News Highlights : 7 january 2016

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Mufti sayeed

1. Mufti Sayeed passes away, Mehbooba likely to succeed as CM.

2. Wattan Ko Jano initiative: A programme that aims to expose youth from J&K to rest of India.

3. Paramilitary forces to have 33% reservation for women in constable level position.

4. IAMAI appoints Freecharge founder Kunal Shah as chairman.

5. Gadkari launches India's first River Information System.

6. International media conference in Mysuru.

7. Mysuru to get Cauvery river gallery.

8. Cabinet okays ‘Sampoorna Arogya Keralam’ medical care project.

9. India to skip BS-V, leapfrog to BS-VI norms from April 1, 2020.

10. Uber launches ‘uberEXCHANGE’, start-up mentorship programme.

11. AB Khare appointed CMD of Madras Fertilizers.

12. Achyuta Samanta elected as General President of 105th Indian Science
Congress.

13. Noted Gujarati writer Labshankar Thakar passed away.

14. Sam Pitroda appointed as Odisha Government’s Technical Advisor.

15. Pavan Kapoor To Be India's Ambassador To Israel.

16. RBI relaxes rules for IFSC bank branches

17. India to Grow at 7.8% This Year: WB

18. INS Kadmatt, anti-submarine warfare corvette, commissioned

19. Delhi government scrapped management, other quotas in private schools

20. Priyanka Chopra became First South-Asian Actress To Win People's Choice
Awards

21. Univ of Hyderabad professor Rekha Pande named ‘peace ambassador’ by the International Women’s Peace Group, Korea

22. Achyuta Samanta elected as General President of 105th Indian Science
Congress

23. Gajendra Chauhan took charge as FTII chief.

24. Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed dead.

25. Noted Gujarati writer Labshankar Thakar passes away.

26. GOl approves closure of HMT Watches.

27. Lieutenant General Suresh Sharma takes over as Director General Border
Roads (DGBR).

28. Sam Pitroda appointed as Odisha Government’s Technical Advisor.

29. NHRC issued notice to Bihar government over poor condition of prisons.

30. Vedanta appointed Samir Cairae as India metals business CEO.

31. Union Cabinet approved MoU with Bangladesh to set up border haats.

32. California declared state of emergency in Los Angeles after methane gas
leak.

33. Kunal Shah appointed as Chairman of Internet and Mobile Association of
India.

34. PSU bank employees to go on strike tomorrow.

35. Tech Mahindra, MetricStream announce global tie-up.

36. Pranav Dhanawad gets signed bat from Sachin Tendulkar.

37. Gadkari launches India’s first River Information System.

38. Mysuru to get Cauvery river gallery.

39. Cabinet okays ‘Sampoorna Arogya Keralam’ medical care project.

40. India to skip BS-V, leapfrog to BS-VI norms from April 1, 2020.

41. Uber launches ‘uberEXCHANGE’, start-up mentorship programme.

42. AB Khare appointed CMD of Madras Fertilizers.

43. Achyuta Samanta elected as General President of 105th Indian Science
Congress.

44. Payan Kapoor To Be India’s Ambassador To Israel.

45. TRAI gets 24 lakh comments on differential data pricing paper.

46. Quikr buys online real estate portal Commonfloor.com.