1.Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Rwanda, Uganda and South Africa from July 23-27.Modi will attend the BRICS Summit in South Africa and will visit Rwanda for a two-day visit, the first by an Indian prime minister where he will sign defence cooperation agreement.During his BRICS summit in South Africa international peace and security will be his main agendas.
2.The inaugural ‘two-plus-two dialogue’ between India and the US will be held on September 6 in New Delhi.Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defence Secretary James Mattis would travel to India for the dialogue.The landmark discussions would be covered by the US to recognize that its purchase of the S-400 air defense system from Russia and CAATSA.
3.Sri Lankan government said that it is in the process of finalizing a joint venture with India for operating the Matalla international airport, located in the south of the Sri Lanka.AAI will own 70% majority stake in the venture while the rest will be owned by Sri Lankan govt.Matalla airport is the world’s emptiest airport as there is no passenger flight in service.
4.Jana Small Finance Bank announced the commercial launch of its banking operations to convert itself into a small finance bank (SFB), 3 years after the RBI gave its in-principle approval.The bank was earlier called Janalakshmi Financial Services and weathered huge losses on account of demonetization.Ajay Kanwal is managing director and chief executive officer of Jana Small Finance Bank.
5.The Lok Sabha passed the Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill that replaces the Ordinance by the same name promulgated by the President in April.The Bill empowers courts to direct the govt to confiscate all the assets belonging to a fugitive economic offender.A Fugitive Offender is a person against whom an arrest warrant has been issued & who has left India so as to avoid criminal prosecution.
6.Indian Army team has reached Moscow to participate in the International Army games scheduled from July 28 to August 11.India is participating in 2 competitions including the Tank Biathlon and Elbrus Ring – which is mountain warfare combat patrol competition near Elbrus Mountain.The Army games 2018 will be held in 7 countries – Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, China, Iran, Kazakhstan & Russia.
7.Famous Hindi poet Gopal Das Neeraj passed away at the AIIMS trauma center on 19 July.He was a Professor of Hindi at Dharma Samaj College in Aligarh.
8.The Rajya Sabha passed the Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill, 2013 which seeks to make giving bribes an offense with a provision of punishment.The Bill introduces the offense of giving a bribe as a direct offense. However, a person who is compelled to give a bribe will not be charged with the offense if he reports the matter to law enforcement authorities within 7 days.
9.Andhra Pradesh CM N. Chandrababu Naidu launched ‘e-Pragati’ project, a digital platform for governance in the state.The e-Pragati project, launched at Undavalli, Guntur plans to achieve digitalization in the state & bring transparency in governance; it will work through cloud management.Reforms in education, agricultural marketing, panchayat raj are also available on this platform.
10.A decision to establish a BRICS Media Academy and a BRICS news portal was taken at the 2018 BRICS Media Forum at Cape Town in South Africa.The Forum, a high-level dialogue among media organizations from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, was held over 2 days under the theme — ‘Fostering an Inclusive, Just World Order’.The forum unanimously agreed to adopt the above declaration.
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