3-4 august 2015
Victorian Open WSA: Joshna Chinappa won squash title
Indian champion Joshna Chinappa won the women’s squash title in the 15000 US Dollar Victorian Open WSA Event in Melbourne, Australia on 2 August 2015. In the final clash, Chinappa defeated second seed Line Hansen of Denmark 11-5, 11-4, 11-9.
This was tenth WSA title for 28-year-old Joshna, the last being the Richmond Open title win in April 2014.
The title in the men's section went to Ryan Cuskelly of Australia who defeated Greg Lobban of Scotland 12-10, 13-11, 11-9.
Copenhagen Archery Championships: Indian women's recurve team clinched silver medal
Indian women's recurve team of Deepika Kumari, Laxmirani Majhi and Rimil Buriuly on 2 August 2015 won a silver medal at the World Archery Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark.
In the Summit clash, the Indian trio lost the World Championship final to top seeded Russians 4-5 to settle for the silver at the Christiansborg Palace.
The Russian team that defeated the Indian trio was comprised of Inna Stepanova, Ksenia Perova and Tuyana Dashidorzhieva.
It is India's second silver in the ongoing World Archery Championships where compound archer Rajat Chauhan opened the account with a historic individual medal on 1 August 2015.
MCA lifted 3-year old Wankhede Stadium entry ban on Shah Rukh Khan
Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) on 2 August 2015 lifted the 5-year ban on Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan on entering the Wankhede Stadium. The decision on removal of ban imposed on Khan was taken during the Association’s meet in Mumbai.
Khan was banned from entering MCA premises, including the Wankhede Stadium, for five years for engaging in a scuffle with the officials of the cricketing body and the security staff on 16 May 2012 following Kolkata Knight Rider’s (KKR's) victory over Mumbai Indians.
The ban order was issued two days later by the MCA's Managing Committee then headed by Vilasrao Deshmukh, former Maharashtra chief minister. The actor had rejected the charge of misbehaviour and claimed he had reacted only after children who had accompanied him for the match, including his own kinds, were "manhandled" by the security staff.
Besides, the MCA Managing Committee also decided not to contest the life ban imposed by the BCCI on Mumbai cricketer Ankeet Chavan in connection with IPL 6 spot fixing scandal despite a Delhi court dropping criminal charges against him.
Tiju Thomas initiative emerged as UAE's first and biggest donor registry
An Indian diplomat with the Indian consulate in Dubai Tiju Thomas was in news in first week of August 2015. He came in news after spearheading an initiative to make blood from rare groups accessible to those in need through a website www.blooddonors.ae
The initiative that had a soft launch on World Blood Donor Day on 14 June 2015 and was formally launched on 21 June 2015 on International Yoga Day emerged as the United Arab Emirates (UAEs) first and biggest donor directory.
This was his effort to give back to the society as a gift from the Indian community to the UAE and aims at bridging gaps between communities.
Tiju Thomas, Consul (Economic & Education, Press and Information), who practiced medicine prior to switching his career, discovered blood shortage as a major problem in the Gulf country. He sound that nearly 42 percent of the blood units collected is required by thalassaemia patients.
India foiled UK’s Pangaea Laboratories bid to patent use of turmeric, pine bark and tea
India in fifth week of July 2015 foiled a British Company’s bid to patent use of turmeric, pine bark and tea for treating hair loss and succeeded in protecting its traditional knowledge.
The UK based company Pangaea Laboratories Limited had filed patent application at European Patent office in February 2011 on a medicinal composition containing turmeric, pine bark and green tea for treating hair loss.
India’s Traditional Knowledge Digital Library (TKDL), a unit of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) filed pre-grant opposition along with prior-art evidences. It proved that turmeric, pine bark and green tea, are being used as a treatment for hair loss, since long in Indian systems of medicine like Ayurveda and Unani.
CSIR-TKDL Unit filed evidences from TKDL on 13 January 2014 after the patent application got published on website, pursuant to which the patent application is finally deemed to be withdrawn by the applicant on 29 June 2015.
Recently, CSIR-TKDL also foiled an attempt ofColgate-Palmolive Company to patent a mouthwash formula containing herb (Nutmeg- Jayaphal) extract used in Indian traditional systems of medicine to cure oral diseases.
