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AWARDS
1) President Pranab Mukherjee presents BC
Roy National Awards for 2008, 2009 & 2010
President of India, Pranab Kumar
Mukherjee has presented the Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy Award national awards for
2008, 2009 and 2010 at Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi.
These awards were presented on
the occasion of National Doctors’ Day observed on July 1 to pay honour and
tribute to India’s most famous physician Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy.
Top Five Awardees are: 1. Dr.
Mammen Chandy 2. Prof. Rajeshwar Dayal 3. Dr. Rohit V. Bhatt 4. Dr. Neelam
Mohan 5. Prof. Mohan Kameswaran
DEATHS
Renowned Marathi literary scholar R C Dhere
no more
Renowned Marathi literary scholar
Dr. Ramchandra Chintaman Dhere passed away after prolonged illness in Pune,
Maharashtra. He was 86.
Dhere was known for his
exhaustive research in folk literature and bhakti tradition of Maharashtra.
He received a Sahitya Akademi
Award in 1987 for his work Shri Vitthal: Ek MahaSamanvay.
His other important literary
works are Dakshinecha Lokdev Khandoba, Marathi Loksanskrutiche Upasak,
Gangajali and Musalman Marathi Santkavi among others.
BANKING
1) RIL, SBI sign shareholder agreement for
payments bank JV
Reliance Industries Limited (RIL)
has signed a shareholder agreement with State Bank of India (SBI) have signed
Subscription and Shareholders Agreement to set up payments bank.
According to the agreement,
Reliance Industries will be the promoter with a 70% equity contribution in the
payments bank and SBI as joint venture will have 30% equity contribution.
INTERNATIONAL
1) India jumps 19 places on World Bank
Logistics Performance Index; moves to 35th rank
India improved its ranking in the
World Bank group's (WBG) bi-annual "Logistics Performance Index
2016", jumping from 54th in 2014 to 35th in 2016. This was announced by
the World Bank Group in its recent launch of the report.
In the latest ranking India has
gone past countries like New Zealand, Thailand, Saudi Arabia, Iceland, Latvia
and Indonesia who were ahead of it in the index.
NATIONAL
1) Maharashtra target of planting 2 crore
trees in state crossed
Maharashtra government started an
initiative for plantation of about 2 crores trees.
State Forest Department will
plant 1.50 crore under the scheme and 5 million trees will be planted in 36
districts.
The Forest Minister said that the
state plans to plant over 31,166,057 plants, for which 3 crore 5 lac 50
thousand 604 pits have been dugged too.
2) Radha Mohan Singh launches a web-based
App CMRS
The Union Agriculture &
Farmers Welfare Minister, Shri Radha Mohan Singh has launched Crop Manager for
Rice-based Systems (CMRS) a web-based App for better crop and Nutrient
management released for Bihar farmers in a program organised at ICAR-RCER in
Patna.
Crop Manager for Rice-based
Systems (CMRS) is a web-based App which can be used with computer, mobile and
tablet and aims to increase farmer's net income and sustain the productivity
for rice-based cropping systems in Bihar, India.
CMRS provides irrigated and
rainfed farmers with rice-based cropping systems in Bihar with a crop and
nutrient management guideline customized to the needs of an individual farmer.
3) Rapid Rural Police Response System
launched in Punjab
A Rapid Rural Police Response
System was launched across Punjab to ensure prompt and effective police
response in the state's over 12,000 villages.
Punjab Deputy Chief Minister
Sukhbir Singh Badal, who launched the scheme, also flagged off 400 new
motorcycles and 220 new Bolero jeeps under the new system.
Under the system, police will
respond to any crime or law and order situation within 20 minutes of it being
reported.
4) Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address
'Mann Ki Baat' to be broadcast in Bangladesh
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
radio programme ‘Mann Ki Baat’ will now also be telecast to Bangladesh.
Mann Ki Baat will be broadcast in
Bangladesh on All India Radio's upcoming Bangla language service channel
Akashvani Maitree, for which AIR has made arrangements to receive comments and
voice messages from Bangladeshi citizens.
5) INS Tarasa, Follow-on Water Jet Fast
Attack Craft, launched by Indian Navy
Indian Navy on 30 June 2016
launched the fourth in the series of Follow-on Water Jet Fast Attack Craft
(FO-WJFAC) called INS Tarasa. It was launched at the Garden Reach Shipbuilders
& Engineers Ltd (GRSE), Kolkata.
The name of the ship, like the
previously launched FO-WJFACs, is based on the picturesque island in the
Andaman and Nicobar islands in the Bay of Bengal.
These are powered by the latest
MTU engines.
Along with an advanced machinery
control system and water jets it can attain a maximum speed of up to 35 Knots.
