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30 April The world’s first Graphene electronic paper in China China has developed the world's first graphene electronic paper and is the "the world's first graphene electronic paper" and has been developed by Guangzhou OED Technologies.Graphene is the world's strongest and lightest known material. A single layer of graphene is only 0.335 nanometers thick and Graphene can conduct heat and electricity.

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Get more Current Affairs related to Business Sanath Jayasuriya is Sri Lanka Cricket's new Chief Selector Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) on Wednesday announced that Sanath Jayasuriya will be the new chief selector. The new selection committee will start its operation on May 1 and will serve for two- year term.In addition to Sanat Jayasuriya, the four-member panel comprises of: wicketkeeper-batsman Romesh Kaluwitharana, former offspinner Ranjith Madurasinghe, and former fast bowler Eric Upashantha. Get detailed news coverage in NDTV

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Get more Current Affairs related to Appointments Allan Donald appointed as Australia’s bowling coach Former South African paceman Allan Donald has been announced as Australia`s bowling coach for the upcoming tour of Sri Lanka.The appointment of Donald is only for the tour of Sri Lanka. Western Australia bowling coach Adam Griffith was earlier announced as the bowling coach for the tour of the West Indies in June, which precedes the Sri Lankan tour. Get detailed news coverage in Zee News

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India successfully NAVIC - its seventh navigation satellite India launched NAVIC (Navigation with Indian Constellation) to complete its Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System.NAVIC is the seventh and final satellite of the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System, the IRNSS 1G, and was launched into a sub geosynchronous transfer orbit with a perigree (nearest point to earth) of 284 km and an apogee (farthest point to earth) of 20,657 km. India now has one of five countries with its own navigation system and will be similar to the commonly used GPS. Get detailed news coverage in The Hindu

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Get more Current Affairs related to Science and Technology VT Thomas, famous cartoonist from Kerala, passes away Well known cartoonist V T Thomas, the creator of 'Boban and Molly', from Kerala has passed away at the age of 87. Thomas was well known as Toms and was the creator of the famous cartoon strip involving 12-year-old cartoon siblings and which was carried in the Malayala Manorama. Get detailed news coverage in Business Standard

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14 April India and Germany sign agreement on Namami Gange Programme Union Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation and German International Cooperation (GIZ) signed an Implementation agreement for Ganga Rejuvenation under the Namami Gange Program in New Delhi. The project duration is three years that is from 2016 to 2018 and the German contribution in the project will be to the tune of 22.5 crore rupees. It will enable the application of integrated river basin management approaches for the rejuvenation of the river Ganga. The agreement was signed in the presence of the German Ambassador to India, Dr. Martin Ney and Secretary, Union Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Shashi Shekhar. Read detailed news at the Hindu Learn more about the Namami Ganga Programme

India testfires nuclear capable Akash missile India has successfully testfired indigenously developed surface-to- air supersonic Akash missile System. Akash was test fired from complex-3 of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipuri in Odisha. Akash is a mid-range surface-to-air missile (SAM). It is medium range nuclear capable supersonic missile and has been indigenously developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) under the Integrated Guided-Missile

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Development Programme (IGMDP). The missile was formally inducted into the IAF in 2015. The missile has a strike range of 25 km and capability to carry warhead of 60 kg. Read more details about this news at NDTV Learn more about the Akash Missile

Former Army Chief General JJ Singh Conferred Highest French Civilian Honour Former Indian Army Chief, General Joginder Jaswant (JJ) Singh has been conferred with the highest French civilian honour 'Officier de l Ordre national de la Legion d Honneur' (Officer of the Legion of Honour). This is the highest civilian honour in France and has been awarded in recognition of his 'stellar role' in modernizing the Indian Army and initiating robust exchanges between the Indian and French armies. General Singh mooted the idea of holding joint army exercises between the two countries air forces (Garuda) and (Varuna) and was invited as the Guest of Honour for the French National Day military parade in Paris in which an Indian Army contingent took part for the first time. Read detailed news at The Economic Times

