Name of Post:	SSC GD Constable Recruitment Online Form 2018
Post Date :	19 July 2018 | 05:17 PM
Short Information :	Staff Selection Commission SSC Are Invited to Online Application Form for the Recruitment Post of Constable General Duty in Delhi Police, CISF, CRPF, SSB, ITBP, NIA and Other Various Forces Those Candidates Are Interested to Following Vacancy and Completed the All Eligibility Criteria Can Read the Full Notification Before Apply Online.

Staff Selection Commission (SSC) Constable GD in CAPF, NIA, SSF, Assam Rifle Recruitment 2018 Short Details of Notification https://sscmargusgurugram.blogspot.com
Important Dates Application Begin : 21/07/2018 Last Date for Apply Online : 24/08/2018 upto 05:00 PM only Last Date Pay Exam Fee : 24/08/2018 Exam Date Online CBT : Notified Soon Admit Card Available : Notified Soon												Application Fee General / OBC : 100/- SC / ST : 0/- All Category Female : 0/- Pay the Exam Fee Through Debit Card, Credit Card, Net Banking or E Challan
Vacancy Details Total : 54953 Post
Post Name	Gen			OBC			SC			ST				Total			Age Limit		Eligibility
Constable GD in Various Force	28619			11966			9455			4913				54953			18-23 as on 01/08/2018		High School Class 10 Exam Passed
Physical Eligibility
Category		Male Gen / OBC /SC							Male ST						Female Gen/OBC/SC					Female ST
Height		170 CMS							165 CMS						157 CMS					155 CMS
Chest		80-85 CMS							76-80 CMS						NA					NA
Race		5 KM in 24 Minutes							5 KM in 24 Minutes						1.6 Km in 8.5 Minutes					1.6 Km in 8.5 Minutes
Force Wise Vacancy Details
Force Name			Gender			SC		ST			OBC					General		Total
BSF			Male			2351		1341			3267					7477		14436
			Female			412		235			575					1326		2548
CISF			Male			26		13			47					04		180
			Female			02		0			05					13		20
CRPF			Male			3893		1586			4230					10263		19972
			Female			328		12			398					856		1594
SSB			Male			1041		610			1420					3450		6521
			Female			338		159			477					1051		2025
ITBP			Male			533		366			726					1682		3507
			Female			97		60			128					334		619
AR			Male			290		361			448					1212		2311
			Female			96		115			150					404		765
NIA			Male			0		01			02					05		08
			Female			0		0			0					0		0
SSF			Male			38		47			75					212		372
			Female			10		07			18					40		75
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Senior Secondary Recruits (SSR)	Passed 10+2 Intermediate Exam and Math, Physics with One of the Following Subject : Chemistry / Biology / Computer Science			SSR Entry :01/02/1998 to 31/01/2002AA Entry :01/02/1999 to 31/01/2002
Artificer Apprentice (AA)	Passed 10+2 Intermediate Exam with at Least Minimum 60% Marks and Mathematics, Physics with One of the Following Subject : Chemistry / Biology / Computer Science
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Name of Post:	Rajasthan Energy Various Post Online Form 2018
Post Date :	22 May 2018 | 06:42 PM
Short Information :	State Power Companies of Rajasthan RVUNl, RVNL, AVVN, JVVN Are Other Company Are Invited to Combined Recruitment for the Various Post Online Application Form Those Candidates of Rajasthan and Other State Are Interested and Eligible to the Following Vacancy Can Read the Full Notification and Apply Online. State Power Companies of Rajasthan Rajasthan Vidhut RRVUNL Various Post Recruitment 2018 Short Details of Notification https://sscmargusgurugram.blogspot.in/ Important Dates Application Begin : 22/05/2018 Last Date Apply Online : 11/06/2018 Last Date Complete Form : 11/06/2018 Examination Date : Notified Soon Application Fee General : 850/- General Income Less than 2.5 Lakh : 550/- Other Reserve Category : 550/- Pay the Exam Fee Through Debit Card, Credit Card, Net Banking Only Vacancy Details Total : 3220 Post | Age Limit as on 01/01/2019 Post Name Total Eligibility Age Limit Junior Assistant / Commercial Assistant II 2110 Bachelor Degree in Any Stream in Any Recognized University in India. Doeacc O Level / CCC / COPA / DPCS OR Degree / Diploma / Certificate in Computer Science / Computer Application OR Inter with Computer Science / Computer Application OR Polytechnic Diploma in Computer Science & Engineering OR RSCIT IT Course More Details Read the Notification 18-43 Stenographer 114 Junior Accountant (JA) 812 Bachelor Degree in Commerce B.Com / Business Administration OR CA OR MBA Finance OR PG Diploma in Business Management OR M.Com With Doeacc O Level / CCC / COPA / DPCS OR Degree / Diploma / Certificate in Computer Science / Computer Application OR Inter with Computer Science / Computer Application OR Polytechnic Diploma in Computer Science & Engineering OR RSCIT IT Course 18-43 Junior Legal Officer (JLO) 48 Bachelor Degree in Law (LLB) in Any Recognized University in India with 3 Year Course of Proficiency Professional Degree 18-43 Assistant Personal Officer (APO) 67 Bachelor Degree in Any Stream in Any Recognized University in India with Master Degree MA in Social Work OR MBA OR Master in Personnel Management / Human Resource Management HRM / Development / Industrial Relation IR Post Graduate Diploma in Labour Law/ Labour Welfare & Personnel Management / Human Resource Management / Industrial Relation More Details Read the Notification 18-43 Personal Officer (PO) 27 Bachelor Degree in Any Stream in Any Recognized University in India with at Least Minimum 55% Marks Master Degree MA in Social Work OR MBA OR PG in Personnel Management / Human Resource Management / Development / Industrial Relation Post Graduate Diploma in Labour Law/ Labour Welfare & Personnel Management / Human Resource Management / Industrial Relation (55% Marks for General / OBC & 5% Relaxation for SC / ST / PH) 21-43 Account Officer (AO) 42 Charted Accountant CA / ICWA OR MBA (Finance) with at Least Minimum 60% Marks OR M.Com & B.Com Both 60% Marks 21-43 Company Wise Vacancy Details Post Name RVUN RVPN JVVN AVVN JDVVN JDVVN Backlog Total Category Wise Details Junior Assistant / Commercial Assistant II 103 40 912 544 488 23 2110 Click Here Stenographer 46 0 28 20 20 0 114 Click Here Junior Accountant (JA) 60 0 349 203 195 5 812 Click Here Junior Legal Officer (JLO) 02 0 20 16 10 0 48 Click Here Assistant Personal Officer (APO) 16 0 20 15 16 0 67 Click Here Personal Officer (PO) 02 02 05 06 12 0 27 Click Here Account Officer (AO) 10 06 09 08 09 0 42 Click Here Examination Center Rajasthan Various District, Delhi NCR, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Punjab State Only (Post Wise Examination Center For Details Read Notification) Interested Candidates Can Read the Full Notification Before Apply Online Download Mobile Apps for the Latest Updates Some Useful Important Links Apply Online Registration | Login Download Notification PO / AO Post | Other Post Official Website Click Here

