1. Dharmendra
Pradhan to host first LPG Panchayat in Gandhinagar
i. Union
Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan will
inaugurate one of the ambitious programmes of the Centre, LPG Panchayat, aimed
at encouraging rural communities to turn to clean fuel.
ii. The First
LPG Panchayat will be held in Gandhinagar, where Pradhan will preside
over the interaction between women using LPG under the Pradhan Mantri
Ujjawala Yojana (PMUY) and the companies.
iii. According
to data shared by the oil marketing companies, so far three crore connections
have been allotted under the PMUY against the target of five crore by 2019.
2. SBI
launches Indian bond index series in London
i. State
Bank of India (SBI) has launched the FTSE SBI Bond Index series in partnership
with global index provider FTSE 100, which will give tools to investors
from India, the UK and globally to analyse India’s government bond
market, and drive growth in this market.
ii. This
index, launched in collaboration with the London Stock Exchange, will ensure
that international investors have an international benchmark that is
transparent, that is well governed and that is something they can easily rely
on.
3. Samsung’s
Bixby Voice now works in India
i. Bixby takes
some initial setting up, requiring users to input their voice, reading
commands and sentences and trying out a few tasks.
ii. Bixby
is meant to do additional and on-phone tasks which Samsung hopes will make
getting things done faster and easier. Bixby Voice can be triggered by saying
“Hi Bixby” to a sleeping device also.
4. Dr.
Harshvardhan Launches Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyay Vigyan Gram Sankul Pariyojana
i. Dr.
Harshvardhan launched “Pt Deen Dayal Upadhyay Vigyan Gram Sankul
Pariyojana” which will experiment and endeavour to formulate and
implement appropriate S&T Interventions for Sustainable Development through
cluster approach in Uttarakhand.
ii. Department
of Science and Technology is implementing several initiatives for upliftment
and economic development of rural areas in the country.
5. Govt
Launches Campaign to Sensitise Women About Cancer
i.
Minister of State Health and Family Welfare Anupriya Patel launched
a nationwide health campaign to sensitise women about the
early screening and the preventive care for cancer.
ii. Themed 'Nurturing
the Nurturer', the campaign was launched by FICCI Ladies Organisation (FLO)
in partnership with the Apollo Hospitals group.
6. Balraj
Joshi Appointed as New NHPC Chairman
i. Balraj
Joshi was appointed the chairman-cum-managing director (CMD)
of NHPC Ltd, the country’s premier hydropower utility. Joshi is at present
director (technical) in the organisation.
ii. According
to another order, P. Alli Rani has been appointed the CMD of Cotton Corporation
of India (CCI) Ltd. She is at present director (finance) in Container
Corporation of India Limited. Rani has been appointed to the post for a period
of five years.
7. Dabur
India Ties Up with Amazon for Ayurveda Marketplace
i. Dabur
India has tied up with e-commerce major Amazon for an online Ayurveda
marketplace which will house all ayurvedic brands and products of the country.
ii. The
company will also offer consumers an insight into various ayurvedic medicines
for treating a variety of ailments. The exclusive Ayurveda e-marketplace
has been hosted by Amazon India and the content is developed by Dabur India.
8. SBI
Tops Trust and Popularity Charts
i. State
Bank of India (SBI) is India’s most trusted and most popular bank according
to a survey conducted by Brand Finance, a business valuation and strategic
consultancy headquartered in London.
ii.
On the trust charts, SBI is followed by HDFC Bank and Central Bank of India
whereas, on the popularity charts, ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank take the second and
third spots respectively.
9. India
Gets its First High Horsepower Locomotive from France
i. India
has received its first High Horsepower Locomotive with the bodyshell
of 12000 HP loco from Alstom France at
Kolkata port. This first-of-its-kind high-power electric locomotive will be
used to haul freight trains at twice the existing speed by 2018.
ii. This
is the first major FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) project in the rail sector.
The first such locomotive is estimated to cost about Rs 30 crore. The Indian
Railways is currently using 6,000HP locomotives for freight
services. The locomotive will run at a speed of up to 120 km/h.
10. West
Bengal Gets $300 Million ADB Loan
i.
Multilateral funding agency ADB has sanctioned a USD 300
million loan facility for carrying forward fiscal reforms in West
Bengal. The board of Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved a loan of USD 300
million to continue a comprehensive series of fiscal reforms in West Bengal.
ii. West
Bengal, for the first time in 2012 had received a USD 400 million from ADB, its
first policy-based lending with an aim to create a fiscal space
necessary to sustain higher public investment in the eastern India.
11. First
Indian team for FIFA U-17 World Cup announced
i. The first
ever Indian squad to participate in the FIFA World Cup, U-17
World Cup Squad has been announced.
ii. The
21 players who will participate in the World Cup Squad include Dheeraj Singh,
Prabhsukhan Gill, Sunny Dhaliwal Boris Singh, Jitendra Singh, Anwar Ali,
Sanjeev Stalin and Hendry Antony.
12. World's
Richest Woman Liliane Bettencourt Passes Away
i.
Liliane Bettencourt, the heir to the French L’Oreal hairspray empire
and the world’s wealthiest woman, has died aged 94. She was
from France.
ii. Bettencourt,
whose net worth was estimated at about €33bn (£29bn) this year, was the face of
one of France’s biggest cosmetics conglomerates and had once captured the
public’s imagination as the nation’s poor little rich girl.
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