Agreements
1. India and Republic of Korea Sign MoU In Field of Tourism
i. The Ministry of
Tourism signed an MoU with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and
Tourism, Government for the Republic of Korea for strengthening
cooperation in the field of Tourism in New Delhi.
ii. Mr
K J Alphons, Union Tourism Minister and Mr. Do Jong-hwan Korean, Minister for Culture,
Tourism and Sports, Republic of Korea signed the MoU and officials
from the Ministry and their counterparts from the Korean side were also present
during the signing ceremony.
2. India, Malawi Sign
MoUs in Extradition Treaty, Atomic Energy and VISA Waiver
i.
India and Malawi have
signed three MoUs on Extradition Treaty, cooperation in the field of Atomic
Energy for peaceful purposes and VISA Waiver for Diplomatic and Official Passports.
ii. The MoU was signed
during Vice President Venkaiah Naidu visit in Malawi. India will also
extend a new Line of credit of 215 million US dollars to Malawi for 18 water
projects.
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Malawi Capital:
Lilongwe, Currency: Malawian kwacha, President of
Malawi: Peter Arthur Mutharika.
3. India, South Korea Sign MoU on Cooperation In Sports
i.
India and South Korea signed
an MoU on cooperation in sports in New Delhi. Sports Minister Col.
Rajyavardhan Rathore and Minister of Culture, Sports and
Tourism of South Korea Do Jong-hwan signed the MoU.
ii. The objective of the
MoU is to establish a framework to facilitate and promote cooperation between
the two countries on the basis of reciprocity and mutual benefit.
National News
4. Delhi CM Inaugurates
Signature Bridge
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| Arvind Kejriwal |
i.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal inaugurated Delhi's Signature Bridge, the first
asymmetrical cable-stayed bridge in India.
ii. The bridge was
constructed by the Delhi Tourism and Transport Development Corporation
(DTTDC) at an expenditure of Rs 1,518.37 crore. The
675-metre bridge aims to reduce travel time and traffic congestion
between the north-eastern and northern parts of Delhi.
5. INS Arihant Completes
1st Deterrence Patrol
i. INS Arihant, India's
first nuclear ballistic missile submarine, has completed its first
"deterrence patrol".
ii. The
6,000-tonne INS Arihant, under development for three decades under a highly
classified programme, comes under the direct control of the Nuclear Command
Authority headed by PM Modi.
Appointments
6. Gafur Rakhimov Elected President of AIBA
i.
Uzbekistan's businessman Gafur Rakhimov was elected president of the International Boxing
Association (AIBA) despite fears that his appointment could lead to
the sport's ejection from the Olympic Games.
ii. Rakhimov won 86 of the 134
second-round votes collected by AIBA officials in Moscow to beat his only
opponent, former boxer Serik Konakbayev of Kazakhstan.
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IOC
President: Thomas Bach, Headquarters: Lausanne, Switzerland.
Banking News
7. RBI Initiates Process To Set Up Digital Public Credit Registry
i. The
Reserve Bank of India has
initiated the process to set up a digital Public Credit Registry (PCR) to
capture all the details of borrowers, including wilful defaulters and also the
pending legal suits in order to check financial delinquencies.
ii. The public credit registry
will also include data from entities like market regulator SEBI, the corporate
affairs ministry, Goods and Service Tax Network and the Insolvency and
Bankruptcy Board of India to enable the banks and financial institutions to get
a 360-degree profile of existing and prospective borrowers on a real-time basis.
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Urjit Patel- 24th Governor of RBI, Headquarters- Mumbai, Established
on- 1st April 1935, in Kolkata.