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• Putin was inaugurated for his fourth term as president

• The event will see over 12,000 competing teams and 50,000 participants from more than 10 countries and regions.
• A robot competition will be held during the conference where participants will compete in five categories.

• World Red Cross Red Crescent Day is celebrated on 8 May each year. 
• This date is the anniversary of the birth of Henry Dunant, who was born 8 May 1828.
• He is the founder of International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the recipient of the first Nobel Peace Prize.

• Business optimism is however at an "all-time high" globally with the index at net 61 per cent, as per Grant Thornton's quarterly global business survey.
• With a score of 89, India is at the sixth place in the index.
• The top five nations are Austria, Finland, Indonesia, the Netherlands and the US.

• Modi, who is ranked 9th and Ambani at 32, are the only two Indians on the Forbes World's Most Powerful People list.
• Xi tops the list for the first time, replacing Russian President Vladimir Putin, who drops to second place after being named the most powerful person in the world for four years in succession.

• Antigua Guatemala was the third capital built by the Spanish rulers since their invasion of Guatemala in 1524.
• The first two capitals had to be abondoned by 1541 on account of resistance from the local warriors and natural calamities respectively.
• Old Guatemala witnessed series of earthquakes since 1565 and was destroyed by earthquake Santa Marta in 1773 forcing the shifting of capital to the present Guatamela City.
• Those who stayed back and others who returned started reconstruction of Old Guatemala, restoring most of its mounments.
• UNESCO declared it as a World Heritage City in 1979.

• At the inaugural session, the Minister said that India’s Tourism sector is fast growing and has got an emerging market for outbound travel and a tremendous potential for tourism co-operation with the SCO region.