CSIR-TKDL, headed by Dr. Archana Sharma, submitted proof in the form of references from ancient books in this case, which said the herb and its extracts of Myristica Fragrans were historically used for oral diseases in Indian systems of medicine.
Till date CSIR-TKDL has achieved success in about 200 such cases without any cost.
Aadi Perukku festival celebrated with traditional gaiety in Tamil Nadu
Aadi Perukku festival was celebrated in Tamil Nadu with traditional gaiety on 3 August 2015. On this day, thousands of people including newlywed couples performed pooja in Cauvery River in Erode Tiruchirapalli and Salem.
Aadi Perukku is a Hindu Tamil festival celebrated on the 18th day of the Tamil month of Aadi (mid-July to mid-August) in gratitude to water bodies especially Cauvery River.
The festival pays tribute to water's life-sustaining properties. For the blessing of mankind with peace, prosperity and happiness, nature worship in the form of Amman deities are organized to shower Nature’s bountiful grace on human beings.
The goddess, as Pachai Amman, is a manifestation of divine design, to establish peace and harmony in the world.
India to produce at least dozen billionaires among start-ups by 2020: ASSOCHAM
ASSOCHAM (Associated Chamber of Commerce Industries) Study on Start-Ups released on 2 August 2015 pointed out that India is expected to produce at least a score of billionaires and many times millionaires among the start-ups in the next five years.
These billionaires and millionaires will be created through e-commerce, financial services and other technology driven fields generating the maximum interest.
The paper said that India will be among the top Asian start-ups along with the Chinese and the South East countries. However, the structural problems in China are likely to create road blocks for the start-ups there. No such issue confronts the Indian start-ups.
Main points of the study
• Maximum of value creation is expected in the fledgling e-commerce, music-entertainment, payment gate-ways and city transport aggregators like radio taxis. The travel arena, especially in the ticketing and booking has already gained some level of maturity.
• Within the e-commerce, a lot more verticals well beyond groceries and fashion and electronic items like mobile phones are expected to be created. Online food orders and cinema ticketing are already generating a good amount of volume. As the internet broad band increases in smaller cities, the trend is set to catch up in these areas.
• The untapped areas for online business include e-coaching, medical consultations (with fool-proof safety features) and social networking in the cities, while in the rural landscape; the initiative is going to be led by the state sector.
At the same time, there could be a high rate of mortality as well. Those, entering the business only with the idea of commanding valuations and making exits would find it difficult going forward. The angel investors include some of the top industry leaders like Ratan Tata, Azim Premji and NR Narayan Murthy. Their presence would certainly have a moral pressure among the entrepreneurs who would like to stay put and prove their mettle rather than make quick bucks.
However, in the area of hardcore manufacturing, there is not much interest among the budding entrepreneurs. On the other hand, the technology-driven solutions to help manufacturing and traditional industries are surely expected in areas like energy conservation, human resource, productivity measurement and training in soft skills.
NASA enhanced collision-avoidance system to avoid traffic jams between satellites orbiting Mars
NASA in July 2015 beefed up its enhanced collision-avoidance system with an aim to ensure that Mars orbiters do not approach each other too closely. The system involves process of traffic monitoring, communication and maneuver planning.
The step was taken after addition of two new spacecraft, namely NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) and India's Mars Orbiter Mission (Mangalyaan), to orbit the Mars has gone up to five.
These two spacecrafts MAVEN and Mangalyaan has joined the 2003 Mars Express from ESA (the European Space Agency) and two from NASA: the 2001 Mars Odyssey and the 2006 Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO).
It will also track the approximate location of NASA's Mars Global Surveyor, a 1997 orbiter that is no longer working.
The new formal collision-avoidance process for Mars is part of NASA's Multi-Mission Automated Deep-Space Conjunction Assessment Process. A side benefit of it is that information about when two orbiters will be near each other -- though safely apart -- could be used for planning coordinated science observations. The pair could look at some part of Mars or its atmosphere from essentially the same point of view simultaneously with complementary instruments.
