NATIONAL UPDATES:
1.
President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurates second edition of ‘Global Exhibition on
Services’ in Greater Noida.
2.
PM Modi confers awards for excellence in implementation of priority programmes:
He
conferred the awards for excellence in implementation of priority programmes on
the occasion of 10th Civil Services Day today. For the priority
programme PM Jan Dhan Yojana, Nagaon, Assam was awarded in North East and Hill
states category, Chandigarh in UTs and North 24 Parganas, West Bengal in other
States group. Under Swachch Bharat Mission (Gramin), West Sikkim and Bikaner,
Rajasthan were awarded in North East and Hill States and other states category
respectively.
3. First meeting of All India Handloom
Board held in New Delhi: The Chairman and Union Textiles
Minister, Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar gave an overview of the various
initiatives being taken by the government for the development of the sector.
4. The 3 day Curtain Raiser
International Yoga Fest inaugurated by Shri Shripad Yesso Naik: It
was inaugurated by the Minister of State for AYUSH and Health and Family
Welfare in New Delhi.
5. High Court of Uttarakhand revoked
President’s rule in Uttarakhand.
6. Accenture launches Cyber Centre in
Bengaluru to expand its global security pressure and help organisations tackle
complex security challenges.
7. J K Tyres acquired Cavendish
Industries for 2200 crore rupees.
8. Zee Media Corporation Group CEO
Bhaskar Das quits following his transfer to another Essel Group entity.
9. Centre appoints IAS Officer A Ajith
Kumar as Chairman of the Kerala based Rubber Board.
10. Goa appoints Justice P K Mishra as
its Lokayukta.
1.
IMF, WB, UN and OECD form new group to stop tax erosion: The
International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank has stated that they are going
to join forces with the UN and OECD to cooperate on tax issues and develop new
tools and standards to halt tax base erosion and evasion.
2.
Communist Laos appoints new President and Prime Minister: The
National Assembly of Laos elected the chief of the ruling Communist Party, B
Vorachit, as President in a transition of power necessitated by the completion
of the maximum permissible 10 years in office by the outgoing President C
Sayasone. Foreign Minister T Sisoulith was elected as the Prime Minister.
OTHER UPDATES:
FINANCE/BANKING:
1. RBL Bank becomes first private sector
bank to open dedicated branch for start-ups.
AWARDS:
2.
Indian Diplomat Amitav Banerji honoured with Commander of the Order of Merit,
the highest award of Cyprus for his work in a number of senior roles within the
Commonwealth Secretariat for over two decades.
OBITUARIES:
3.
Comedian, Singer and Writer Victoria Wood has passed away at the age of 62.
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