• Hosted by noted actor Shri Sharad Kelkar, the Indian delegation present consisted of H.E. Vinay Mohan Kwatra, Ambassador of India to France.
• The agenda of the delegation from India this year is to showcase diversity in films of our country while furthering collaborations with various other countries.

• The International Council of Nurses (ICN) has celebrated this day since 1965.
• The theme for the year 2018 is Nurses A Voice to Lead – Health is a Human right.

• The World Migratory Bird Day is celebrated from now on twice a year, on the Second Saturday in May and in October. It will also be observed on 13th October 2018.
• The theme for World Migratory Bird Day 2018 is: “Unifying our Voices for Bird Conservation”. Also 2018 is the “Year of the Bird”.

• During his meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Nepali Prime Minister said Nepal will hold the BIMSTEC summit, while expressing commitment towards building the Bangladesh-Bhutan-India-Nepal initiative.

• The POSHAN (PM’s Overarching Scheme for Holistic Nourishment) Abhiyaan was launched by the Prime Minister on 8th March 2018 at Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan.
• A large component of POSHAN Abhiyaan involves gradual scaling-up of the interventions supported by the ongoing World Bank assisted Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Systems Strengthening and Nutrition Improvement Project (ISSNIP) to all districts in the country over a 3-year period. The loan approved today will support the first phase scale up to 315 districts across all states and union territories (UTs).

• A Statement of Intent (SoI) was signed to this effect by Ms. Anna Roy, Advisor, NITI Aayog and Shri Rajan Anandan, Vice President, India and South East Asia, Google in the presence of the Shri Amitabh Kant, CEO, NITI Aayog.
• The NITI Aayog has been entrusted to setup a national programme to conduct research and development in frontier technologies such as AI. In furtherance of this mandate, NITI Aayog has been developing India’s national strategy on AI along with the National Data and Analytics Portal to enable the wide deployment and use of AI.

• The Naval War College is a premier training institution of the Indian Navy and one of the three War College of the Indian Armed Forces.

• The special coach was inaugurated by HMRL Managing Director N V S Reddy and L&T Metro Rail (Hyderabad) Limited MD and CEO K V B Reddy.

• The UNPCAP sessions will be held from May 7-25.
• The course is conducted by the Centre for United Nations Peacekeeping in India (CUNPK) in partnership with the US.
• The first and second editions of the course were held in New Delhi in 2016 and 2017, respectively.

• Since its launch on 25 June 2015, the Smart Cities Mission (SCM), has been one of the most transformational urban missions.
• The two-day conference is being organised for providing a platform for cross learning and knowledge sharing among the Smart City CEOs on 8-9 May 2018.
• The conference will enable the CEOs to learn from the experiences of all city leaders to understand in greater details both successes and failures.

• Union Minister for Information & Broadcasting and Textiles, Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani would be presiding as the Chief Guest over the Inaugural ceremony of the Summit on 10th May.
• The AMS 2018, an annual summit of the Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development (AIBD) Kuala Lumpur, is a prestigious summit in the Asia Pacific Region and India is hosting the event for the first time.
• The Summit, with the theme `Telling Our Stories – Asia and More’, would be organized in two parts Pre-summit workshop (8th-9th) and Summit (10th-12th).

• South Western Army Commander Lt Gen Cherish Mathson witnessed the final offensive of the forces achieving a decisive victory.
• Fighting equipments including tanks, attack helicopters, drones and fighter aircraft were used in the month-long exercise.

• Rs. 2 Crores for Distribution of Aids and Assistive Devices to Persons with Disabilities at Charkhi Dadri District of Haryana under the CSR initiative of APCPL in the presence of Shri D.R. Sarin, CMD, ALIMCO and ShriN.N.Mishra, CEO, APCPL.
• As per the MoU signed between ALIMCO and APCPL, Distribution camps will be organized at Charkhi Dadri District for an estimated cost of Rs 2 Crores.
• In the Distribution Camps artificial limbs, aids & appliances such as Motorized Tricycles Tricycle, Wheel Chairs, BTE Hearing Aids, Crutch Axilla Adjustable, Braille Cane, MSIED Kit, Braille Kit, Smart Cane, Smart Phones etc. to Persons with Disabilities will be distributed.
• ALIMCO is a “Not For Profit” Central Public Sector Undertaking working under the administrative control of Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Government of India.

