National:
1.
Nepal-Bharat
Maitri Pashupati Dharamshala was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with
Nepal PM K P Sharma Oli in Kathmandu, capital of Nepal. Nepal-Bharat
Maitri Pashupati Dharamshala is rest house for pilgrims in Kathmandu, built
with Indian assistance. It is located on banks of Bagmati River. It has
provisions to meet the requirements of pilgrims including dining hall, kitchen,
family rooms and multipurpose halls to meet the requirements of travellers and
families on pilgrimage to Pashupatinath Temple. Pashupatinath temple is dedicated
to Lord Shiva (also known as Lord Pashupatinath, Nepal’s national deity).
2. KPMG
has been decided to appoint as project
consultant partner for rebuilding state ravaged by recent massive floods by Kerala
Government. The services of KPMG rendered for projects related to revamping
to Kerala will be free of cost. KPMG is one of the largest professional service
companies in the world and one of Big Four auditors, along with Deloitte, Ernst
& Young, and PricewaterhouseCoopers. Besides, Tata Project Ltd
was entrusted with task of reconstructing roads, buildings and bridges
destroyed in rain fury at Pamba, the foothills of famous Lord Ayyappa shrine in
Sabarimala. This decision was taken at state cabinet meeting chaired by Chief
Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.
3.
The
merger of Idea Cellular and Vodafone India has been completed after it was
cleared by National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT).
The merged entity is named Vodafone Idea Ltd and dislodges current market
leader Bharti Airtel from top position, by its sheer size and scale. This
merger has created India’s biggest telecom service provider. New board has been
constituted for merged entity with 12 directors (including six independent
directors) and Kumar Mangalam Birla as its Chairman.
4.
A
MoU for implementation of 90
billion Indore-Manmad rail project has been signed among the shipping and railway ministries, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra governments.
It will have 55% share and Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh will have share of 15
per cent each.
5.
A
conference on Motivating and Attracting Youth in Agriculture (MAYA) was held at
National Agricultural Science Complex (NASC), in New Delhi on 30-31,Aug 2018.
The conference was inaugurated by Dr. Trilochan Mohapatra, Secretary (DARE)
& Director General (ICAR). The conference offered an opportunity to
discuss various options for attracting youth to agriculture and motivating them
towards entrepreneurship in agriculture and related fields.
International:
1.
India
and Pakistan have agreed to undertake Indus Waters Treaty 1960 mandated tours
by their water commissioners in Indus basin on both sides to resolve issues on
various hydroelectric projects in Jammu and Kashmir. This
was decided in recently concluded high-level bilateral talks on Indus Waters
Treaty in Lahore, Pakistan. IWT is water-distribution treaty between India and
Pakistan which was brokered by World Bank (then the International Bank for
Reconstruction and Development). It deals with sharing of water of Indus water
system having six rivers — Beas, Ravi, Sutlej, Indus, Chenab and Jhelum between
the two countries.
2.
A
MoU to build strategic railway line connecting Raxaul city in Bihar, India to
Kathmandu have signed between India and Nepal after Prime
Minister Narendra Modi held talks on all aspects of the bilateral ties with his
Nepalese counterpart KP Sharma Oli on sidelines of 4th BIMSTEC Summit held in
Nepal.
3. India opens Zokhawthar
immigration check-post in Mizoram along Myanmar border on sep1, 2018.
It is the second immigration check-post in Mizoram, after Zorinpui chech post which was
opened in 2017. Myanman also opened the land border crossing at Zokhawthar-Rih.
4. The World Bank has approved a
financial assistance of Rs. 929.89 crore for Shimla water supply and sewerage
project. The assistance will be made as a
development policy loan and will be finalized negotiation meeting on October 24, 2018. Under the
project the following will take place i) Augmentation of the Gummawater source from the Sutlej river ii) Installation
of filter units in 13”bouries”
or natural water bodies iii) Construction of storage dams on the Giri river.
Economy/Banking:
1.
Eight
core sectors have grown by 6.6% in July 2018 according to Index of Eight Core
Industries released by Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
Eight Core Industries viz. electricity, steel, refinery products, crude oil,
coal, cement, natural gas and fertilizers. The output of coal, refinery
products, fertilizer and cement grew by 9.7%, 12.3%, 1.3% and 10.8%
respectively in July 2018. However, growth rate in production of crude oil and
natural gas recorded negative growth in July, 2018. On the other hand, steel sector
expansion came down to 6%, as against 9.4% in July 2017.
2.
Census
2021 for the first time in independent India will collect data on Other
Backwards Castes (OBCs). This decision was taken in
meeting the roadmap for undertaking the Census in 2021 chaired by Union Home
Minister Rajnath Singh. This comes more than 25 years after implementation of
27% reservation for OBCs based on Mandal Commission’s recommendations on basis
of last castes data collected in 1931 census.
