1. Viveck Goenka elected as chairman of
Press Trust of India
i. ‘Viveck Goenka’ has been unanimously
elected as the Chairman of Press Trust of India (PTI).
ii. He
succeeds Riyad Mathew of the Malayala
Manorama group.
iii. Earlier,
he was chairman of United News of India
(UNI) and council member of Audit Bureau
of Circulation(ABC).
iv. Viveck Goenka serves as the Chairman and Managing Director (MD) of
the Express Group and also
Vice-Chairman of PTI.
2. India and US to conduct joint military
exercise ‘YUDH ABHYAS 2017’
i. A joint
military training exercise ‘Yudh Abhyas
– 2017’ will be conducted at Joint Base Lewis McChord, Washington (USA) from 14 to 27th Sep this year.
ii. This
will be the 13th edition of the
joint exercise hosted alternately between the two countries.
iii. The
exercise ‘Yudh Abhyas’ will provide
an opportunity to the armed forces of both countries to train in an integrated
manner at Battalion level with joint planning at Brigade level.
iv. Both
armies will jointly train, plan and execute a series of well-developed
operations for neutralization of threats of varied nature.
3. Andhra Pradesh signs MoU to build
India's first Hyperloop
i. The Andhra Pradesh govt. has signed a
memorandum of understanding (MoU)
with the US-based Hyperloop
Transportation Technologies (HTT) to build India's first Hyperloop system.
ii. Hyperloop will cover 35 km distance
between Vijayawada and Amaravati
only in five minutes.
iii. It is a
system of magnetically levitating capsules that are sent at high speeds through
low-pressure tubes.
4. Tamil Nadu govt hikes freedom fighters
pension
i. The Tamil
Nadu state govt. has hiked the Freedom
Fighters pension from 12-thousand rupees to thirteen thousand rupees per
month.
ii. According
to an order by the Public Department, family pension to their eligible heirs
would be enhanced from 6000 rupees to 6500 rupees with retrospective effect
from the 15th August last.
5. Nagaland to implement DBT under MGNREGA
i. Nagaland state govt. will start
implementing Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT)
under MGNREGA to ensure transparency and check corruption at all levels.
ii. Wages of
the MGNREGA workers will be directly
credited to the individual accounts of the job card holders through National
Electronic Fund Management System or Public Financial Management System.
iii. To
avail the benefit,every job card holder must have a bank account duly linked
with Aadhaar.
Currently,
there are 4.25 lakh active job cards with 5.82 lakh active MGNREGA workers in
the state.
6. Gujarat govt. announces Rs. 1 lakh cash
reward to find out Blue Whale curators
i. The Gujarat state govt. has announced 1
lakh Rupees cash reward to those providing information about the administrators
and curators of the deadly Blue Whale
Challenge.
ii. The
cyber cell of the state police has launched a helpline number - 079-22871917 -
for anyone seeking information on the online game.
iii. The
state govt. has directed commissioners and district magistrates to prohibit
undertaking of the game under relevant provisions of the CrPC and the Gujarat
Police Act.
7. Nestle sets up first food safety
institute in India
i. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of
India (FSSAI) CEO Pawan Kumar Agarwal
has inaugurated the Nestle Food Safety Institute in Manesar, Gurugram to
provide guidance and training on food safety.
ii. Nestle
already runs a similar Institute in China
and Lausanne, Switzerland.
iii. Earlier,
FSSAI banned Nestle India Ltd’s Maggi instant noodles over health and safety
worries.
8. Govt.
sets up online service facility to resolve all foreign trade-related
issues
i. The union
govt. has set up an online service facility that can be used by importers and
exporters to resolve all foreign trade-related issues.
ii. The Directorate General of Foreign Trade
has asked all exporters and importers to use the system - Contact@DGFT (for
resolution of their matters).
iii. Traders
can raise all matters related to the directorate or other agencies of the
Centre and States through this facility activated at the DGFT website.
iv. The DGFT
notice to all regional authorities, export promotion councils, commodity boards
and members of trade and industry said best efforts will be made for
expeditious resolution.
9. Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana generates
5.5 crore jobs
i. According
to the govt. report, the Pradhan Mantri
MUDRA Yojana (PMMY) has helped in creating 5.5 crore jobs.
ii. Around
Rs 3.42 lakh crore loan has been disbursed to over 8 crore people under the
scheme (mostly small entrepreneurs).
iii. The
biggest beneficiary’s states of the PMMY
are Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Maharashtra.
10. PNB and BSNL join hands to roll out
open mobile wallet Speedpay
i. Punjab National Bank (PNB) and Bharat
Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) join hands to roll out open mobile wallet Speedpay
across 10 states in the country.
ii. Now,
BSNL will expand Speed pay services in Punjab,
Chandigarh (UT), Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh,
Bihar, West Bengal, Jharkhand, and Uttarakhand.
iii. India
is now second largest market in the world with 120 crore mobile users.
11. BCCI releases its first ever players
handbook
i. The Board of Control for Cricket in India
(BCCI) has released its first ever players handbook '100 things every
professional cricketer must know' in New Delhi.
ii. The book
was released by the Committee of Administrators (COA) and is in line with the
recommendations of the Lodha panel.
iii. The
document will be the official handbook for all the cricketers registered with
the BCCI.
iv. The book
has 10 sections covering topics ranging from money management to injury management.
12. India to play against Australia in 5
ODIs and 3 T-20 International matches
i. After
routing Sri Lanka 9-0 across all three formats in their just concluded overseas
tour,
India will
play against Australia in 5 One Day Internationals (ODI) and 3 Twenty20
International matches at home, begins next week.
ii. The five
ODIs will be played at Chennai, Kolkata, Indore, Bengaluru, and Nagpur.
iii. Twenty20
matches will be played at, Ranchi, Hyderabad, and Guwahati.
iv. Steve Smith will lead the Australian
team in both the formats.
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