NATIONAL UPDATES:
1. India sets up apparel
training centre in Nigeria: India has set up an apparel training centre in Nigeria to
support textiles industry of the West African country. This is a first of its
kind centre in Nigeria set up in partnership with their government.
The centre is aimed to support and catalyse the initiative of Nigeria
in realising the objectives to rebuild the cotton and textile value
chain and address the need for the skilled workforce for domestic as well
export-oriented apparel industry in the West African region.
2. Government to rolls out KVK portal
for monitoring of farm centres: Agriculture Minister
Radha Mohan Singh has launched an online portal designed to monitor the
functioning of nearly 645 KrishiVigyanKendras (KVKs), known as
farm-science centres, spread across the country. The KVKs, which
have the mandate to assess agri-technology and demonstrate to farmers
application and capacity development, are being set up in rural districts. Each
KVK has direct interface with at least 1,000 farmers.
3. India and Mozambique sign three agreements during PM
visit: ndia
and Mozambique have signed three agreements in the area of drug trafficking
(1st), pulse trading (2nd) and youth affairs & sports (3rd). These MoUs have been signed in
the presence of PM Modi and Filipe Nyusi, President of Mozambique, between
Secretary of Economic Relations in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Amar
Sinha and Mozambique’s Finance Minister.
4.
Maharashtra CM inducts 11 ministers including 10
new faces in cabinet: Maharashtra Chief Minister DevendraFadnavis has inducted 10 new faces in
his cabinet today while one existing minister was elevated to cabinet rank.
With this, the total strength of Maharastra ministers in the cabinet has become
39 now. Maharashtra Governor C VidyasagarRao has administered the oath of the
position for the 11 newly elected ministers at the Parishad hall in
VidhanBhavan in the presence of Chief Minister.
5. Government to clean 10 iconic places under Swachh
Bharat Mission: The places which have been selected are Vaishno
Devi temple in Jammu and Kashmir, TajMahal in Uttar Pradesh, Tirupati temple in
Andhra Pradesh, Golden Temple in Punjab, Ajmer Sharif in Rajasthan, Jagannath
temple in Orissa, ChhatrapatiShivaji Terminus in Maharashtra, ManikarnikaGhat
in Uttar Pradesh, Meenakshi Temple in Tamil Nadu and Kamakhya Temple in Assam.
6. The
second phase of Haritha Haram programme launched today:The Haritha Haram programme aimed to plant 46
crore plants to improve green belt. The plantation programme which is two weeks
long includes both the sides of over 163 kilometers long national highway
between Hyderabad - Vijayawada.
7. West
Bengal to set up three biotechnology hubs: The three proposed biotechnology hubs will come
in Bardhaman, Kalimpong and Medinipur districts. They will help in the
coordination of various departments with the Biotechnology Department in a
better way.
8. Union Home Minister
Rajnath Singh inaugurated the BRICS drug control meeting: The Union Home Minister ShriRajnath Singh has
inaugurated the second anti-drug Working Group meeting of Heads of Drug Control
Agencies of BRICS countries in New Delhi today. The meet is organized by the
Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) and the Indian delegation will be headed by Shri
Rajeev RaiBhatnagar, Director General, Narcotics Control Bureau.
9. Nasscom unveils India’s
first IoT-focused centre: National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom) has
unveiled India’s first centre of excellence focused on Internet of Things (CoE-
IoT) at its Startup Warehouse in Bengaluru which is inaugurated by Mr. Ravi
Shankar Prasad, Union Minister for Electronics, IT, Law & Justice.
10. S K Kohli appointed
chief defence accounts auditor: Senior bureaucrat S K Kohli has been appointed as Controller
General of Defence Accounts (CGDA). He is an Indian Defence Accounts Service
officer.
12. Vishal Kapoor to be the
new CEO of IDFC Mutual Fund.
13. Srini Gopalan quits
Bharti Airtel and going to join Deutsche Telekom.
INTERNATIONAL
UPDATES:
1.
IMF sets $5.3 billion
programs for Iraq: The IMF has announced a $5.34 billion program for Iraq to help
strengthen the country's finances, hit by the crash in oil prices and the fight
against the Islamic State group. The International Monetary Fund said the
three-year loan will see $634 million immediately allocated to Baghdad, which
needs the money to stabilise its balance of payments and ensure it can keep up
with its debt obligations.
OTHER
UPDATES:
SPORTS:
1.
Dipa Karmakar named as the World Class Gymnast by International Gymnastics
Federation.
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