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1) Govt withdraws draft encryption policy:
--> Narendra Modi government on 22
September 2015 withdrew the controversial draft encryption policy that proposed
to make it mandatory for every citizen to save all digital communications,
including emails and chats, for a period of 90 days.
--> Reiterating that the Government
respects freedom of social media, Union Telecom Minister Ravishankar Prasad
said the government has asked Department of Electronics and IT to withdraw and
rework the draft.
2) Government clears Military helicopters deal with US
aviation giant Boeing:
--> Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS)
has cleared a multi-billion dollar deal for 22 Apache attack helicopters and 15
Chinook heavy-lift choppers with American aviation giant Boeing.
3) 24th Vyaas Samman conferred on eminent Hindi writer Dr
Kamal Kishore Goenka:
--> Eminent Hindi writer Dr Kamal
Kishore Goenka was conferred with 24th Vyaas Samman for the year 2014 on 22
September 2015. He was awarded for his work 'Premchand ki Kahaniyon ka Kaal
Kramanusaar Adhyayan'.
--> Goenka's work is a critical analysis
of the work by Hindi literature's towering giant Munshi Premchand.
4) India to hold Pravasi Bharatiya Divas in Los Angeles:
--> With a view to further increase
people-to-people contacts between India and the United States, External Affairs
Minister Sushma Swaraj announced that India will be holding a regional Pravasi
Bharatiya Divas in Los Angeles in November this year.
5) Hyderabad to host 19th International Children’s Film
Festival:
--> The 19th International Children’s
Film Festival (ICFF) will be conducted between November 14th -20th, 2015 in
Hyderabad, the permanent venue for the event.
--> Sunil Arora, Secretary, Ministry of
Information & Broadcasting, said that the next film festival should be more
entertaining, interactive, informative and fun for the children.
6) UIDAI control shifted from Niti Ayog to IT ministry:
--> The Unique Identification Authority
of India (UIDAI), which issues Aadhaar cards, has been shifted to the administrative
control of the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology from Niti
Aayog.
--> Earlier, UIDAI was the part of
Planning Commission.
7) Indra Nooyi, Shobhana Bhartia presented with USIBC global
leadership award:
--> Hindustan Times Group chairperson
Shobhana Bharatia and PepsiCo Chairman Indra Nooyi have been awarded 2015
Global Leadership Award of the US-India Business Council (USIBC).
--> They were honoured with this award
for their roles as top women leaders in the Business world and their commitment
to driving a more inclusive global economy.
8) Union Cabinet gives nod to set up India Sign Language
Research and Training Centre:
--> The Union Cabinet chaired by the
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the setting up of Indian Sign
Language Research and Training Centre (ISLRTC).
--> ISLRTC will be set up as a Society
under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 and initially will be located at the
Institute for Physically Handicapped, New Delhi.
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