Around INDIA
# New Chief Ministers for 3 North – eastern
States
Meghalaya: Mr. Cornard Sangma
Nagaland: Mr. Neiphiu Rio
Tripura: Mr. Biplab Kumar Deb
# No further investigations in Mahatma
Gandhi’s assassination case: Supreme Court
# A high – profile selection committee led
by Prime Minister is currently seized with the search for an eminent jurist to
aid the appointment of Lokpal: Government in Supreme Court; the selection
committee comprises of Prime Minister, Chief Justice of India and Speaker of
the Lok Sabha
# Indian Navy concluded a grueling two –
month long war games; the war games were conducted on both the coasts; the war
games on western coast was codenamed as Ex. PASCHIM LEHAR while the war games
on western coast was codenamed as Ex. ENCORE (Eastern Naval Command Operational
Readiness Exercise)
# President, Mr. Ram Nath Kovind hosted a
one-day meet of Directors of IISc- Bangalore, IITs and IISERs in Rashtrapathi
Bhavan
# Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi inaugurated
the new building of the Central Information Commission (CIC) in New Delhi.
TAMIL NADU
# Chief Minister, Mr. Edappadi K.
Palanisami advised the District Collectors to make field inspections in times of
natural disasters, law and order issues and other disturbances; he also said that,
the District Collectors should act like physicians, knowing the needs and
problems of the public and offering necessary and efficient solutions
# BJP National Secretary Mr. H. Raja came
under attack from leaders of all political parties in the state (except the
ruling EPS – OPS AIADMK) for his post on Facebook advocating removal of the
statues of Periyar E. V. Rmaswamy as BJP remove Lenin statue in Tripura; later
he removed the post
# In a rare scenario, all the MPs from
Tamil Nadu (AIADMK, DMK, CPI) staged a protest in front of the Parliament
urging the Centre to constitute the Cauvery Management Board soon
STATES SCAN
# Goa: SHIGMOTSAV 2018 was organized in Goa
# Himachal Pradesh: Government approved the
setting up of a regional-cum-facilitation centre (in Jogindernagar town in
Mandi Dt) of the National Medicinal Plants Board of the Ministry of AYUSH
# Meghalaya: Mr. Conard Sangma was sworn in
as 12th Chief Minister of Meghalaya in Shillong; he is the President of NPP
(National People’s Party)
BILATERAL ISSUES
# India to receive its LNG import from the
U. S. later this month; the cargo from Cheniere Energy’s Sabine Pass LNG export
facility in Louisiana was loaded to GAIL’s chartered LNG ship “Meridian Spirit”
WORLD
# Japan: Japanese Navy for the first time
appointed a woman (Ryoko Azuma) as commander of 4 ships
# North Korea: Leaders of North Korea and South
Korea will hold a historic summit in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) next month
after Peyongchang expressed willingness to give up its nuclear weapons in
exchange for security guarantee
# Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka declared an island –
wide state of emergency (for 10 days) to curb growing anti – Muslim violence in
the country’s central province (Kandy)
# USA: Washington becomes the first state
in US to pass its own net – neutrality law after US regulator, Federal
Communications Commission’s (FCC) repealed rules set during Mr. Obama’s administration
that banned internet providers from blocking content or interfering with online
traffic
ECONOMICS
# India becomes 69th member of EBRD
(European Bank for Reconstruction and Development)
# Paytm has launched “Paytm Business” app
in Tamil Nadu to enable merchants to track payments, view past collections and
make settlements instantly
# Microsoft announced that it has inked its
first renewable energy deal in India for powering its new facility in Bengaluru
SPORTS
# World Cup Shooting 2018 held at
Guadalajara (Mexico)
- India’s Manu Bhaker and Om Prakash
Mitharval won Gold in Mixed team of 10m air pistol
- India’s Mehuli Ghosh and Deepak Kumar won
Bronze in Mixed team of 10m air rifle
MISC
# Forbes India has released its “W – Power Trailblazers”
issue listing 25 women achievers in business; the list is not a ranking but it
is a qualitative selection
# Veteran Bollywood actress Shammi passed
away
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