NATIONAL UPDATES:
1.
President Pranab Mukherjee launches AkashvaniMaitree
channel: India state radio broadcaster's AkashvaniMaitree
Channel, a special Bengali channel targeted at the Bengali-speaking audience of
India, Bangladesh and in other countries, was launched by President Pranab
Mukherjee.
2.
Union Cabinet clears Surrogacy Bill: The Union Cabinet Today cleared the draft Surrogacy Bill 2016, aimed at
regulating commissioning of surrogacy in the country in a proper manner. The
bill aims to safeguard rights of surrogate mothers and make parentage of such
children legal.
3.
Maharashtra to have own law for
internal security: The newly drafted
Maharashtra Protection of Internal Security Act (MPISA) has proposed setting up
of Special Security Zones (SSZ) where movement
of arms, explosives and inflow of unaccounted funds will be
prohibited. Maharashtra is the first State in the country to draft its own
internal security act.
4. Madhya Pradesh,
Chhattisgarh and Gujarat Assembly Ratifies GST Bill:
The Chhattisgarh,
Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh state Assembly passed the Goods and
Service Tax (GST) Constitution Amendment Bill, becoming the fifth, sixth and
seventh state to pass the bill respectively.
5. India is 7th wealthiest country, China
second: The New World Wealth, India is ranked 7th among the wealthiest
countries in the world in terms of private wealth held by individuals. The New
World Wealth is a research consultancy that tracks the global wealth
sector.The Top 5 Counties are: 1. US 2. China3. Japan 4. UK 5. Germany.
6.
Ministry of Civil Aviation,
Government of Maharashtra and AAI sign MoU on Regional Connectivity Scheme:The Maharashtra State government, Civil Aviation Ministry and Airports
Authority of India signed a tri-partite Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
on 23-August-2016 at Mumbai. The MOU pave the way for collaborative
process of these agencies together for successful launch of the Regional
Connectivity Scheme.
7. India
and Germany sign pact on vocational training: India and Germany today signed an agreement that aims to foster
conditions that will help create and improve workplace-based vocational
training in India's industrial clusters.
8. India’s Oscar entry for 2017 to be picked by Ketan Mehta: The Film Federation of India (FFI) has kickstarted the process to cherry
pick the film, which will officially represent India at the 89th Academy
Awards next year. And the deadline for submitting entries for the foreign
film category Oscar is October 1. Ketan Mehta has been approached to head the
17-member jury which comprises technicians and artists within the
film industry.
9. Delhi to get all new
Aerospace Museum: Delhi will
soon have a sprawling new Aerospace Museum close to the international airport
focused mainly on Nation's rich aviation history. New Aerospace Museum is
not only meant to preserve the glorious tradition of the IAF but also to create
awareness in general public about India's rich Aerospace heritage.
10. P D Gupta appointed VC
of Homi Bhabha National Institute.
11. Volvo Auto India hires
Nalin Jain as CFO.
12. Two Indian-American
women named White House fellows: Astrophysicist Anjali Tripathi from California and physician
Tina R Shah from Chicago are among the 16 White House Fellows appointed from
across the nation for the year 2016-17.
13. Airtel and Vodafone unveil e-KYC solution to use Aadhar number
for SIM activation: Bharti Airtel and
Vodafone have started rolling out Aadhaar based e-KYC solution following the
notification by the Department of Telecom, Government of India. Telecom
operator Vodafone will roll out e-KYC facility across 4,500 stores in India
that will quickly activate SIMs of its customers with an Aadhaar number.
14. Odisha Cabinet approves Startup Policy 2016: Odisha Cabinet has approved the “Odisha Startup Policy 2016” to promote
entrepreneurship for start-up ventures with provision of
government incentives. The policy will chart out a roadmap to place Odisha
among the top three investment destinations in the country by 2020.
INTERNATIONAL
UPDATES:
1. Pfizer to acquire oncology specialist Medivation for $ 14 bn: The US-headquartered pharma major Pfizer Inc has entered into an
agreement to acquire MedivationInc, a biopharmaceutical company focused
on developing and commercialising small molecules for oncology, for a
total enterprise value of approximately $ 14 billion.
2. China’s
unmanned submersible sets new national record: China's unmanned submersible has dived to a depth
of 10,767 metres at the world's deepest ocean point, setting a new record for
the country to enable it to explore ocean beds for minerals and other natural
resources.
3. Toxic
gas leak at Bangladesh fertilizer unit sickens 250; plugged: About 250 people, including children, have fallen sick and hundreds
of residents have been evacuated from their homes after a toxic gas leak from
a fertiliser unit in Bangladesh's port city of Chittagong.
4. North
Korea test fires new ballistic missile: North Korea today test fired a new ballistic
missile. South Korea's military said, it was launched from a submarine in the
Sea of Japan, off North Korea's eastern coast.
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