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Adele named as the Global Recording Artist of 2015 by International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (I.F.P.I.).

 The artist is the third beneficiary of the IFPI Global Recording Artist of the Year recompense. The recompense is a one of a kind honor that mirrors a craftsman's overall notoriety crosswise over physical arrangements, downloads and streams.

Of the main 10 craftsmen highlighting in IFPI's 2015 worldwide graph, Ed Sheeran took second place and Taylor Swift wound up on the third place.

IFPI's Global Recording Artist recompense and main 10 outline is the first and final positioning to precisely catch the ubiquity of specialists crosswise over spilling channels, close by computerized and physical collection and singles deals on a worldwide premise.

Taylor Swift was the beneficiary of the Global Recording Artist of the Year  for 2014

Adele:  She is the first woman in the history of the Billboard Hot 100 to have three simultaneous top 10 singles as a lead artist, and the first female artist to simultaneously have two albums in the top five of the Billboard 200 and two singles in the top five of the Billboard Hot 100.

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Acclaimed film maker Aurobindo Mukherjee breathed his last.

 Mukherjee was the producer of religion Bengali works of art such as Agniswar, Mouchak and Nishi Padma in the mid 1970s.

Famous performing artist Jaya Bhaduri was the revelation of Mukherjee. He dispatched Bhaduri in Dhanyee Meye in 1971. Mukherjee's first film, Kichhukhon, got him the President's Award. His film Nishi Padma, featuring Uttam Kumar and Sabitri Chatterjee, was revamped in Hindi by Shakti Samanta as Amar Prem. Mukherjee composed the screenplay for the motion picture, which earned him a Filmfare Award.

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Wipro buys US-based HealthPlan Services for $460 million.

 Wipro signed an agreement to acquire the US-based Health Plan Services from Water Street Healthcare Partners for $460 million. This is Wipro’s fourth acquisition in the last six months

By partnering with HealthPlan Services, Wipro gains the competitive, first-mover advantage in the high growth public and private exchange space for individual, group and ancillary markets.


The Health Plan acquisition is Wipro’s largest since it bought Infocrossing in 2007 for $600 million Wipro consented to an arrangement to obtain the US-based Health Plan Services from Water Street Healthcare Partners for $460 million. This is Wipro's fourth securing in the most recent six months

•     By cooperating with HealthPlan Services, Wipro picks up the focused, first-mover favorable position in the high development open and private trade space for individual, bunch and auxiliary markets.

•     The Health Plan securing is Wipro's biggest since it purchased Infocrossing in 2007 for $600 million.

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An MOU between Ministry of Railways and State Government of Telangana.

 Key Highlights:

The MoU goes for Formation of Joint Venture Companies for Development of Railway Infrastructure in the State of Telangana.


Setting up of Joint Ventures with states for focused task advancement, asset preparation, land obtaining, venture usage and observation of basic rail ventures.


MoUs will be demonstrated as the new development for arrangement of JV organizations.

 

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The Union Home Ministry set down rules for mercy petition.

 The rules involves long defers in examinations/trial and age and mental insufficiency of the candidate and the grounds where leniency might be defended.

The guidelines are:  

•    Identity of the charged (age, sex or mental insufficiency) or circumstances of the case, (for example, incitement).

• Cases in which redrafting court has communicated its uncertainty as to unwavering quality of the proof however in any case settled on conviction.

• Cases where it is claimed that new confirmation is realistic, fundamentally with a perspective to seeing whether new enquiry is defended.

• Where the High Court has turned around on bid an exoneration by a session judge or has on claim improved the sentence.

• Difference of sentiment in a Bench of two judges, requiring reference to the third judge of the high court.

• Consideration of proof in obsession of obligation in posse murder cases.

• Long postpones in examinations and trials.

The above rules are not particular but rather will be fairly as wide rules. The particular rules couldn't be confined for looking at benevolence petitions because of lion's share of various sort of cases and fluctuated circumstances.

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The Hallowed Lord's will host the Women's Cricket World Cup in 2017.

 The matches will begins from June 26 to July 23. This will be a 28-day competition which wills highlight 31 recreations. Eight groups will take an interest in a solitary association design. It will be the first occasion when the competition will be held in England. Australia is the present holders of Women's Cricket World cup.

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Mukesh Bansal and Ankit Nagori are to quit Flipkart.

 Mukesh Bansal and Ankit Nagori, the two most top-notch executives at Flipkart Ltd, have resigned to start their own ventures, Now co-founder Binny Bansal is left in control of the country’s largest e-commerce company. Mukesh, the head of Flipkart’s commerce platform and its tyro advertising business, will leave by April, while chief business officer Nagori will exit by May.

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Tarun Gogoi revealed 'Vision Assam-2030:Everything for Everyone'.

 The vision report was discharged amid the two-day association gathering regarding usage of supportable advancement objectives that started in Guwahati around the same time.

'Vision Assam 2030' imagines a changed future for the general population of Assam free from all types of hardship, imbalances and shakiness inside of the following 15 years.

With this, Assam turned into the main state to have a dream record on practical improvement objectives.

Foundation:

The 'Vision Assam 2030' depends on the United Nations the official motivation, Transforming Our World: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

The motivation was embraced as a determination by the United Nations General Assembly on 25 September 2015 for supportable improvement involving 17 objectives and 169 targets.

The 17 objectives incorporate closure destitution in all structures, finishing hunger, accomplishing great wellbeing for all, quality instruction for all, sexual orientation correspondence, clean sanitation and water, moderate and clean vitality, business and monetary development, industrialisation and advancement, decreasing disparities, mindful utilization and creation, environmental change, securing life submerged, preserving life ashore, accomplishing equity and peace and associations to accomplish these objectives

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Harinder Sidhu ,the new Australian High Commissioner to India

  Harinder Sidhu is  named as the nation's next Australian High Commissioner 

About Harinder Sidhu :

Sindhu, a senior profession officer with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, has been likewise serving as First Assistant Secretary of the Multilateral Policy Division. She has already served abroad in Moscow and Damascus.

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11th February as International Day Women and Girls in Science by the United Nations General Assembly.

 Reason: To highlight female accomplishment, level with access and interest in the science field.

On December 22nd 2015, the 70th Session of the United Nations General Assembly received an earth shattering determination to set up a yearly International Day of Women and Girls in Science.

Theme : Transforming the World: Parity in Science.

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