NATIONAL
UPDATES:
1. 10,000 jobs to be created under NHPS : 10,000 new jobs will be created with the
implementation of the Centre’s ambitious Ayushman Bharat-National Health
Protection Mission (AB-NHPM), provides a cover of Rs 5 lakh per family
annually to 10 crore poor families.Health Ministry has signed a pact with the
Skill Development Ministry for the recruitment of 1 lakh‘Ayushman Mitras’ and
will be deployed at Govt & Private hospital .
2. India to be power Surplus : CEAIndia is likely to experience an energy surplus of
4.6% and peak power surplus of 2.5% in the fiscal year through March 2019, the
authority has said in its annual publication Load Generation and Balance Report.
Tripura, Himachal Pradesh, and Sikkim are expected to witness peak
time power surplus of more than 30 %.Punjab, Bihar, UP, Assam, and J&K to
have peak power deficit more than 15%.
3. PM Modi to launch IPPB on Aug 21 : PM Modi on August 21 will launch India
Post Payments Bank that will have at least one branch in every district and
focus on financial services in rural areas.Two branches of the bank are already
operational in Ranchi and Raipur.IPPB will go live with 650 branches,3,250
access points co-located at post offices and 11,000 postmen both in rural
and urban area for doorstep banking services.
4. NABARD Sanctions
Rs772 crore in Haryana : NABARD has sanctioned Rs 722 crore for eight water projects in the
rural areas of Haryana, state Minister for Public Health Engineering Banwari
Lal.Works on these projects will supply water to 256 villages and 72 hamlets,
are in progressThe state government was getting financial assistance from the
National Capital Region Planning Board to modernize the sewerage system in
urban areas
5. Anurag Sachan appointed
as MD of DFCCIL : Anurag Sachan appointed as Managing Director of Dedicated Freight
Corridor Corporation of India Ltd. (DFCCIL).Sachan, a 1981-batch officer of Indian Railway Service
of Engineers (IRSE), is at present Chief Administrative Officer of
Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla rail link project.DFCCIL is a special purpose
vehicle set up under the administrative control of the Ministry of Railways.
6. First intertidal
art gallery in Maldives : World’s first intertidal art gallery called Coralarium is
located at the Fairmont Maldives Sirru Fen Fushi resortIt filled with around 30 sculptures acting as a habitat
for coral and other marine speciesThe frame of the gallery is made of
pH-neutral marine steel and designed to reflect the blue hues surrounding it.Designed
by British sculptor Jason deCaires Taylor.
INTERNATIONAL
UPDATES:
1. Ajay Data, first Indian in ICANN : Ajay Data has got a two-year term and will take up the
position during ICANN 63 Meet in Spain in October 2018.Ajay Data is the first
Indian to have been selected as a member of ccNSO and will be representing
India at a global level.He will be the custodian of Asia, Australia and Pacific
Islands as a member of ccNSO.ccNSO of the ICANN is the policy-development body
for global issues.
2. India,Sri Lanka to hold talks : India, Sri Lanka to hold the 10th round of talks to
widen the scope for free trade agreement; negotiations likely to conclude by December.The
pact is aimed at further boosting the economic ties between the two countries
by liberalizing trade norms.India and Sri Lanka have a free trade agreement in
goods and was implemented in March 2000
3. Sushma Swaraj meets Kyrgyzstan counterpart : External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj held talks
with her Kyrgyzstan counterpart, Erlan Abdyldaev.The discussion was on
deepening cooperation in trade, energy, defense, security and other areas. Swaraj
is on a three-nation tour to Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan as part of
India’s efforts to boost strategic partnership with the resource-rich nations.
OTHER
UPDATES:
BANKING/FINANCE:
1. Bank collected 5000 Crores from
Customer : 21 public sector banks and three major private sector
lenders collected Rs 5,000 crore from customers for non-maintenance of
minimum balance in their accounts in 2017-18.SBI was charging the penalty till
2012, reintroduced it from April 1,2017. SBI reduced charges from October
1, 2017Accounts under BSBD scheme Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojna are not
required to maintain any minimum balance.
2. HDFC Life inks pact with Vijaya Bank
: HDFC Life Insurance Company inked a pact with Vijaya
Bank to sell insurance products.The tie-up between the insurer and the
lender will ensure a greater reach and penetration through 2,129 branches
of the bank spread across the country. HDFC Life operates through 163
bancassurance partners.Sankara Narayanan is MD & CEO of Vijaya Bank.
DEFENCE:
1.
HAL’s Light Combat Aircraft under IAF : The government is poised to
hand over control of the Bengaluru division of State-owned Hindustan
Aeronautics Limited (HAL) to the Indian Air Force (IAF).This comes as the next
phase of the LCA project, development of the MK2 variant, as well as the
country’s next fighter aircraft programme, the Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft
(AMCA), begin to take shape.
SPORTS:
1. Fabio Fognini topples Juan Martin : Fabio Fognini defeated Juan Martin Del Potro in final
of Los Cabos Open.Fabio Fognini captured his first career hardcourt title on
Saturday, surprising Juan Martin del Potro 6-4, 6-2, in the final of the ATP
Los Cabos Open.It is the 31-year-old Fognini’s eighth ATP Tour victory.This is
his third title of 2018 to go with wins in Sao Paulo and Bastad.
2. Kolesnikov win European Title at Glasglow : Kliment Kolesnikov of Russia set a world record for
the 50 metres backstroke while winning the European Championship title in
Glasgow on Saturday.The teenager clocked 24.00 seconds to take 0.04 seconds off
the record set by Britain’s Liam Tancock at the world championships in Rome in
2009.He defeated Silver medallist Robert-Andrei Glinta, a former world junior
champion, by 0.55 seconds.
3. Sindhu takes silver in Badminton Champ : Carolina Marin became the first woman shuttler to win
the world championships thrice.She had won the title in 2014 and the 2015
Jakarta edition. Sindhu settled for another white metal following a 19-21,
10-21 loss to Marin of Spain in World Badminton Championship.Sindhu’s second
successive silver at the World Championships and had won a silver medal in
2017 and bronze medals in 2013,2014.
4. Virat Kohli is the No.1 Test batsman : India captain Virat Kohli topped the ICC Player
Rankings for Test batsmen.Kohli thus became the seventh India batsman, and
first since Sachin Tendulkar (in June 2011) to be ranked the number one Test
batsman in the latest ICC rankings.At 934 points,Kohli has become India’s highest-ranked
batsman, 14th overall, on the all-time tally of points.
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