1) Speaker
rules out leader of opposition post for Congress in Lok Sabha: Lok Sabha
Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on Tuesday closed the chapter on a designated leader of
opposition in the lower House of Parliament by rejecting Congress's demand for
the post, writing back to the largest opposition party in reply to a letter
from Sonia Gandhi. LoPs in both Houses of Parliament are posts that are at par
with Cabinet ministers. "I have gone by rules and tradition," Mahajan
told reporters on her decision not to recognize the Congress leader in Lok
Sabha as the leader of opposition. Congress reacted strongly to the decision
which was pretty much along expected lines.
2) Ravi
Shastri appointed Director of Cricket for ODI series against England: n a
damage-control move, the BCCI has appointed former Test all-rounder Ravi
Shastri Director of Cricket in the Indian team for the five-match ODI series
against England, beginning August 25. The Board’s dramatic action on Tuesday
was a response to India’s disastrous 3-1 Test series defeat against England.
The BCCI told India’s bowling and fielding coaches, Joe Dawes and Trevor Penny,
to go on ‘leave.’ Bharat Arun and Sanjay Bangar, former India all-rounders,
will be the assistant coaches for the period. Former Hyderabad left-arm spinner
R. Sridhar is the fielding coach.
3) PM
invites ideas from people on new plan body: Taking a step further towards
scrapping the Planning Commission, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday invited
ideas from the people on the new institution to replace the plan body. The
government also announced creation of a special open forum on the website
mygov.Nic.In for suggestions on the new institution. "We envision the
proposed Institution as one that caters to the aspirations of 21st century
India and strengthens participation of the States.... Let the ideas flow,"
the Prime Minister said in a statement.
4) Google
buys travel guide app startup Jetpac:
Google confirmed it has bought the startup behind a Jetpac mobile
application that creates insightful travel guides by analyzing pictures from
social networks such as Instagram. Financial terms of the deal were not
disclosed. Jetpac said that its application would be removed from Apple's
online App Store in the days ahead and that it would stop supporting the
software in the middle of September.
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