National News
1. KTDC
Launches Country's 1st State-Run All-Woman Hotel
i. The
hotel named 'Hostess' was launched by Kerala
Tourism minister Kadakampally Surendran. A flagship project of
the Kerala Tourism Development Corporation (KTDC). The
hotel will come up within six months at the KTDC complex.
ii. Work
on India's public sector hotel run entirely by women for women is claimed
to be the first such in the country.
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Kerala CM- Pinarayi Vijayan, Governor- Palaniswami
Sathasivam.
2. Atal
Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog & MyGov Launches 'Innovate India
Platform'
i.
R Ramanan, Mission Director, Atal Innovation Mission and Arvind
Gupta CEO, MyGov launched the “#InnovateIndia Platform”, a
collaboration between the Atal Innovation Mission and MyGov, a citizen-centric
platform of the Government of India.
ii. The
#InnovateIndia MyGov-AIM portal creates the innovations platform for
registering both grassroots and deep-tech innovators at a national level.
3. India Celebrates 19th Anniversary of Kargil
Vijay Diwas
Kargil Vijay Diwas |
i. India on July 26 celebrated
the 19th anniversary of Kargil Vijay Diwas to mark the success
of ‘Operation Vijay’ and to remember the supreme sacrifice of
the Indian soldiers who lost their lives during the 1999 India-Pakistan Kargil
War.
ii. The Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman paid homage to the martyrs on Kargil Vijay Diwas at Amar Jawan Jyoti in New Delhi.
ii. The Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman paid homage to the martyrs on Kargil Vijay Diwas at Amar Jawan Jyoti in New Delhi.
iii. Armed
Forces personnel and families of soldiers who lost their lives in 1999 Kargil
War paid their tributes at the Dras War Memorial in Jammu and Kashmir to
commemorate the historic win. Operation Safed Sagar was successfully
launched by Indian Air Force during Kargil war.
4. Odisha Government Launches 'Green Mahanadi Mission'
i.
The Chief Minister of Odisha, Naveen Patnaik launched
the 'Green Mahanadi Mission'.The CM launched the
mission by planting a sapling on the bank of river Mahanadi during his visit to
Boudh and Subarnapur districts in western Odisha.
ii. The
main objective of the mission is to stop soil erosion on river banks and
recharge the groundwater reserve.
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Ganeshi Lal is the present Governor of Odisha.
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Hirakud Dam built over Mahanadi River is situated in
Odisha.
5. Invest India and Business France Sign MoU to Promote Investment
i.
Invest India and Business France have signed an MoU to promote
investment facilitation and cooperation between startups of India and
France.
ii. The
goal will be to facilitate direct foreign investment by providing practical
investment information to enterprises and support the companies.
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Invest India is the official Investment Promotion and
Facilitation Agency of the Government of India, mandated to facilitate
investments in the country.
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Deepak Bagla is the MD and CEO Invest India.
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Business France is an executive agency of the French
government under the supervision of the Minister for Economic Affairs and
Finance and the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International
Development.
International News
6. Thaawarchand
Gehlot Attends Global Disability Summit 2018 In London
i.
Thaawarchand Gehlot, Union Minister for Social Justice & Empowerment attended
the Global Disability Summit held in London, UK. The motto of
the Conference was to firm up the commitments of the country leaders towards
the cause of persons with disabilities.
ii. The Global leaders expressed their commitments towards elimination stigma and discrimination, promoting inclusive education, economic empowerment, technology and innovation in assistive devices, data desegregation etc.
ii. The Global leaders expressed their commitments towards elimination stigma and discrimination, promoting inclusive education, economic empowerment, technology and innovation in assistive devices, data desegregation etc.
Banking/Business News
7.
Vodafone Idea Gets Final Government Approval
i.
The Department of Telecom (DoT) has given final approval to the
merger of Vodafone India and Idea Cellular. The nod for Vodafone
Idea came days after Idea Cellular and Vodafone India jointly paid Rs.
7,268.78 crore 'under protest' to the DoT.
ii. The
combination will be known as Vodafone Idea. It will create India's largest
mobile-phone company and help the firms compete with billionaire Mukesh
Ambani's Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd.
8. Oxigen Announces A Strategic Partnership With Fincare Small Finance Bank
i. At
an event, Oxigen and Fincare Small Finance Bank signed an
agreement to roll out the Branchless Banking services,
using Oxigen's flagship Point of Sale device called
the Oxigen Micro ATM Super PoS. The event graced by Brand Ambassador
Grand Master Viswanathan Anand.
ii. Oxigen has
been marching forward on its financial inclusion agenda to offer Branchless
banking services to India's rural unbanked/underbanked segments.
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Pramod Kabra is the Chairman of Fincare Small Finance
Bank.
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The Corporate Office of Fincare Small Finance Bank is
in Bengaluru.
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The registered office of Fincare Small Finance Bank is
in Ahmedabad.
9. Bharti Infratel, Indus Tower Merger Deal Gets SEBI Nod
i.
Mobile tower arm of telecom major Bharti Airtel, Infratel announced
that it has received clearance from SEBI for its merger with Indus
Towers.
ii. It
will now approach the National Company Law Tribunal for its approval. The
combined company will own 100% of Indus Towers jointly owned by Bharti Infratel
(42% holding), Vodafone (42%), Idea Group (11.15%) and Providence
(4.85%).
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SEBI- Securities
and Exchange Board of India.
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SEBI Chairman- Ajay
Tyagi, Headquarters- Mumbai.
Books and Authors
10. Ramachandra
Guha Pens Book Titled 'Gandhi: The Years That Changed The World
(1914-1948)'
i. Renowned historian and author of
several bestselling books Ramachandra Guha has penned a
new book titled "Gandhi: The years that changed the world
(1914-1948)" on the father of the nation.
ii. Billed
as the most definitive new biography of Gandhi, the upcoming book will be
published by Penguin Random House India and will be released in September
2018.
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Ramachandra Guha had also penned down highly acclaimed
books like "India After Gandhi" and "Gandhi Before India".
Obituaries
11.
Veteran Sports Journalist Swapan Sarkar Passes Away
i. Veteran sports journalist Swapan Sarkar passed away due to diabetic complications. He was 67 years old.
ii. Sarkar worked for a number of dailies and
was also the Delhi sports correspondent of Ananda Bazaar Patrika (ABP)
from mid-1990's.