NATIONAL UPDATES:
1.
India, Kenya ink seven agreements:
MoU on
Cooperation in the field of standardisation, expertise sharing and mutual trade
between Bureau of Indian Standards and Bureau of Kenya Standards, MoU on Cooperation in the field of National Housing Policy Development
and Management, the line of Credit Agreement for US $15 million (first tranche
of US $30 million) to IDB Capital Limited, Kenya, for the development of
various small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Kenya, the line of Credit
Agreement for the US $29.95 million to the Government of Kenya for the upgrade
of Rift Valley Textiles Factory (RIVATEX East Africa Limited), Kenya, revised
Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA), a bilateral agreement on the
exemption of Visa for holders of Diplomatic passports and MoU on Defence
Cooperation were in the list.
2.
D Rajkumar appointed CMD of BPCL and Utpal Bora appointed as CMD of Oil India
Ltd.
3. HDFC Bank’s AdityaPuri named best banking CEO in Asia:
AdityaPuri,
the chief executive and managing director (MD) of the second largest private
sector lender HDFC Bank, has been ranked as the best banking CEO in Asia
by the investor community.
4. Ministry of Health
launches Nationwide Intensified Diarrhoea Control Fortnight (IDFC):
Minister
of Health and Family Welfare, Shri J P Nadda, Ministry of Health launched
nationwide Intensified Diarrhoea Control Fortnight (IDCF) to be observed from
July 11-23.
5.
Maharashtra
Police launches 4 apps: The four applications
Pratisaad Ask, Police Mitra, Vahanchoritakrar and Railway helpline app were
launched by Chief Minister DevendraFadnavis in Nagpur.With the launch of
these apps, dependency on police emergency number 100 would reduce
substantially and citizens can reach out to police to report any emergency
situation or crime like robbery or assault on women 24X7.
6. Karnataka
trade body inks pact with Sanya City:The Karnataka Region Economic and Trade
Organisation (KRETO) and the Sanya People Municipal Government, China, signed a
memorandum of understanding (MoU) to foster trade between Sanya City and
Karnataka.
7. Lafarge
to sell India assets to Nirma for $1.4 billion: Lafarge-Holcim has entered into an agreement with
Nirma Ltd to sell its entire 100% holding in cement maker Lafarge India for an
enterprise value of $1.4 billion.
8. Sun Pharma introduces
anti-cancer product in Europe: Sun Pharma has announced rollout of Gemcitabine InfuSMART in
Europe. InfuSMART is a technology in which oncology products are developed in a
ready-to-administer (RTA) bag.
INTERNATIONAL
UPDATES:
1. Nepal’s first woman chief justice sworn in: Justice SushilaKarki took charge as the first
woman chief justice of Nepal’s Supreme Court after her name was endorsed
by a parliamentary panel.
OTHER
UPDATES:
SPORTS:
1.
Jinson Johnson, Dharambir Singh and RenjithMaheshwari qualify for Rio Olympics
2016: Sprinter Dharambir Singh
and Jinson Johnson along with Triple jumper RenjithMaheshwari were
the latest athletes to join the line for representing the country at the
Olympics in Brazil.
AWARDS:
2.
President confers the 51stJnanpith Award on Dr.RaghuveerChaudhari.
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