New President of
Indian Meteorological Society is Akhilesh Gupta:
New President of Indian Meteorological Society is Akhilesh
Gupta. He will survive in this position for the period of 2 years. Gupta is the
youngest one to take this position. He is 50 years old. Society was established
in 1956. It is non profit organisation which promotes application of
meteorology and related sciences, dissemination of Knowledge, promotes the
advancement.
Hamied quits from
Cipla as Executive Vice Chairman:
Hamied will quit from Cipla as Executive Vice Chairman.
Board of directors approved his retirement. He will hold the office till 31st
March 2014.
Chairman of UIDAI
resigned:
Chairman of UIDAI (Unique Identification Authority of India)
is Nandan Nilekani. He resigned for his position. He was the co-founder of
Infosys. In 2007 he left the company and taken charges as chairman of UIDAI. On
10th March 2014, he entered into politics and joined congress party. Nandan is
contesting from Bangalore South constituency in Lok Sabha Polls.
World Kidney Day
observed:
World Kidney Day observed. Theme of this day for the year
2014 is Chronic Kidney disease and aging. Every year this day observes on the
second Thursday in March. This day celebrates to raise the awareness of the
Kidney to our health. Theme of this day in Australia is Kidneys Age just like
you take care of them to create awareness on the prevention of the Kidney
diseases.
India Joined global
search for Malaysian aircraft by deploying 3 warships:
India had deployed 3 warships and 4 surveillance aircrafts
to search for Malaysian aircraft. Aircrafts included in this search is Latest P
– 8I anti submarine warfare plane.
Trade related
remittance limited increased by RBI:
Trade related remittance limited increased by RBI.
Remittance limit increased from Rs.2 lakhs to Rs.5 lakhs per each transaction.
Number of transactions handled by exchange houses is also increased. This
decision was taken to review the permitted transactions RDAs (Rupee Drawing
Arrangements).
Ban on oil giant BP
lifted by United States:
Ban on oil giant BP lifted by United States as it is
preventing from gaining new Government contracts. Ban has lifted following the
commitment of the firm. It will implement a set of safety and operations,
corporate governance requirements and ethics & compliance. EPAs (United
States Environmental Protection Agency) have stated that firm will also drop
its lawsuit against the US Environmental protection agency.
New Election law of
Parliament of Syria approved unanimously:
New Election law of Parliament of Syria approved
unanimously. This law allows multiple candidates to run for the post of
President. As per the new law only Syrian nationals or persons who have lived
in Syria for at least 10 consecutive years will have a right to run for the
Presidential elections.
GoAir signed
Memorandum of Understanding with Safran and Honeywell:
To support the advancement of EGTS electric taxing system,
GoAir signed Memorandumof Understanding with Safran and Honeywell. This will
help to save up to 4% block fuel consumption per flight. EGTS uses electric
motors on the main landing gear that enablesthe aircraft to push back
autonomously and taxi on the runway without using its main engines.