1. The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of
India (IRDAI) has taken over the administration of Sahara
India Life Insurance, a first of its kind move in the insurance sector.
2. According to the Child Rights and You (CRY)
report, over 8 lakh children in India between the age group 5 and 6 years
are engaged in child labor.
3. The Human Resource Development department of Sikkim
government signed an MoU with the British Council to
enhance the quality of education in the state. The MoU will improve the
educational structure of the schools of Sikkim.
4. Group of Seven (G7) Environment Ministers Meeting was
held in Bologna, Italy to discuss issues ranging from climate
change to sustainable development and litter at sea. The meeting was attended
by the Environment Ministers of the seven countries (US, UK, France, Germany,
Italy, Canada and Japan) and the Commissioners of the European Union for Environment
and Climate.
5. State-run power giant National Thermal Power
Corporation (NTPC) has energized India's first 150 kWp canal top solar
PV System on cooling water (CW) channel inside power station premises at its
2,320 MW, Mouda Thermal Power Project, near Nagpur in Maharashtra.
6. The Telangana government has launched a
website to facilitate this service. The online sale or purchase of cattle
through pashubazar.telangana.gov.in website will help farmers
as the cattle need not be brought to shandies every time and farmers can save
on transportation cost on cattle.
7. India ratified two key ILO conventions on
child labor, according to a statement issued by the International
Labour Organisation (ILO) in Geneva, Switzerland. Labour Minister
Bandaru Dattatreya, who is in Geneva stated that the ratification reaffirmed
India’s “commitment to a child labor free society”.
8. NASA has posthumously awarded the Exceptional
Public Service Medal to Michael A’Hearn, one of the world’s leading
comet scientists. A’Hearn died at the age of 76.
9. In a major shakeup at the top of the rankings after the
group stages of the ICC Champions Trophy 2017, Indian captain Virat
Kohli displaced South Africa’s AB de Villiers as the No.1
ranked ODI batsman in the world while Australian fast bowler Josh Hazlewood
took over from Proteas pacer Kagiso Rabada as the No.1 ranked bowler.
10. Former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Ramesh
Pokhriyal ‘Nishank, has officially handed over the first copy of the
450-page book titled -‘Yug Purush, Bharat Ratna, Atal Ji’ to the
President of India Shri Pranab Mukherjee.
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