NATIONAL UPDATES:
1.
Bharat Yatra against child abuse: Nobel laureate
Kailash Satyarthi launched a march across the country to mobilise action
against sexual abuse and trafficking of children. Starting from the
southernmost tip of peninsular India, Kanyakumari, and passing through Kashmir,
the Bharat Yatra will culminate in New Delhi.
2. Upper age limit of National
Pension Scheme raised: The Pension Fund
Regulatory and Development Authority has announced that the upper age
limit for joining the National Pension Scheme had been raised to 65 years, from
the current 60. The aim is to open up pensions to sectors that are without
pensions.
3. World’s most expensive
coffee, Civet, now manufactured in India: India, Asia’s 3rd-largest
producer & exporter of coffee, has started producing world’s most
expensive coffee, in Coorg district of Karnataka. The Civet coffee, also called
as Luwark coffee, is expensive because of uncommon method of producing such a
coffee.
It
is produced from the coffee beans digested by civet cat. The faeces of this cat
are collected, processed and sold.
4.
PM Modi address students on theme of ‘Young
India, New India': Prime Minister Narendra Modi has addressed a
gathering of students at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi on the theme of ‘Young
India, New India'. The convention of students is being held to mark the
historic address of ‘Swami Vivekananda delivered at Chicago in 1893.
OTHER UPDATES:
BUSINESS/ECONOMY:
1. Infosys acquires Brilliant
Basics: Infosys has completed the acquisition of
London-based Brilliant Basics. Through this acquisition, Infosys further expands
its worldwide connected network of Digital Studios that are focused on
fulfilling the needs of global clients for end-to- end digital transformation
solutions.
2. ADB
to provide $152 million to Nepal: Asian Development
Bank will provide a $152 mn to Nepal for implementation & enhancement
of its power transmission & distribution. The project, having a 4 to
5-year completion period, would incorporate various components such as
construction of transmission lines, upgrading sub-stations.
3. Abhay
Firodia takes over as SIAM President: Force Motors Chairman Abhay Firodia has been elected
as the new President of the automobile industry body Society of Indian
Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM).
SPORTS:
4. Sumit Nagal wins ITF Futures
Men’s Tennis Championships: Sumit Nagal blasted Colin van Beem 6-3, 6-0
in the singles final to justify the top billing in the 8th MCC – S R Subramaniam
Memorial ITF Futures Men’s tennis championship. Nagal, who is ranked 261 in the
world will pocket 18 ranking points and a cheque for $2,160 for his effort.
5. Maharashtra
wins the National kickboxing
championship: Maharashtra has
won the Chief Minister’s cup with 45 gold medals at the National kickboxing
championship being held in Raipur. Chhattisgarh secured second position with 27
gold and Haryana third with 15 gold medals.
6. Hingis,
Jan win women’s doubles title at US Open: Martina Hingis
& Chan Yung-Jan won the US Open women’s doubles title after
defeating Lucie Hradecka & Katerina Siniakova 6-3 6-2.
7. Rafael
Nadal wins US Open (Men’s): World No. 1 Rafael Nadal defeated No. 28 Kevin
Anderson 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 to lift his third US Open title and his 16th overall
Grand Slam title. He is second to Roger Federer, who has 19 Grand Slam titles.
8.
BWF World Senior Badminton Championship begins
at Kochi: the Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Senior Badminton
Championship has begun at Kochi.
A total of 665 players
(175-Indian players) from forty countries in eight different groups are
participating in the week-long Championship. It is for the first time the
Championship is being held in India.
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