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Five State Assembly Election 2016 Results:
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The 2016 Kerala Assembly
Election has won by the CPI (M) led Left Democratic Front (LDF) by the absolute
majority by winning 91 seats (44.94% votes) of the total 140 seats. So as
result, Pinarayi Vijayan is set to become the next Chief Minister of Kerala.
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In Assam Assembly
Election 2016, Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) and its alliance partners have won
an absolute majority by winning 87 seats (16.46% votes) in the 126 member
House. BJP alone has won 60 seats (29.5% votes) on its own, thus making history
by winning an Assam assembly election for the first time. So as result, Union
Sports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal is all set to become the next Chief Minister
of Assam.
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Ruling All India
Trinamool Congress Party (TMC) under the leadership of Chief Minister Mamata
Banerjee has emerged victorious in the 2016 West Bengal Assembly Election.
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Ruling All India Anna
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) Party under the leadership of Chief Minister
J. Jayalalitha has emerged victorious in the 2016 Tamil Nadu Assembly Election.
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The Congress, which has
been decimated in Assam by the BJP and by the Left front in Kerala have managed
to wrest power in the union territory of Puducherry in alliance with the DMK
winning 17 of the 30 assembly seats.
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President inaugurates Intelligent
Operations Centre in Rashtrapati Bhavan
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President Pranab
Mukherjee has inaugurated an Intelligent Operations Centre (IOC) in Rashtrapati
Bhavan.
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He also launched a
mobile application ‘Monitor’ for transformation of President’s Estate into a
smart township.
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During the launching
ceremony President announced that President’s Estate will work around the ‘4H’
theme of a humane, Hi-Tech, Heritage and Happy Township.
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Cyclonic storm ROANU to strike Andhra
Pradesh coast: IMD
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The cyclonic storm ROANU
that emerged in the west central Bay of Bengal was in news.
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It came into news after
India Meteorological Department (IMD) in its prediction said that the Cyclone
is likely to intensify into a severe cyclonic storm by 20 May 2016 night and
will hit Andhra coast.
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At present, ROANU is
moving northeastwards and lay centred at south-southeast of Machilipatnam,
about 290 km south-southwest of Visakhapatnam & 160 km south-southwest of
Kakinada. It issued an orange warning message to Andhra Pradesh and Odisha. It
issued yellow message for West Bengal as the system would turn into severe
cyclonic storm.
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JP Nadda launches Centre for
Environmental Health to assess environmental impact on health
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The Union Minister of
Health and Family Welfare J P Nadda has launched the Centre for Environmental
Health in New Delhi.
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It was launched to
assess the impact of environment-related problems like air pollution, climate
change, pesticide use and sanitation on health.
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It is a joint initiative
of the Public Health Foundation of India and the Tata Institute of Social
Science. Its also includes capacity-building, advocacy, outreach and remedial
issues.
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Himachal CM launches PEHAL programme
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Himachal Pradesh Chief
Minister Virbhadra Singh has introduced PEHAL programme in Shimla
district.
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The programme aim to
expediting developmental works and government schemes through effective
implementation at grassroots level. With this Shimla has become the 1st
district in the state to launch such different programme to work as a team with
the people.
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The PEHAL will focus on
five areas namely- Primary Education, Forest Rights, Health and Sanitation,
Campaign against drugs and skill development, and Women Empowerment. The
district authorities have already begun works on all these areas with a distinct
strategy. The programme also attempt to integrate the various stakeholders in
the development story of the district.
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India lauded for Medicines with the Red
Line campaign on antibiotics
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Medicines with the Red
Line: A public awareness campaign launched by the Union Government to curb
irrational use of antibiotics.
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The term Medicines with
the Red Line was in news, as the campaign was appreciated by the Global Review
on Antimicrobial Resistance.
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The review was
commissioned by the UK Prime Minister David Cameron in 2014 and chaired by
economist Jim O’Neil. As per the review, India led the way so far with
its idea of a ‘Red Line Campaign’ for antibiotics packaging
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International Buddhist conference begins
in Nepal
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A two day International
Buddhist conference has begun in Nepal to celebrate the 2,560th birth
anniversary of Lord Buddha. Around 1,200 delegates and observers from 28
countries around the world are attending the conference.