• To advise the Commission on any issue or subject related to the Terms of Reference (ToR) of the Commission, which may be of relevance;
• To assist in the preparation of any paper or research study which would enhance the Commission's understanding on the issues containing in its ToR; and
• To help in broadening the Commission's ambit and understanding to seek best national and international practices on matters pertaining to fiscal devolution and improving the quality and reach and enforcement of its recommendations.

• Arvind Virmani, President, Forum for Strategic Initiatives
• Surjit S. Bhalla, Part-time Member of PMEAC and Sr. Indian Analyst for the Observatory Group and Chairman of Oxus Research and Investments
• Sanjeev Gupta, Ex-Deputy Director (Fiscal Affairs Department), IMF
• Pinaki Chakraborty, Professor (NIPFP)
• Shri Sajjid Chinoy, Chief India Economist, JP Morgan
• Shri Neelkanth Mishra, Managing Director and the Credit Suisse India Economist and Strategist

• He also visited the Kumar Post. President Kovind is the second President of India to visit Siachen.
• The previous visit was undertaken by President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam in April 2004.
• This makes President Kovind the first President to travel to Siachen in 14 years.

• The ICCCwould enable the authorities to monitor the status of various smart civic amenities in real-time through the sensors connected to it.
• Bhopal, Indore, Ujjain, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Satna, and Sagar are the seven smart cities under SCM in Madhya Pradesh.

• The biennial Summit is jointly organised by Ministry of Civil Aviation and US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA).
• The summit is a technical, policy and commercial forum by the Indian Ministry of Civil Aviation and the US Trade and Development Agency.

• The ship would undertake an Operational Turnaround (OTR) at Male from 11 to 12 May 2018, during which the ship would interact and impart training to Maldives’ National Defence Forces (MNDF) personnel.
• Sumedha would also embark MNDF personnel onboard and undertake joint EEZ surveillance of Maldives from 12 to 15 May 2018.
• The MNDF personnel would be disembarked at Male, on completion of the EEZ surveillance.

• The Meet is being organized by the APEDA Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India, in association with the PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
• Its objective is to promote and give a fillip to exports of Indian mangos and other tropical fruits like pomegranate, pinesapple, banana and jackfruits from the country and to develop new markets for promotion of these fruits and processed products.

• Shakti is the Pokhran nuclear test which was held on 11^th of May, 1998.
• The day highlights the important role of Science in our daily lives and encourages students to embrace Science as a career option.

• Modi flagged off the bus after visiting the famed 20th century Janaki temple, dedicated to the Hindu goddess Sita, where he offered special prayers.
• Janakpur is known as the birth place of Sita, the wife of Lord Rama. Janaki temple was built in memory of Sita in 1910.

• Out of this, Rs 20 crore has already been released.
• Currently, the artificial insemination is being done by CMOFED (Sudha) in Bihar. For artificial insemination, semen from high genetic merit bulls is needed.
• Shri Singh elaborated that the frozen semen station in Purnea will be the first state-of-the-art semen production center of the country.
• The Minister said the RashtriyaGokul Mission was initiated in December 2014 with an aim to conserve and develop indigenous breeds.

• A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed in the presence of Punjab Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal and Andrew Ayre, deputy high commissioner, British High Commission.
• Punjab Infrastructure Development Board (PIDB) will facilitate regulatory clearances and incentives by the state government.

• Addressing the media, the Chief Minister said, "This yatra is to tell people about the development the state has witnessed. We will also work to further increase the growth of the state in coming days.
• The chief minister, during his Vikas Yatra, will distribute free pesticides to 5.5 lakh labourers.
• Also, 50 lakh families will be given smartphones as part of the Chief Minister's dream project Sanchar Kranti Yojna.

• The President appreciated the Government of Rajasthan for launching the ‘Bhairon Singh Shekhawat Antyodaya Employment Scheme’ and the ‘Sunder Singh Bhandari EBC Self-Employment Scheme’, named after two illustrious public figures from Rajasthan.
• He stated that the loan waiver for SCs, STs and other deprived communities – a third scheme launched today – too is a tribute to the principles and ideals of these personalities.
• The President was happy to note that four cities of Rajasthan - Jaipur, Udaipur, Kota and Ajmer – are part of the Smart Cities initiative of the Government of India.

• This will mean that the State will become ODF one year before the national timeline of October 2^nd, 2019, the 150^th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.

• Commissioners of Customs from all the States having Foreign Post Offices (FPOs) were present along with their counterpart Post Master Generals. 
• Imports and exports by post are the 6^th highest cited citizen grievances under CPGRAMs.
• Customs and Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) have worked together since a year to liberalise, reform and align laws relating to imports by Post.

