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H.S. Brahma, the seniormost Election
Commissioner, will succeed V.S. Sampath as the next Chief Election Commissioner
of India. Mr. Brahma, who hails from Assam, is also an IAS officer from the
1975 batch of the Andhra Pradesh cadre. Like Mr. Sampath, he too held the post
of Power Secretary before being appointed Election Commissioner in August 2010.
He will hold office for only a very short period, until he turns 65 on April 19
this year. Mr. Brahma has also held posts such as Joint Secretary (Border
Management) in the Union Home Ministry. He also worked as Special Secretary
& Additional Secretary in the National Disaster Management Authority
(NDMA).
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DRDO chief Avinash Chander sacked from the post
by the govt. as the incumbent govt wants to push through reforms suggested by
Rama Rao committee on DRDO reforms.
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India and the United States are expected to
sign memoranda of understanding on cancer research and Ebola control when U.S.
President Barack Obama arrives here later this month. Union Minister for Health
and Family Welfare J.P. Nadda said the two countries had agreed to jointly
fight Ebola. MoU is to be signed between the National Cancer Institute, U.S.,
and the upcoming National Cancer Institute in Jhajjar, for sharing of treatment
plans, expertise and research. The NCI in the United States coordinates the
National Cancer Programme, which conducts and supports research, training,
health information dissemination, and other programmes with respect to the
cause, diagnosis, prevention and treatment of cancer, rehabilitation and the
continuing care of cancer patients and their families.
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Japan approved its largest-ever defence budget
for the next fiscal year on Wednesday, as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe looks to
strengthen surveillance of territorial waters in the face of a continuing spat
with China. For the year to March 2016, Tokyo will spend 4.98 trillion yen
($41.97 billion), the government said, rising for the third straight year.
“This is the largest budget ever,” said a defence ministry official, adding the
highest allocation previously was 4.96 trillion yen earmarked in 2002.
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