions.
§ The
Puneri Paltan was placed at the third place in this edition after they defeated
Telugu Titans.
Darren Lehmann signs on as
Australia cricket coach to 2019
§ Australian
cricket team Coach Darren Lehmann (46-year) will continue as head coach of
Australia until October 2019.
§ He has
received a two-year contract extension.
§ Lehmann
is a former Australian cricketer, he made his ODI debut in 1996 and Test debut
in 1998.
IRS officer Rani Singh Nair takes over as
new chairperson of CBDT
§ Senior
Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer Rani Singh Nair took over as the new
chairperson of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT).
§ Central
Board of Direct Taxes is the policy-making body of the I-T department
under the Union Finance Ministry.
IRCTC’s Food on Track app ties up with
Mobikwik for e-cash payments
§ Indian
Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) and Mobile payments company
MobiKwik will power e-cash payments on IRCTC’s e-catering app, Food on
Track.
§ This
app will allow passengers to book and get food from their preferred restaurants
and delivered right at their train coaches.
Resolution to rename Madras HC as Tamil
Nadu HC passed
§ The
Tamil Nadu Assembly unanimously passed a resolution to rename the Madras High
Court as the Tamil Nadu High Court.
§ The
resolution on the matter was moved by Chief Minister J Jayalalitha as most of
the High Courts established after the formation of new states based on
linguistic lines have been named after the states only.
§ The
resolution was presented in light of the High Courts (Alteration of Names)
Bill, 2016, which was introduced in Lok Sabha on 19 July 2016.
Luke Aikins became first person to jump
from 25000 feet without a parachute or wing suit
§ Luke
Aikins, a skydiver with 18000 jumps, on 30 July 2016 jumped from 25000 feet
(7620 meters) without a parachute or a wingsuit.
§ With
this he became the first man in the world history to dive from mid-tropospheric
altitude and land safely without a parachute or a wing suit or anything else
that might helped him stop or slow his descent.
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