〓 crnt aff 〓 1. Senior IAS officer Anil Goswami, a seasoned hand on Jammu and Kashmir affairs, on Sunday took charge as the new Union Home Secretary. 58-year-old Goswami, a 1978 batch IAS officer, is the first bureaucrat from Jammu and Kashmir to rise to the post of Union Home Secretary and will have a two-year tenure. He took charge from incumbent RK Singh, who retired today. 2. State Bank of India (SBI) customers will have to pay Rs 60 per year for getting SMS alerts, a move which is likely to be followed by other public sector lenders. 3. CPI has become the first political outfit to respond to an RTI application after a CIC order declared parties as public authorities but underlined that it does not come under the transparency law. 4. The ICC announced its much awaited World Test Championship which will have its inaugural edition in England during the month of June and July in the year 2017 while the second edition will be held in India in 2021. 5. The West Indies will host the International Cricket Council (ICC) Women’s World Twenty20 in 2018 and the Under-19 Cricket World Cup in 2022. 6. Travellers from across the globe have ranked India’s Taj Mahal among the top three landmarks in the world, a leading travel website has announced. 7. Healthcare Economist Dr Mukesh Hariawala was recently conferred the prestigious ‘Indian Healthcare Visionary of the Decade’ award at a glittering ceremony of the 4th Annual Business Leadership Conclave at Hotel Leela in Mumbai. 8. At least 17 people, including four children, were killed and nearly 50 injured on Sunday when a powerful remote-controlled bomb targeted a passing convoy of security forces near a busy market here in northwest Pakistan. 9. Germany’s Nico Rosberg won a dramatic British Grand Prix for Mercedes on Sunday after one of several explosive tyre failures scuppered team mate Lewis Hamilton’s hopes of home victory. 10. Brazil’s Neymar has been included on a six-man shortlist for the FIFA Confederations Cup Golden Ball award.
Posted on: Tue, 02 Jul 2013 02:10:48 +0000
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