Cameroon Footballer Patrick Ekeng Dies
Cameroon footballer Patrick Ekeng has died after collapsing on the pitch playing a first division match with his Romanian side Dinamo Bucharest.
He fell to the ground shortly after coming on as a 62nd-minute substitute during a league match.
He fell to the ground without any contact with another player.
Cameroon midfielder Marc-Vivien Foe also died after collapsing on the pitch in 2003.
Irish PM Enda Kenny Re-Elected
Enda Kenny has been re-elected as prime minister of Ireland.
Mr Kenny is the first Fine Gael party leader to secure two terms in power back to back.
His Fine Gael party won the most seats in the election but fell short of the quota needed to rule without support.
Fine Gael will stay in government only with support from Fianna Fail.
It is now expected that Mr Kenny will lead a minority govt.
Pakistan Retain Asia Kabaddi Title
Pakistan won the Asian Kabaddi championships held in Islamabad, retaining the title.
They defeated India 50-31 in the last match of the tournament.
Pakistan hosted the third edition of the Asia Circle Style Kabaddi Cup for the second time.
Seven teams including India, Iran, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka & Pakistan participated in the international event.
SBI Launches Card-less Payment Solution
State Bank of India announced the launch of mVisa, a mobile-based payment solution .
The service will help customers make payments through their smartphones by simply scanning the unique merchant QR (Quick Response) code.
SBI customers can now make easy payments to the merchants by simply scanning QR code image
This eliminates the need to swipe the physical card at a point-of-sale (PoS) machine
Reliance Gets nod for LNG Plant
Reliance Power has won an in-principle approval of the Bangladesh govt. for the first phase of the 3000 megawatt LNG-based power plant.
Under the approval,first phase of 750 MW power plant will be set up at Meghnaghat.
It will also set up the FSRU terminal at Maheshkhali Island in Cox’s Bazar district of Bangladesh.
Power plant at Meghnaghat will be provided by Bangladesh Power Development Board.
India 4th in Junior Shooting World Cup
Indian shooters have ended their campaign at the International Shooting Sport Federation Junior World Cup in Suhl,Germany at a creditable fourth position.
They finished with 2 gold, 4 silver & 3 bronze.
Rituraj Singh won two gold medals in both the individual & team events of the men’s 25m Standard Pistol.
Shivam Shukla won a gold & a silver.
Yashaswini Singh Deswal won two silver medals.
N Korea Party Congress Kicked Off
North Korea kicked off its biggest political show for a generation.
The party congress aimed at cementing the absolute rule of leader Kim Jong-Un & shadowed by the possibility of an imminent nuclear test.
The party congress drew thousands of selected delegates from across the country to Pyongyang.
It is the seventh meeting of North Korea’s Worker’s Party and the first since 1980.
Khan Become First Muslim Mayor of London
Labour Party Sadiq Khan, the son of a bus driver, became London’s first Muslim mayor.
Khan beat out Conservative candidate Zac Goldsmith at the polls.
He received 1,310,143 votes, higher than for any previous London Mayor.
He will succeed Boris Johnson as the Mayor of London.
He has served as the Labour MP for Tooting since 2005, is one of the country’s most prominent pro-LGBT Muslim politicians.
Idea,Google Partner for Carrier Billing
Idea Cellular with Google India introduced a joint initiative of direct carrier billing for the 184 million Idea subscribers.
The launch of direct carrier billing provides an option to purchase digital content on Google Play Store with a telecom account.
This billing does away with the need to have a credit/debit card to purchase a game or movie or e-book on Google Play Store.
M L Mehta Panel on Revising Metro Fares
Justice M L Mehta was appointed as chairman of a 3 member govt. panel on revision of Delhi Metro rail fares.
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the proposal for appointment.
The panel will submit its report within 3 months time.
The DMRC had requested the Centre to constitute the Fare Fixation Committee for recommending fares.
