Myanmar’s new parliament elected U Win Myint of the National League for Democracy as Speaker of the House of Representatives and U Ti Khun Myat of the Union Solidarity and Development Party as Deputy Speaker of the House. The election took place at the first session of the parliament that began a new five term from 2016. U Win Myint an NLD MP to the house of Representatives from Pathein Constituency in the last term of the parliament was re-elected to the same house from Tammwe constituency in the 2015 general election.
SongWriter-Singer Dan Hicks known for his rootsy blend of folk, jazz and country music, died in Mill Valley Calif after a two- year battle with throat and liver cancer. He was 74. Hicks was known as the leader of the acoustic band Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks which was a contemporary of the Grateful Dead And Jefferson Airplane in the late 1960s San Francisco psychedelic scene. He never achieved as much mainstream success as others from that era but he was highly regarded by fellow musicians.
The United Arab Emirates appointed women to the newly created posts of state ministers for happiness and tolerance and a 22 years old female for youth affairs. PM SHEIKH MOHAMMED bin RASHID al-Maktoum named 8 women as he revealed his latest cabinet line-up of 29 ministers. Ohoud al-Roumi who serves as director of the council of ministers office, was appointed minister of state of happiness.
CONCOR (Container corporation of india) and Cochin Port Trust have entered into a MOU for the running of weekly container train service from Irugur ICD, Coimbatore to ICTT Vallarpadam cochin port. The inaugural trip will be flagged off on 16/1/2016 at 4 PM at Irugur ICD BY SRI G SENTHIVEL, Deputy Chairman Cochin Port trust. The train from Irugur will start on all Saturdays and return from cochin on all Thursday. The trains are scheduled to connect the direct shipping services to Far East, China, Europe and Middle East.
The india’s No1 Badminton player in both singles and doubles in the girls under 15 section VAISHNAVI REDDY of Hyderabad, has been appointed as the brand ambassador for the PNB metlife junior badminton championship which is being played across many cities in india. PNB METLIFE DIRECTOR NIRAJ SHAH SAID THAT, Vaishnavi will draw the attention of many young badminton lovers and encourage them to take up the challenge and happy to have her on board as the brand ambassador for our badminton initiatives.
First joint committee meeting between india and Mauritius for the cooperation in MSME sector was held successfully. The possible areas of cooperation were identified. These areas are inline with the MOU signed between the two countries. The first issues discussed for cooperation were in the area of capacity through training of trainers surveys on potential areas, managerial and technical skills, marketing’s, exhibition and trade fairs exchange of business missions, setting up of business incubators, easy access to finance , clusters initiative etc.
India will be the world’s fastest growing large economy at 7.3 % in 2016, improving further to 7.5 % in the following year a United Nations world economy report said. India economy which accounts for over 70% of south asia’s GDP is projected to grow by 7.3% in 2016 and 7.5% in 2015, slightly up from an estimated 7.2 % in 2015.
In order to bring transparency and efficiency in tender process for carrying out works contracts of Indian Railways, Suresh Prabhu inaugurated and launched works module of Indian railways E-Procurement system and implementation of e-Tendering in works contracts developed by the railways in association with centre for railway information system and an IT arm of ministry of railways. Prabhu said that except railway no other organization possesses such transparent process for finalizing tender process.
Retail inflation in January inched up to a 17 months high of 5.69% led mainly by a sharp acceleration in food prices, suggesting any interest rate cut by the RBI might be considered only after april. Consumer Price Index based inflation the central banks; primary gauge for price increase had stood at 5.61% in December. January was a fifth straight month of rise, with pressure from pulses meat and fish and spices data released by the central statistics office.
Sri Lankan all-rounder Thisara Perera has decided to retire from test with immediate effect and will continue to play the limited over matches for Sri Lanka. Perera made his test debut for Sri Lanka in May 2011 against England in Cardiff and went on to play 6 matches in the next 14 months.
POINT TO REMEMBER:-
1) Song Young-han defeated American star Jordan Spieth to win SMBC Singapore Open title.
2) Bandar Seri Begwan is the capital of Brunel.
3)Nitish Kumar has been chosen for the K VEERAMANI AWARD for Social Justice 2015.
4)Irjit R Patel has been reappointed as a deputy Governor of RBI.
5) THE DRDO has successfully test-fired the NAG anti-tank missile at the Mahajan Field Firing Range.
