NATIONAL UPDATES:
1.
Odd-even 2.0 begins in the capital with public appeals, ‘zero’ peak time
traffic: The second phase of the odd even vehicle rationing
scheme in force here on Friday morning with appeals to follow its provisions
from the government matched by visible compliance from Delhi’s citizens.
2.
Swaraj Abhiyan to start pilot run of its electoral plunge with MCD polls: Swaraj
Abhiyan is not a political party but the upcoming by-election in MCD is an
occasion to create a model of how it may intervene in electoral politics in the
future.
3. Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik inaugurated
opening of 100 more Aahar Centres across the State as part of Government’s
cheap meal programme for the poor.
4. Indira Gandhi National Centre for the
Arts (IGNCA) board reconstituted and Ram Bahadur Rai appointed as Chairman.
5. Narendra Modi launches village
self-governance campaign: The main aim of the campaign is to
spread awareness about the various schemes that the centre has launched keeping
rural India in mind.
6. India was world’s largest remittance
recipient in 2015 as per a report from the World Bank attracting $69 billion
from abroad.
7. Flipkart’s Chief Product Officer
quits.
8. Paytm’s Vijay Shekhar Sharma to head
Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI)’s Payments Banks Group.
9. Susmita Pande appointed as the
Chairperson of National Monument Authority.
10. Delhi Government banned chewable
tobacco for a year.
11. Water levels in 91 major reservoirs
alarmingly low as per data released by Central Water Commission.
12. PM Modi launched online trading
platform e-NAM for farm goods: This online portal will
help in trading agriculture produce and it promises to liberate farmers from
the clutches of middle-men and realise fair market value for their yields.
INTERNATIONAL UPDATES:
1.
World Bank and AIIB sign first Co-Financing Framework Agreement.
2.
Barack Obama appoints MasterCard CEO Ajay Banga to his new commission on
Enhancing National Cyber-security.
OTHER UPDATES:
SPORTS:
1. India’s
ace boxer Mary Kom named International Boxing Association (AIBA) ambassador for
Women’s World Championship.
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