National
News
1. NOTA Option Not
Applicable For Rajya Sabha Elections: Supreme Court
i. The Supreme Court ruled
that the ‘None of The Above’ (NOTA) option will not be applicable for
voting in the Rajya Sabha elections. The ruling was made by a bench of
Justices comprising CJI Dipak Misra and Justices AM Khanwilkar and DY
Chandrachud.
ii. The bench held that the
NOTA option is meant only for universal adult suffrage and direct elections and
not for the polls held by the system of proportional representation by means of
the single transferable vote as done in the Rajya Sabha.
International
News
2. Historic Esala Maha
Perehera Festival Begins in Sri Lanka
i. In Sri Lanka, the
ten-day festival of the historic Esala Maha Perehera began in Kandy
with a grand procession. The procession set off from the biggest Buddhist
temple in Sri Lanka, Sri Dalada Maligawa at an auspicious time.
ii. The Esala Perahera is one of the oldest and grandest of all Buddhist festivals in Sri Lanka, featuring dancers, jugglers, musicians, fire-breathers and lavishly decorated elephants.
ii. The Esala Perahera is one of the oldest and grandest of all Buddhist festivals in Sri Lanka, featuring dancers, jugglers, musicians, fire-breathers and lavishly decorated elephants.
Business News
3. Paytm Partners With
Alibaba
i. Digital payments firm
Paytm has partnered with China's Alibaba to launch AI-based cloud
computing platform 'Paytm AI Cloud'.
ii. The platform will offer
business-centric apps to developers, startups and enterprises that need
cloud-computing solutions including customer engagement and easy-to-integrate
payments. It will process and store all consumer data locally in servers
located only in India.
Static/Current Takeaways
Important for Indian Bank PO Exam 2018-
·
Alibaba’s
Cloud computing business, which opened its first India data centre in Mumbai in
January.
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Vijay
Shekhar Sharma is the Founder of Paytm.
·
Jack
Maa is the founder of Alibaba.
Sports News
4. Novak Djokovic Wins
Western and Southern Open 2018
i. Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
beat Roger Federer (Switzerland) in straight sets, high-profile championship match at
the 2018 Western and Southern Open in Cincinnati.
ii. With this win,
Djokovic became the first men's tennis player in history to win all
nine Masters 1,000 tournaments after finishing as the runner-up in
Cincinnati five different times.
Static/Current Takeaways
Important for Indian Bank PO Exam 2018-
·
Cincinnati
is a city in Ohio, on the Ohio River.
Asian Games 2018
5. Saurabh Chaudhary Wins
10m Air Pistol Gold
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| Saurabh Chaudhary |
i. 16-Year-Old Saurabh
Chaudhary became only the fifth Indian shooter to claim a gold in the
Asian Games history,
beating a field of multiple world and Olympic champions in the 10m
air pistol finals in Indonesia
ii. Another Indian making his
international debut, 29-year-old Abhishek Verma, shot 219.3 to secure bronze.
Static/Current
Takeaways Important for RRB PO/Clerk Exam 2018-
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The
Host cities for Asian Games 2018 are Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia.
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Bhin Bhin, Kaka, and Atung are the mascots of the 2018 Asian Games.
6. Vinesh Phogat, 1st Indian Woman Wrestler To Bag Gold At Asian Games
i.
India got its second Gold medal at the 18th Asian Games in Indonesia when Vinesh
Phogat defeated Japan’s Yuki Irie in the final of freestyle 50 kg
category in Women’s Wrestling.
ii. With this victory, Vinesh
created history as she is the first Indian woman wrestler to win gold
in the Asian Games.
