1.12 August was designated International Youth Day by UN General Assembly in 1999, serving as an annual celebration of the role of young women & men as essential partners in change & an opportunity to raise awareness of challenges & problems faced by youths2019 Theme: “Transforming education”
2.Indian junior shuttlers won 6 medals at the Bulgarian Junior Inter'nl Championships which concluded in Pazardzhik, Bulgaria. Gold medals were won by Samiya Imad Faruqui in women's singles, the duo of Edvin Joy and Shruti Mishra in Mixed Doubles.Indian tally comprised of 3 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze.
3.In event organised by Vasudhaiv Kutumbakam Foundation, entered the Champions Book of World Records (for the longest tricolour) by unfurling 15-km long national flag by forming a human chain in Raipur.35 social org. & school students across the state participated.
4.A book titled “Listening, Learning and Leading” chronicling Venkaiah Naidu's 2 years in office as Vice President was released by Home Minister Amit Shah in an event organised by Ministry of Information & Broadcasting.V. Naidu is 13th VP, India & Speaker of Rajya Sabha ex-officio.
5.Dept of Atomic Energy organized a 2-day exhibition on DAE spin-off technologies for non-power applications at New Delhi. Event exhibited DAE techs in the field of health, agriculture, water, food security and environment.DAE Founder: Homi J. Bhabha; Founded: 3 August 1954.
6.Army has launched "Mission Reach Out" in Jammu to ensure basic necessities & essential services are available in the region post the abrogation of the provisions of Article 370 & reorganisation of J&K.Chief of the Army Staff: Bipin Rawat.
7.Sourabh Verma clinched the Hyderabad Open BWF Tour Super-100 Tournament at Gachibowli Stadium, Hyderabad. He defeated Loh Kean Yew of Singapore 21-13, 14-21, 21-16 in the final clash.Yeo Jia Min (Singapore) won women's singles.
8.Finance Ministry plans to kickstart an elaborate exercise whereby it will closely monitor their achievements on 16 key performance indicators at the branch, region, State & national level. The banks will then be benchmarked against the 18 PSBs’ average.PSBs account for 63% of outstanding credit of schedule banks.
9.Private lender YES Bank announced appointment of Anurag Adlakha as the group’s chief financial officer (CFO) following approval from the board of directors. Adlakha will take over from Raj Ahuja, who will now take over as group chief strategy officer.Yes bank allotted 2,11,600 equity shares (face value) under ESOP.
10.Saudi oil giant Aramco has agreed to take a 20% stake in his flagship Reliance Industries’ oil refinery & chemical business at an enterprise value of USD 75 bn (app. Rs 5,32,466 cr). It will supply 5 lac barrels/day or 25 mn tonnes per annum for Jamnagar.India has a refining capacity of 247.6 million tonne
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