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Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan has reformed the Joint Parliamentry Committe(JPC) for Land Acquistion Bill and appointed Ganesh Singh as the Chairperson of the Joint Committee of Parliament examining the Land Acquisition Bill . Mr. Ganesh is a member of parliament of BJP from  Satna constituency of Madhya Pradesh . He is a member of the 16th Lok Sabha of India and this is the third term for him. Mr. Ganesh Singh replaced S S Ahluwalia, who became Minister of the State for Parliamentary Affairs in reshuffle of the council of ministers on 5 July 2016.  After the appointment, Singh will have to move a resolution in the Lok Sabha seeking the seventh extension of the term of the panel. Earlier, the committee's term was extended till the first week of the Monsoon session and was to end on yesterday. Although, five positions are vacant in this committe as the tenure of Mr Jairam Ramesh, Mr Sarad Yadav and Mr Rajpal Singh Saini had ended in Rajiya Sabha while P P Chaudhary g...

India test team captain Virat Kohli has become the first Indian captain to score a double century outside India .  He scored 200 runs  against West Indies  on day two of the first Test at the Sir Vivian Richards stadium in North Sound, West Indies. With his double century, Kohli entered the list of visiting captains with highest scores in West Indies. Kohli is the fifth Indian captain to score a double century in a Test match  after Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi (2013 vs England), Sunil Gavaskar (205 vs West Indies), Sachin Tendulkar (217 vs New Zealand) and MS Dhoni (224 vs Australia).  It is the highest score by an Indian skipper away from home. Mohammad Azharuddin had scored 192 against New Zealand in Auckland in 1990.

Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC),  is a subsidiary of the Indian Railways Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation and the country's largest public sector bank(PSB) State Bank of India (SBI)  have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to hammer out a detailed plan for promotion of rail ticketing activities, including internet ticketing and unreserved ticketing system. Under the MoU,  the signatories will jointly explore areas of cooperation and draw up a detailed plan for  promotion of rail ticketing activities. IRCTC,  a  'mini Ratna'  PSU of Indian Railways which handles catering, tourism and Internet ticketing activities, and the  SBI will also undertake development of Unreserved Ticketing System and "such other services which can be jointly undertaken".

The Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi has saluted Indian revolutionary  freedom fighters  Chandra Shekhar Azad, and Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak on their birth anniversaries .  In a tweet, Mr. Modi said that he salutes the courageous Chandra Shekhar Azad, who won the admiration of countless Indians due to his valour and the great Bal Gangadhar Tilak inspired several people to devote themselves to the freedom struggle. Azad was born on July 23, 1906 in Bhavra village, in the present-day Alirajpur district of  Madhya Pradesh while Tilak was born in Ratnagiri in Maharashtra  on July 23, 1856.  On February 27, 1931, Azad shot himself dead with his last bullet when he was surrounded by police at Alfred Park in Allahabad while Tilak died on August 1 1920. 

A conference titled 'Made in Afghanistan' was recently held in Delhi to promote Afghan products and boost trade relations between both nations.   'Made in Afghanistan: Harnessing the Economic Potential' was the theme of two-day long event  held to strengthen India-Afghan relations in terms of trade, commerce and investment opportunities. An MoU was also signed between  FICCI-FLO and Afghanistan women  business federation during the event. The delegates from Afghanistan also appreciated the way India helps Kabul in uncertain conditions.  The traders from Afghanistan also exhibited their products in the exhibition sponsored by the Indian Government.  The traders were very positive in terms of trade relations between the two nations and hoped to get better promotion of their products in the Indian market as it will have a significant impact on their country's economy

The  Mother Teresa International Film Festival (MTIFF) ,  a film festival focusing on Mother Teresa's life and teachings is going to be held at over 100 locations in India and around 50 other countries.  The festival will be  kicked off from Kolkata  on August 26 after which it will travel all over the world for the next six months.  It will be organized by  the World Catholic Association for Communication. In Kolkata, the festival will be held for three days from August 26 at the state-run Nandan multiplex.  The objective is to spread the message of Mother Teresa before the world. The festival would also feature a film  on the Nobel laureate and inspired by her life. Mr.  Sunil Lucas will be the festival director.  The Roman Catholic nun Mother Teresa, who passed away in 1997 after serving the poor and sick on the streets of Kolkata for 45 years, will be declared a saint on September 4 by Pope Francis in the Vatican Cit...