Read more about General Singh Maharashtra institues law against social boycott Maharashtra has become the first state in India to adopt a comprehensive law to root out oppression carried out by parallel justice delivery system (kangaroo court, khaps etc.) in the name of age old traditions, caste and religion. Maharashtra Assembly has passed the Maharashtra Prohibition of People from Social Boycott (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Bill, 2016. The act defines ―Caste Panchayat‖ as a Committee or a body formed by a group of persons belonging to any community, whether registered or not, which functions within the community to regulate various practices in the same community, controls personal and social behaviour of any member and collectively resolves or decides any disputes amongst their members including their families, by issuing oral or written dictums. Any offence punishable under this Act shall be cognizable and bailable and triable by a Metropolitan Magistrate or a Judicial Magistrate of the First Class, as the case may be. Read more about this news update at the Hindu

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Haryana Government renames Gurgaon And Mewat Haryana Government has decided to rename Gurgaon as Gurugram and Mewat as Nuh. The decision will be finalised only after being approved by the Haryana Cabinet and it will be then sent to the Union Cabinet. The decision to change the name of Gurgaon was taken on the basis of the representations received at several forums by the people of Gurgaon as they stated that Gurgaon had been a centre of learning where the princes used to get education and known as Gurugram since the times of Guru Dronacharya. The city‘s name change stems from a proposal by the municipal corporation in 2012. A committee had been formed to address the issue. Mewat is a district and the headquarters of Mewat is Nuh. Read More about this news at the Indian Express

13 April India defeated Pakistan by 5-1 in Azlan Shah Cup India thrown out rivals Pakistan by 5-1 with SV Sunil striking twice in a round-robin league match of the Sultan Azlan Cup hockey tournament this year. After their scrappy win over Canada in the last match, the Indians rose to the occasion and looked more orgainsed and purposeful against Pakistan. Rupinder Pal Singh converted a penalty corner in the 54th minute to make the scoreline 5-1. It took India just four minute to take the lead through Manpreet Singh, who scored with a fierce reverse shot from a tight angle after being fed by Sunil. But Pakistan equalised three minutes later when skipper Muhammad Irfan (7th minute) converted the second of their successive penalty corners. India restored their lead in the 10th minute through Sunil, who scored with a deft touch off Manpreet's shot from outside the circle. It was all India after the change of ends as they pumped in as many as three goals to run away with the match. The final scoreline could have been more impressive for India had Rupinder not missed a penalty stroke in the final five minutes of the match. Read more at Business Standard

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Supreme Court to examine confidentiality of bank NPAs The apex Court on has decided to examine if the total amount of defaults in repayment of loans amounting in ―lakhs of crores of rupees‖ be made public, without disclosing the defaulters‘ names. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) counsel, however, resisted the proposal. Following an earlier order of the supreme court, RBI had submitted a list of individuals and companies, which had defaulted on bank loans of over Rs 500 crore. Read more at Business Standard Saraswati Samman 2015 given to Dogri Poetess Padma Sachdev Author and poet Padma Sachdev's autobiography 'Chitt-Chete', written in Dogri language, has been selected for the prestigious Saraswati Samman for 2015. The book is focussed on the personal trials and tribulations of the author with issues concerning society, nation and the world at large. This award consists of cash prize of Rs 15 lakh, a citation and a plaque. This award has been instituted by the K K Birla Foundation in 1991. This award is given for the outstanding literary work in any Indian language mentioned in the Schedule VIII of the Constitution. The idioms and phrases used in this book reflect the fragrance of Jammu and Kashmir in the form of 'Duggar Pradesh' and also highlights the history, art and culture of the state. Throuh this book, she has tried to bind the regions and people of this state. She was born in Jammu in 1940 in a family of Sanskrit scholars. She started writing in her teen age in Dogri language, her own mother language. Earlier, she has already won 'Padmashri' award, Sahitya Akademi award and the Jammu and Kashmir Cultural Academy award. Read more at Business Standard Goldman Sachs has to pay $5.06 billion for misleading the investors Goldman agrees to settle the issues of misleading to investors in the crisis time by paying the investors $5.06 billion. This incident was happened between 2007 and 2009. Investors suffered billions of dollars in losses from the securities bought during the period, the department said. The settlement comprises a $2.385 billion civil penalty and $1.8 billion in other relief, including funds for homeowners whose mortgages exceed the value of their property, as well as distressed borrowers. As part of the settlement, Goldman will also pay $875 million to resolve claims

