Current Affairs : 23 September 2016

September 23, 2016    

Oxford tops world university rankings

Oxford University (UK) topped the list as the world’s leading university in the latest Times Higher Education world rankings index.
  • The United States had 63 institutions in the top 200, while the UK had 32 and Australia had 8.
  • Asian region’s top institution, National University of Singapore was ranked 24th.
  • Indian Institute of Science of Bengaluru has been placed in the rank segment of 201 to 250 while IIT Bombay is in the 301 to 350 segment.

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Niti Aayog chalks up plan to secure 50 medals in 2024 Olympics

  • Niti Aayog has devised a short-term and medium-to- long term action plan to help India achieve 50 medals in 2024 summer Olympics.
  • According to Niti Aayog, it will polish the talent of Indian sports persons and make them at par with their global counterparts.

Girish Chandra Gupta sworn-in as Calcutta HC chief justice

Justice Girish Chandra Gupta has sworn in as  the Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court.
  • He replaces Manjula Chellur, who has taken over as Chief Justice of Bombay High Court.
  • Earlier, Mr. Gupta was functioning as the acting chief justice of the high court since 22nd August after Chellur’s transfer.
  • Justice Gupta was born on December 1, 1954.

Anandi Ramalingam assumes charge as BEL’s marketing director

Anandi Ramalingam has appointed as the Director Marketing of the Public sector Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL).
  • She will be the first woman director of BEL.
  • Earlier, she was the General Manager heading the Military Communication Strategic Business Unit (SBU) at BEL’s Bangalore Complex.
  • Ramalingam has completed her B.E. in Electronics and Communication engineering (ECE) from the PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore.
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