1) Election
Commission announced assembly polls date: Haryana, Maharashtra to vote on
October 15: The election Commission on Friday announced the assembly
elections date for Haryana and Maharashtra. Chief Election Commissioner V.S.
Sampath made the big announcement during a press conference that both Haryana
and Maharashtra will elect new assemblies in single phase on October 15 and the
results will be declared on October 19. "Model Code of Conduct comes into
effect immediately" the CEC said adding "as per SC orders, Commission
has made provision for NOTA in EVMs."
2) Rohan
Bopanna to receive Davis Cup Commitment Award: Indian tennis star Rohan
Bopanna will be awarded the Davis Cup Commitment Award in Bangalore on 13 Sep
2014 on the sidelines of the ongoing World Group play-off tie against Serbia,
it was announced by International Tennis Federation (ITF). The ITF through its
national associations, will present Davis Cup Commitment Awards during this
weekend’s 2014 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group and zone group ties.
Besides Bopanna, former Grand Slam tennis champions Lleyton Hewitt of Australia
and Gustavo Kuerten of Brazil will also be presented the award after their
respective games.
3) Environment
Minister launched online portal for zoos: Union Minister for Environment,
Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar on Friday launched an online portal
for grant of recognition to zoos and monitoring of zoos. He also launched an E-
archival and retrieval management system for the Central Zoo Authority and a
book on “Zoos in India 2014,” an official statement said.
4) V
Krishna Murthy award conferred on Nandan Nilekani: Nandan Nilekani, the
former Chairman of Unique Identification Authority of India (UDAI), has been
conferred with V Krishna Murthy Award for Excellence. The former CEO of Infosys
received the award from Tamil Nadu Governor K Rosaiah on Friday at the Centre
for Organisation Development (COD). Krishna Murthy was instrumental in turning
around public sector giants BHEL and SAIL. He also helped Maruti to make a mark
in the automobile sector.
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