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The theme of the
conference is "Lumbini, Nepal: the birth place of Lord Buddha and the
fountain of Buddhism and world peace".
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The conference is
inaugurated by the Nepal's Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli. The main objective of
organizing the event is to highlight Lumbini as birth place of Lord Buddha and
the fountain of Buddhism, in the international arena, to establish Lumbini as
the centre for interfaith and peace dialogue as well as developing Nepal as the
fountain for world peace.
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India-Slovenia have signed Double
Taxation Avoidance Convention
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India and Slovenia have
signed a Protocol to amend the existing bilateral double taxation avoidance
agreement, broadening the pact to include exchange of information to curb tax
evasion in Ljubljana.
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The Protocol was signed
by Mr. Sarvajit Chakravarti, Ambassador of India to Slovenia on behalf of India
and Mr. Dusan Mramor, the Slovenian Minister of Finance on behalf of Slovenia.
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The Protocol will
broaden the scope of the existing framework of exchange of tax related
information which will help curb tax evasion and tax avoidance between the two
countries and will also enable mutual assistance in collection of taxes.
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Beijing-New Delhi Yoga Conference opens
in China
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Chinese yoga
practitioners gathered in large numbers over 1,000 for a group performance in
Kunming, China to open the China-India Yoga Conference.
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The five day conference
is featuring activities including courses from Indian yoga masters and yoga
introductions for communities.
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The Yoga gathering was
organised by the Foreign Affairs and Overseas Chinese affairs offices and the
China-India Yoga College in Kunming.
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Mukesh Ambani awarded Othmer Gold Medal
for Entrepreneurial Leadership
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Reliance Industries
Limited (RIL) Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh Ambani has been conferred
the prestigious Othmer Gold Medal for his entrepreneurial leadership that has
resulted in the expansion of India’s petroleum refining industry, creation of
the Jamnagar Refinery in Gujarat-the largest grassroots petroleum refinery in
the world.
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The Chemical Heritage
Foundation (CHF) established the Othmer Gold Medal in 1997 to honour
outstanding individuals who have made multifaceted contributions to the world's
chemical and scientific heritage through outstanding activity in such areas as
innovation, entrepreneurship, research, education, public understanding,
legislation, or philanthropy.
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Tata Power acquires 30 MW wind farm in
Maharashtra
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Tata Power has announced
that it has completed the acquisition of 30 MW wind farm in Maharashtra.
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Tata Power Renewable
Energy Ltd (TPREL), a 100% subsidiary of Tata Power and has completed
acquisition of 100% shareholding in Indo Rama Renewables Jath Ltd (IRRJL),
which is a 100% subsidiary of Indo Rama Renewables Limited (IRRL). IRRJL has a
30 MW operating wind farm in Sangli district of Maharashtra.
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The wind farm, which is
fully operational since July 2013, has a long-term power purchase agreement
with Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Ltd and is registered under the
generation-based incentive scheme of Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. With
this acquisition, Tata Power's total generation capacity now becomes 9,213 MW
and current operating non-fossil based capacity at 1,704 MW.
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Indian journalist Philip Abraham elected
as Deputy Mayor in United Kingdom
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Indian journalist and
Councillor Philip Abraham was elected unanimously as the Deputy Mayor of
Loughton town in the United Kingdom.
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Councillor Abraham was
presented with the Deputy Mayor’s Badge by Carol Davis, the newly-elected
mayor.
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V K Krishna Menon was
the first person from Kerala to become a Councillor in Britain. He was a Labour
Councillor for the Borough of St Pancras from 1934 to 1939.
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Tsai Ing-wen sworn in as first woman
president of Taiwan
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Tsai Ing-wen of the
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has sworn in as the new president of Taiwan
and also has become the first female President of the country.
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The 59 year old, Tsai
has begun her four-year term as president after an inaugural ceremony at the
Presidential Office.
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The DPP chairwoman and
former vice premier scored a convincing victory in the election held in
January. She took over from President Ma Ying-jeou, who has served two
four-year terms since May 2008.
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