April 2016 News Updated by Studycopter Studycopter by the New York and Illinois attorneys general, the National Credit Union Administration and the Federal Home Loan Banks of Chicago and Seattle. Goldman also agreed to the facts that the firm made false and mis-leading statements to potential investors. Read more at The Hindu

12 April Virat kohli appointed as brand ambassador Premier Futsal has named Indian cricket star Virat Kohli as its brand ambassador. Portuguese football legend Luis Figo is the president of the five-a-side version. According to a media release from the organisers, Premier Futsal will be governed by the Futsal Association of India (FAI), with accreditation from international governing body Asociación Mundial de Futsal (AMF). A day after the Mumbai launch last week, world football body FIFA had denied official recognition for Premier Futsal. Indian football governing body, All India Football Federation (AIFF), had denied any official recognition to the futsal competition conducted by Premier Futsal Management Limited (PFML). Read more at The Hindu IBM partnered with Reliance for cloud services IBM has partnered with Reliance Communications to cloud services to the customers. Rcom has a client base of over 115 million, including over 39,000 large enterprises and small and medium businesses across the industries. The company will not only offer IBM cloud infrastructure services to its customers but it has also launched new offerings designed to provide end-to-end integrated e-commerce services for India‘s small and medium businesses market—all running on the IBM cloud. IBM cloud has a collection of services including analytics, mobile, networking, storage, internet of things and cognitive computing and the company has 47 global cloud data centres. Read more at The Hindu

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Airtel first to start a payment bank Bharti Airtel's payments bank venture — Airtel M Commerce Services Ltd. — has become the first ever

company to get final approval from the RBI to start a payment bank. Airtel M Commerce is a subsidiary of Bharti Airtel. In August 2015, the banking regulator granted it's consent for the licences to 11 entities to start payments banks. Cholamandalam Distribution Services Ltd. has decided to stay back. The payments banks are not allowed to lend. Hence, a tie-up with banks will help them source loans for their customers. Kotak Mahindra Bank has picked up 19.9 per cent stake in Airtel M Commerce. Read more at The Hindu G-7 foreign ministers meet in Hiroshima Annual meeting of the top diplomats from G-7 member countries Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the U.S. was held in Hiroshima this year. This meeting is held every year. After the devastation of Hiroshima by an American atomic bomb in 1945, the issue of nuclear non-proliferation took on special significance. They issued the statements on non-proliferation, including one dubbed the ―Hiroshima Declaration‖ that calls on other leaders to follow their path to Hiroshima.

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On this occasion, the Japanese Foreign Ministry press secretary Yasuhisa Kawamura cleared as "The Hiroshima declaration aims to revitalise the momentum for the efforts towards making the world free from the nuclear weapons". The ministers strongly condemned the nuclear test and rocket launched by North Korea, and a subsequent series of missile launches in this series. Read more at The Hindu

