1.Chhattisgarh CM Dr. Raman Singh launched an online portal and mobile app called ‘Aabhaar-Aapki Seva ka’ for the pensioners of the state.Through this app and the website, 80,000 pensioners of the state will get all the information related to pension and payment online.The beneficiaries will be provided updates via SMS regarding the status of their pension account.
2.The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) would soon issue new Rs 100 notes, with a base color of violet.According to the new policy on theme-based currency notes, the new Rs 100 note will have the impression of Gujarat’s Rani-ki-Vav (Queen’s stepwell).The new Rs 100 note will be slightly bigger than the Rs 10 note and weigh less than the old note & will be printed by Dewas-based Bank Note Press.
3.The government has announced an infusion of Rs 11,336 crore in five public sector banks as part of its Indradhanush scheme.The five banks are Punjab National Bank, Indian Overseas Bank, Andhra Bank, Corporation Bank & Allahabad Bank.Indradhanush is a scheme for recapitalization of PSBs, with a view to make sure they remain solvent & comply with the global capital adequacy norms, Basel-III.
4.The Union Cabinet approved the signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) amongst BRICS nations on Regional Aviation Partnership.The government aims for the BRICS nations to benefit from the establishment of an institutional framework to corporate in the field of civil aviation.The MoU has the potential to spur greater trade, investment, tourism amongst the BRICS Nations.
5.The Union Cabinet has given its ex-post facto approval for the MoU between India and Cuba on cooperation in the field of Traditional Systems of Medicine and Homeopathy.The MoU was signed on 22nd June 2018.The MoU will enhance bilateral cooperation between the two countries in the areas of Traditional Systems of Medicine and Homeopathy.
6.In Turkey, the state of emergency, which was imposed after the failed coup two years ago, came to an end on 19th July.President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared emergency on 20th July 2016, five days after warplanes bombed Ankara and clashes broke out in Istanbul that claimed 249 lives.Under Turkey’s constitution, emergency provision lasts three months which was extended seven times.
7.The Cabinet approved a Bill to enhance the punishment for rape, including awarding death penalty to convicts of raping girls under 12 yrs.The Bill amends Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO Act), 2012, and the Code of Criminal Procedure.The Bill will increase the minimum punishment for rape from the existing 7 yrs to 10 yrs.
8.Led by India, South Asia will continue to be the fastest growing economic area despite new trade tensions in Asia and Pacific region, Asian Development Bank (ADB) said in a new report.The report titled “Asian Development Outlook” is published by ADB.The ADO published in April had said that India’s economic growth will rise to 7.3% this fiscal and further to 7.6% in the next financial year.
9.The Lok Sabha passed The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (Second Amendment) Bill 2017 which allows detention of school students in class 5 and 8.The original RTE Act stipulated that no child admitted in a school shall be held back in any class or expelled from school till the completion of elementary education.The original RTE Act came into force on April 1, 2010.
10.The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved the implementation of Centrally Sponsored-Scheme for completion of 83 Minor Irrigation projects and 8 major/medium irrigation projects of Marathawada, Vidharbha and drought prone areas of the rest of Maharashtra.Completion of these projects will ensure assured source of water to the farmers in the command area of these projects.
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