Nobel Prizein Physics for 2015 : Takaaki Kajita and Arthur B. McDonald
- Japan’s Takaaki Kajita and Canada’s Arthur B. McDonald won the 2015 Nobel Prize for Physics for their discovery that neutrinos have mass.
- “The discovery has changed our understanding of the innermost workings of matter and can prove crucial to our view of the universe,” the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said in a statement awarding the 8 million Swedish crown ($962,000) prize.
CEO of Twitter : Jack Dorsey
- Micro blogging site Twitter has appointed its co-founder and interim chief executive officer (CEO) Jack Dorsey as permanent CEO for second time.
- He will succeed Dick Costolo who had resigned in June, 2015 after serving to this top post for five years.
- With this new appointment he will cease to be chairman of the board of Twitter but will continue to serve as a member of the board.
- Adam Bain has also been appointed as Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the company.
- Prior to this appointment he was Twitter’s President of global revenue and partnerships division from September 2010.
Second Phase of Mission Indradhanush launched by Union Ministry of health and Family Welfare.
- Objective : To achieve full immunisation of children below two years.
- In the second phase, the week-long programme will be implemented in 352 districts of the country.
- WHO (World Health Organisation), UNICEF, Rotary International and others are donor partners for Mission Indradhanush.
- The mission was launched in December 2015 on the occasion of National Good Governance Day.
- The first phase drive was started in April 2015 in 201 districts covering 45 lakh children and immunising 20 lakh children.
Amo Doli programme launched by Odisha Government in Naxal affected Rayagada district.
- Aim : To help patients and pregnant women from inaccessible areas to reach nearest hospital
- The programme was launched in naxal-affected Rayagada district of the state and will benefit people of 183 remote villages to reach the hospital.
- Under the Amo Doli programme, a stretcher has been designed as a sling to carry patients smoothly and with less effort.
Citizen portal launched by Odisha for enabling citizen to launch police complaints.
Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik on 3 October 2015 launched a Citizen Portal, which enables the citizens to lodge their complaints online to the state police through internet.
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Features :
- The facility will allow citizens to access information, request for different police services and complaints.
- They can also get a copy of FIR.
- Citizens can avail the service of portal to get character certificates.
- They can seek permission for taking out processions, rallies, protests and strikes.
- They can ask for permission to hold events and performances.
- They can use the portal for tenants verification, employees verification.
- They can also track the status of the complaints registered by them on the portal.
China wins FIBA Asian Basketball Championship 2015.
- China defeated Philippines by 78-67 in the final to win the championship.
- The victory has won the nation a direct qualification for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- The game was organised in front of a 7000 strong capacity crowd in Changsha, Hunan province of China.
- In the final game, Yi Jianlian scored maximum runs and earned 15 rebounds.
- He was also selected as the Most Valuable Player of the tournament.
- Philippines and Iran have secured the second and third place respectively in the tournament.
- India ended on eighth place in the tournament.