11 April 108 death in Fire at Puttingal Devi temple complex at Paravur A devastating fire had engulfed the 100-year-old Puttingal Devi Temple complex at nearby Paravur near Kollam in Kerala during an unauthorised display of fireworks. The death toll has risen to 108 where the 383 have been injured. The Kerala government had ordered a judicial probe and by a retired High Court Judge as also a probe by the Crime Branch. Police sources said a case has been registered against temple authorities and explosive licensees under section 307 (Attempt to murder), and 308 (Attempt to commit culpable homicide) of IPC and under section 4 of Explosives Substances Act. Read more at The Hindu Maldives President Gayoom on a visit to New Delhi President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom, who is on a two-day visit to New Delhi, is to sign a counter-terror pact with India. Maldives recently arrested 40 of its nationals, who were reportedly fighting alongside the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq. Mr. Yameen and the Indian government may also sign a double-tax avoidance agreement. India is in the process of signing DTAA with various countries, which are perceived to be tax havens in order to check the flow of black money. India's change in policy towards the Maldives a little after Prime Minister Narendra Modi skipped Maldives in his Indian Ocean region tour has helped to thaw relations. India has been largely silent on the major assault on democratic institutions and the Opposition in the archipelego nation, while most countries which have a stake in the region, including the US, UK, and the European Union, have condemned the Yameen Government's transgressions. Read more at The Hindu

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Rashmi Uday Singh conferred with French honour Food writer Rashmi Uday Singh has recently been conferred the Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French government. Very recently she and her well - wishers and friends gathered at Chemistry 101, a new eatery coming up in Parel, for a dinner and celebrated the honour. Singh warmly greeted guests and raised a toast to them. The dinner was hosted by a European kitchen equipment brand. Raising her glass to Niva Von Weisl, the company's managing director for India, Singh let slip that the brand worked on the kitchen of Nita Ambani, among others. Read more at The Economic Times Priyadarshini Chatterjee won Miss India World 2016 title The winner of FBB Femina Miss India 2016 has been concluded finally. Delhi girl Priyadarshini Chatterjee has bagged the crown for FBB Femina Miss India World. she will represent India at the Miss World 2016 pageant. Bangalore girl Sushruthi Krishna emerged as the 1st runner-up and Lucknow girl Pankhuri Gidwani was the 2nd runner-up of the contest Read More on The Indian Express Mother Teresa Conferred in UK With Founders Award Posthumously Mother Teresa has been posthumously conferred with the UK‘s prestigious Founders Award to recognize and reward her exemplary achievements within the global Asian community. Teresa‘s niece Agi Bojazhiu will receive the award. The Founders Award at the 6th Asian Awards takes place in the UK to recognize and reward exemplary achievement within the global Asian community across 14 categories that include business, philanthropy, entertainment, culture and sport. The Asian awards was launched in 2010 by Paul Sagoo, entrepreneur and founder of the Lemon group. ―It is great to honour Mother Teresa in the year of her canonization which marks a great point in our history,‖ Sagoo said. Leading NRI entrepreneur and philanthropist Rami Ranger who contributed 1,00,000 pounds for the Mahatma Gandhi statue here, received the outstanding achievement in Community Service award. Read more at The Indian Express

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10 April Union Government constitutes B B Tandon Committee to monitor Government Advertisements The Information and Broadcasting Ministry has constituted a three- member panel, headed by former Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) B B Tandon, to see that guidelines set for government advertisements by the Supreme Court are followed.Senior TV journalist Rajat Sharma and ad-man Piyush Pandey will be the other members of the committee. In an order delivered in May 2015, the Supreme Court had laid down norms for government advertisements. Read More At India Today Union Government launches ISBN portal Union Human Resource Development Minster Smriti Irani on Thursday launched a portal for registration and allotment of International Standard Book Number (ISBN)."The portal has been created to facilitate publishers and authors to register for ISBN number. ISBN gives an identity to a book. If you do not have it, the bookshops will not sell it," the minister said launching the portal and mobile app which will also provide information about authors and publishers. Read More At NDTV Rajasthan becomes the first state in India to clear land title Bill In yet another first move in the country, the Rajasthan government has managed to pass the Rajasthan Urban Land (Certification of Titles) Bills 2016 in the state assembly. It means the state residents living in urban areas, which are governed by the municipalities or state development authorities, can seek a certificate of ownership of their lands by paying a nominal fee to the state government. Read More At Business Standard

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Credit Suisse’s “Emerging Consumers scorecard 2016” topped by India Indian consumers remain most optimistic, among nine nations surveyed by Credit Suisse, about their current and future finances and relatively lower inflation expectations. According to Credit Suisse Emerging Consumer Scorecard 2016, India topped the chart, while China and Saudi Arabia shared the second position. Read More At The Economic Times

