CWG 2018
1. CWG 2018 Concludes: Important Indian Highlights
i. India finished third in
the medals tally at the Commonwealth Games 2018 with 66
medals (26 Gold, 20 Silver and 20 Bronze).
ii. Only Australia with 198 medals and England with 136 were ahead. India's 26 Golds was also third, behind Australia (80) and England (45). India's combined 66 medals is its third-best showing in the history of the Games.
ii. Only Australia with 198 medals and England with 136 were ahead. India's 26 Golds was also third, behind Australia (80) and England (45). India's combined 66 medals is its third-best showing in the history of the Games.
iii. India's best remains 101 in
New Delhi (2010), followed by 69 in Manchester (2002).
iv. India's best Gold tally of
38 came at home in 2010.
v. India's maximum medals came from shooting
(16), followed by wrestling (12) and weightlifting (9).
2. Kidambi Srikanth Wins
his 1st CWG Silver
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| Kidambi Srikanth |
i. World number one Indian shuttler Kidambi
Srikanth won his career's first Commonwealth Games singles Silver
medal.
ii. In the final, the 25-year-old Indian
lost to Malaysia's Lee Chong Wei, who won his career's third
Commonwealth Games singles gold medal. Notably, only three Indian shuttlers
have won CWG men's singles title– Prakash Padukone (1978), Syed Modi (1982) and
Parupalli Kashyap (2014).
3. Saina Nehwal Wins
Historic 2nd CWG Gold
i. Shuttler Saina Nehwal defeated world
number three PV Sindhu in the first-ever all-Indian women's singles
final at the Commonwealth Games.
ii. With this, Nehwal claimed
her second Commonwealth Games singles gold medal after having won it at the
2010 Delhi Games. Nehwal is the only Indian female badminton player to
win singles gold in Commonwealth Games history.
Agreements
4. L&T, BEL Ink MoU for Defence Products
i. In line with the efforts to
indigenize the defence sector under the 'Make in India'
initiative, Larsen & Toubro (L&T) and Bharat
Electronics Limited (BEL) signed an MoU to cater to the
needs of evolving domestic and export markets for defence products and systems.
ii. The MoU seeks to leverage
the capabilities of both the firms for meeting the growing requirements of the
Indian Armed Forces. The MoU also intends to leverage the well-developed supply
chain, vast experience and expertise of BEL and L&T to synergise and
enhance exports in the defence sector.
5. NPCIL & NSDC Signed a MoU
5. NPCIL & NSDC Signed a MoU
i. The National Skill Development Corporation
(NSDC) signed an MoU with the Nuclear Power
Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) to provide skill training to 500
youth and women at Kudankulam in Tamil Nadu.
ii. The skill development
project will be executed by NSDC through its approved training partners near
Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP), the single largest nuclear power
station in India, situated in the Tirunelveli district of the southern Indian
state of Tamil Nadu.
Banking
6. PNB Launches Products to Mark Foundation
Day
i. State-run Punjab
National Bank (PNB) launched new products such as pre-approved
credit card and UPI solution to mark its 124th foundation day.
ii. Besides, the bank announced
its UPI partnership with the expense management app WALNUT that
comes embedded with features such as bill reminders, bill-split and instant
paperless loans.
Static/Current Takeaways
Important for NABARD Grade-A Exam 2018-
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PNB Chairman- Sunil
Mehta, Headquarters- New Delhi.
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Incorporated under the Act VI of 1882, Indian
Companies Act, PNB commenced operations on April 12, 1895, from Lahore.
