Last Six Month Updates For IBPS Part 9

Delhi University
South Asian University professor Yogesh Kumar Tyagi has been appointed the new vice-chancellor of Delhi University after his name was selected by President Pranab Mukherjee from among four persons. Human resource development ministry had forwarded the four names to the president who as visitor of central University makes the final selections. Last week the HRD ministry had forwarded the four name to the president who as visitor of central universities makes the final selection. Apart from Tyagi who is the Dean of the Law Faculty at south Asian University, the other names on the panel were JNU professor Rameshwar Nath Kaul Bamezai former IIT professor and UPSC member Hemchand Gupta and Bidyut Chakraborty, a professor in the DU political science department.

Kalikho Pul
Kalikho Pul was sworn in as the 9th Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh. Pul was sworn in as the CM with the support of 18 rebel congress MLAs, and two independents and 11 BJP MLAs who gave outside support. State governor J P Rajkhowa administered the oath of office to paul around 09:30 in the night. Arunachal Pradesh witnessed a political crisis after 14 congress MLA were suspended by the speaker nabam rebia in june 2015. Later in December 2015, the deputy speaker TN thongdok cleared an impeachment motio against the speaker owing to his personal relationship with chief minister Nabam Tuki.

MUZIRIS HERITAGE PROJECT
The president of India Pranab Mukherjee launched india;s largest conservation project and kerala’s first green project MUZIRIS HERITAGE Project at a glittering function at the oldest port town about 50 km from Kochi. The Muziris Heritage project would open up to Indian and foreign tourists a new destination, bringing economics benefits to the people of the region as well as knowledge and enjoyment for the visitors, he added. The project includes development works of Chennamangalam Palaces Cheraman Parambu , Synagogue and waterfront at North Paravur. It also envisages conservation of archaeological monuments within 125sq km speared across. Thrissur and Ernakulam districts.

NASA SCHOLARSHIP
18 year old Sataparna Mukherjee a class 12 student from a village around 30 km Kolkata has been selected by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for its prestigious Goddard Internship Program under the Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS). She is among five scholars chosen from across the world for this program .Sataparna’s paper on BLACK HOLE THEORY and how this could be used to create a TIME MACHINE.

ZIKAVIRUS
The World Bank said it is making US $150 million in financing immediately available to help combat the ZIKA virus outbreak in affected Latin American and Caribbean countries. The multilateral lender said in a statement that it stands ready to increase its support if needed and the initial amount is based on current demands from the affected countries and assessments from teams of experts sent there.

Haiti
Haiti’s provisional president has appointed reputable economist Fritz Jean as the new prime minister in a step forward for the impoverished Caribbean nation that is trying to quickly hold a delayed presidential election.

Eric Schmidt
Eric executive chairman of Alphabet has been picked by pentagon to head a new advisory board on defense innovation. Schmidt will work with Carter to select up to 12 members of the board.

AUCKNLAD
An Emirates Airbus A380 jet has made what is believed to be the world’s longest non- stop scheduled commercial flight by distance. The plane had covered distance of about 14200KM when it touched down in AUCKLAND in New Zealand. The New Air bus of Emirates save around three hours time travelling from AUCKLAND AND DEBAI (TIME Required 17 hours and 15mini.). The capacity of this plane is 380 and double-deeker passenger plane will known as a BOEING 777-200LR.

Direct Telephone Traffic Deal
To establish direct international voice traffic (Incoming and Outgoing) Cuban and U S Telephone firm have signed an agreement. New York based Verizon Partner Solution a division of Verizon Communications Inc and Cuba’s state telecommunications company ETEESA signed the interconnection. Cuba based company said that the service won’t be available until THE PERIOD of implementation and technical testing both operators are undertaking is complete. Verizon became the first U S based wireless company to offer travelers roaming services in CUBA.