SBI’s Arundhati Bhattacharya amongst Forbes’ most powerful women
SBI Chairperson Arundhati Bhattacharya is amongst the 5 Indian women who featured in this year’s Forbes’ 100 most powerful women in the world list. The list was topped by German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Indian women in the list:-
- Indra Nooyi (Pepsi Co – 13th) (Indian Born but US Citizen now)
- Arundhati Bhattacharya (SBI – 36th)
- Chanda Kocchar (ICICI Bank– 43rd)
- Padamshree Warrior (Cisco – 71st)
- Kiran Mazumdar (Biocon – 92nd) (Indian Born but US Citizen now)
Top 10 Most Powerful Women in the World:
- Angela Merkel (Germany – Politics)
- Janet Yellen (US – Finance)
- Melinda Gates (US – Philanthropy/NGO)
- Dilma Rousseff (Brazil – Politics)
- Christine Lagarde (France – Philanthropy/NGO)
- Hillary Clinton (US - Politics)
- Mary Barra (US – Business)
- Michelle Obama (US – Politics)
- Sheryl Sandberg (US – Technology)
- Virginia Rometty (US – Technology)
UN posthumously honors 8 Indian soldiers among 106 UN peacekeepers
The UN honored 106 peacekeepers, including 8 Indian soldiers, who lost their lives in various UN peacekeeping operations on the occasion of the InternationalDay of UN Peacekeepers on May 30.
Indian Army United Nations peacekeeping missions
India has been the leading troop UN Peace Keeping Missions since its commencement. Up to now India has participated in 43 UN Peacekeeping missions with an involvement surpassing 1,60,000 troops and a noteworthy number of police personnel having been positioned. In 2014, India is the 3rd largest Troop Contributor [TCC] with 7,860 personnel positioned with 10 UN Peacekeeping Missions, of which 995 are police personnel including the first Female Formed Police Unit under the United Nations.Recently, Indian Peacekeepers were applauded by the UN for their works in checking a massacre in the South Sudan.
Past UN Peace Keeping Missions of the Indian Army
Indian Armed forces’ contributions to the United Nations Peacekeeping Missions since 1950:-
- Korea (1950–54)
- Indo-China (1954–70)
- Middle East (1956–67)
- Congo (1960–64) (ONUC)
- Cambodia (1992-1993)
- Mozambique (1992–94) (ONUMOZ)
- Somalia (1993–94) (UNITAF & UNOSOM II)
- Rwanda (1994–96) (UNAMIR)
- Angola (1989-1999) (UNAVEM)
- Sierra Leone (1999-2001) (UNAMSIL)
- Ethiopia-Eritrea (2006–08) (UNMEE)
Current UN Peace Keeping Missions of the Indian Army
- The Indian Armed Forces are currently undertaking the following UN Missions:-
- Lebanon (UNIFIL) (Since Dec 1998)
- Congo (MONUSCO) (Since January 2005)
- Sudan and South Sudan (UNMIS/UNMISS) (Since April 2005)
- Golan Heights (UNDOF) (Since February 2006)
- Ivory Coast (UNOCI) (Since April 2004)
- Haiti (MINUSTAH) (Since December 1997)
- Liberia (UNMIL) (Since April 2007)
Government eliminates all GoMs and EGoMs for better accountability and empowerment
In a key move to authorize the Ministries and Departments, the PM Narendra Modi decided to eliminate all the prevailing 9 Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoMs) and 21 Groups of Ministers (GoMs).
Objective: This would speed up the process of decision-making and bring in more answerability in the system.
The Ministries and Departments will now process the matters unresolved afore the EGoMs and GoMs and take suitable resolutions at the level of Ministries and Departments itself. If at anyplace a Ministry faces any issues, the Cabinet Secretariat and the PMO (Prime Minister’s Office) will smoothen the resolution making process.
Earlier, during the UPA regime, former Defence Minister A K Antony was leading most of the EGoMs. The panels were fashioned to take decisions on matters likecorruption, inter-state water disputes, administrative reforms, gas, telecom pricing, etc. These EGoMs had the power to take judgements on the line of the Union Cabinet. The suggestions of the GoMs were placed before the Cabinet for the final verdict.
KKR wins IPL 7 trophy
Sharukh Khan’s Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) chased down a huge 200-run target to beat Preity Zinta’s Kings XI Punjab in the final of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 7. Kolkata Knight Riders beat Kings XI Punjab by 3 wickets.
IPL-7 which was held from April 16 – June 1, 2014 was played at venues in UAE & India. Based on security demands for the 2014 Lok Sabha General Elections the venues for some matches were shifted outside India. 8 teams participated in IPL-7.
Kolkata won IPL for the second time (last time in 2012).
- Orange Cap (Highest Scorer): Robin Uthappa (KKR)
- Purple Cap (Highest Wicket Taker): Mohit Sharma (CSK – Chennai Super Kings)
- Player of the Tournament: Glenn Maxwell (Kings XI Punjab)
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