1. India maintain its 2nd position in ICC ODI team rankings
i. India has maintained its second position in the latest ICC ODI team rankings after Australia despite not having played ODIs for quite some time.
ii. Australia has 115 points while India has 112 points followed closely by South Africa and Sri Lanka with 111 points each.
iii. Among the batsmen, Virat Kohli is placed third while skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni is sixth and Shikhar Dhawan is ranked eleventh in the ranking list.
iv. Hashim Amla is at the top followed by AB Devillliers. Amoong the bowlers, India’s Ravindra Jadeja is placed fifth while Ashwin is at 18th place.
2. Khurshid to represent India at global security summit-Manama Dialogue
i. Manama Dialogue, the leading regional and global security summit, gets underway in the Bahrain capital Manama today.
ii. The three day long summit will discuss major regional and global security, political and economic issues. External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid will represent India at the forum on Saturday and Sunday.
iii. The event is organized by the Bahrain Ministry of foreign affairs in collaboration with the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies, IISS.
iv. This year the emphasis at the Manama Dialogue is on the Syrian crisis, Iran nuclear talks, sectarianism and extremism, GCC integration and military co-operation.
v. he leaders, strategic thinkers, military experts and analysts will also discuss enhancing military and intelligence cooperation to boost regional and global security.
3. China marks arrival of the Year of the Horse
i. In China, celebrations marking the arrival of the "Year of the Horse" have taken place across the country.
ii. The Chinese Lunar New Year is a long-held traditional holiday for the Chinese people.
iii. It is commonly celebrated by Chinese people across the globe. China's Lunar New Year is also the largest annual mass migration on earth, as hundreds of millions of people head back to their home towns to spend the festival with their families.
iv. Chinese President Xi Jinping has delivered his Lunar New Year greetings to all Chinese people living in and around the world. He also issued a call for ethnic harmony among the people living in China.
v. In Hong Kong, crowds gathered at the city's best-known temples last night to make wishes for the new year. Worshippers in Taipei also crowded local temples to pray for prosperity in the new year.
4. L'Oreal appoints Jean-Christophe Letellier as India MD
i. French cosmetics giant L'Oreal said on Wednesday that it has appointed Jean-Christophe Letellier as its Managing Director in India.
ii. Letellier succeeds Pierre-Yves Arzel, who has been promoted as Managing Director of South Asia Pacific region, L'Oreal said in a statement issued.
iii. "I am very excited to take up this role which I hope will take L'Oreal India to its next phase of growth. India has immense potential and I hope to play a key role in achieving L'Oreal's objective of reaching one billion new consumers," Letellier, who was earlier the general manager for consumer products division for India and South East Asia, said.
i. India has maintained its second position in the latest ICC ODI team rankings after Australia despite not having played ODIs for quite some time.
ii. Australia has 115 points while India has 112 points followed closely by South Africa and Sri Lanka with 111 points each.
iii. Among the batsmen, Virat Kohli is placed third while skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni is sixth and Shikhar Dhawan is ranked eleventh in the ranking list.
iv. Hashim Amla is at the top followed by AB Devillliers. Amoong the bowlers, India’s Ravindra Jadeja is placed fifth while Ashwin is at 18th place.
2. Khurshid to represent India at global security summit-Manama Dialogue
i. Manama Dialogue, the leading regional and global security summit, gets underway in the Bahrain capital Manama today.
ii. The three day long summit will discuss major regional and global security, political and economic issues. External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid will represent India at the forum on Saturday and Sunday.
iii. The event is organized by the Bahrain Ministry of foreign affairs in collaboration with the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies, IISS.
iv. This year the emphasis at the Manama Dialogue is on the Syrian crisis, Iran nuclear talks, sectarianism and extremism, GCC integration and military co-operation.
v. he leaders, strategic thinkers, military experts and analysts will also discuss enhancing military and intelligence cooperation to boost regional and global security.
3. China marks arrival of the Year of the Horse
i. In China, celebrations marking the arrival of the "Year of the Horse" have taken place across the country.
ii. The Chinese Lunar New Year is a long-held traditional holiday for the Chinese people.
iii. It is commonly celebrated by Chinese people across the globe. China's Lunar New Year is also the largest annual mass migration on earth, as hundreds of millions of people head back to their home towns to spend the festival with their families.
iv. Chinese President Xi Jinping has delivered his Lunar New Year greetings to all Chinese people living in and around the world. He also issued a call for ethnic harmony among the people living in China.
v. In Hong Kong, crowds gathered at the city's best-known temples last night to make wishes for the new year. Worshippers in Taipei also crowded local temples to pray for prosperity in the new year.
4. L'Oreal appoints Jean-Christophe Letellier as India MD
i. French cosmetics giant L'Oreal said on Wednesday that it has appointed Jean-Christophe Letellier as its Managing Director in India.
ii. Letellier succeeds Pierre-Yves Arzel, who has been promoted as Managing Director of South Asia Pacific region, L'Oreal said in a statement issued.
iii. "I am very excited to take up this role which I hope will take L'Oreal India to its next phase of growth. India has immense potential and I hope to play a key role in achieving L'Oreal's objective of reaching one billion new consumers," Letellier, who was earlier the general manager for consumer products division for India and South East Asia, said.