3. The Unique Identification Authority of India
(UIDAI) relaxed Aadhar enrolment targets for banks and extended the
deadline to November 1,
2018. According to the norms:Minimum
enrolment or updation has been raised to 12 from January
1, 2019 and 16 from April 1, 2019. Banks
achieving the target of minimum 8 Aadhaar enrolment/updations per day per branch in
the month of November 2018 will be exempted from financial disincentives up to
October 2018. Also banks which meet the minimum Aadhaar
enrolment/update targets shall continue to avail UIDAI’s authentication and
eKYC service free of cost. Banks have been said to set up Bank Aadhaar Kendras in one out of every 10 branches.
4. RBI cancelled the licence of Rajasthan-based Bhilwara
Mahila Urban Co-operative Bank . This was done due to inadequate
capital and earning prospects. This is with effect from the close of
business on August 31, 2018.
Schemes:
1.
‘Krishna
Kutir’- widows’ home at Vrindavan in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh had inaugurated by Union
Ministry of Women and Child Development recently. Krishna
Kutir is special home for 1000 widows set under Swadhar Greh scheme and is
the largest ever facility of its kind created by government organization. Its
construction was funded by Central Government and will be managed by UP
Government. Its name was selected a month-long Vrindavan Ashram contest held on
social media and entry of Sunita Katyal, Krishna Kutir, was adjudged as
winning entry. Swadhar Greh Scheme is implemented by Union Ministry of
Women and Child Development. It aims to ensure economic and social security to
women in distress or victims of difficult circumstances who are in need of
institutional support for rehabilitation so that they could lead their life
with dignity.
First in State/India/ International:
1.
China-Maldives
Friendship Bridge was recently opened for traffic.
It is first cross-sea bridge to be built in Maldives. It is 2.2 km long bridge
and has four vehicle lanes and two pedestrian lanes. It connects Maldives
capital city Male and neighbouring Hulhule Island where island country’s main
international airport is located. It was China’s flagship infrastructure
project in Maldives. It is considered as iconic project of China and Maldives
cooperation towards building 21st Century Maritime Silk Road.
Appointments/Resignations:
1. Sunil Mehta,
managing director and chief executive of Punjab National Bank was elected as new chairman of Indian Banks Association
(IBA) for year 2018-19.
2.
Justice
Ranjan Gogoi will take charge as the next Chief Justice of
India on 3rd October 2018. Current
Chief Justice of India Deepak Misra will retire on 2nd October 2018.
Ranjan Gogoi is expected to retire on November 17,2018 as the Supreme Court
judge.
3.
R Madhavan has
assumed charge as the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of
Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL).
4.
Binoy Kumar, IAS was
appointed as Secretary, Ministry of Steel, Government of India.
Awards:
1.
Dr
B.K. Misra (Mumbai-based eminent neurosurgeon) was named for prestigious Dr
B.C. Roy National Award for year 2018 as Eminent Medical Person of the Year.
It will be bestowed upon him by President Ram Nath Kovind in July 1 , 2019 on
the occasion of National Doctors Day.
2.
Indian
poet-diplomat Mr. Abhay K became
the first Indian poet invited
to record his poems at the Library of Congress in Washington D.C. The
prestigious reading series is called: ‘The Poet and the poem’.
His poem-song ‘Earth Anthem’ is translated into over thirty languages and has
been performed by Symphony Orchestra of National Theatre of Brasilia.
Sports:
1. New
Zealand spinner Morna Nielsen (28) has announced her retirement from all forms
of cricket to shift her focus on working as a structural engineer. She
has played a total of 42 one day internationals and has taken 53 wickets with
an economy rate of 3.61. After retirement, she will be open for domestic
competitions.
2. Union Minister of State for
Youth Affairs and Sports (I/C) Col Rajyavardhan Rathore has approved the
participation of Indian Kho Kho team at the 1st International Kho Kho Championship in England from 1st to 4th September
2018. Financial support for participation of the Kho Kho team will
be provided by Government
of India. This is the first time financial support for participation of
the Kho Kho team in an International event has been approved.
3. Former India
and Tamil Nadu batsman Subramaniam Badrinath announced his retirement from all forms of cricket at the Tamil Nadu Cricket
Association (TNCA) headquarters, in Chennai. He has played 2
Tests, 7 ODIs and a T20I.He represented the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the
Indian Premier League (IPL). He has played cricket for more
than 17 years. He has scored 10,245 runs in 145 first-class games at an average
of 54.49.
4.
Amit Panghal won
gold medal in Men’s 49kg Boxing by defeating reigning Olympic Champion Hasanboy
Dusmatov from Uzbekistan. India won silver medal in the women’s hockey
event after it lost 1-2 to Japan in the final. Defending champions
India defeated Pakistan 2-1 in the Bronze medal match and won a bronze medal in
the men’s hockey event. Pranab Bardhan and Shibnath Sarkar pair
won gold medal in the men’s Pair Bridge event.
Deaths:
1. Jain monk Tarun Sagar (51) died following a long term illness, at Radhapuri temple, in Delhi.
His lectures called “Kadve Pravachan” were very popular and he was followed by
many people from the Jain community.
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