1.PM Modi to inaugurate economical urban transport scheme named ‘Sutra Seva’ in Indore under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) scheme.Modi will dedicate the Mohanpura Irrigation Project worth Rs 3,866 crore in Rajgarh district to the people of the state.He wiil also distribute awards to winners of Swachh Survekshan 2018 – Indore, Bhopal and Chandigarh.
2.Heads of 11-state owned banks will apprise a parliamentary committee about the problems of mounting bad loans and increasing fraud cases.They will be appearing before the standing committee on finance, headed by veteran Congress leader M. Veerappa Moily, which is looking into issues relating to banking sector.The rising number of frauds and NPAs have become a serious cause of concern.
3.Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Lanba will be on a five day goodwill visit to Bangladesh.The visit is aimed at consolidating bilateral defence relations between India and Bangladesh and to explore new avenues for naval cooperation.The Admiral Lanba will inaugurate the first edition of Indian Navy-Bangladesh Navy Coordinated Patrol (CORPAT).
4.Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje was conferred the ‘Chief Minister of the Year’ award for her remarkable work in e-governance.The award was given to her at the 52nd Skoch Summit held in New Delhi.Efforts of the chief minister and state government were appreciated in implementing the prime minister’s Digital India campaign for benefitting the common man.
5.The Gujarat government has launched a solar power scheme for farmers – Suryashakti Kisan Yojana (SKY).Under the scheme farmers would not only be able to generate electricity for their captive consumption but will also be able to sell the surplus power to the grid and earn an extra buck.The extra electricity given to grid would be purchased at a rate of Rs7 per unit for a period of 7 years.
6.R Praggnanandhaa made history by becoming the 2nd youngest chess grandmaster in the world by earning his 3rd GM norm during Gredine Open.Praggnanandhaa who is just 12 years, 10 months and 14 days old is also the youngest Indian Grandmaster.Ukraine’s Serget Karjakin remains the youngest ever Grandmaster.
7.According to Swachh Bharat survey 2018, Jharkhand is the cleanest state in India followed by Maharashtra and Chattisgarh.Among the cities, Indore is the cleanest followed by Bhopal & chandigarh.Tripura was at the bottom of the list of cleanest states, followed by Puducherry, Nagaland and West Bengal.18 out of 25 dirtiest cities in India with population of over 1 lakh are in West Bengal.
8.According to a government statement, India will make sure that Chabahar Port in Iran becomes operational by 2019.The port is being developed as part of a new transportation corridor for land-locked Afghanistan and is expected to open way for millions of dollars in trade and cut its dependence on Pakistan.India’s statement came after the US threatened to renew sanctions against Iran.
9.Union Minister for Civil Aviation Suresh Prabhu has announced the opening of the Kannur International Airport Ltd (KIAL) in September in 2018.Kannur aerodome will become the fourth international airport in Kerala.With this, Kerala will be the state with the most number of international airports (4) in the country.
10.UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix will visit India and 3 other nations to thank the troop-contributing countries for their service.Lacroix will visit Bangladesh, Nepal, India, and Pakistan.India is among the largest troop-contributing countries to UN peacekeeping missions with 6,712 Indian personnel currently deployed in 9 peacekeeping missions.
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