9 April Third phase of Mission Indradhanush launched As many as 53,866 children, aged below two, who have missed their routine immunisation in the five Hyderabad Karnataka districts of Kalaburagi, Yadgir, Raichur, Koppal, and Ballari, Bengaluru (Urban) and in the jurisdiction of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) will be covered under the third phase of the Centre‘s ‗Mission Indradhanush‘ that was launched in the city on Thursday.Health Minister U.T. Khader, who along with Minister of State for Medical Education Sharanprakash R. Patil, launched the third phase on the occasion of World Health Day on Thursday, said the programme was aimed at covering all those children who had either missed vaccination or were partially vaccinated against nine vaccine-preventable diseases, including diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus, polio, tuberculosis, measles and hepatitis B. Expecting mothers would also be immunised for tetanus, he said. Read More At The Hindu SigurdurIngi Johannsson names as new PM of Iceland Iceland‘s right-wing government has named a new Prime Minister and said it would hold early elections in the autumn, after the previous leader was forced to step down over his implication in the Panama Papers scandal. The two coalition partners, the Progressive Party and the Independence Party, agreed after talks late yesterday to hand the prime ministerial post to the agriculture minister Sigurdur Ingi Johannsson, 53, of the Progressives. Read More At The Indian Express

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Kamla Advani passes away Kamla Advani, wife of senior BJP leader L K Advani, died here on Wednesday at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) due to cardiac arrest.The AIIMS report said, ―Smt. Kamla Advani, wife of Shri L K Advani, aged 83 yrs., was brought to the Main Casualty, AIIMS at 5.10 pm in a very serious unconscious and unresponsive condition. Immediate evaluation revealed the patient to be in cardiopulmonary arrest. Read More At The Hindu India won Asian Nations Cup Chess Indian men won the Asian Nations Cup Chess tournament with a 3-1 victory over Vietnam in the final round as they pushed formidable China down to second place here today. India collected 17 points, two more than World and Olympiad champions China, to clinch the title. Top seed China beat UAE 4-0 in their final round match. Kazakhstan and Iran took the third and fourth places respectively. In the final round match against Vietnam, Grandmasters S P Sethuraman and K Sasikiran won on the second and fourth boards while GMs B Adhiban and Vidit Santosh Gujrathi drew their respective matches on top and third boards. Read more at The Economic Times Nita Ambani tops Forbes Asia Businesswoman "2016” list Reliance Industries director Nita Ambani and State Bank of India chairman Arundhati Bhattacharya have been ranked top two in Forbes‘ ―Asia 50 Power Businesswomen 2016‖ list. Including Ms. Ambani and Ms. Bhattacharya, eight Indian businesswomen have made the cut in the latest list who among them bring to the table representations from diverse business fields — banking, bio-tech, data analytics, textiles, pharma and even wellness and beauty. Read More At The Hindu

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8 April India signs $100 million draft export pact with ICD India has signed an agreement with the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) for a possible $100 million line of credit to facilitate exports to IDB's member countries.The memorandum of understanding (MoU) was inked between the IDB's private sector arm, the Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD) and the Export-Import Bank of India (EXIM Bank), a specialised financial institution, wholly owned by the government of India to finance and facilitate foreign trade.

Read More At Business Standard Government to develop 25 regional airports To improve air connectivity, Union Minister Arun Jaitley today said the government plans to develop 25 regional airports. "This year I have set a target of having 25 more regional airports," Mr Jaitley said.Speaking at a conference in Delhi, the finance minister also emphasised the need for having long-term funding for infrastructure. He said the government is looking to develop 15 airstrips owned by the state governments and 10 that are with the Airports Authority of India (AAI). Read More At NDTV Odisha launches 100 Adarsha Vidyalayas Odisha government today launched 100 Adarsha Vidyalayas and CBSE-affiliated English medium schools in 14 districts of the state. Students of these model schools would get free education and all facilities like mid-day meal, uniform and textbooks free of cost like other state government-run schools.Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik dedicated these schools to the people at a function at Sasan Ambagaon under his constituency Hinjli, about 35 km from here in Ganjam district. Read More At India Today

