NATIONAL UPDATES:
1. Indian Army develops app for soldiers: The Indian Army has developed a mobile application named ‘Humraaz’ through which serving soldiers can track
details like postings and promotions. With the help of this app, soldiers can view
their monthly salary slips and Form 16 too. The app has been developed
in-house by the Army.
2. Lok Sabha passes 2 bills extending CGST, IGST to
J & K: Lok Sabha has passed 2 bills extending
Central GST and Integrated GST to Jammu and Kashmir. The step will ensure
greater economic integration of the state with rest of the country.
3. KRAS
unit inaugurated at Hyderabad: KRAS, a joint venture b/w Kalyani
Strategic Systems & Rafael Advanced Defense Systems of Israel
inaugurated their state-of-the-art facility at Hyderabad. KRAS would be India’s
first private sector advanced defence sub-systems manufacturing entity.
4. No detention policy in
schools to be scrapped: Cabinet has approved
scrapping of no-detention policy in schools till Class 8. Policy was introduced
under RTE 2009 according to which schools were not allowed to fail or
expel a student up to Class 8. It will now allow states to detain students in
class V & class VIII if they fail in the year-end exam.
INTERNATIONAL UPDATES:
1. Wray
to replace Comey as FBI director: The US Senate
has confirmed Christopher Wray as the man to lead the FBI. He will
replace James Comey, who was abruptly fired by US President Donald Trump
amid the investigation into Russian meddling in last year’s presidential
election.
2. BRICS Agriculture Research Platform – Nod from Cabinet: Cabinet has approved a
MoU between India & BRICS countries
to set up BRICS Agriculture Research Platform.
Proposal
was presented by Narendra Modi to establish BRICS Agriculture
Research Centre during 7th BRICS Summit in Russia.
3. Germany
tests face
recognition surveillance: Germany has test launched a
face recognition surveillance system at Berlin’s railway station that
would contribute to anti-terrorism efforts. It aims to determine whether
cameras can automatically recognize faces of specific persons & single
them out from crowd. When a criminal/terrorist suspect enters/exits public
transport facility, the system would immediately warn police to take prompt
action.
OTHER UPDATES:
BUSINESS & ECONOMY:
1. IRCTC launches cash-on-delivery for tatkal
tickets: Railways has announced that
people can now book their ticket under the tatkal quota on
IRCTC website & can pay later. For tatkal tickets IRCTC
users will be able to pay via cash, debit card or credit card by opting to have
tickets delivered at their doorstep.
2. Airtel and Telenor receive NCLT nod: The proposed merger between Bharti Airtel and Telenor
India has been approved by the National Company Law Tribunal. Airtel will get 43.4
units of 4G spectrum in 1800 MHz band once the Telenor deal is concluded.
3. Google’s Internet Saathi programme reaches one
lakh villages: Google India has
reached a milestone of 100,000 villages with its Internet Saathi programme
which was launched as a pilot in Rajasthan in July 2015 along with Tata Trusts.
Google
will also be expanding the program in two new states – Haryana and Bihar.
SPORTS:
4. Paralympian
Jhajharia
recommended for Khel Ratna: Two-time Paralympic
gold-medallist Devendra Jhajharia became the first paralympian to be
recommended for the country’s highest sporting honour – the Rajiv Gandhi Khel
Ratna award. He won a gold in javelin at 2016 Rio Paralympics, is the only
Indian to win 2 Paralympic golds. He had won his medals in the javelin
throw event.
OBITUARIES:
4. Renowned scientist Pushpa Mitra Bhargava passes
away: Renowned scientist Pushpa Mitra Bhargava passed
away due to illness. Bhargava was a recipient of over 100 national &
international awards and the Legion d'Honneur of France in 1998.
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