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News Digest this week 17th to 23rd August

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  • Friday, August 16, 2013
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    • Five Indian troopers have been killed in an ambush by a heavily armed special troops of Pakistan army along the Line of Control (LOC) in Poonch Sector of Jammu and Kashmir.
    • Mr. Raghuram Rajan has been appointed as the next Governor of Reserve Bank of India. Rajan, 50, is currently the Chief Economic Advisor and will takeover from the present incumbent , Mr D. Subbarao on September 4.
    • The National Green Tribunal has ordered a nationwide stay on sand mining on river beds without the Environment  Ministry clearance.
    • The Food Security Bill aimed at giving subsidized food to three fourth of the country's population has been introduced in Lok Sabha. 
    • India clinched their first ever medal in the Junior Women's Hockey World Cup. India defeated England 3-2 and won a bronze medal.
    • Leading military analyst Air Commodore Jasjit Singh passed away. He was 79. A Padma Bhushan awardee, he founded the Air Force think tank 'Centre for Air Power Studies'.

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