A.Salman Khan named as Indian contingent’s Goodwill Ambassador for 2016 Rio Olympics
1.Bollywood actor Salman Khan was named as the goodwill ambassador of the Indian contingent for the upcoming Olympics to be held in August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2.This is the first time when a Bollywood superstar has been
chosen as a goodwill ambassador for the Indian contingent at the Olympics.
3.He
was chosen by the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) from a list of two to three
candidates which also included Shah Rukh Khan and veteran actor Amitabh
Bachchan.
4.IOA has chosen Salman Khan as he is considered to be more connected
with the youth and sportspersons and also is considered as a youth icon for
bodybuilding fans across the country.
2.These nominated
members are Mary Kom: Legendary boxer and Olympic bronze medallist.
3.She belongs to the Sino-Tibetan speaking Kom tribe of Manipur. She is five-time World Amateur Boxing champion, and the only woman boxer to have won a medal in each one of the six world championships.
4.In 2014, she became the first Indian woman boxer to get a gold medal in the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea.
Narendra Jadhav: He is renowned economist and former member of the erstwhile National Advisory Council (2010-14) and Planning Commission (2009-14). He is also the former vice-chancellor of Pune University.
Suresh Gopi: He is Malayalam actor and had acted in over 200 films. He is a winner of the National Film Award and Filmfare Award.
Swapan Dasgupta: He is journalist by profession. He had worked at senior editorial positions in various publications including The Indian Express, India Today and The Times of India.
Subramanian Swamy: He is BJP leader and was elected to the Lok Sabha in 1977, 1980 and 1988, and to the Rajya Sabha in 1974 and 1998.
Navjot Singh Sidhu: He is cricketer-turned-politician and former two time member of Lok Sabha. Nomination of eminent members to Rajya Sabha As per Article 80 (Part V) of the Constitution, President can nominate 12 members in the Council of States (Rajya Sabha).
2.The web portal is a collaborative
knowledge resource on the arts, culture and heritage of India.
About Sahapedia
1.Sahapedia is a not-for-profit society headed by former TCS chairman S. Ramadorai, who currently helms the National Skill Development Agency.
2.The purpose of this portal is to inform, educate and act on subjects such as knowledge traditions, visual and material arts, performing arts, literature and languages. It also seeks to educated and spread knowledge about practices and rituals, histories, institutions, people, built spaces and natural environment.
3.It will be accessible across user groups such as scholars, practitioners, students, teachers, travellers and enthusiasts.
4.It will also play important role in integrating activities and services including research, documentation, digitization and conservation.
B.President nominates 6 eminent members to Rajya Sabha
1.President Pranab Mukherjee has nominated of six eminent members to Rajya Sabha as per the provisions of Article 80 of the Constitution.
2.These nominated
members are Mary Kom: Legendary boxer and Olympic bronze medallist. 3.She belongs to the Sino-Tibetan speaking Kom tribe of Manipur. She is five-time World Amateur Boxing champion, and the only woman boxer to have won a medal in each one of the six world championships.
4.In 2014, she became the first Indian woman boxer to get a gold medal in the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea.
Narendra Jadhav: He is renowned economist and former member of the erstwhile National Advisory Council (2010-14) and Planning Commission (2009-14). He is also the former vice-chancellor of Pune University.
Suresh Gopi: He is Malayalam actor and had acted in over 200 films. He is a winner of the National Film Award and Filmfare Award.
Swapan Dasgupta: He is journalist by profession. He had worked at senior editorial positions in various publications including The Indian Express, India Today and The Times of India.
Subramanian Swamy: He is BJP leader and was elected to the Lok Sabha in 1977, 1980 and 1988, and to the Rajya Sabha in 1974 and 1998.
Navjot Singh Sidhu: He is cricketer-turned-politician and former two time member of Lok Sabha. Nomination of eminent members to Rajya Sabha As per Article 80 (Part V) of the Constitution, President can nominate 12 members in the Council of States (Rajya Sabha).
C.India’s first online interactive heritage portal Sahapedia launched
1.The Union Government has launched India’s first online interactive heritage portal named Sahapedia was in New Delhi.
2.The web portal is a collaborative
knowledge resource on the arts, culture and heritage of India. About Sahapedia
1.Sahapedia is a not-for-profit society headed by former TCS chairman S. Ramadorai, who currently helms the National Skill Development Agency.
2.The purpose of this portal is to inform, educate and act on subjects such as knowledge traditions, visual and material arts, performing arts, literature and languages. It also seeks to educated and spread knowledge about practices and rituals, histories, institutions, people, built spaces and natural environment.
3.It will be accessible across user groups such as scholars, practitioners, students, teachers, travellers and enthusiasts.
4.It will also play important role in integrating activities and services including research, documentation, digitization and conservation.
D.Union Government notifies new rules to revamp SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act
1.The Union Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry has notified new rules to give effect amended Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.
2.The new rules seek to tighten provisions to ensure
speedy justice to members of the SC/ST community.
Key facts
1.The new rules aims
at speeding up the process of dispensation of justice, liberalise and expedite
access to relief for victims of atrocities, ensuring special sensitivity in
cases of offences against women.
2.It has been made mandatory for cops to file
chargesheet within 60 days after a complaint is lodged.
3.For the first time,
there is provision of relief for offences of rape and gang rape. Requirement of
medical examination for getting relief amount for non-invasive kind of offences
against women has been delinked.
4.Relief in cash or in kind or both must be
provided within seven days to the victims of atrocity, their family members and
dependents.
5.The new rules also call for regular reviews of the scheme for the
rights and entitlements of victims and witnesses in accessing justice.
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