SIKKIM BECOMES 22ND STATE TO JOIN UDAY:
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India’s 1st fully organic state Sikkim has
joined the union government’s Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana as 22nd state.
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The MoU will help in improving operational
efficiency of the power distribution and reduction in AT&C and transmission
losses to 15% and 3.50% respectively, is possibly to bring in added revenue of
around Rs 328 cr.
INDIA TO HOST COMBINED WORLD CUP FOR SHOOTING IN 2019:
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India will be hosting the Combined World
Cup for shooting in 2019, a qualifying event for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, which
will further boost the country's profile as a global shooting destination.
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The National Rifle Association of India's
(NRAI) bid was approved by the International Shooting Sport Federation's
Executive Board in its meeting held in New Delhi.
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Combined World Cup comprises all the three
categories — shotgun, rifle and pistol, and at stake in the 2019 edition will
be a number of quota places for the Tokyo Games.
PM RELEASES THE BOOK “JUDICIAL REFORMS – RECENT GLOBAL TRENDS”:
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The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi,
released the book “Judicial Reforms – Recent Global Trends” and presented the
first copy to President Pranab Mukherjee.
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The book, written by Dalveer Bhandari, a
judge at the International Court of Justice, talks about the need of judicial
reforms.
INTERNATIONAL AYURVEDIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE PLANNED AT KANNUR:
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Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan has decided to
set up Ayurvedic research institute and Kerala Blood Bank society of
International standards in Kerala during the 13th five year plan.
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Ayurvedic research institute will be set
up at the cost of Rs 300 cr at Kannur.
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It will be set up jointly by Health
Department with technical assistance of WHO and Thiruvananthapuram Citizens
India Charitable Trust.
MS. SUMAN SAXENA TAKES CHARGE AS THE WHOLE TIME MEMBER OF THE
INSOLVENCY AND BANKRUPTCY BOARD OF INDIA (IBBI):
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Ms. Suman Saxena took charge as the Whole
Time Member, Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI).
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She will look after Research and
Regulation Wing comprising Corporate Insolvency, Corporate Liquidation,
Individual Insolvency, Individual Bankruptcy, Research and Publications, Data
Management and Dissemination and Advocacy.
JUSTICE SAPRE TO HEAD CAUVERY TRIBUNAL:
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Supreme Court sitting judge Justice Abhay
Manohar Sapre will head the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal, a post that had
been lying vacant for nearly one year.
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Supreme Court Chief Justice J S Khehar has
nominated Justice Sapre as the tribunal chairman. The post was vacant after the
resignation of Justice B S Chauhan following his appointment as Law Commission
chairman, in March 2016.
J&K WEDDINGS: GOVT LIMITS NUMBER OF GUESTS AND FOOD SERVED:
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The Jammu and Kashmir government has
banned the big fat weddings to curb the wastage of food in these social events.
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The restructuring, announced by the state
government is aimed at the number of guests invited for weddings, engagement
parties to avoid wastage of food during these functions.
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Now you can only invite 500 guests for a
daughter’s wedding and 400 for a son’s wedding. For the ring ceremonies people
can invite 100 guests.
MICROSOFT TO DEPLOY AZURE STACK IN ANDHRA PRADESH:
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Technology giant Microsoft CEO Satya
Nadella and Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu has signed agreement to utilize
Microsoft Azure Stack for AP government state data centre at the ‘Microsoft
Future Decoded’ held in Mumbai.
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For the 1st time in the world, Microsoft
Azure Stack will be used to migrate 340 live applications of AP government from
Hyderabad State Data Centre to Vizag data centre.
AMARINDER SINGH'S BIOGRAPHY 'THE PEOPLE'S MAHARAJA' RELEASED:
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Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh's
biography, 'The People's Maharaja', was released.
NATIONAL FOLK FESTIVAL OF KERALA 2017 HAS BEGUN IN
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:
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National Folk Festival of Kerala (NFFK
2017) has begun in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. It is a three-day festival
organized at different locations in Thiruvananthapuram.
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Youth Welfare Board in association with
Bharat Bhavan and the Vyloppilli Samskrithi Bhavan has organized this NFFK
2017.
KARNATAKA BANK BAGS TWO AWARDS AT IBA BANKING TECHNOLOGY AWARDS:
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The commerical banking company Karnataka
Bank has won two ‘IBA-Banking Technology’ awards in Mumbai.
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‘Best financial inclusion initiatives
(small bank)’ category and ‘Best use of digital and channels technology (small
bank)’.
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The award recognizes and rewards
individuals, professionals and banks.
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Chief General Manager Mahabaleshwara MS
and General Manager Raghavendra Bhat M, received the awards from Viral V
Acharya, Deputy Governor of RBI.
SHILPA SHETTY IS THE SWACHH BHARAT BRAND AMBASSADOR:
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Bollywood Film Actress, Former Model,
Shilpa Shetty Kundra is the Brand Ambassador for cleanliness initiative Swachh
Bharat Mission.
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Urban Development Ministry Joint Secretary
and director of Swachh Bharat Mission, Mr. Praveen Prakash has announced this
appointment.
PAKISTAN ARMY HAS LAUNCHED MILITARY OPERATION RADD-UL-FASAAD:
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Pakistan Army has launched the
Radd-ul-Fasaad, a Military Operation to eliminate terrorism in the country.
Director-General of the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) has taken this
decision to for the eradication of terrorism and to strengthen the security of
Pakistan’s borders.
INDIA HAS SIGNED $375 MN LOAN PACT WITH ADB FOR INDUSTRIAL CORRIDOR:
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The Indian Govt has signed the $375 Mn Loan Pact with Asian Development Bank
(ADB) to develop 800-km
Visakhapatnam-Chennai Industrial Corridor. LB Sondjaja, Deputy Country Director
of ADB and Raj Kumar, Joint Secretary in the Finance Ministry has signed this
agreement.
RAJASTHAN BECOMES THE 2ND LARGEST CRUDE OIL PRODUCER IN INDIA:
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Kalyan Singh, the Governor of Rajasthan
has announced that the Rajasthan has become the second largest crude oil
producer in India.
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He stated that the oilfields in the state
will produce nearly 90 lakh tons oil annually.
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The oilfields in the state were producing
nearly 90 lakh tones oil annually which accounted for 24% of the total domestic
crude oil production.
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The Bombay High, an offshore oilfield of
Mumbai is the largest producer of crude oil in India which accounts for half of
the domestic oil production.
WORLD’S 1ST INTERNATIONAL ZIP LINE CREATED TO CONNECT SPAIN AND
PORTUGAL:
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An international zip line named as Limite
Zero has been created to connect Spain and Portugal.
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The 2,362-foot-long zipline will connect
Sanlucar de Guadiana, in Andalucia, Spain, to Alcoutim, in Algarve, Portugal
whose time zone is an hour behind than that of Spain.
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