National News
1. PM
Modi Inaugurates 16th International Energy Forum Ministerial Meeting
i. Prime Minister
Narendra Modi inaugurated 16th International
Energy Forum Ministerial Meeting in New Delhi. It is the largest
gathering of Ministers from energy consuming, producing and transit countries.
ii. Hosted by India and
co-hosted by China and Korea, the meeting aims to
focus on how global shifts, transition policies and new technologies influence
market stability and future investment in the energy sector.
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China Capital- Beijing, Currency- Renminbi, President- Xi
Jinping.
2. 10th
DefExpo India Begins in Tamil Nadu
i. The tenth edition of a biennial exhibition of weapons and
military hardware - DefExpo India- 2018 has begun at
Kancheepuram in Tamil Nadu. The four-day long defence expo was
formally inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
ii. Indigenously developed military helicopters, aircraft,
missiles and rockets, capabilities to manufacture submarines, frigates and
corvettes would be showcased at the event.
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Nirmala Sitharaman is the present Defence Minister of India.
International News
3. India Signs MoU With World EXPO 2020 Dubai
i. India and World Expo
2020 signed participants contract for
India’s pavilion in the prestigious World Expo 2020 held once in 5 years.
ii. The contract provides for the setting up of India
pavilion at Expo 2020 on an extra large plot (about one acre) in the
‘Opportunity’ segment.
4. President 3-Nation Visit: Signs 4 Agreements With Zambia
i. President Ram Nath
Kovind has asked Indian Diaspora in Zambia to
become the partner in India’s growth and asked them to take advantage of Overseas
Citizen of India, OCI programme.
ii. Four MOUs were
signed between the two countries which include, the
establishment of Entrepreneurship Development Institute in Zambia, taxation,
visa exemption on diplomatic passports and judicial cooperation. This is the
first time in three decades that a President of India is undertaking a state
visit to Zambia.
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Zambia Capital- Lusaka, Currency- Zambian
kwacha, President of Zambia- Edgar Chagwa Lungu.
Banking News
5. J&K
Bank Launches Special Financing Scheme for Industrial Units
i. Jammu and Kashmir
Bank has launched a special financing scheme
named 'Add-on Working Capital GST' to help the state industry cope
with the delay in reimbursement of GST under special tax relief.
ii. The scheme was launched by J&K Finance Minister Syed
Altaf Bukhari.
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The Chairman and CEO
J&K Bank is Parvez Ahmed.
Appointments
6.
Balram Bhargava Appointed New DG of ICMR
i. Balram Bhargava has been appointed the new Director General of
the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and Secretary of the
Department of Health Research.
ii. Bhargava, currently a senior consultant cardiologist at
the All India Institute of Medical Science, will carry out this role until
2021. He will succeed Soumya Swaminathan.
1.
Ban Ki-moon Elected BFA Chairman
2.
i.
Former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has
been elected chairman of 'Boao Forum for Asia' (BFA).
He has replaced former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda.
ii. Founded in 2001, the BFA is a non-governmental and
non-profit international organisation committed to promoting regional economic
integration and bringing Asian countries closer to their development goals.
3.
Rishad Premji Appointed
Nasscom Chairman
i. Rishad Premji, Board
member of Wipro Ltd. has been appointed as
the Chairman of the National Association of Software and Services
Companies (NASSCOM) for 2018-19.
ii. He
succeeds Raman Roy, Chairman and Managing
Director, who served as Chairman of NASSCOM for the year 2017-18. NASSCOM also
appointed Keshav Murugesh as the Vice Chairman for 2018-19.
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Debjani Ghosh has been
recently appointed the new president of Nasscom.
CWG 2018
9.
Shooter Shreyasi Singh Wins 12th Gold
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i. Indian shooter
Shreyasi Singh won the women's double trap
gold in a shoot-off after scoring 96 points to take India's gold medal
tally at the 21st Commonwealth Games 2018 to 12.
ii. This was her second CWG medal after having claimed a
silver at the 2014 Glasgow Games. Another Indian shooter Varsha Varman finished
fourth in the event, scoring 86 points.
10. Om Mitharval Wins
Bronze in Shooting
i. Indian shooter Om
Prakash Mitharval settled for
the bronze medal in the men's 50m pistol event at the 21st
Commonwealth Games at Gold Coast, Australia.
ii. Host nation Australia's Daniel Repacholi bagged
the gold medal in the event with a Games record 227.2 while Shakil
Ahmed of Bangladesh won the silver.
