NATIONAL UPDATES:
1.
India’s Dinesh Sharma elected to Board of Directors of AIIB: India’s
Dinesh Sharma was elected to the 12-member board of directors of the
China-sponsored Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB).
2.
NITI Aayog collaborated with IDFC for Enterprise Survey of Manufacturing firms:
The
National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog announced that it
collaborated with the IDFC Bank Ltd to conduct an enterprise survey of
manufacturing firms.
3. Mindtree appoints Rostow Ravanan as
CEO and Krishnakumar Natrajan as the Executive chairman.
4. EXIM Bank inks MoU with AP Government
for promoting exports: Export Import Bank of India and the
Andhra Pradesh Government have entered into a MoU for promotion of exports from
the state.
5. Somnath Temple to invest in Gold
Monetisation scheme: The Somnath Temple is all set to become
Gujarat’s first temple to deposit its idle gold in the Gold Monetisation Scheme
as its trustees including Prime Minister Modi have given their nod to invest
the yellow metal reserves in the scheme.
6. Goa legislative assembly approved
reclassification of coconut tree as palm.
7. Union Government held first national
stakeholder consultation on BIOFIN project: The meeting was
organised to understand the Biodiversity Finance Initiative project and to seek
professional inputs from experts of various fields in strengthening the
biodiversity conservation efforts in the country.
INTERNATIONAL UPDATES:
1.
NASA launched SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket with Jason-3 Ocean monitoring satellite: The
rocket carried the ocean monitoring satellite Jason-3 on board. The satellite
will examine the topography of the ocean floor to help study effects of climate
change or human-induced changes on the ocean.
2.
French President declares economic emergency: French
President Francois Hollande has declared what he called ‘a state of economic
emergency’ and says it’s time to redefine France’s economic and social model.
3.
First infected case of mosquito-borne Zinka virus recorded in the US: The
disease caused by the virus is not fatal and lasts up-to a week, but it was
identified that there is a possible link between the virus and a birth defect
called microcephaly that causes babies to be born with abnormally small heads
and potential development problems.
4.
21st Critics Choice Awards presented in California: Best
picture award was given to Spotlight. Best Actor- Leonardo DiCaprio for ‘The
Revenant’ etc.
OTHER UPDATES:
FINANCE/BANKING:
1. State Bank of Travancore launches
online platform for KSEB bill payments: SBT has teamed up with
the Kerala State Electricity Board to provide customers of the state utility
online facility for remittance of electricity charges.
SPORTS:
2. Delhi
Acers defeated Mumbai Rockets to clinch Premier Badminton League title.
AWARDS:
3.
Anuradha Roy won 2016 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature for ‘Sleeping on
Jupiter’ at the Galle Literary Festival in Sri Lanka.
OBITUARIES:
4. Former Sikkim Governor Ventrapragada
Rama Rao passed away at the age of 80.
5. Renowned film-maker Lakshman Rao
Mohite alias Geethapriya died at the age of 84.
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