Ford announces Mark Fields as a new CEO

1.    Ford announces Mark Fields  as a new CEO

i. Ford Motor Thursday nammed Mark Fields its president and chief executive officer.

ii. He will succeed Alan Mulally, 68, who will take retirement July 1.

iii. Fields, 53, has been leading all of Ford's global business operations and most skill teams, including product development, manufacturing, purchasing, and marketing, sales and service since 2012.

iv. Bill Ford, Ford's executive chairman said "Mark has transformed several of our operations around the world into much stronger businesses during his 25 years at Ford."

2.    Indian scientist wins top British fellowship

i. Ravinder Dahiya, an Indian scientist in Britain has been granted a prestigious fellowship worth £1,068,000 (about $1.8 million) by a top British agency that funds research in engineering and the physical sciences.

ii. A senior lecturer at the University of Glasgow’s electronic and nano scale engineering division, is among the eight leading academics from 10 British universities to be endowed with ‘Engineering Fellowships for Growth’ by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) aimed at maintaining Britain’s research leadership in three areas identified as Great British Technologies — advanced materials, robotic and autonomous systems, and synthetic biology.

iii. Dr. Dahiya, a former lecturer at Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology (NSIT) in Delhi, has been awarded the fellowship to pursue research in robotics stream for the next five years.

3.    Sprint star Tyson Gay receives one-year doping ban from the US Anti-Doping Association

i. US sprint star Tyson Gay has received a one-year doping ban from the US Anti-Doping Association.

ii. He has returned his 2012 London Olympics Silver medal to the US Olympic Committee on that account.

iii. The Association announced on Friday that the 31-year-old Tyson Gay tested positive for a banned anabolic steroid in two random out-of-competition tests.

4.    Maheswary nominated again for Arjuna Awards

i. Triple jumper Renjith Maheswary, who has been stopped from receiving Arjuna Award under controversial circumstances on charges of dope violation last year, has again been recommended by the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) for the coveted honour this year.

ii. A top AFI official told PTI that Maheswary’s name has again been nominated for this year’s Arjuna Award on the ground that the Sports Ministry’s eligibility rule does not bar him from getting the coveted honour.

iii. “Sports Ministry’s eligibility clause says that any athlete who failed a dope test conducted by a WADA or IOC accredited laboratory will be barred from getting the award.