The fares were last revised in 2009.
Cameroon footballer Patrick Ekeng has died after collapsing on the pitch playing a first division match with his Romanian side Dinamo Bucharest.
He fell to the ground shortly after coming on as a 62nd-minute substitute during a league match.
He fell to the ground without any contact with another player.
Cameroon midfielder Marc-Vivien Foe also died after collapsing on the pitch in 2003.
Irish PM Enda Kenny Re-Elected
Enda Kenny has been re-elected as prime minister of Ireland.
Mr Kenny is the first Fine Gael party leader to secure two terms in power back to back.
His Fine Gael party won the most seats in the election but fell short of the quota needed to rule without support.
Fine Gael will stay in government only with support from Fianna Fail.
It is now expected that Mr Kenny will lead a minority govt.
Pakistan Retain Asia Kabaddi Title
Pakistan won the Asian Kabaddi championships held in Islamabad, retaining the title.
They defeated India 50-31 in the last match of the tournament.
Pakistan hosted the third edition of the Asia Circle Style Kabaddi Cup for the second time.
Seven teams including India, Iran, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka & Pakistan participated in the international event.
SBI Launches Card-less Payment Solution
State Bank of India announced the launch of mVisa, a mobile-based payment solution .
The service will help customers make payments through their smartphones by simply scanning the unique merchant QR (Quick Response) code.
SBI customers can now make easy payments to the merchants by simply scanning QR code image
This eliminates the need to swipe the physical card at a point-of-sale (PoS) machine
Reliance Gets nod for LNG Plant
Reliance Power has won an in-principle approval of the Bangladesh govt. for the first phase of the 3000 megawatt LNG-based power plant.
Under the approval,first phase of 750 MW power plant will be set up at Meghnaghat.
It will also set up the FSRU terminal at Maheshkhali Island in Cox’s Bazar district of Bangladesh.
Power plant at Meghnaghat will be provided by Bangladesh Power Development Board.
India 4th in Junior Shooting World Cup
Indian shooters have ended their campaign at the International Shooting Sport Federation Junior World Cup in Suhl,Germany at a creditable fourth position.
They finished with 2 gold, 4 silver & 3 bronze.
Rituraj Singh won two gold medals in both the individual & team events of the men’s 25m Standard Pistol.
Shivam Shukla won a gold & a silver.
Yashaswini Singh Deswal won two silver medals.
N Korea Party Congress Kicked Off
North Korea kicked off its biggest political show for a generation.
The party congress aimed at cementing the absolute rule of leader Kim Jong-Un & shadowed by the possibility of an imminent nuclear test.
The party congress drew thousands of selected delegates from across the country to Pyongyang.
It is the seventh meeting of North Korea’s Worker’s Party and the first since 1980.
Khan Become First Muslim Mayor of London
Labour Party Sadiq Khan, the son of a bus driver, became London’s first Muslim mayor.
Khan beat out Conservative candidate Zac Goldsmith at the polls.
He received 1,310,143 votes, higher than for any previous London Mayor.
He will succeed Boris Johnson as the Mayor of London.
He has served as the Labour MP for Tooting since 2005, is one of the country’s most prominent pro-LGBT Muslim politicians.
Idea,Google Partner for Carrier Billing
Idea Cellular with Google India introduced a joint initiative of direct carrier billing for the 184 million Idea subscribers.
The launch of direct carrier billing provides an option to purchase digital content on Google Play Store with a telecom account.
This billing does away with the need to have a credit/debit card to purchase a game or movie or e-book on Google Play Store.
M L Mehta Panel on Revising Metro Fares
Justice M L Mehta was appointed as chairman of a 3 member govt. panel on revision of Delhi Metro rail fares.
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the proposal for appointment.
The panel will submit its report within 3 months time.
The DMRC had requested the Centre to constitute the Fare Fixation Committee for recommending fares.
The fares were last revised in 2009.
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