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President Pranab Mukherjee presents National Geoscience Awards – 2014 Speaking on the occasion, the President said that availability and use of minerals in any country has been one of the factors determining self-sufficiency of its economy. He stated that he was happy to note that the Geoscientists of the country are working hard to meet these challenges.The President said that the exploration of mineral resources in the country requires a greater thrust with an even greater caution. As the search for the near surface deposits have reached a point of saturation, the geoscientists of the country now face the crucial challenge of finding deep seated and concealed mineral resources. Read More At DD NEWS Mother Dairy Partners Delhi Daredevils As Principal Sponsor Food and dairy major Noida-based Mother Dairy Foods and Vegetables has become the principal sponsor of the Indian Premiere League (IPL) Delhi team Delhi Daredevils. The association is a first of its kind for Mother Dairy which is in contract with the IPL team for the 2016 edition.The FMCG firm is planning activation drives involving farmers, consumers and fans to be rolled out during IPL this year. It is also coming up with consumer engagement programmes at select outlets in the capital. Read More At Business Standard

7 April Architect of Madras Atomic Power Station M H P Rao passes away Myneni Hari Prasad Rao, considered the architect of the Madras Atomic Power Station (MAPS) and its first project director died here in a private hospital due to old age ailments on Tuesday, a statement said. He was 88.According to the statement, Rao was specially appointed by the then Nuclear Power Board to oversee the construction and commissioning of the MAP). Read More At Business Standard

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First Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement, 2016-17 Following are the highlights of RBI's first bi-monthly monetary policy statement, 2016-17: ►Repo rate cut by 0.25% to 6.50% ►Reverse repo hiked by 0.25% to 6% ► Cash reserve ratio or CRR unchanged at 4% ►Minimum daily cash maintenance by banks with RBI cut by 5% ►MSF rate cut by 0.75% to lower banks' borrowing cost►Policy to remain accommodative going forward ►Pegs 2016-17 growth forecast at 7.6% ►Expects inflation at around 5% ►Cut in small savings rate, MCLR introduction to improve monetary policy transmission Read More At The Economic Times Government releases Rs. 25,834 crore to FCI as Food Subsidy The Government has released today Rs. 25,834 crore to FCI as Food Subsidy. In addition to this, wage and means advance of Rs. 10,000 crore will be released shortly.FCI is also raising short term loans from banks upto a maximum limit of Rs. 30,000 crore. Recourse to these loans will be made by FCI as and when required. Taken together these funds, there will be sufficient resources to manage Rabi procurement which has just started. Read More At Business Standard Viswanathan Anand to be conferred with Hridaynath Award Five-time world chess champion Vishwanathan Anand will be honoured with the Hridaynath Award, which felicitates and recognises successful individuals across the country from various walks of life. The honour will be a cash award of Rs 2 lakh and a memento.State Governor C Vidyasagar Rao will present the award to the 46-year- old sportsman at an event here on April 12. The previous recipients of the award include eminent personalities like Lata Mangeshkar, Babasaheb Purandare, Asha Bhosle, Amitabh Bachchan, Hariprasad Chaurasia and A R Rahman. Read More At India Today

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Former Mumbai cricketer Ranjan Baindoor dies aged 61 Former Mumbai Ranji Trophy cricketer Ranjan Baindoor passed away at his residence here today following a massive heart attack. Baindoor, an off spinner who could also bat lower down the order, died aged 61 and was a former secretary of Tata Sports Club, said his former teammate Ravi Thakkar."He was scheduled to go for an angiography today morning, had gone to the toilet after having a cup of coffee. His wife was waiting for him to come out, but as he did not do so after 15 minutes, felt something was wrong. He, apparently, had collapsed inside," Thakkar said.