A Look Back To Indians Who Made Headlines Throughout 2016

The Logical Indian

January 11th, 2017 / 2:10 PM

Look Back 2016 News Makers — A Look Back To Indians Who Made Headlines Throughout 2016

Raghuram Rajan: India’s 23rd RBI governor announced that he would not seek a second term and instead return to academia. Rajan was the youngest economist at the International Monetary Fund from 2003 to 2007 and is credited as being one of the few intellectuals who predicted the 2008 economic crisis. He is also the current Vice-Chairman of the Bank of International Settlements. His arrival in 2013 stemmed a sustained fall in the rupee and was lauded by individuals across the political spectrum.

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Burhan Wani: Burhan Muzzafar Wani was a commander of Kashmir-based Hizbul Mujahideen. He was killed along with two other militants in an encounter in Anantnag district on July 8. His death sparked a wave of protests and set the stage for the 2016 Kashmir Unrest.

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Narendra Modi: The Narendra Modi administration completed two years in office this year. Modi, inadvertently, was one of the major players this year. From Railway stations and ZED to installing solar panels, green transportation and demonetization, the Prime Minister has influenced all our lives.

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Kanhaiya Kumar: The former President of the Jawaharlal Nehru University Student’s Union and the leader of the student’s wing of the Communist Party of India, Kanhaiya Kumar was arrested for raising “anti-India” slogans in a rally on the JNU campus. Later, as a result, the University took disciplinary action against Kumar, and he was imprisoned after being charged with sedition, though the authorities later released him due to lack of conclusive evidence. His arrest ignited a national debate on Section 124(A) of the Indian Penal Code, Sedition, and free speech.

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PV Sindhu: The first Indian woman to win an Olympic silver medal at 2016 Olympics. Sindhu recently also qualified for the World Super Series Finals. She is the first youngest Indian woman who created history and made the whole country proud by bagging an Olympic silver medal representing India.

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Sakshi Malik: Hailing from a district in Haryana where taking up sports for a girl is considered uncouth and disgraceful, Sakshi Malik became the first Indian female wrestler to win a medal at the Olympics: A bronze medal in the 58kg category.

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Lance Nayak Hanumanthaappa: We lost ten soldiers in the Siachen Avalanche, this year. They served the nation at a temperature of -50 degree Celsius, at 19,600 feet. One of them was Lance Nayak Hanumanthaappa who passed away at RR hospital in Delhi after being rescued from under 25 feet of snow.

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Lt. Col. Niranjan: Lt. Col. Niranjan was among the seven martyrs slain in the gun-fight again Pakistani terrorists who attacked the Pathankot air base on 2 Jan. He was martyred while defusing a live grenade from the body of a terrorist.

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Tina Dabi: A 22-year-old girl from Delhi topped the prestigious Civil services exams in 2016. She made headlines again when she opened up about her marriage with the civil services exam second rank holder Athar Aamir Khan.

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Najeeb Ahmed: A student of the first year M.Sc Biotechnology and a native of Uttar Pradesh, Ahmed went missing on since October 15 following an on-campus scuffle allegedly with the members of ABVP. His disappearance led her mother to reach the Delhi High Court where she sought directions.

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Reshma: 19-year-old Reshma Quereshi, whose face was disfigured in an acid attack changed the perceptions of fashion by dazzling the ramp at the New York Fashion Week in September. This initiative was an attempt to ban on the sale of corrosive substances that is a subject of woe for many women and children around the world. Donning a floral floor-length gown by designer Archana Kochhar she opened the FTL Moda show on the first day of the fashion week.

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Malvika Raj Joshi: 17-yr-old Malvika Raj Joshi from Mumbai made it to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), one of the most prestigious educational institutes in the world, based on her merit without any certificates. She didn’t have Class 10 or 12 certificates but has an impeccable computer programming talent that earned her a scholarship at MIT for being a three-time medal winner (two silver and a bronze) at International Olympiad of Informatics.

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‘Phone Uthao, India Ko Padhao’ Initiative: What If You Could Just ‘Take A Call’ And Educate India?

Social progress, it is believed comes when collective action is taken by the people. Many of us in a way want to do something to give back to the nation, to contribute in modest ways. But more often than not, we do not know what to do or where to begin. In such a scenario, what if someone told you that you can now do a lot just by taking a phone call and only for 10 minutes a week.

Nihar Shanti Amla in its nationally launched ‘Phone Uthao India Ko Padhao’ program aims to connect the educated urban adults to the underprivileged children through just a phone call- to teach them basic spoken English. The #PhoneUthaoIndiaKoPadhao or ‘Take a call’ campaign gives the under-resourced and underprivileged children the opportunity to talk to urban volunteers who speak fluent English in their day to day lives.

“Phone Uthao India Ko Padhao” was born under the ‘Paathshala Funwala’ umbrella, a parent project of the brand when they realised that while the kids could learn English through their free of cost, IVR based modules, they couldn’t imbibe it comprehensively because they lacked an ecosystem where they could actually practise the language. But the question always remains, ‘Why English?’

Nihar Shanti Amla believes that English is widely considered to be a marker of progress and in most places, it also enhances employability. However knowing English and speaking the language are two very different things. They also believe that education is the core foundation of growth. In order to impart quality learning through a medium that connects well with children, they have been running multiple programmes under the ‘Paathshala Funwala’ that started five years ago and taught spoken English to kids in a fun manner free of cost. Over the past few years, ‘Paathshala Funwala’ has led massive rural outreach programmes that have positively impacted more than 7500 villages with call volumes nearing 8.5 lakh from 3 lakh unique children in these villages in the past 1 year.

Besides, Nihar Shanti Amla, as a progressive brand also works with Educate Girls (EG), an NGO which provides quality education for all underserved and marginalized girls by mobilizing public, private and community resources thus improving access to education, school quality and achieving behavioural, social and economic transformation for all girls in India’s gender gap districts thereby creating an India where all children have equal opportunities to access quality education. In the past year, the program has impacted over two lakh beneficiaries in Dhar, Madhya Pradesh and in Udaipur, Rajasthan.

The Logical Indian believes that the #PhoneUthaoIndiaKoPadhao initiative has given the power to every single individual to simply pick up a phone and change the face of education in India from their place of comfort. It is a simple, thoughtful and yet a very powerful endeavour carried out by the brand.

This International Literacy Day, all it takes is 10 minutes to make a difference to a child’s life. You can register as a volunteer and be a part of this movement.

A Look Back To Indians Who Made Headlines Throughout 2016

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