• The expedition will be conducted from 14 May to 11 Jun 18.
• The team also plans to set a new world record of practicing Yoga at 21000 ft on the occasion of Yoga Day 2018.
• The expedition aims at encouraging women in the field of adventure where dauntless courage, will-power and determination is put to test.

• The Seminar is organized by the Ministry of Finance, Government of India in collaboration with the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS) and the Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industries (FICCI).

• The HLC approved assistance of Rs 480.87 crore in respect of state of Assam.
• The HLC also approved assistance from NDRF amounting to Rs 84.60 crore for the state of Himachal Pradesh, Rs 67.40 crore for the state of Sikkim, Rs 2.16 crore for the UT of Lakshadweep and Rs 526.14 crore for the state of Rajasthan.
• The total assistance approved was Rs 1,161.17 crores.

• Last year, the Hyderabad Police had signed an agreement with UNDP under the 'Disha' project to build capacities and skills of women affected by violence to help make them economically self-sufficient.
• 'Bharosa,' an initiative of Hyderabad City Police, is a state-of-the-art centre to support women and children who are victims of violence.

• The SWIFT India and Subcontinents Regional Conference 2018 aims to explore key issues in the nation’s financial market development, with a specific focus on innovation, digitisation, and minimizing the digital gap

• The said MoU envisages provision of enhanced services by NSIC under its marketing, financial, technology and other support services schemes, for MSMEs in the country.
• The corporation projects to increase its total business by 21.30 percent from Rs. 22,258 crore in the year 2017-18 to Rs. 27,000 crore in the year 2018-19.

• Flipkart co-founder Binny Bansal and other shareholders will hold the remainder.
• Japan's Softbank to exit Flipkart by selling entire 20 per cent stake to Walmart.
• Flipkart co-founder Sachin Bansal to exit company by selling his 5.5 pc stake to Walmart.

• Asia continues to be the main engine of the world’s economy, accounting for more than 60 per cent of global growth as per IMF’s Regional Economic Outlook: Asia and Pacific (REO).

• Frauds of minimum Rs 3 crore to Rs 25 crore, up from Rs 15 crore, have to be reported to either the CBI's Anti-Corruption Branch (in case staff involvement is prima facie evident) or to the Economic Offences Wing (if employees involvement is prima facie not evident) respectively.
• Cases of frauds involving more than Rs 25 crore and up to Rs 50 crore should be given to the CBI's Banking Security and Fraud Cell (BSFC).
• The cases of more than Rs 50 crore should be lodged with the Joint Director (Policy), CBI.

• This initiative is aimed at improving farmers’ access to finance, ensuring effective use of digital banking resources, and imparting good agricultural practices.

• Fitch said that the money supply has recovered to its pre-demonetisation level and disruptions related to the rollout of GST have diminished.
• The Indian economy continued to bounce back in the final quarter of 2017, growing 7.2 per cent.

• The public sector lender reported widening of its net loss to Rs 1,225.42 crore in the March quarter on mounting bad loans and higher provisioning to cover them.
• The RBI has initiated similar action against other public sector banks, including IDBI Bank, Indian Overseas Bank and UCO Bank before this.

• According to the report, remittances to the Asia-Pacific region amounted to USD 256 billion last year.
• The report 'Remit SCOPE - Remittance markets and opportunities - Asia and the Pacific' said India (USD 69 billion), China (USD 64 billion) and the Philippines (USD 33 billion) are the three largest remittance- receiving countries in the world in 2017.

• The directive has come within days of the RBI imposing similar restrictions on another state-run lender Dena Bank, which is under the Prompt Corrective Action (PCA) of the central bank.
• The central bank asked Allahabad Bank, which is already under the PCA mechanism, to restrict expansion of risk weighted average and reduce exposure to un-rated and high-risk advances, the filing said.
• As many as 11 of 21 state-owned banks are under the PCA of the Reserve Bank due to their weak financials.

• Earlier in the day, out of 430 deputies present at the State Duma, Russia's lower house of the parliament, 374 voted for Medvedev's post as prime minister and 56 voted against it.
• Medvedev, 52, who is also the chairman of the United Russia party, took office in 2012.

• The move comes two weeks after Serzh Sargsyan resigned following widespread anti-government demonstrations.
• His protest movement began with a non-violent march on March 31, demanding that Sargsyan step down.

