1.The Indian team’s senior-most player Mahendra Singh Dhoni reached the coveted milestone of playing 500 international matches during the second T20 International against England.In doing so, Dhoni became the third Indian after Sachin Tendulkar (664) and Rahul Dravid (509) to breach the 500 match barrier in international cricket.He has played 90 Test matches and 318 One Day Internationals.
2.Prime Minister Narendra Modi and South Korean President Moon Jae-in visited Noida and inaugurated the New Mobile Manufacturing Plant of Samsung at Noida.Notably, it will be the world’s largest mobile factory.With the beginning of this New Plant, India’s Make In India and Skill India Will get a major Push in the country.
3.A 2-day plenary meeting of NE Council will be chaired by the Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh in Shillong.He will discuss development projects with the Governors and CM of northeast states in the presence of Union Minister for Development of NE Region.Some of the major issues set to be discussed at the meet would be water resources management, POSHAN Abhiyan, road connectivity, and more.
4.More than 51 lakh dwelling units have been sanctioned by the government under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (urban) in last 3 years.This jump is a huge one in comparison to the erstwhile housing scheme, under which only 12.4 lakh houses were approved in 9 years.Out of these 51 lakh houses, over 8 lakh houses have already been completed.
5.The English Patient’ was voted as the best-ever Man Booker Prize winner, celebrating five decades of this prestigious literary award.Michael Ondaatje’s ‘The English Patient’ won the Booker Prize in the year 1992 and was made in a movie in 1996 that won nine academy awards.The novel beat 4 other novels in an online poll that received a total of 9,000 votes.
6.PM Modi laid the foundation stone of 13 Urban Infrastructure projects for the State of Rajasthan.Some of the major projects are integrated infrastructure project for Udaipur, elevated road project for Ajmer and water and sewage projects.The Central Water Commission gave hydrological clearance to Rajasthan’s first interlinking of rivers project — Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project (ERCP).
7.The Himachal Pradesh government has banned the use and sale of thermocol cutlery including cups, plates, glasses, spoons or any other item in the state.Those violating the order will be fined according to the quantity of the thermocol.The state government has set a deadline of three months for manufacturers to dispose of their stocks.
8.The National Board of Wildlife has recommended that states use Section 144, which prohibits the assembly of four or more people, during wildlife emergencies.The provision will be used to “prevent people from gathering in large numbers, which aggravates wildlife emergency situations”.The Centre is expected to issue advisories to the state governments regarding the recommendation.
9.India’s premier gymnast Dipa Karmakar clinched a gold medal in the vault event of FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Challenge Cup at Mersin in Turkey.This is Dipa’s first medal in a World Challenge Cup. She had topped the qualification also with a score of 13.400.
10.A ‘tree wall’ of nearly 31 lakh native trees will soon encircle Delhi to protect it from dust storms coming from Rajasthan, a senior official of Union Ministry of Forest, Environment and Climate Change said.The government has already begun work of planting saplings.The tree wall will come along Delhi border with Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.
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