National :
Meghalaya Governor Krishan Kant Paul takes additional charge of Nagaland
Meghalaya Governor Krishan Kant Paul today took over
the additional charge as the 18th governor of Nagaland following the
resignation of Ashwani Kumar from the post on June 25 last.
After his swearing-in, the governor in his address to the
gathering stressed on the need to facilitate a conducive social environment, to
enable the willing participation of all sections of society, for inclusive
development.
Ram Naresh Yadav sworn-in as Chhattisgarh Governor
Madhya Pradesh Governor Ram Naresh Yadav was
on Wednesday sworn-in as the Governor of Chhattisgarh.
Chief Justice Yatindra Singh of Bilaspur High
Court administered the oath of office to Yadav in a function organized in
Raipur at Raj Bhawan.
He has been given the additional charge of Chhattisgarh following the resignation of former Governor Shekhar Dutt.
He has been given the additional charge of Chhattisgarh following the resignation of former Governor Shekhar Dutt.
Narendra Modi is the 2nd most popular politician on Facebook after Obama
Narendra Modi has the fastest growing
Facebook page for any elected official in the world and is only second after US
president Barack Obama in terms of fan following of politicians, an official of
the social networking website said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the world's second most popular
politician, with over 18 million Facebook friends just behind US President
Barack Obama.
An increasing number of politicians globally, including
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, have been using social media such as
Facebook and Twitter to connect with the masses.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella
and Carnegie Mellon University President Subra Suresh are among several
immigrants who will be honoured this week on the occasion of America's
independence day for their achievements and contributions towards making the US
"vibrant and strong".
Jitu Rai is the world’s No 1 air pistol shooter
The 27-year-old armyman from Lucknow is the seventh Indian
shooter to have achieved this feat.
Anjali Bhagwat, Rajyavardhan Rathore, Gagan Narang, Manavjit
Singh Sandhu, Ronjon Sodhi and Heena Sidhu are the others to have claimed the
numero uno position in their respective events.
International:
World UFO Day
World UFO Day is an awareness day for people to gather together and watch the skies for unidentified flying objects. The day is celebrated by some on June 24, and others on July 2.
World UFO Day is an awareness day for people to gather together and watch the skies for unidentified flying objects. The day is celebrated by some on June 24, and others on July 2.
The stated goal of the July 2 celebration is
to raise awareness of "the undoubted existence of UFO’s” and to encourage governments to
declassify their files on UFO sightings.
Facebook acquires video ad company LiveRail
Facebook Inc is acquiring video advertising
company LiveRail in the Internet social network's latest step to make video ads
a bigger part of its business.
Facebook did not disclose a price for the San Francisco-based
company, which was founded in 2007 and has offices in several countries.
LiveRail's technology automatically pairs video ads with the
videos that appear on many websites, such as the sites for Major League
Baseball, ABC and A&E Networks.
NASA launches first carbon-tracking satellite
NASA on Wednesday launched a satellite to
measure carbon dioxide levels.
The Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2, or OCO-2,
satellite is the first one dedicated to monitoring carbon dioxide in the
globe's atmosphere.
It is expected to help global leaders pinpoint emissions down to the country, state and city to determine which regions produce the most carbon dioxide.
It is expected to help global leaders pinpoint emissions down to the country, state and city to determine which regions produce the most carbon dioxide.
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