NATIONAL UPDATES:
1.
CAMS launches Aadhaar based e-KYC for setting up MF account instantly: The
leading services solutions provider for fund houses CAMS has launched Aadhaar-based
e-KYC using OTP authentication to make mutual fund account opening and
transactions a paperless and presence less process through myCAMS at
www.camsonline.com.
2.
SEBI forms task force to review risk management norms for commexes:
Capital market regulator SEBI has set up a task force to review the risk
management norms for national-level commodity bourses following the suspension
of futures trading for castor seed on NCDEX.
3. Centre to contribute Rs 1 lakh crore
for Karnataka Road: Central Government will spend Rs 1 lakh
crore for development of road infrastructure in Karnataka.
4. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley
inaugurated the two day India Investment Summit in New Delhi.
5. Reliance Infra to sell cement
business to Birla for 4800 crores.
6. Finance Minister gets a dedicated
YouTube channel: Finance Minister now has an official
YouTube Channel, which is expected to disseminate information about the
official events.
7. B2B meet for SMEs begins in Kochi: Three
day Kerala Business to Business Meet 2016 started in Kochi today.
8. Gurdeep Singh named Chairman and MD
of NTPC.
9. Ananda Shankar to address India
Conference in Harvard: Renowned dancer-choreographer and
speaker Dr. Ananda Shankar Jayant will address the high-profile India Conference
at Harvard in USA.
10. PM Modi dedicated Brahmaputra
Cracker and Polymer Ltd to the nation by inaugurating the unit built at
Lepetkata, Assam.
11. India signed agreement to become an
Associate Member State of European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO).
12. Odisha Government allowed tourists
into certain tribal areas after three years ban.
13. Tea Board issued Version 5.0 of
Plant Protection Code expanding list of pesticides for use.
INTERNATIONAL UPDATES:
1.
EU Commission, United States agreed on framework for transatlantic data flows: The
framework that will be known as the EU-US Privacy Shield will enable the
government agencies to transfer data relied on by Facebook and Google across
the Atlantic.
2.
BHEL launches 500 MW Kosti Thermal power plant in Sudan.
3.
Supporting Syria and the Region Conference 2016 held in London: The
objective of the conference was to discuss issues related to the over 5 year
old civil war in Syria and measures to mitigate the humanitarian conflict faced
by the country and the region as a whole.
4.
NASA’s New Horizons mission spotted floating hills on Pluto.
5.
US General John Nicholson named NATO commander in Afghanistan.
OTHER UPDATES:
FINANCE/BANKING:
1. RBI gets XBRL (eXtensible Business
Reporting Language) International Award for Excellence for its efforts to
improve regulatory reporting.
SPORTS:
2. Rahul
Dravid has been named in ICC’s Anti-Corruption Oversight Group.
3. PM
Modi inaugurated 12th South Asian Games in Guwahati.
AWARDS:
4.
Geethu Mohandas won Global Filmmaking Award 2016 for script of Insha Allah at
the 2016 Sundance Film Festival Awards held in Park City, Utah.
5.
Thai Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn chosen for First World Sanskrit Award.
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