1) Election
Commission announced nine-phase parliamentary election schedule: By
announcing on Wednesday the dates for Lok Sabha polls, the Election Commission
has heralded an unduly long and blistering summer election. Over 814 million
voters — constituting the biggest electorate in the world — will exercise their
franchise to elect 543 members to the 16 th Lok Sabha in nine phases (April 7
to May 12), the first time since India became a republic in 1950. Assembly
elections will also be held simultaneously in the states of Andhra Pradesh,
including the Telangana region, Orissa and Sikkim. Counting will take place on May 16. Read more about the election schedule from here.
2) Dial
'1063' to register telecom complaints: Telecom subscribers across the
country can now register complaints by dialling a special toll free number
'1063'.
A note circulated by DoT said a short code
'1063' has been activated by the Public Grievances Cell in the Department of
Telecom (DoT) headquarters in New Delhi as a telecom consumer grievances
helpline. The new number will bring subscriber grievances into the notice of
DoT.
3) After
Penguin, another publisher recalls Wendy Doniger's book: Within weeks of
Penguin controversially recalling Wendy Doniger's book, 'The Hindus: An
Alternative History', another publisher, Aleph, pulled out the American
author's previous work, 'On Hinduism', on Tuesday. Bookshops across Bangalore
received calls from representatives of Aleph Book Company, promoted by Rupa
Publications, seeking return of all copies of the book.
4) Assam
becomes first Indian state to observe Child Protection Day: Assam became
the first state in the country to observe Child Protection Day on Tuesday with
about 1400 children participating in the central function in Guwahati. The day
was observed across the state and a central function was organised under the
aegis of Assam State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (ASCPCR) in
collaboration with the UNICEF. November 20 is observed globally as Universal
Children’s Day every year.
5) US
First Lady Honours Indian Acid Attack Victim Laxmi: US First Lady Michelle
Obama has felicitated Indian acid attack victim Laxmi after she won the
International Women of Courage Award for successfully leading the campaign
against acid attacks on women in India. Instead of hiding her disfigured face
"she became the standard-bearer in India for the movement to end acid
attacks," Higginbottom said, adding she had managed to win over the
Supreme Court to regulate the sales of acid.
6) R
Neelakantan returns to SpiceJet as chief financial officer: Second largest low-cost carrier SpiceJet Ltd
on Wednesday appointed R Neelakantan as its chief financial officer, marking
his second coming to the Chennai-based airline, and also appointed four senior
vice presidents. Neelakantan, who had served as CFO from November 2010 to
February 2013, is returning to the role after serving as the internal audit
head at the parent Sun Group.
7) Peter
Oppenheimer, Apple’s CFO, to retire at end of September: Apple on Tuesday
announced that Peter Oppenheimer, the company's senior vice president and CFO,
will retire at the end of September. Luca Maestri, Apple's vice president of
finance and corporate controller, will succeed Oppenheimer as CFO. He will
report to Tim Cook.
8) Third
BIMSTEC summit 2014 held in Myanmar: Third BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal
Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) Summit was
held from 1 March to 4 March 2014 in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar. The Third BIMSTEC
summit was attended by the heads from six countries and Special Envoy of the
Prime Minister of Thailand, namely Prime Minister of India, Prime Minister of
Bangladesh, Prime Minister of Nepal, President of Sri Lanka, Prime Minister of
Bhutan and President of Myanmar.
9) TN
bags Subbaiah Pillai Trophy: Tamil Nadu made best use of favourable
conditions to coast to a seven-wicket victory over Karnataka, and with it,
emerged the K.S. Subbaiah Pillai Trophy champion here on Wednesday.
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