Justice Manjula Chellur takes oath as Chairperson of Appellate Tribunal for Electricity

Justice Manjula Chellur took oath as Chairperson of Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (ATE), Ministry of Power. Prior to this appointment, she was Chief Justice of Bombay High Court. She has been appointed for a period of 3 years or until ..

Month: Current Affairs - August, 2018

Government notifies rules for unlocking Rs 66,000 crore compensatory afforestation funds

Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has notified rules for utilisation of more than Rs 66,000 crore afforestation funds by states/UTs and for setting up authorities to monitor its use for afforestation and conservation. The rules have ..

Month: Current Affairs - August, 2018

ESIC Kolkata Recruitment 2018 for Senior Resident Vacancies

Employees State Insurance Corporation Hospital Kolkata (ESIC Kolkata) has invited online applications from qualified candidates for the posts of Senior Resident posts in the organisation. The candidates will be selected on the basis of performance in the  interview. The total number ..

MSRDC Recruitment 2018 for Executive & Deputy Engineer Posts

Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) has invited online applications from qualified candidates for various Executive & Deputy Engineer posts in the organisation. The candidates will be selected on the basis of performance in written test and/or interview. The total number of ..

Goa PSC Recruitment 2018 for Faculty Posts

Goa Public Service Commission (Goa PSC) has invited online applications from qualified candidates for various Assistant Professor, Associate Professor posts in the organisation. The candidates will be selected on the basis of performance in written test and/or interview. The total number ..

Chhattisgarh Health Recruitment 2018 for Consultant, LT and Other Posts

Health and Family Welfare Department, Chhattisgarh has invited online applications from qualified candidates for various Consultant, LT and other posts in the organisation. The candidates will be selected on the basis of performance in written test and/or interview. The total number ..

Vijaya Kamlesh Tahilramani sworn-in as Chief Justice of Madras High Court

Justice Vijaya Kamlesh Tahilramani has been sworn-in as the new Chief Justice of the Madras High Court (MHC) by Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit at a ceremony in Raj Bhavan in Chennai on August 12. Justice Tahilramani is the third ..

Viraj Madappa becomes youngest Indian golfer to claim Asian Tour title at 2018 Take Solutions Masters

Viraj Madappa (20) from Kolkata has become the youngest Indian golfer to claim the Asian Tour title after lifting the 2018 TAKE Solutions Masters trophy in Bengaluru on August 12. Beside this, Madappa has also become the first rookie and ..

Somnath Chatterjee, former Lok Sabha Speaker passes away

Somnath Chatterjee (89), the former Lok Sabha Speaker & veteran leader, has passed away in Kolkata, West Bengal on August 13, 2018. Mr. Chatterjee was the Speaker in the first five-year term (2004-2009) of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government ..

NASA launches Parker Solar Probe mission to touch Sun

On August 12, the US space agency NASA has successfully launched the Parker Solar Probe mission to send a satellite closer to the Sun than any before. The rocket carrying the Parker Solar Probe lifted off from Space Launch Complex ..