Top Headlines - 29.03.2016

Top Headlines - 29.03.2016
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1. Indian-American Nandita Bakshi has been appointed the President and Chief Executive Officer of Bank of the West, a unit of French banking giant BNP Paribas.

2. An India-born academician has been named by the UN Human Rights Council as an adviser to one of its working group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises. Surya Deva has been appointed by the Geneva-based UNHRC as the Asia-Pacific representative of the UN Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises.

3. President Pranab Mukherjee honoured 56 eminent personalities with Padma awards at the Civil Investiture Ceremony to be held at Rashtrapati Bhavan. Late Dhirubai Ambani, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Anupam Kher, Ajay Devgan and Saina Nehwal are among those prominent personalities who were honored with this award.

4. India had the slowest average connection speed in the Asia region in the last quarter of 2015, at 2.8 megabits per second. The report “Fourth Quarter, 2015, State of the Internet Report” was released by Akamai Technologies Inc., a global leader in content delivery network services.

5. Former Mexican national football team coach Raul Cardenas died. He was 87.

6. Social Justice and Empowerment Minister of Haryana Government Kavita Jain launched a new scheme named 'Anukool Greh' for the persons with disabilities and Haryana has been selected by the Centre as a pilot state for universal ID for persons with disability.

7. A huge bow mounted Sonar Dome designed & developed by Research & Development Establishment (Engineers) [R&DE (E)]; a DRDO laboratory based in Pune will be flagged off by Defence Minister Shri Manohar Parrikar.

8. Baahubali has won the Best Film award at 63rd National Film Award. Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan won the Best Actor award for his role in ‘Piku’ while Kangana Ranaut won Best Actress for her role in Tanu Weds Manu Returns.

9. The Haryana Cabinet passed a Bill to provide reservation in government jobs and education to Jats. The draft Bill on reservation to Jats and four other castes was cleared at a Cabinet meeting under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar. Apart from this, Haryana government has also proposed to bring a separate Bill for the setting up of a permanent Haryana Backward Classes Commission.