Odyssey, MRO and MAVEN -- together with NASA's two active Mars rovers, Opportunity and Curiosity -- are part of NASA's robotic exploration of Mars that is preparing the way for human-crewed missions there in the 2030s and later, in NASA's Journey to Mars strategy.
All five active Mars orbiters use the communication and tracking services of NASA's Deep Space Network, which is managed at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). This brings trajectory information together, and engineers can run computer projections of future trajectories out to a few weeks ahead for comparisons.
Guidelines Governing Adoption of Children 2015 came into effect
The new simplified “Guidelines Governing Adoption of Children 2015”came into effect from 1 August 2105. The guidelines were notified by Union Government on 17 July 2015.
The new Guidelines are intended to provide for more effective regulation for adoption of orphan, abandoned and surrendered children and would bring more transparency and efficiency in the adoption system.
With the new guidelines, it would become possible for Prospective Adoptive Parents (PAPs)to track the status of their application making the entire system user friendly.
Along with it, the fully revamped IT application for the purpose of adoption of children, CARINGS (Child Adoption Resource Information & Guidance System), has also become operational.
The completely revamped CARINGS will facilitate the adoption of maximum number of adoptable children and ensure a smoother adoption process by curbing undue delays. For hassle-free adoption, CARINGS will contain a centralized data bank of adoptable children and PAPs. Clear cut timelines for domestic and inter-country adoption have been laid down to ensure early deinstitutionalization of such children.
CARINGS will now facilitate adoption with the help of the following features:
• Now, PAPs in India need not approach adoption agencies for registration. The parents can register online and upload relevant documents to determine their eligibility.
• Parents can directly register online without visiting the adoption agency.
• Home Study Reports are conducted by the adoption agencies and uploaded online.
• There will be online referral to the PAPs followed by visit to adoption agencies.
• In cases of inter-country adoption also, all applications are to be accepted online on CARINGS and requisite documents need to be uploaded in the system.
• Both in domestic and in international adoption, Post-adoption follow-up shall be posted online in CARINGS.
• Real time online report generation facility on periodic basis.
• All Specialised Adoption Agencies are connected to CARA online for in-country and inter-country adoption.
• Centralized online receipt of application for inter-country adoption at CARA and distribution of applications to Specialised Adoption Agencies (SAAs) by CARA.
• Real-time online information of children available in adoption agencies across the country;
• District Child Protection Units (DCPUs) are connected in CARINGS for monitoring adoption programme at the district level.
• It is more streamlined, very transparent adoption programme.
CARINGS would be instrumental to implement, supervise, monitor and evaluate the child adoption programme in the Country in accordance with Guidelines Governing Adoption of Children, 2015 issued by Government of India.
4 August
Dipa Karmakar won bronze medal at 6th Senior ART Gymnastics Asian Championships
Ace Indian gymnast Dipa Karmakar on 3 August 2015 clinched the women's vault bronze medal at the 6th Senior ART Gymnastics Asian Championships at Hiroshima, Japan.
Dipa, who won a bronze in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, stood third at the podium with 14.725 points.
Chinese Yan Wang defended her title with 14.988 points followed by Japanese Sae Miyakawa with 14.812 points.
Afghanistan banned mourning ceremonies for deceased Taliban leader Omar
National Directorate of Security, the intelligence agency of the government of Afghanistan on 3 August 2015 banned all mourning ceremonies for deceased Taliban leader Mullah Omar. It warned that any gatherings condoling his death would be a “legitimate target” for Afghan forces.
The announcement came hours after Afghan forces reportedly targeted a funeral ceremony for Omar in the in the Qarah Bagh district of southern Ghazni province. The agency said that all security and defence forces had been directed that such rallies in his support are legitimate military target.
The Taliban on 30 July 2015 confirmed the death of their supremo who led the movement for some 20 years, prompting an out pouring of grief from his legions of loyalists.
193 UN members reached agreement on sustainable development agenda
The 193 member states of the United Nations on 2 August 2015 reached agreement on a new Sustainable Development Agenda for the next 15 years. It calls for eradicating poverty and hunger, achieving gender equality, improving living standards and taking urgent action to combat climate change.
