NATIONAL UPDATES:
1.Debate on no-confidence motion in Lok Sabha : Speaker Sumitra Mahajan announced that the Lok Sabha has taken up the debate on no-confidence motion moved by Oppn parties.The motions dealt on issues like special status to Andhra Pradesh, cow vigilantism, lynching and dilution of the SC/ST Act.A motion of no-confidence is a statement or vote which states that the ruling govt is no longer deemed fit to hold the position of power.
2.TN govt launches 24h helpline for couples : The Tamil Nadu govt has informed the Madras High Court that a 24-hour helpline has been set up to investigate issues faced by inter-caste couples and offer them necessary assistance and protection.A special cell has been formed in all districts and cities in the state, comprising district-level officers at the city level, to receive complaints of harassment & threat to inter-caste couples.
3.New Manufacturing Facility For EVM : ProductionElection Commissioner Shri Sunil Arora inaugurated a new Manufacturing Facility For EVM Production At Bharat Electronics Limited, Bangalore.Braille EPICards were also distributed for the first time in Karnataka to visually impaired voters.Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) are being used in Indian General and State Elections to implement electronic voting and are part from 1999 elections.
4.Andhra CM launches e-Pragati platform :Andhra Pradesh CM N. Chandrababu Naidu launched ‘e-Pragati’ project, a digital platform for governance in the state.The e-Pragati project, launched at Undavalli, Guntur plans to achieve digitalization in the state & bring transparency in governance; it will work through cloud management.Reforms in education, agricultural marketing, panchayat raj are also available on this platform.
INTERNATIONAL UPDATES:
1.CPPIB to step up investments in India : Canada’s biggest public pension scheme, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) views India as its main focus for investment in Asia.CPPIB manages Canada’s national pension fund, has invested nearly C$7 billion ($5.30 billion) in India.CPPIB currently owns shares in some leading fast moving consumer goods companies like ITC Ltd., Hindustan Unilever Ltd. & Britannia Industries Ltd.
2.PM to visit Rwanda, Uganda and South Africa : Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Rwanda, Uganda and South Africa from July 23-27.Modi will attend the BRICS Summit in South Africa and will visit Rwanda for a two-day visit, the first by an Indian prime minister where he will sign defence cooperation agreement.During his BRICS summit in South Africa international peace and security will be his main agendas.
3.Google announces Android Dev Summit : The Android Dev Summit is being organized at the Computer History Museum, Moutain View, California on 7 – 8 Nov 2018.The last one was in 2015, and it also happened at the Computer History Museum.Android Developer Days, or ADD, is an open conference held at various locations worldwide each year.
4.First High-Level ‘2+2 Dialogue’ With India : The inaugural ‘two-plus-two dialogue’ between India and the US will be held on September 6 in New Delhi.Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defence Secretary James Mattis would travel to India for the dialogue.The landmark discussions would be covered by the US to recognize that its purchase of the S-400 air defense system from Russia and CAATSA.
5.2018 BRICS Media Forum in South Africa: A decision to establish a BRICS Media Academy and a BRICS news portal was taken at the 2018 BRICS Media Forum at Cape Town in South Africa.The Forum, a high-level dialogue among media organizations from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, was held over 2 days under the theme — ‘Fostering an Inclusive, Just World Order’.The forum unanimously agreed to adopt the above declaration.
OTHER UPDATES:
BUSINESS/ECONOMY:
1.MoU between Infosys & BMRCL : The Infosys Foundation signed a MoU with the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) to build a metro station at Electronic City.The station, part of Phase II metro line under from R.V. Road to Bommsandram, will be named the ‘Infosys Foundation – Konappana Agrahara Metro station’.The Foundation is spending close to Rs. 200 crore to build the station at Konappana Agrahara.
SPORTS:
1.International Army Games 2018, Moscow : Indian Army team has reached Moscow to participate in the International Army games scheduled from July 28 to August 11.India is participating in 2 competitions including the Tank Biathlon and Elbrus Ring – which is mountain warfare combat patrol competition near Elbrus Mountain.The Army games 2018 will be held in 7 countries – Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, China, Iran, Kazakhstan & Russia.
OBITUARIES :
1.Poet Gopal Das Saxena ‘Neeraj’ passes : awayFamous Hindi poet Gopal Das Neeraj passed away at the AIIMS trauma center on 19 July.He was a Professor of Hindi at Dharma Samaj College in Aligarh.He was also accorded the rank of a cabinet minister by the previous Akhilesh Yadav government in UP.He was awarded Padma Shri in 1991 and Padma Bhushan in 2007
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