NATIONAL UPDATES:
1.
Sikkim becomes India’s first fully organic state: Sikkim
has become India’s first fully organic state by converting around 75,000
hectares of agricultural land into sustainable cultivation.
2.
Pilot project on DBT for kerosene to start soon: In
order to cover more households under Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme, the
union minister of state for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Dharmendra Pradhan
informed that soon kerosene customers would be able to get their subsidy
directly into their bank accounts.
3. R Shivakumar appointed Chairman of
Assocham Karnataka.
4. Sachin opens railway police safety
drive: Master blaster and former captain of the Indian
cricket team Sachin Tendulkar launched two safety and awareness initiatives by
the Mumbai Railway Police. The two initiatives, SAMEEP (Safety Alert Messages
Exclusively for Passengers) and B-SAFE, were launched at the RPF headquarters
in Wadi Bunder.
5. Centre approves Rs 791 crore as
Drought assistance for Telangana.
6. Government limits Foreign Travel by
Bureaucrats to four a year.
7. Jharkhand to add drinking water
crisis in local disasters list: The decision was taken
in a Cabinet meeting and will cover those districts where the rainfalls have
been less than 75% of the normal or where the groundwater level has gone below
by four metres or more.
8. Jharkhand to set up fast track courts
for trial of witchcraft-related attacks.
9. Nitin Gadkari inaugurated 2nd
liquid chemical berth of Mumbai Port Trust: With
commissioning of this berth, the cargo handling capacity of the Port will
increase by 2.5 MMT per annum.
10. Bhaskar Bhat becomes Tata SIA
Airlines Chairman.
INTERNATIONAL UPDATES:
1.
WHO declares world’s worst ever Ebola outbreak over: The
World Health Organisation announced that the Ebola epidemic that has ravaged
west Africa for two years was over after Liberia, the last affected country ,
received all clear.
2.
USA increased H-1B and L-1 visa petition fees.
3.
India tops Asia in sending scientists, engineers to US: Report: India
continued its trend of being the top country of birth from Asia for immigrant
scientists and engineers in US, with 950,000 out of the continent’s total 2.96
million, according to a new report.
4.
UN released dataset titled Trends in International Migrant Stock: The 2015
Revision: The dataset analysed trends in migration flows
across the world, even country as well as region wise, between 2000 and 2015.
FINANCE/BANKING:
1. SBI launches dedicated branch for
start-ups in Bengaluru: State Bank of India launched its
wealth management offering and inaugurated a dedicated branch for start-ups.
While the wealth management service ‘Exclusif’ is targeted at the fast-growing
affluent segment in the country. ‘SBI InCube’-the branch for start-ups-would
offer advisory services to the budding entrepreneurs under one roof.
2. RBI allows banks to provide all
services at off-site ATMs: It has allowed banks to offer the
whole array of services even at off-site ATMs. Off-site ATMs are the ones that
set up on a standalone basis and are not on the premises of a bank branch.
SPORTS:
3. Sania
Mirza and Martina Hingis create world record for most successive victories by
winning their 29th women’s doubles match in a row en route to their
entry into the women’ doubles final of the WTA Sydney International.
AWARDS:
4.
Subhashini Vasanth honoured with Neerja Bhanot Award: She
was awarded for her endeavour to help people in distress and for empowering
widows of martyrs and their families across the country.
5.
UNICEF presented David Beckham with Danny Kaye Humanitarian Leadership Award
OBITUARIES:
6.
Actor Alan Rickman, known for his role as ‘Snape’ in Harry Potter series, died
at the age of 69.
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