NATIONAL UPDATES:
1.
India ranked 133 on World Press Freedom Index: The
2016 ‘World Press Freedom Index’ released by ‘Reporters without Borders’ (RSF)
is led by Finland which retained its top spot for the 6th
consecutive year, followed by the Netherlands and Norway.
2.
MoU between India and Bhutan on Technical Cooperation: The
MoU was signed between India and Bhutan on technical cooperation in the field
of capacity building, benchmarking and bilateral exchange in infrastructure
engineering.
3. Cabinet approves signing of
Paris Agreement: The Paris Agreement
recognises the importance of sustainable lifestyles and sustainable patterns of
consumption with developed countries taking the lead and notes the importance
of ‘climate justice’ in its preamble.
4. Compat sets aside Rs 258-crore
fine on Jet Airways, IndiGo and SpiceJet: The
Competition Appellate Tribunal (Compat) stayed penalties totalling Rs 258 crore
imposed by Competition Commission of India (CCI) on Jet Airways, IndiGo and
SpiceJet for fuel surcharge collusion.
5. Panasonic, US-based AES to
install energy storage project in Haryana: Panasonic
India and AES India Pvt Ltd has announced an agreement to construct a 10 MW
energy storage array at Panasonic’s Technopark manufacturing facility in
Jhajjar, Haryana.
6. Affordable plotted housing
policy notified in Haryana: Under the DeenDayal Jan
AawasYojna, the policy will enable the creation of additional affordable
housing stock in the low and medium potential towns of the state.
7. J K Tyres acquired Cavendish
Industries for 2200 crore rupees.
8. KadambotSiddique named
ambassador for International Year of Pulses.
INTERNATIONAL UPDATES:
1.
2016 Pulitzer Prize announced: The prizes were
announced in the US. The awards are for achievements in newspaper and online
journalism, literature and musical composition in the United States.
2.
Sri Lanka to sign MoU with Japan and India for collaboration in Science and
Technology: Sri Lanka’s University of Sri Jayawardenepura
will sign the MoU with the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science
(AIST) and Biomedical Research Institute (BMRI) of Japan and Department of
Biotechnology (DBT) of Ministry of Science and Technology, India.
3.
Barack Obama nominates Indian-American GeetaPasi as US envoy to central African
nation Chad.
OTHER UPDATES:
FINANCE/BANKING:
1.
RBL Bank becomes first private sector bank to open dedicated branch for
start-ups.
SPORTS:
2.
BCCI appoints Rahul Johri as its new CEO.
3.
India’s Durga Thakur promoted as International Umpire by International Hockey
Federation.
4.
English Snooker legend Steve Davis retired.
5.
ICC and Emirates Airlines renewed their deal for additional seven years.
AWARDS:
6.
Chinese professor GeFuping honoured with George Grierson prize for promoting
Hindi: President Pranab Mukherjee awarded him
the prize for his remarkable works done for the propagation of Hindi abroad.
OBITUARIES:
7. William Bill Campbell, Silicon
Valley Coach and Mentor passed away at the age of 75.
8. Renowned American Hollywood
actress Doris Roberts passed away at the age of 90.
BOOKS AND AUTHORS:
9. Book titled ‘The Making of
India: The Untold story of British Enterprises’ authored by KartarLalvani was
released.
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