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[09/09/2015]

WeightlifterDeepak Lather won Gold in 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games

Indian athletes have clinched three gold medals and a silver medal in the ongoing Commonwealth Youth Games at Apia, Samoa.

Ø  Anirban Lahiri became first Indian golfer to qualify for Presidents Cup

Ø  Indian boxer Vikas won silver medal in 75 kg category at 2015 Asian Boxing Championships

Ø  Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain won 2015 Italian Grand Prix of Formula 1

Ø  Shane Watson retired from Test cricket

[08/09/2015]

Arun Jaitley launched digital version of Mahatma Gandhi's collected work

Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Arun Jaitley on 8 September 2015 launched the e-version of the 100 volumes of the Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi (CWMG) in New Delhi.

The works of Mahatma Gandhi compiled by a team of Scholars includes historic speeches of Gandhi. The collection provides varied, numerous and logical profiles of Gandhi’s life and thought, action and engagements. 
The CWMG was published by Publications Division. Electronic Master Copy of CWMG (Volumes 1 to 100) is in the form of a searchable PDF beta version.

Authentic documentation of Mahatma Gandhi's available writings was carried out under the CWMG project. The project commenced on September 1956 and concluded on 2 October 1994, with the publication of the 100th volume.

[07/09/2015]

Union Government announced One Rank One Pension scheme for ex-servicemen

OROP implies that uniform pension be paid to the armed forces personnel retiring in the same rank with the same length of service, regardless of their date of retirement.

§  Union Government cancelled FCRA registration of NGO Greenpeace

§  Treat Group A officers of paramilitary forces as organised services: Delhi HC

§  Union Government launched Indian Wind Resource Atlas as an online GIS tool

§  Railway Ministry launched three IT Initiatives developed by CRIS