1.18-year-old Hima Das won the Silver medal in 400-meter race in ongoing Asian Games 2018, Indonesia. Hima clocked 50.79 seconds to complete her race.Dutee Chand also bagged silver medal in women's 100 meter race. Dutee clocked 11.32 seconds to complete her race. Muhammed Anas won Silver medal in Men's 400m race.
2.India's Tejinder Pal Singh Toor wins the Gold medal in Men's Shot Put final at the 18th Asian Games in Indonesia. He brought India its seventh gold medal with an Asian Games record throw of 20.75 meters in Jakarta.
3.Union Minister of Steel, Chaudhary Birender Singh, unveiled the corporate sports policy for Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) under the Ministry of Steel.The policy will provide a framework for promotion of sports by Steel Ministry CPSEs. Steel CPSEs will allocate a specific budget for sports activities, as per their financial strength, and this budget will be separate from the company’s CSR funds.
4.In a Historic day for the country's aviation and energy sector, India's first biofuel-powered flight landed in Delhi, covering the distance between Dehradun & Delhi. The biofuel is developed by CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum (IIP), Dehradun. The flight test was successfully completed by SpiceJet.The flight was powered with a blend of 75% air turbine fuel (ATF) and 25% biojet fuel.
5.Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami laid the foundation stone for setting up of a Special Investment Region (SIR) in northern Krishnagiri district to attract investments.The foundation stone for the Rs 2,420 crore project was laid through video conferencing from the State Secretariat.
6.The Statistics from 14 cities across India have been analysed by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), the New Delhi-based think tank, to check how some cities, which hold sizeable shares of India’s urban population are positioned in the race for clean and low carbon mobility.Bhopal tops for lowest overall emissions and energy use from urban commute. The analysis titled The Urban Commute was released in Kolkata.
Top 3 in Overall emissions and energy
consumption: 1. Bhopal 2. Vijayawada 3. Chandigarh.
Top 3 in Per-travel trip emissions and energy consumption: 1. Kolkata 2. Mumbai 3. Bhopal.
7.India Banking Conclave 2018 was held in New Delhi. The India Banking Conclave 2018 was organized by Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR).Knowledge Partner of the conclave was NITI Aayog. The conclave focused on reforming the banking sector.
8.The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is India's central banking institution, which controls the monetary policy of the Indian rupee. It commenced its operations on 1 April 1935 in accordance with the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934.The original share capital was divided into shares of 100 each fully paid, which were initially owned entirely by private shareholders.Following India's independence on 15 August 1947, the RBI was nationalised on 1 January 1949.
9.The RBI is headed by the governor and the post is currently held by economist Urjit Patel. There are four deputy governors BP Kanungo,N S Vishwanathan and Viral Acharya, Mahesh Kumar Jain.
10.Atal Ji Ne Kaha" is the latest of the books on the BJP patriarch and former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee launched with a message by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.The book is Authored and compiled by Brijendra Rehi.
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