Manjhi launches Hindustani Awam Morcha
(i) Expelled JD(U) leader and former Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Friday announced launching of a new party “Hindustani Awam Morcha” (HAM) which he said would contest alone all the 243 seats in coming Bihar polls.
(ii) Mr. Manjhi announced launching of the new party at a press conference in Patna.
(iii) He named former Bihar minister Shakuni Chaudhary as Bihar president of the HAM.
(iv) But, neither Mr. Manjhi nor 17 others rebel JD(U) MLAs name figure in the list of the new party for technical reasons.
(v) But, the process of merger and decision on new symbol and flag of the unified Janata party taking time, Mr. Manjhi and supporters on Friday decided to launch a new party with the name HAM with a new flag.
(vi) Mr. Manjhi said the new party would field candidate on all 243 seats in the coming Bihar election.
Conservatives win big in UK
(i) The Conservative Party swept to power Friday in Britain’s parliamentary elections, winning an unexpected majority that returns Prime Minister David Cameron to 10 Downing Street in a stronger position than before.
(ii) After meeting with Queen Elizabeth II on Friday afternoon, Cameron returned to his office to announce he would form a majority Conservative government.
(iii) Cameron promised to govern as the party of “one nation, one United Kingdom,” bringing the election to a much—quicker—than—expected conclusion.
(iv) Polls ahead of Election Day had shown Conservatives locked in a tight race with the opposition Labour Party, raising the possibility of days or weeks of negotiations to form a government.
(v) Labour took a beating, mostly from energized Scottish nationalists who pulled off a landslide in Scotland.
Pranab's Moscow visit to boost India-Russia education ties
(i) President Pranab Mukherjee landed in Moscow on Thursday for a visit aimed at reaffirming old ties between Russian and Indian soldiers who fought together during the Second World War, but also at restoring education ties between the next generation of young Russians and Indians.
(ii) At least eight MoUs will be signed between Indian institutes and Russian Universities on Friday, with a high- power delegation of higher education officials travelling with the President.
(iii) Among them are directors of IIT Delhi, Mumbai and Madras, the Indian Statistical Institute, the Institute of Engineers (India) as well as the Vice-Chancellor of Delhi University.
(iv) “The purpose is to recognise Russia’s strength in scientific and technological research, and to build a network students and professors who can conduct joint research together,” Secretary in the Department of Higher Education Satyanarayan Mohanty told The Hindu onboard the President’s special aircraft.
Jana is in full support of net neutrality
(i) Jana’s name means “people” in Sanskrit. The company wants to give a billion people in the emerging world access to free Internet.
(ii) The Jana story began in 2006, when I was working as a Fulbright Professor in Kenya.
(iii) Blood supplies in rural areas were limited, so me and my students built an SMS system to enable local nurses to make their needs known to officials running the centralized blood banks.
(iv) It was a great success initially, but soon the number of SMS messages declined. We realized why.
(v) Rural nurses couldn’t afford the mobile airtime. So we created software to allow the system to automatically replenish the nurses for the cost of the messages.
(vi) A switch flipped: the nurses enthusiastically returned to sending updates.
Jet Airways launches express cargo service
(i) Jet Airways has launched FAST-TRACK, a premium express cargo service on its domestic network for customers needing urgent shipment of air cargo in a defined timeframe.
(ii) This new offering from Jet Airways Cargo will provide priority access to capacity, later bookings and guaranteed uplift with a money-back guarantee in case of non-delivery of service, the airline said.
(iii) FAST-TRACK has expedited tender time of 120 minutes, retrieval time of 90 minutes, premium boarding priority and round-the-clock real-time tracking.
(iv) This facility will be rolled out on the airline’s international network soon.
Google’s first Asia start-up campus opens in Seoul
(i) Google’s first campus for start-ups and entrepreneurs in Asia has opened in Seoul.
(ii) Google on Friday cited South Korea’s flourishing start-up scene and pervasive smartphone use as the reasons for picking Seoul after opening similar sites in London and Tel Aviv.
(iii) Located in Gangnam, Campus Seoul rents out its 21,528 square foot space to start-ups.
(iv) It also plans to host events for tech start-ups and for female entrepreneurs with children.
(v) “Our goal with Campus Seoul is to create a space where entrepreneurs can thrive,” Mary Grove, Director of Global Entrepreneurship, said on Google’s official blog.
(vi) “Where they can feel at home with the local community, yet have everything they need to build a global company.”
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