Current Affairs (Daily Dose):
1.Haryana Government has decided to set up de-addiction centres in the premises of Jails of the State. In first phase, such centres would be set up at Central Jail in Hisar and District Jail Rohtak .
2.Kolkata’s football club ‘East Bengal‘ has announced, this year’s Bharat Gaurav award to legendary athlete Milkha Singh. Singh will be honored with the prestigious award on the East Bengal Foundation Day, 1st of August.
3.Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed 27 crore rupees penalty on 13 public and private sector banks including PNB and HDFC Bank for Foreign Exchange Management (FEMA) Act violations and Know your customer (KYC) lapses. RBI asked banks to ensure strict compliance with the guidelines. RBI had undertaken a scrutiny on advance import remittances in 21 banks in October and November last year.
4.State Bank of India (SBI) has launched a payment system at its ATMs which will allow the account holders to transfer the money by using the mobile phone number as an identifier. This payment facility system works on instant money transfer (IMT) platform. The IMT is a unique payment system launched by Eempays Payment Systems Pvt Ltd.
5.Agricultural scientist Neelamraju Ganga Prasada Rao (89-year) has passed away in Hyderabad following a brief illness. Rao was well-known for basic and applied research in breeding and agronomy of several dry land crops. He earned the title of ‘Father of Hybrid Sorghum’ in India.
6.Eminent writer and social activist Mahasweta Devi (90-year) has passed away at a private hospital in Kolkata. She was a recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award, Padma Vibhushan, Jnanpith and Magsaysay Award among several others.
7.The International Olympic Committee’s new television channel (IOC) will launch after the end of Rio Olympics, 21st August. According to the IOC President Thomas Bach the launch of the channel is the start of an exciting new journey to connect the worldwide audience with the Olympic Movement all year round.
8.8.Eminent diplomat Arundhati Ghose (76-year) has passed away at her residence in Delhi. Ghose led the Indian delegation at the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) negotiations in Geneva in 1996.
9.India has been ranked a low 110th out of 149 countries on Sustainable Development index (SDI). The index is topped by the Sweden followed by Denmark and Norway on the top three performing countries respectively. The aim of creating this index is to provide a report card for tracking Sustainable Development Goals progress and ensuring accountability.
10.Booking tickets of Indian railway through the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) website can avail a travel accident cover of 10 lakh rupees at a premium of one rupee from September 2016. According to the IRCTC Chairman-cum-Managing Director AK Manocha the insurance cover is besides the compensation given by the Railways in case of accidents to valid ticket holders.
1.Haryana Government has decided to set up de-addiction centres in the premises of Jails of the State. In first phase, such centres would be set up at Central Jail in Hisar and District Jail Rohtak .
2.Kolkata’s football club ‘East Bengal‘ has announced, this year’s Bharat Gaurav award to legendary athlete Milkha Singh. Singh will be honored with the prestigious award on the East Bengal Foundation Day, 1st of August.
3.Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed 27 crore rupees penalty on 13 public and private sector banks including PNB and HDFC Bank for Foreign Exchange Management (FEMA) Act violations and Know your customer (KYC) lapses. RBI asked banks to ensure strict compliance with the guidelines. RBI had undertaken a scrutiny on advance import remittances in 21 banks in October and November last year.
4.State Bank of India (SBI) has launched a payment system at its ATMs which will allow the account holders to transfer the money by using the mobile phone number as an identifier. This payment facility system works on instant money transfer (IMT) platform. The IMT is a unique payment system launched by Eempays Payment Systems Pvt Ltd.
5.Agricultural scientist Neelamraju Ganga Prasada Rao (89-year) has passed away in Hyderabad following a brief illness. Rao was well-known for basic and applied research in breeding and agronomy of several dry land crops. He earned the title of ‘Father of Hybrid Sorghum’ in India.
6.Eminent writer and social activist Mahasweta Devi (90-year) has passed away at a private hospital in Kolkata. She was a recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award, Padma Vibhushan, Jnanpith and Magsaysay Award among several others.
7.The International Olympic Committee’s new television channel (IOC) will launch after the end of Rio Olympics, 21st August. According to the IOC President Thomas Bach the launch of the channel is the start of an exciting new journey to connect the worldwide audience with the Olympic Movement all year round.
8.8.Eminent diplomat Arundhati Ghose (76-year) has passed away at her residence in Delhi. Ghose led the Indian delegation at the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) negotiations in Geneva in 1996.
9.India has been ranked a low 110th out of 149 countries on Sustainable Development index (SDI). The index is topped by the Sweden followed by Denmark and Norway on the top three performing countries respectively. The aim of creating this index is to provide a report card for tracking Sustainable Development Goals progress and ensuring accountability.
10.Booking tickets of Indian railway through the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) website can avail a travel accident cover of 10 lakh rupees at a premium of one rupee from September 2016. According to the IRCTC Chairman-cum-Managing Director AK Manocha the insurance cover is besides the compensation given by the Railways in case of accidents to valid ticket holders.
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