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Brief News
Asian Banker Achievement Award 2015 given to Bharatiya Mahila Bank
Akraman-11 Defense Exercise by Indian Army in Rajasthan
Magnus Carlsen Wins Shamkir Chess Tournament 2015
Presidents Cup Open International Boxing Tournament – India Crowned Champions
Indian AffairsÂ
Maharashtra collaborates with Israel on Smart Cities
- In a key stride in collaboration between the State and Israel, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai agreed to cooperate in building smart cities.
- The two parties-Maharashtra government and Municipality of Tel Aviv-agreed to discuss common challenges faced by modern cities and possible solutions.
 Awards
BCCI to nominate Rohit Sharma for Arjuna award
- The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has nominated Rohit Sharma for the Arjuna award for 2015.
- Rohit has had an excellent last year for India in international cricket.
- The decision to nominate Rohit was taken in the BCCI working committee meeting in Kolkata.
- Since January 1, 2014, he has averaged 55.05 from 21 innings with 3 centuries and 5 fifties, with the epic 264 his highest score.
 International AffairsÂ
South Korean President Accepts Resignation of PM
- South Korea’s president accepted the resignation of her prime minister on Monday over a bribery scandal.
- Prime Minster Lee Wan Koo offered to resign last week, just two months after taking the country’s No. 2 post.
- He has been at the heart of a corruption scandal involving a dead businessman and other high-profile figures, mostly close associates of President Park Geun-hye.
Omar al-Bashir wins Sudan elections
- Sudan’s president Omar al-Bashir was re-elected on Monday with 94.5% of a vote boycotted by major opposition parties and denounced by western governments as lacking credibility.
- Al-Bashir, who took power in a bloodless Islamist coup in 1989, is the only sitting head of state facing genocide charges at the International Criminal Court.
Business & Finance
Capgemini acquires iGATE for $4 billion
- Capgemini and iGATE have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Capgemini will acquire iGATE for a cash consideration of $48 per share.
- The transaction will amount to $4 billion and is expected to be immediately accretive to Capgemini’s normalized Earnings Per Share (EPS)1.
- iGATE is US-listed IT services company headquartered in New Jersey.
Obituary
Telugu film choreographer K Vijay dies in Nepal
- An upcoming Telugu actor and choreographer, Vijay Singh Kavadia, 22, died in Nepal Monday morning in a car accident caused by a powerful aftershock.
- Part of a crew shooting in Nepal, Vijay was travelling with three others from Kathmandu towards the Indian border when the car hit a crack and overturned.