• During an inauguration ceremony at Democracy Square in the capital, San Jose, Alvarado accepted the sash of office from his predecessor and ally, Luis Guillermo Solis.
• In his first speech as president, Alvarado said he intends to improve employment, education and health and fight poverty as the Central American nation nears the 200th anniversary of its independence in 2021.

• The tenure of Agarwal, a 1985-batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre, has been given three-month extension beyond May 15, 2018.
• He was appointed as the CEO of the FSSAI in December 2015.

• The former strongman who governed for more than two decades has become, at 92, the world's oldest elected leader.
• He came out of retirement and defected to the opposition to take on and beat former protege Najib Razak.

• The state government had earlier this year roped in AR Rahman as its ambassador to promote tourism in Sikkim.
• Sikkim is known for its rich biodiversity and abundant natural resources due to environment-friendly policies being followed by the state government for more than two decades.

• Singh, who is an MLA from Billawar constituency in Jammu region, was elected as the speaker by a voice vote in a one day special session of the Assembly.
• The motion to elect Singh was moved by Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Basharat Bukhari and seconded by Deputy Chief Minister Kavinder Gupta.
• Singh defeated Congress MLA from Bandipora, Usman Majeed.

• The Olympic medalist sports minister Rajyavardhan Rathore will now hold full scale charge of I&B ministry.
• SS Ahluwalia would be the junior minister for electronics and information technology instead of KJ Alphons, the MoS (independent charge) for tourism.

• The event was held at Vivanta by Taj, Dwarka in Delhi from April 26 to May 1.
• Nisha was presented the 'Excellent Woman of Excellence' award for her spiritual service at the event.
• Women Economic Forum is the largest global gathering of women entrepreneurs and leaders worldwide.

• The number of accidents has come down in SWR from 11 in 2014-15 to 8 in 2015-16, 3 in 2016-17 to 01 in 2017-18.

• This prestigious award for innovative technologies, successfully developed and commercialized from India, was presented by President Ram Nath Kovind at the Technology Day ceremony held at Vigyan in New Delhi.
• Launched in 2015 Rotavac was introduced into the Universal Immunization Programme (UIP) in India during 2016, with initial implementation in 9 states.

• Yunus, who is the founder of Grameen Bank and known as the Father of Microfinance, said that 99 per cent of world's population owns only one per cent of the wealth.

• Prof Yunus is the second Nobel laureate to be conferred the award. Last year it was presented to the 14th Dalai Lama.
• Yunus was awarded the Nobel Prize in 2006 for his Microfinance model.

• Her sister singer Asha Bhosle, Usha Mangeshkar and brother Hridaynath Mangeshkar were present at the occasion.

• Putting up an impressive show, the Indian drew 0-0 with the hosts, defeated Jordan 2-1 before beating Tajikistan in the final.

• The Mercedes driver was supreme at the front in a race that featured a heavy first-lap crash.
• Hamilton's win moves him into a 17-point championship lead.

• Kvitova, who was also the champion in Madrid in 2011 and 2015, has now claimed four titles in 2018 after triumphs in St Petersburg, Doha and Prague.
• In a big-hitting, roller-coaster of a final, Kvitova claimed her 24th career title.

• A right-arm medium pacer, Rajinder Pal played his only Test match against England (then known as MCC) during the 1963-64 series at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai.

• Quoting police officials, the reports said that the accident occurred at Uksan Lake near Kamshet, 60 kilometers away from Pune.
• Chadha was known for his unique style of storytelling in Urdu.
• Over the past few years, he had performed at various national and international stages, including universities like Harvard, Yale and Toronto.

• The hockey legend, who was known as the 1994 World Cup hero for Pakistan, had been suffering from heart ailment for the past three years and was under treatment.

• Bairagi was born on 10 February 1931 in Rampur village of Manasa tehsil of Mandsaur district.
• He was also active in literature and poetry as well as in the field of politics.
• He was food minister in the Arjun Singh government in Madhya Pradesh.
• Geet, Dard diwani, do took, bhaavi9 Rakshak Desh ke, Come Children, Aao Bacho Gao Bacho are some of his compositions.

• Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik expressed grief over the untimely death of the veteran actress.
• In a career spanning over three decades, Anita Das won the hearts of many with her powerful roles in films like Suna Chadhei and Naga Phasa to name a few.

• The book deals with military judicial system vis-a-vis command and management issues within the military establishments besides the whole gamut of issues relating to veterans, their families and dependents.