1) Automatic
SMS after confirmation of waitlisted train tickets: Waitlisted passengers
will soon get status messages in their mobile phones if their tickets get
confirmed before journey. A senior Railway Ministry official said the
waitlisted passenger will get an SMS about the status of the ticket on the
mobile phone number given at the time of ticket booking before the journey.
Currently, one has to either dial the enquiry number 139 or use the Internet to
know the waitlisted ticket status. CRIS, the technological arm of Railways, is
making the software for the SMS-based service.
2) N.
Srinivasan to become first chairman of ICC board: N. Srinivasan, President,
Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), will be the first chairman of the
revamped International Cricket Council (ICC) board. He will take over in July.
The ICC board, which will continue to be the primary decision-making body, at a
meeting in Singapore approved a comprehensive resolution relating to
governance, competition and financial models of the ICC. A new executive
committee will be formed to report to the board. The initial chair of this will
be Wally Edwards from Cricket Australia (CA) while the chair of the Finance and
Commercial Affairs Committee will continue to be Giles Clarke from England and
Wales Cricket Board (ECB). Two of the full members – Pakistan Cricket Board and
Sri Lanka Cricket - abstained in the vote as they felt they needed more time to
discuss the amended resolution with their respective boards
3) World
Test Championship axed, Champions Trophy returns: The Champions Trophy one-day tournament will
continue in 2017 and 2021, replacing plans for a World Test Championship. The
decision was taken at the International Cricket Council (ICC) meeting on
Saturday.
4) RK
Tewari tipped to be new CBDT Chairman: Senior IRS officer RK Tewari is
tipped to be the new chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes, the apex
authority of the Income-Tax Department. Sources said the final approval from
the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has been received and the Finance
Ministry will soon issue orders in this regard.
5) General
Motors CEO Mary Barra tops the Fortune global list of 50 most powerful women in
business. She, the first woman to
run a global automaker, is followed in the list by IBM's Ginni Rometty at 2nd
and PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi at the 3rd rank. ICICI Bank Managing Director
'Chanda Kochhar' (18th) is the only Indian, apart from Nooyi, to feature in
this coveted list.
6) Finance
ministry has extended Upendra Kumar Sinha’s tenure as SEBI head for another
two years on 7th February. He has been doing a phenomenal job and this
extension will give more time to continue pursuing reforms aimed at bringing
more transparency to stock markets.
7) India’s largest paramilitary force CRPF
has appointed five-time world boxing champion and Olympic bronze medalist M C
Mary Kom as its brand ambassador.
8) Sachin
set to lead MCC against Warne's Rest of World: Retired batting icon Sachin
Tendulkar will be seen in cricketing gears once again when he leads the MCC
team against Shane Warne-led Rest of the World side at the Lord's in a one-day
game on July 5 to mark the bicentenary celebrations of the historic club.
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