14 June 2013 Current Affairs
S K Roy Appointed New Chairman of LIC
S K Roy has been appointed as the Chairman of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC).Roy succeed D.K. Mehrotra, and get a five-year term as chairman.On May 31, 2013, he assumed charge as Managing Director of LIC along with Thomas Mathew and Sarkar.Roy joined the largest insurance company in the country in 1981.
India, UK Signed MoU On Cooperation In Healthcare Sector
On 14 June India and the United Kingdom have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for strategic and technical cooperation on health care policy and practice.The MoU was signed by Department of Health Research (DHR) Secretary V M Katoch and UK-based National Institute for Health and Care (NICE) Excellence chief executive Andrew Dillon in London.
Delhi’s IGI Airport Get’s World’s Second Best Airport Award
On 14 June Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport has been named the world’s second best airport in the 25-40 million passengers category by the Airport Council International. The airport also has been adjudged as the fourth best in the world among 199 airports across all categories.IGI has managed to retain its position of second best airport in the 25-40 million passengers per annum category for 2012 year.
West Bengal Tops Chart In Crime Against Women
On 14 June According to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) statistics ,West Bengal is the most unsafe place for women in India. It tops the list of states with the highest number of registered cases against women.West Bengal accounted for 12.67 per cent of the total crime committed against women in the country.Mamata’s state is followed by Assam (37.6%) , Kerala (20.8%), Jharkhand (19.2%) , Bihar (18.5%) ,Uttar Pradesh (15 %) ,Andhra Pradesh (6.2%) ,Madhya Pradesh (5.1%).
Tan Twan Eng Wins The “2013 Walter Scott prize”
On 14 June Malaysian writer author Tan Twan Eng has won the “2013 Walter Scott prize” for Historical Fiction for his second novel “The Garden of Evening Mists”.The Walter Scott Prize for the historical fiction was founded in the year 2010.