National
News
1. Health
Ministry Signs MoU With Ministry of Electronics and Information
Technology
i.
National Health Agency (NHA) under Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the
apex body for the implementation of Ayushman Bharat-National Health
Protection Mission (AB-NHPM), and Common Service Centres (CSC)
scheme under the Digital India Programme, have signed an
MoU to provide information and eligibility validation services to beneficiaries,
especially in remote areas.
ii. J P Nadda,
Minister of Health and Family Welfare and Ravi Shankar Prasad, Union Minister for Law and
Justice & Information Technology presided over the MoU signing
ceremony.
Static/Current Takeaways
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Dr. Indu
Bhushan is the CEO of National Health Agency (NHA).
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Dr. Dinesh
Tyagi is the CEO of Common Service Centres-Special Purpose Vehicles (CSC-SPV).
2. E-Aksharayan,
Desktop Software Launched By IT Ministry
i. The IT ministry launched a
desktop software e-Aksharayan in a conference for Indian Languages Technology
Industry ‘Bhashantara’, in New Delhi. The objective is
to enable editing and printing of text in scanned documents.
ii. The software e-Aksharayan
was launched in 7 Indian languages. They are namely: Hindi, Bangla, Malayalam,
Gurmukhi, Tamil, Kannada & Assamese.
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Ravi
Shankar Prasad is the present Minister of Electronics and Information
Technology of India.
3. BEML And HEC Sign Pact
to Manufacture Mining Equipment
i.
Bharat Earth Movers Ltd (BEML) and Heavy Engineering Corporation (HEC) have signed pact for making
mining equipment. The MoU will result into additional Rs 150-200
crore revenue for both PSUs.
ii. It will reduce working
capital and create capability for high capacity equipment. The mining products
could be co-branded and will come under ‘Make in India’ initiative.
International News
4. UN E-Government
Index: India Ranks 96th, Denmark Tops
i.
India has jumped 22 places to 96th rank to break into the top 100 of the United Nation’s
E-Government Development Index (EGDI) 2018. Denmark, with an
index value of 0.9150, topped the 2018 E-Government Development Survey.
ii. The E-Government survey is released by the United Nations in every two years. The 2018 edition was titled as 'Gearing E-Government to Support Transformation towards sustainable and resilient societies'. India, which was ranked 118 in 2014, jumped 11 places to be ranked 96 in 2018.
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ii. The E-Government survey is released by the United Nations in every two years. The 2018 edition was titled as 'Gearing E-Government to Support Transformation towards sustainable and resilient societies'. India, which was ranked 118 in 2014, jumped 11 places to be ranked 96 in 2018.
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Banking News
5. RBI Hikes Repo Rate
By 25 bps to 6.5%, Raises Inflation Projection
i. In
3rd Bi-monthly Policy Statement, the Reserve bank of India’s (RBI’s) monetary
policy committee (MPC) raised policy rates by 25 basis points to 6.5% on
account of inflationary pressures arising due to hike in minimum support
price.
ii. The committee has
increased the policy repo rate under the liquidity adjustment facility
(LAF) by 25 basis points to 6.5%. Consequently, the reverse
repo rate under the LAF stands adjusted to 6.25%, and the marginal
standing facility (MSF) rate and the Bank Rate to 6.75%.
iii. RBI also raised the average
inflation projection for the second half of the year to 4.8% from 4.7% in
June. The central bank expects inflation to edge higher to 5% in the first
quarter of next fiscal year. The government has fixed the MSP at 150%
of the cost of production of all kharif crops.
Static/Current Takeaways
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Urjit Patel- 24th Governor of RBI, Headquarters- Mumbai, Established
on- 1st April 1935, in Kolkata.
Awards
6. Gopalkrishna Gandhi
to Get 24th Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award
Gopalkrishna Gandhi |
i.
Gopalkrishna Gandhi has
been chosen for the 24th Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award for
his contribution in promoting communal harmony, peace and goodwill. Gopalkrishna
Gandhi is a former governor of West Bengal.
ii. He will be presented
with this award at an event on 20th August 2018 at Jawahar Bhawan in
Delhi. The award contains a citation and a cash prize of Rs 10 lakh.
The award is presented on the birthday anniversary of former Indian Prime
Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
Sports News
7. Dustin Johnson Won
2018 RBC Canadian Open Golf Title
i.
Dustin Johnson won the 2018 RBC Canadian Open at the Glen Abbey Golf
Club in Oakville in Canada. He is currently in world number one
position.
ii. Now he has become
the first player after Tiger Woods (2005-09) with at least three wins
in three consecutive seasons. Dustin Johnson was awarded $1,116,000
for the win.
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Canada Currency: Canadian dollar, Capital: Ottawa.
8.
Neeraj Chopra Wins Gold Medal at Savo Games in Finland
i.
Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra won a gold medal in the Savo
Games in Lapinlahti, Finland. Neeraj Chopra made a throw of 85.69
metres and won the gold medal.
ii. Chao-Tsun Cheng of Chinese
Taipei made a throw of 82.52m and won a silver medal. Chao-Tsun Cheng
is the only Asian to have thrown the javelin to a distance more than
90m.