INDIAN AFFAIRS
- India and Pakistanagreed to undertake the Indus Waters Treaty tours in the Indus basin on both sides.
- Mou has been signed among the shippingand railway ministries, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra governments for implementation of 90 billion Indore-Manmad rail project.
- India opens Zokhawthar immigration check-post in Mizoram along Myanmar border.
- Pindara Thakurvillage in Amethi was made fully digital under Digital India Programme of the Union government.
- Minister for Women & Child Development, Maneka Sanjay Gandhi, and Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Adityanath Yogi inaugurated ‘Krishna Kutir’, a home for widows, at an event at Vrindavan, in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh.
- ICAR organizes two-day conference on Motivating & Attracting Youth in Agriculture (MAYA) in New Delhi
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
- 4thBay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Summit was held for 2 days in Kathmandu, Nepal.
- RBI cancelled the licence of Rajasthan-based Bhilwara Mahila Urban Co-operative Bank .
- SBI increased its benchmark lending rates or MCLR by 0.2percent across all tenors upto 3
- World Bank has approved a financial assistance of 929.89 crore for Shimla water supply and sewerage project.
- Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modilaunched the India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) with capital of Rs 14.35 billion at Talkatora Stadium in New Delhi.
- Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) relaxed Aadhar enrolment targets for banks and extended the deadline
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
- Mumbai neurosurgeon Dr B.K. Misra named for 2018 Dr B.C. Roy National award
- Indian poet-diplomat Abhay Kbecame the first Indian poet invited to record his poems at the Library of Congress in Washington D.C.
APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNS
- Binoy Kumar, IAS(TG:83) was appointed as Secretary, Ministry of Steel, Government of India.
- Managing Director and CEO, Punjab National Bank, Sunil Mehtawas elected as the Chairman of Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) for the year 2018-19.
- R Madhavanhas assumed charge as the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL).
- Justice Ranjan Gogoiwill take charge as the next Chief Justice of India on 3rd October 2018.
SPORTS
- Former India and Tamil Nadu batsman Subramaniam Badrinathannounced his retirement from all forms of cricket at the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) headquarters, in Chennai.
- Government approves Indian Kho Kho team’s participation in 1st International Championship
- New Zealand spinner Morna Nielsenhas announced her retirement from all forms of cricket to shift her focus on working as a structural engineer.
OBITUARY
- Jain monk Tarun Sagardied following a long term illness, at Radhapuri temple, in Delhi.
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