Persons Died Hariharan An eminent physicist P. Hariharan, has died on July 27, 2015 at the age of 89. He was the first to apply digital phase- shifting techniques to holographic interferometry for measurements of vector displacements and strains. Dr. Hariharan’s…
Prashant Pathrabe Prashant Pathrabe, a Maharashtra-based senior IIS officer has been given additional charge as Director of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry as the term of the incumbent, DJ Narain, is ending.…
Appointments Current Affairs Swati Maliwal Swati Maliwal has been appointed as the Chief of Delhi Commission for Women (DCW). Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung approved this appointment. She took charge along with Farheen Malik, Promila Gupta and Sarika Chaudhary on July…
Mixed Sports Current Affairs Sekhon Won Two Golds in Special Olympics World Games Master Prabhroop Sekhon, a fourteen year old boy from India clinched two gold medals in 300 m and 500 m Roller Skating in the Special Olympics World Summer…
Cycling Current Affairs 102nd Tour de France 2015 Chris Froome (Britain), the cyclist from Team Sky won 102nd Tour de France on July 26,2015 by leaving behind Nairo Quintana Rojas, (Colombia). With this victory, Froome became the first Briton to win…