The draft agreement outlines 17 goals with 169 specific targets on issues ranging from ending poverty in all its forms everywhere to ensuring quality education and affordable and reliable energy.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said that the plan seeks to ensure peace and prosperity, and forge partnerships with people and planet at the core.
With this agreement, the document called "Transforming our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development"will be adopted at a UN summit just before the annual meeting of world leaders at the General Assembly in September 2015. The summit will be held between 25 and 27 September 2015 at United Nations Headquarters in New York.
The 17 new, non-binding goals will succeed the eight Millennium Development Goals adopted by world leaders 15 years ago.
The 17 proposed Sustainable Development Goals are
1. End poverty in all its forms everywhere
2. End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture
3. Ensure healthy lives and promote wellbeing for all at all ages
4. Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
5. Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
6. Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all
7. Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all
8. Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment, and decent work for all
9. Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialisation, and foster innovation
10. Reduce inequality within and among countries
11. Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
12. Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
13. Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts (taking note of agreements made by the UNFCCC forum)
14. Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development
15. Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification and halt and reverse land degradation, and halt biodiversity loss
16. Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels
17. Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalise the global partnership for sustainable development
Earlier in his final report on the Millennium Development Goals, Ban had said the effort has helped lift more than one billion people out of extreme poverty over the last 15 years, enabled more girls to go to school than ever before, and brought unprecedented results in fighting diseases such as HIV/AIDS.
Delhi Police launched Operation Shishtachar to teach lesson to eve-teasers
Operation Shishtachar: A programme to teach lesson to eve-teasers
Delhi’s central district police in first week of August 2015 launched ‘Operation Shishtachar’ to teach lesson to eve-teasers. The operation aims at nabbing offender and teach lesson of manner to them.
Under operation shishtachar, women police officers dressed in civil will be posted at busy places like markets, metro stations, cinema halls and buses to keep a tab on young men. If someone indulged in eve teasing activities will be found, he will be nabbed and taken to police station from where his family members will be called.
Further, the youth will be counseled to not repeat such acts in the future and respect women.
The step has been taken following several complaints by girls that they often have to face eve teasing in busy places, especially crowded markets and metro stations.
Union Government signed historic peace accord with NSCN (I-M)
Union Government on 3 August 2015 signed a landmark peace accord with the National Socialist Council of Nagaland Isak-Muivah (NSCN (I-M)), putting an end to almost two decades long pending peace talks.
The signing of the pact is the end of over 80 rounds of negotiations that spanned 16 years with first breakthrough in 1997 when ceasefire agreement was sealed.
The accord was signed at the Prime Minister's official residence 7 RCR, New Delhi in presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, the NSCN (IM) leader Th. Muivah, and government's interlocutor for Naga peace talks RN Ravi.
RN Ravi inked the document on behalf of the Union government, while NSCN (IM) chairman Isak Chishi Swu and general secretary Thuingaleng Muivah were the signatories on behalf of the Naga organisation.
However, NSCN-Khaplang (NSCN-K), the faction of the NSCN which broke away in 1988 was not part of the settlement.
Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN-IM)
Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN-IM) is a Naga outfit operating in Northeast India. The group was named after its two leaders, Isak Chishi Swu and Thuingaleng Muivah.
ITBP climbing & ski down expedition to Saser Kangri-III peak in Ladakh flagged off
Union Home Secretary LC Goyal and Krishna Chaudhary, Director General, Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) on 3 August 2015 flagged off the Saser Kangri-III (7495 mtr) climbing and ski-down expeditionat a function at the ITBP Head-Quarters in New Delhi.
The 36-member Saser Kangri-III mountaineering and ski down expedition team led by Rattan Singh Sonal, 2nd In Command, has been put through rigorous physical training and has been extensively trained on all technical aspects required to tackle difficulties, while ascending through glacial fields, knife edge icy ridges, rocky spires on its way to higher altitude camps and summit.
The team may summit the peak on any day between 20 August 2015 and 20 September 2015 depending upon favourable weather conditions. This team will return on 30 September 2015 to Leh.
Flag-in ceremony of this team will be held in October-2015. The expedition is a pre-expedition for the Dhaulagiri Expedition scheduled in 2016 by the Force.
