Date 15.July.2014 Environmentalist Chandi Prasad Bhatt will be awarded the prestigious Gandhi Peace prize for 2013 by President Pranab Mukherjee. The Gandhi Peace Prize was instituted by the government in 1995 on the occasion of the 125th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. Mr Bhatt is an environmentalist and social activist who has worked extensively on Gandhian principles. This annual award is given to individuals and institutions for their contributions towards social, economic and political transformation through non-violence and other Gandhian methods. -------------- Germany beat Argentina to win 2014 FIFA World Cup. Germany has now won four World Cups, one behind Brazils record tally of five. -------------- FIFA World Cup awards: (1) Argentina icon Lionel Messi was awarded the Golden Ball, a prize given by the organizers of the tournament to “the most outstanding player at the FIFA World Cup. (2) Colombias James Rodriguez received The adidas Golden Boot, the award goes to the top goalscorer at the FIFA World Cup. (3) Germany’s Manuel Neuer received the Golden Glove as “the tournament’s most outstanding goalkeeper. (4) France’s Paul Pogba was named young player of the tournament for his dynamic midfield performances. ------------- Former Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jaywardene will retire from Test cricket, but will continue to play ODIs acording to the nation’s cricket board. Jayawardene, a right hand batsman, made his debut in 1997, and has since played 145 tests, scoring 11,493 runs at an average of 50.18 with 33 hundreds. Jayawardene retired from Twenty20 cricket in April after Sri Lanka won the world title. ------------ FACT - Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore Limited. The Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore Limited (or FACT Ltd) is a fertiliser and chemical manufacturing company in Kochi, Kerala. ----------- Luiz Felipe Scolari has resigned as coach of the Brazil national football team. --------- 2014 FIBA Asia Cup will be the 5th FIBA Asia Cup, the basketball tournament of FIBA Asia and will be held in Wuhan, Hubei, China from July 11–19, 2014. ---------- Alice Coachman Davis, the first African American non-white female athlete to win an Olympic gold medal, passed away. ---------- IBM has entered into a six-year agreement with India-based micro finance provider Janalakshmi Financial Services (JFS) to transform its business and technology capabilities. ------------ IDBI Federal has come out with a new initiative ‘8 Days Claim Settlement Guarantee’ under which it will settle death claims in eight working days. The initiative will be effective from July 8, and will only be applicable for claims filed after this date. The nominees can also track their claims status through the website idbifederal. ---------- Jet Airways to operate new flight to Colombo. Jet Airways is a major Indian airline based in Mumbai. It is the second largest airline in India, both, in terms of market share and passengers carried, after IndiGo. It operates over 3000 flights daily to 76 destinations worldwide. ---------- Technology major Siemens has launched its first Technology and Application Centre (TAC) in India. Located in Peenya, Bangalore’s industrial cluster, the govt aims at skilling those working with and on machine tools, and helping enhancing productivity in the sector. ----------- Government ruled out privatisation of Air India. --------- The government of Telangana and software major Microsoft have come to an understanding for working together primarily in the areas of developing incubation centres for making engineering graduates industry-ready and making Hyderabad the first Wi-Fi enabled city in the country. ---------- Defence Secretary Philip Hammond will become Britain’s new Foreign Secretary. ----------- US and Qatar have signed an arms deal on Qatar’s purchase of US Patriot defence systems and Apache helicopters. It emphasizes the strong partnership between the United States and Qatar in the area of security and defence and will help improve our bilateral cooperation across a range of military operations. ---------- British Foreign Secretary William Hague will step down as foreign secretary. ---------- Haryana Governor Jaganath Pahadia gave his nod to the Haryana Sikh Gurdwaras (Management) Bill 2014, which was passed by the Assembly on July 11, to allow creation of a separate committee to manage Sikh shrines in the State. ---------- The England and Wales Cricket Board has sent a formal invitation to late Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi’s wife Sharmila Tagore for the prize distribution ceremony after completion of the fifth and final Test between India and England scheduled from August 15-19 at the Oval. ------------ The government has cleared 19 foreign investment proposals, including that of Walt Disney Company and Reckitt Benckiser (India), entailing total investment of Rs. 2,326.72 crore.
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