Rohit Sharma wins Sportstar Aces 2020 Sportsman of the Year in cricket India opener Rohit Sharma was the recipient of the Sportstar Aces Sportsman of the Year in cricket for the year 2019. Sharma had his best year in terms of statistics across formats, scoring 1,490 runs in One-Day Internationals including seven hundred – the most by any player in the calendar year. Source: Sportster
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella Said About Amended Citizenship Law Microsoft Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Satya Nadella today joined the rising chorus of international voices against the Citizenship Amendment Act, terming the emerging situation in India as “sad”. “I think what is happening is sad… It’s just bad… I would love to see a Bangladeshi immigrant who comes to India and creates the next unicorn in India or becomes the next CEO of Infosys,” Mr. Nadella told BuzzFeed editor-in-chief, Ben Smith. Source: ndtv
ICICI Bank seeks recovery of amounts from Chanda Kochhar The ICICI bank has approached the Bombay HC seeking effect to ‘termination of appointment’ of Chanda Kochhar as its managing director and CEO. In a monetary suit filed on 10 Jan, the bank sought dismissal of Kochhar’s petition and stated that the issue can be decided in a commercial suit. Source
Plan to strike Pakistan post 26/11 was rejected by then government: Ex-IAF Chief BS Dhanoa Former chief of Indian Air Force (IAF) B.S. Dhanoa said that a proposal to strike Pakistan after the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks were rejected by the then government. Dhanoa said that the Indian Air Force was aware of the terror camps in Pakistan and was ready to hit out. “But it is a political decision on whether or not to carry out a strike,” he said. He gave the statement while addressing students at the VJTI’s annual festival, Technovanza. Source: newindianexpress
Finance Commission Chief Nand Kishore Singh Questions ‘Discriminatory’ IMF Scrutiny N.K. Singh, chairman of the 15th Finance Commission, accused the World Bank as well as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) of “developing rigidities” while encountering new challenges and assigning a higher weighting to developed regions such as Europe and US. He went on to say that the “rules of the game” were applied in a discriminatory manner between the rich and poor nations. Singh questioned the way the IMF scrutinizes macroeconomic policies of the developing world, which he claimed is done differently than for the richer nations. He stressed on...
Honored With Dadasaheb Phalke Award The 50th Dadasaheb Phalke Awards honored legendary actor Amitabh Bachchan with India’s highest film honor – for his stupendous contribution to Indian cinema, in New Delhi on Sunday evening. President Ram Nath Kovind presented the Award to Mr. Bachchan. The actor was accompanied by wife Jaya Bachchan and son Abhishek Bachchan at the ceremony. The 77-year-old actor, who skipped this year’s National Film Awards ceremony due to health issues, received the award from President Ram Nath Kovind at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. Source: ndtv.com
Virat Kohli topples Salman Khan for top spot on 2019 Celebrity 100 list Kohli’s march continues this year as, for the first time in eight years since the launch of the Forbes India Celebrity 100 List, he has replaced actors at the pole position. The 31-year-old is now perched right at the top on the back of ₹252.72 crore he earned between October 1, 2018, and September 30, 2019 . This was through match fees, the BCCI central contract, brand endorsements and an eight-figure fee for every sponsored Instagram post. Source: forbesindia
37-year-old TV actor Kushal Punjabi found hanging at his Mumbai home TV actor Kushal Punjabi, who was recently seen in Ishq Mein Marjaawaan, has allegedly committed suicide at his Mumbai home; he was 37. More details are awaited. TV actor Karanvir Bohra shared the sad news on Twitter and expressed his shock over the sudden loss. Source: Zoom News
breaks 22-year-old record for most runs as an opener in a calendar year Rohit Sharma has broken the record for the most runs scored by an opener in a calendar year. The India opener has breached a record that stood for 22 years since Sri Lanka’s Sanath Jayasuriya scored 2387 runs in 1997. Source : The Indian Express
Indian-American scientist Dr. Sethuraman Panchanathan to lead National Science Foundation in US U.S. President Donald Trump has picked Indian-American computer scientist Sethuraman Panchanathan to lead the prestigious National Science Foundation. The National Science Foundation (NSF) is a U.S. government agency that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. Its medical counterpart is the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Dr. Panchanathan, who completed his bachelor’s degree in University of Madras, is currently the Chief Research and Innovation Officer at the Arizona State University Source: The Hindu
