CivilServiceArticle: 12 AUGUST 2015 CURRENT AFFAIRS

Azim Premji, Shiv Nadar among world's 20 richest tech czars: Forbes

Wipro chairman Azim Premji and HCL founder Shiv Nadar are the only two Indian tycoons in the top 20 richest people in the world of technology, according to an inaugural list by Forbes
In the Forbes list Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is the topper
Premji is ranked 13th on Forbes' first ever list of '100 Richest People In Tech', followed by Nadar on the 14th spot
Forbes said Premji, 70, who has a net worth of $17.4 billion and Nadar has a net worth of $14.4 billion

Four memoranda of understanding (MoUs) were signed between the Ministries of Railways, Power and New & Renewable Energy for energy conservation, transmission and solarisation
The current energy bill of Rs. 12,500 crore is likely to rise over the next few years as passenger and traffic rises.
The agreements, was a step toward increasing savings on the power front for the Railways, which is the largest power consumer in the country
In the second agreementThe Ministry of New & Renewable Energy to promote solar energy usage while it signed a third MoU with the Bureau of Energy Efficiency to identify technologies to improve energy utilisation
The last agreement was signed between the Railway Energy Management Company and Energy Efficiency Services Ltd for implementation of energy efficient systems and conservation projects for the Railways

Acharya Dev Vrat was today sworn in as the 27th Governor of Himachal Pradesh
He would be 27th Governor and 18th regular Governor of the state since January 1971, when Himachal was granted full statehood
He has served as Pracharya (Principal) in Samprati Gurukul, Kurukshetra for 34 years and had been actively involved in social activities including environment protection, promotion of Yoga, Ayurveda and naturopathy