Dr. M Veerappa Moily honored with 24th Saraswati Sammaan 2014 by president Pranab Mukherjee.
- He was honored for his epic Sri Ramayana Mahanveshanam written in Kannada.
- It is divided into five volumes and was first published in 2007 in Kannada. Later the poem was translated into English, Hindi, Telugu and Tamil.
- He was selected for the award in March 2015 by a 13-member panel of scholars and writers headed by former Chief Justice of India RC Lahoti.
Indian app developers awarded $21 million by Facebook under FbStart initiative.
- With an aim to attract next billion Internet users towards social networking, last year Facebook launched FbStart an initiative to promote and help new mobile app developers around the world.
- The two Indian entrants Hyderabad-based Samosa and Delhi’s Cardback received the 21 billion US dollars under this initiative.
- The Hyderabad-based Samosa had developed an app that offers a curated collection of clips from popular movies that people can share with friends.
NABARD got accredited by the Green Climate Fund as a national implementing entity for undertaking climate change related projects in India.
- In 2010 the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) had set Green Climate Fund (GCF) to help developing countries to finance clean energy projects other mitigation efforts and adaptation to climate change.
- Accordingly NABARD is the only national implementing entity in the country for undertaking climate change projects.
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Sanjay Jalona appointed as MD and CEO of Larsen and Toubro Infotech.
- The new CEO Sanjay Jalona will run L&T Infotech from its New Jersey office in order to add thrust to its profitable growth.
- Company aims to boost growth and strengthen its presence in the United States, Europe, Gulf Cooperation Council countries and the East countries.
- He was with Infosys for fifteen years and had held senior leadership positions across the Europe, India and US.
India signs financing agreement with world bank for NCRMP Projects.
- On 11 August 2015 Government of India and the World Bank signed the Financing Agreement for the assistance of National Cyclone Risk Mitigation Project- I & II (NCRMP- I & II) for $ 104.00 Million and $ 308.40 Million respectively.
- Two separate financing agreements were signed for NCRMP- I & II under a common objective for coastal states to mitigate vulnerability to the cyclone and hazards prone coastal communities. NCRMP-I covers States of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha. NCRMP-II covers States of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, and West Bengal.
Pankaj Advani clinched 13th World Snooker Championship title.
- Defending champion Advani outplayed Chinese Yan Bingtao 6-2, stamping his authority on the green baize in the final.
- The final started off with a bang with the Bangalore cueist racing to a rapid 3-0 lead in the best-of-11 final. But the Chinese found his form and ran away with the next two frames with the aid of a 66 break.
- In no mood to give anything away, Advani did not allow his opponent to score a single point in the next two.
- He fired in a massive 71 break in the seventh frame to be one frame away from defending his title which he won in Egypt last year.
