1) Swiss President on 3-Day Visit to India
•President of Swiss Confederation Doris Leuthard is on the three-day visit to India. A number of agreements are expected to be signed in several areas after the talks.
•India and Switzerland enjoy robust economic ties, with Switzerland being seventh largest trading partner and eleventh largest foreign investor for India.
2) Rajiv Kumar Takes Charge as Niti Aayog Vice-Chairman
•Economist Rajiv Kumar took over as the vice-chairman of government think tank NITI Aayog. Mr. Kumar replaced Arvind Panagariya, an Indian-American economist who left the think tank to return to academia.
•Mr. Kumar was a senior fellow at the Centre for Policy Research (CPR). He was a member of the National Security Advisory Board between 2006 and 2008.
3) Sunil Arora Appointed Election Commissioner
•Former bureaucrat Sunil Arora was appointed Election Commissioner by the law Ministry. Mr. Arora’s appointment will be with effect from the day he assumes charge.
•After Nasim Zaidi retired as Chief Election Commissioner in July, there was a vacancy in the poll panel. While Achal Kumar Joti is the Chief Election Commissioner of India, Om Prakash Rawat is the other Election Commissioner.
4) Rajiv Mehrishi is New CAG of India
•The outgoing Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi was appointed Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG).
•Mr. Mehrishi completed his two-year stint as Home Secretary and handed over the charge to Rajiv Gauba.
5) CSIR Ranked 9th Public Research Institution of the World
•The outgoing Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi was appointed Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG).
•Mr. Mehrishi completed his two-year stint as Home Secretary and handed over the charge to Rajiv Gauba.
6) Konkani Writer Mahabaleshwar Sail Receives 2016 Saraswati Samman
•Prominent Konkani writer Mahabaleshwar Sail was presented with the Saraswati Samman 2016 for his novel 'Hawthan'. The novel 'Hawthan', published in 2009, captures cultural lives of traditional potter community in Goa.
•He was awarded the Sahitya Akadami Award in Konkani language for his short story collection ‘Taranga’ in 1993. The award carries a cash prize of Rs 15 lakh, a citation and a plaque of goddess Saraswati.
