1. Indian Navy has commissioned INS Tihayu, a Car Nicobar Class water
jet fast attack craft (WJFAC). It
was commissioned by the Flag-Officer-Commanding-in-Chief of the Eastern Naval
Command Vice-Admiral H.C.S. Bisht in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.
2. The Union Ministry of Road Transport
& Highways has made it mandatory for all automobile manufacturers to
provide emission and noise pollution details for every vehicle they produce by April 2017.
3. Scientists have developed a novel way using of producing electricity from
water hydroelectric cell at room temperature without using any power or chemicals.
The major breakthrough was developed by team of scientists led by Dr. RK Kotnala from Delhi’s National Physical Laboratory (NPL).
4. The Union Government has proposed a four-slab rate structure for the new
indirect tax regime i.e. Goods &
Services Tax (GST) ranging from 0 to 26 per cent.
5. The Union Ministry of Shipping has sanctioned the Capital Dredging Project
of Ro Pax Ferry Services between Gogha & Dahej, in Gulf of Cambay in Gujarat under Sagarmala programme.
6. Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal
has been appointed as a member of the International
Olympic Committee’s (IOC) Athletes’ Commission. It is rare honour for an
Indian sportsperson.
7. According to System of Air Quality
and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR) national capital New Delhi’s
air quality was recorded in the ‘very poor’ category.
8. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched
the National SC/ST hub and the Zero
Defect, Zero Effect (ZED) scheme for
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) at Ludhiana in Punjab.
9. India and Myanmar have agreed for
close security coordination in
border areas keeping in view the sensitivity of each other’s strategic
interests. In a press statement after holding delegation level talks with
visiting State Counsellor of Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi in New Delhi, Mr Modi
said, as a reliable partner and friend, India stands shoulder to shoulder with
Myanmar.
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