1.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address ‘Mann Ki
Baat’ to be broadcast in Bangladesh:The programme which reaches crores of people in
real time featuring PM Modi talking on various subjects related to social,
economic and political which have international audience soon. Mann Ki Baat will be broadcast in
Bangladesh on All India Radio's upcoming Bangla language service channel
AkashvaniMaitree, for which AIR has made arrangements to receive comments and
voice messages from Bangladeshi citizens.
2.
Military grants recognition to Paralympic Committee of India: The Sports Ministry has announced that
it has granted recognition to the Paralympic Committee of India (PCI), giving a
huge confidence boost to the several para-athletes who have qualified for
Rio Paralympics.
3.
President Pranab Mukherjee
presents BC Roy National Awards for 2008, 2009 and 2010: President of India, Pranab Kumar
Mukherjee has presented the Dr.Bidhan Chandra Roy Award national awards for
2008, 2009 and 2010 at Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi.These awards were presented on the occasion
of National Doctors’ Day observed on July 1 to pay honour and tribute to
India’s most famous physician Dr.Bidhan Chandra Roy.Top Five Awardees are Dr. Mammen Chandy,
Prof. Rajeshwar Dayal, Dr.Rohit V. Bhatt, Dr. Neelam Mohan and Prof.
Mohan Kameswaran.
4.
Maharashtra target of planting 2 crore trees in
state crossed: Maharashtra government started an initiative for
plantation of about 2 crores trees. The initiative was flagged off by
Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis along with Finance and Forest Minister
Sudhir Mungantiwar.
5.
India
jumps 19 places on World Bank Logistics Performance Index, moves to 35th
rank: India improved its ranking in the World Bank
group's (WBG) bi-annual "Logistics Performance Index 2016", jumping
from 54th in 2014 to 35th in 2016. This was announced by the World Bank Group
in its recent launch of the report.
6.
Radha Mohan Singh launches
a web-based app CMRS:The Union Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Minister, ShriRadha Mohan
Singh has launched Crop Manager for Rice-based Systems (CMRS) a
web-based App for better crop and Nutrient management released for Bihar
farmers in a program organised at ICAR-RCER in Patna.
7. Rapid Rural Police
Response System launched in Punjab: A Rapid Rural Police
Response System was launched across Punjab to ensure prompt and effective
police response in the state's over 12,000 villages.Punjab Deputy Chief
Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal, who launched the scheme, also flagged off 400 new
motorcycles and 220 new Bolero jeeps under the new system.
OTHER UPDATES:
FINANCE/BANKING:
1. RIL, SBI sign shareholder agreement for payments
bank of JV: Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) has signed a shareholder agreement
with State Bank of India (SBI) have signed Subscription and
Shareholders Agreement to set up payments bank.According to the agreement,
Reliance Industries will be the promoter with a 70 % equity contribution in the
payments bank and SBI as joint venture will have 30 % equity contribution.
2. State Bank of India launches two new digital
offerings: The country's largest lender State Bank of India has launched 2 new
digital offerings on the occasion of 61st State Bank Day.SBI has partnered with
Flipkart to offer its consumers the facility of pre-approved EMI Facility on
purchases. Under this partnership SBI will provide overdraft facility to
pre-qualified set of customers for transacting on Flipkart for a minimum
purchase of Rs. 500.
OBITUARIES:
3. Renowned
Marathi literary scholar R C Dhere no more: R C Dhere, a recipient of the Sahitya Academy Award
in 1987 for his book 'Sri Vitthal- A Mahasamanvayak (Lord Vitthal- A great
coordinator)', carved a niche for himself by tracing the roots of
Maharashtra's folk traditions and literature with an extensive research that
highlighted the influence of saints on Maharashtrian ethos.
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