1.Lebanon’s Saad Hariri has won a new term as Prime Minister after he won the backing of the majority of parliamentarians.It will be 3rd term for Hariri, who has held the position since December 2016 and was also Prime Minister between 2009 and 2011.
2.The Rustom-II Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, which is being developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), will be delivered to the armed forces by 2020.The drone is being developed for use by all 3 services of Indian Armed Forces, primarily for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance operations.It can fly at around 280 km/h and carry a variety of payloads.
3.Japan’s women clinched the Uber Cup, the Womens World Badminton Championship, defeating Thailand 3-0 in Bangkok.It ends an Uber Cup drought for Japan that stretches back to 1981.
4.Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the 1st phase of Delhi-Meerut Expressway.The Delhi-Meerut Expressway would be India’s first 14-lane highway.The expressway will do away with 31 traffic signals on the Delhi-Meerut road, the busiest highway in the region, and make it “signal free”.
5.Ministry of Home Affairs has created a new division to deal with all issues of women safety in coordination with relevant ministries, departments and state governments.Punya Srivastava has been appointed as the Joint Secretary to head this division.The division will deal with all schemes under NIRBHAYA fund and Crimes against women, SCs & STs,
children & elderly persons among others.
6.Colombia has decided to formally join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).With this Colombia becomes the 1st Latin American nation to join NATO as a global partner.Colombia will join as a global partner, which means it will not necessarily have to take part in military action & will be fully accredited in Brussels.Other global partners include Mongolia, Iraq, Japan & Pakistan.
7.Real Madrid have claimed yet another Champions League title by beating Liverpool FC 3-1 in the final.It is the third consecutive year that Real Madrid have won the tournament and the fourth such in five years, taking their total tally to a record 13 titles.
8.Manipur has become the 1st state in Northeast & the 3rd state in India to have solar toilets.It was inaugurated at Ibudhou Marjing hill Heingang by Tourism Director, Waikhom Ibohal.The solar panel, connected to the toilets, absorb heat to generate power & are efficient to transform waste material.Besides Manipur, these toilets have been installed in Tamil Nadu & Andhra-Pradesh.
9.The first edition of the Global Wind Summit will be held in Hamburg, Germany from September 25-28, 2018.The event will provide a platform for experts from across the globe to discuss innovative and green technologies for harnessing wind energy making.India is the fourth largest country after China, US, and Germany in terms of wind energy installation capacity at around 33 GW.
10.Prime Minister Modi laid the foundation stone for the 1st phase of 2400MW Patratu super thermal power project in Jharkhand.The project is a 74: 26 joint venture between Government of Jharkhand and Patratu Vidyut Utpadan Nigam, a subsidiary company of NTPC.
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