Saser Kangri
Saser Kangri is a group of Mountains situated in Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir. There are five mountains that form a mountain group, namely Saser Kangri-I, Saser Kangri-II, Saser Kangri-III, Saser Kangri-IV and plateau.
For the first time the Saser Kangri-III peak was successfully submitted by 6 Mountaineers of ITBP led by SP Chamoli, Commandant in 1986.
Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)
ITBP is deployed for guarding Himalayan (Indo-china) border from Karakoram Pass in Ladakh to Jachep La in Arunachal Pradesh (covering 3488 km) since its raising on 24 October 1962. The Force is known for its specialty in the field of mountaineering and adventure sports. The Force is primarily deployed on high altitude Indo-China border on Border Out-Posts situated on altitudes ranging from 9000 ft to 18700 ft in the Western, Middle and Eastern Sector of the Indo-China Border.
Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope being constructed in China
The World's Largest Radio Telescope, Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST), is being constructed in Guizhou province of south west China, whose dish size will be equivalent to 30 football fields. The technicians began assembling the world's largest radio telescope on 23 July 2015.
The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) is an Aricibo-type telescope. It is funded by the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and managed by the National Astronomical observatories (NAOC) of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).
FAST is being built in the Dawodang depression in Guizhou Province. The natural landscape provides perfect size and shape for the construction of telescope. The ground also provides enough support for the gigantic telescope. The porous soil forms an underground drainage system to protect the telescope.
Once completed, FAST will be the world's largest telescope, overtaking Puerto Rico's Arecibo Observatory which is 300 meters in diameter. The construction of the FAST started in March 2011. The project is now expect to be completed by September 2016.
The gigantic radio telescope will cost approximately 1.2 billion Yuan.
About Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope
• The telescope is made up of 4450 reflective panels. Cables are attached to every reflective panel to control its coordinates.
• The telescope has been described as a sensitive ear that will help scientists listen to the universe. It will allow scientists to get weaker radio signals from outer space, even further than our solar system.
• FAST can answer questions not only limited to astronomy but questions about humanity and nature.
Background
The idea of building this radio telescope was first proposed in 1993. However, the project got the approval in 2007 from National Development and Reform Commission, and was accepted in principle in the National High-tech Industry Development Project plan.
Following the approval, the FAST project entered the phase of feasibility study. In 2008, FAST feasibility study report was approved by the National Development and Reform Commission and the project entered the phase of initial design.
Hindi litterateur Kashinath Singh chosen for Bharat Bharti literary award 2014
Hindi litterateur Kashinath Singh was on 3 August 2015 chosen for the Uttar Pradesh's highest literary award Bharat Bharti for the year 2014. The award is given by UP Hindi Sansthan every year. It carries a cash prize of 5 lakh rupees.
Singh has penned many novels and short stories. One of his most famous novel is Kashi ka Assi, which captures the vibrant hues of Banaras.
Besides Singh, several other writers were also selected in various categories by a committee set up by Hindi Sansthaan. Some of these prominent awardees were:
• Mridula Garg for Lohia Sahitya category
• Vinod Kumar Shukla for Hindi Gaurav category
• Krishna Bihari Mishra for Mahatama Gandhi Sahitya Samman
• Abhiraj Rajendra Mishra for Deendayal Upadhaya Sahitya Samman
• Ramkrishna Rajput for Avantibai Sahitya Samman
Former MP Minister Jagannath Singh passed away
Former Madhya Pradesh (MP) Minister and senior Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) leader Jagannath Singh passed away on 3 August 2015 in Bhopal after prolonged illness. He was 69. He is survived by wife, three sons and a daughter.
Singh had served as Labour Minister of Madhya Pradesh from 2008 to 2013 in the BJP government led by incumbent MP Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. In 1977, he was elected as a Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the first time from Devsar constituency.
Later, he was elected as a MLA thrice in his political career, twice as a Lok Sabha member from Sidhi constituency and once as a Rajya Sabha member.
