Current Affairs Assam – August 22-28, 2018
( Covers all important Assam Current Affairs & GK topics for the week of August 22-28, 2018 )
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August 22
Satya Pal Malik appointed as J&K Governor
Bihar Governor Satya Pal Malik is appointed the Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, replacing N.N. Vohra who was in the post for more than 10 years.
With Satya Pal Malik transferred to Jammu and Kashmir, where Governor’s Rule was imposed on June 20 after the fall of PDP-led governmentt, President Ram Nath Kovind also appointed three new governors in Bihar, Haryana and Uttarakhand and transferred three Governors to new states.
Satya Pal Malik will only be the second politician to enter the Kashmir Raj Bhavan as 11 others were former bureaucrats or from military personnel.
- Lalji Tandon is appointed as Bihar Governor.
- Satyadev Narayan Arya has been appointed as Haryana Governor.
- Baby Rani Maurya has been appointed Uttarakhand Governor.
- Meghalaya Governor Ganga Prasad has been transferred to Sikkim.
- Tripura Governor Tathagata Roy has been transferred to Meghalaya.
- Kaptan Singh Solanki, Governor of Haryana, has been transferred to Tripura.
President’s rule– President’s rule refers to suspension of state government and imposition of direct Central Government rule in a state of India. Under Article 356 of the Constitution of India, if any state government is unable to function according to constitutional provisions, the Central government can take direct control of the state governance.
In such scenario, executive authority is exercised through the centrally appointed governor.
Governor of Indian state – Governor is a de jure constitutional head of Indian state. During President’s rule, the Council of Ministers is dissolved, vacating the office of Chief Minister. Furthermore, the Vidhan Sabha is either prorogued or dissolved, necessitating a new election.
In the state of Jammu and Kashmir, failure of governmental function results in Governor’s rule, imposed by invoking Section 92 of the Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir. The state’s governor issues the proclamation, after obtaining the consent of the President of India. If it is not possible to revoke Governor’s rule within six months of imposition, the President’s Rule under Article 356 of the Indian Constitution is imposed.
Darrang awarded best CSC performing district
The Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has recognised Darrang as the best performing district in the field of digital online services through Common Service Centres or CSCs.
The Additional Secretary of the Electronics and Information Technology Pankaj Kumar in the presence of Union IT Law and Justice Minister, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of CSC Dr Dinesh Kumar Tyagi, Director MeitY, Pravin Chandekar, Joint Secretary, MeitY Sanjay Goel, and other senior officials from the North East offered a memento and a certificate of appreciation to Darrang Deputy Commissioner Ashok Kumar Barman and Additional Deputy Commissioner (IT) cum Project Director of DRDA, Darrang Pankaj Chakravarty.
This award was given ceremonially in a function organised in connection with the launching of the North East Vision Document recently in Guwahati.
FACTFILE – Common Service Centres or CSCs
- CSCs are the access points for delivery of essential public utility services, social welfare schemes, healthcare, financial, education and agriculture services, apart from host of B2C services to citizens in rural and remote areas of the country.
- It is a pan-India network catering to regional, geographic, linguistic and cultural diversity of the country, thus enabling the Government’s mandate of a socially, financially and digitally inclusive society.
- Common Service Centres (CSC) scheme is one of the mission mode projects under the Digital India Programme.
- Based on the assessment of CSC scheme, the Government launched the CSC 2.0 scheme in 2015 to expand the outreach of CSCs to all Gram Panchayats across the country. Under CSC 2.0 scheme, at least one CSC will be set up in each of the 2.5 lakh GPs across the country by 2019.
August 23
Veteran Journalist-Author Kuldip Nayar passes away at 95
Veteran journalist Kuldip Nayar passed away on 22 August at the age of 95. Nayar was also an author, with 15 books to his name, and was appointed as High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom in 1990. He was also nominated as a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha in 1997.
Kuldip Nayar was born in Punjab’s Sialkot in British India (now Pakistan) on 14 August, 1923 to Gurbaksh Singh and Pooran Devi. He completed a BA from Forman Christian College in Lahore and LLB from the Law College Lahore.
Kuldip Nayar was known as an editor who “refused to bend or crawl” during the Emergency under former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s tenure. Apart from his work in journalism, Kuldip Nayar was also a part of India’s delegation to the United Nations in 1996.
He was awarded 2003 Astor Award for Press Freedom and 2007 Shaheed Niyogi Memorial Award for Lifetime Achievement.
PV Sindhu among the World’s highest earning non-tennis female athlete
World championship and Rio Olympics silver medallist PV Sindhu is the seventh highest paid female athlete in the world based on the earnings from prize money and endorsements for the last 12 months ending June 1, 2018.
Sindhu and race car driver Danica Patrick are the only non-tennis players in the top-10 list that is headed by 23-time Grand Slam singles champion Serena Williams.
According to Forbes, Sindhu earned a total of $8.5 million in the corresponding 12 months with her prize money only accounting for $500,000, with the remaining $8 million coming from endorsements.
The top 10 women earned a total of $105 million in these 12 months through prize money and endorsements, which was 4% down from last year and 28% down from five years ago.
| Rank | Athlete | Total Earnings |
| 1 | Serena Williams | $18.1mn |
| 2 | Caroline Wozniaki | $13mn |
| 3 | Sloane Stephens | $11.2mn |
| 4 | Garbine Muguruza | $11mn |
| 5 | Maria Sharapova | $10.5mn |
| 6 | Venus Williams | $10.2mn |
| 7 | PV Sindhu | $8.5mn |
| 8 | Simona Halep | $7.7mn |
| 9 | Danica Patrick | $7.5mn |
| 10 | Angelique Kerber | $7mn |
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