2nd National Handloom day has
celebrated
§ The
second National Handloom Day has been celebrated all over the country, on
August 7. As the first National Handloom Day was celebrated last year and
Hon’ble Prime Minister was the Chief Guest in the main event held in Chennai on
7th August, 2015.
§ But
this time, the main function was held in Varanasi in which Sant Kabir Awards and
National Handloom Awards has been presented by the Union Textiles Minister Smt.
Smriti Zubin Irani who was the Chief Guest on the occasion.
Telangana signs MoU with ISRO
for water resources info system
§ Telangana Irrigation
Department has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Indian Space
Research Organisation for setting up a Telangana Water Resources Information
System (TWRIS) on the ‘Bhuvan’ web portal.
§ The main aim is to
capture every field-level irrigation network including dams/barrages, anicuts,
main and field channels, etc. and mark every irrigation structure on satellite
visualisation tool Bhuvan (similar to Google Earth). The project, likely to be
completed in one year.
Modi Launches PMO App At MyGov Anniversary
Event
§ Prime Minister
Narendra Modi has launched the new PMO app at a function organised by MyGov in
New Delhi. The app would correspond to the website of the Prime Minister’s
Office (PMO).
§ The app is developed
by a team of young engineering students from Delhi who has won the contest to
develop the app.
New head for BHEL Corporate R&D
§ KK Khurana, General
Manager in-charge, has taken over as Head of BHEL Corporate R&D with effect
from August 4, 2016.
§ Prior to the elevation
as GM I/C of Corporate R&D, he was involved in Project Engineering
Management (PEM), Technical service among other areas in the company.
Kathakali dance troupe in Egypt
for first time
§ A nine-member
Kathakali dance troupe has performed first time in Egypt.
§ The Kathakali dance
troupe was a part the 14th Summer Festival organized by Bibliotheca
Alexandrina.
§ And as part of their
tour, the Indian dance troupe will performe in different places including Port
Said Cultural Palace, Ismailia Cultural Palace.
Taxis in Dubai to promote Kerala Tourism
§ Kerala Tourism has
rolled out a promotional campaign in Dubai targeting Arab travellers and
showcasing the state's backwaters and waterfalls on taxis plying in the
bustling metropolis, with the onset of the outbound tourism season in the
Middle East.
§ In this regards, as
many as 200 Kerala-branded taxis will ferry the message of 'A Faraway Land Four
Hours Away' - with eye-catching visuals featuring hill stations, backwaters,
waterfalls and also Ayurvedic therapies - through the streets of Dubai, the
throbbing heart of the UAE.
CSS Corp appoints Manish Tandon
as its new CEO
§ CSS Corp, a global
Technology Support company, has appointed Manish Tandon as its new Chief
Executive Officer of the company. He will be inducted as a whole time director
of the board and as CEO later this quarter.
§ He will take over from
"Tiger" TG Ramesh, the current CEO who now transitions to a strategic
advisor role as a non-executive director on the board.
‘Vietnam Veedu' Sundaram passes away
§ Veteran South Indian
film director and scriptwriter “Vietnam Veedu’ Sundaram has passed away in
Chennai. He was 76 years old.
§ He also acted in a few
films and directed a lot of teleserials.
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