Operation Muskaan helped Gurgaon Police to trace over 1000 kids
Operation Muskaan: a programme to trace missing and destitute children and reunite them with their parents
Operation Muskaan, an initiative launched by railway police to trace missing and destitute children and reunite them with parents, was in news in first week of August 2015. It came into news after Gurgaon Police traced 1094 children in Haryana during the month-long operation.
Of the 1094 children traced under the operation, 263 were living in shelter homes, while 831 children were traced from different places. Out of the 831 children, 809 have been reunited with their parents, while the remaining 22 have been lodged in shelter homes.
The Operation Muskaan was launched by the railway police on 1 July 2015 from Dindigul railway station of Tamil Nadu. The operation was launched with an aim to prevent child trafficking and rescue children from persons who tried to engage them in begging, sexual trade and other antisocial activities.
Under the programme police were trained to screen all children residing in shelther homes, railway platforms, bus stand, roads and religious places and extract required information from them.
Iqbal Ahmed Ansari appointed as Acting Chief Justice of Patna High Court
Justice Iqbal Ahmed Ansari was on 3 August 2015 appointed as Acting Chief Justice of Patna High Court. Ansari is a senior-most Judge of Patna High Court.
Ansari was appointed by President Pranab Mukherjee under article 223 of the Constitution of India with effect from 1 August 2015. Ansari succeeded Justice Lingala Narasimha Reddy, Chief Justice of Patna High Court, who retired on 1 August 2015.
In his career, Ansari has worked as a District & Sessions Judge as well. In June 1999, he joined Gauhati High Court Registry and at the time of his elevation, he was Registrar General of Gauhati High Court. He also underwent training on the subject of Gender and Law at Warwick University in UK.
Article 223 of Indian Constitution
The Article 223 of Indian Constitution states for the appointment of acting Chief Justice when the office of Chief Justice of High Court is vacant or when any such Chief Justice, by reason of absence or otherwise, is unable to perform the duties of his office.
Haryana Government to honour victims of Emergency 1975 with Tamra Patra
The Haryana government has decided to honour those who were oppressed or went to jail during the Emergency between 15 June 1975 and 21 March 1977. Those who struggled for restoration of democratic values during the 18-month-long Emergency will be given ‘Tamra Patra’on the Independence Day function, that is, 15 August 2015.
For this purpose, the Gurgaon district administration is preparing list of such persons. It also said that if the person who went to jail had died, their wife or next of kin can claim the honour on their behalf. If both the husband and wife had passed away, their next of kin could still reveal the names to the district administration and claim the Tamra Patra for them.
Besides, the district administration is also collecting articles, poems, features, news stories and other literature published during that period. This collection will be compiled into a book titled ‘Shubra Jyotsna’, which will be formally released on 26 January 2016.
Bharti Airtel acquired YTS Solutions for mobile payment solutions
India’s largest telecom operator Bharti Airtel on 4 August 2015 acquired financial solutions firm YTS Solutions for an undisclosed amount. With this acquisition, YTS Solutions will be integrated with the operations of Airtel Money Services Ltd, a subsidiary of Airtel.
This acquisition will help Airtel to expand its footprint in the payments sector by integrating business capabilities and unique service delivery model of the YTS.
Airtel M Commerce Services Ltd (AMSL) offers wallet service under the brand name Airtel Money.
Appointment of CEO of AMSL
The company also appointed YTS's co-founder Manish Khera as CEO of its mobile wallet service Airtel M Commerce Services. After appointment, Khera will be a part of the Airtel management board and will report to Gopal Vittal, MD and CEO of Bharti Airtel, India and South Asia.
Roland S Folger appointed as CEO and MD of Mercedes-Benz India
Roland S Folger was on 3 August 2015 appointed as the Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Mercedes-Benz India with effect from 1 October 2015. He will succeed Eberhard Kern, who will now head company’s operations in Europe.
Currently, Roland S Folger is the President and CEO of Mercedes-Benz Malaysia. He has been with Mercedes-Benz for over thirty years. He has also headed the Sales Department for Mercedes-Benz passenger cars and commercial vehicles with responsibility for the Southeast region.
Mercedes-Benz is a wholly owned subsidiary of the German Daimler AG. It started its operations in India in 1994 and is headquartered at Pune (Maharashtra).