International Affairs
Israel
today
passed a law requiring NGOs that receive over half of their funding from
foreign governments or bodies, including the EU, to provide details of their
donations.
Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the law aims to prevent foreign countries from
interfering in Israel's internal affairs without the public knowing.
82 year old Japanese emperor Akihito has announced that he is going to step down in the coming
years.
Note :
The ceremonial head of state, Akihito has been emperor for 27 years and his
heir is 56-year-old Crown Prince Naruhito.
The first direct bus service between Pokhara (Nepal) and New
Delhi (India) was launched today to connect South Asia’s two important
cities.
The
bus service was flagged off by Nepal Home Minister Shakti Bahadur Basnet and
India’s ambassador to Nepal Ranjit Rae from Pokhara (Nepal’s famous tourist
spot).
MOUs & Agreements
Bangladesh
and
India today signed an agreement for the construction of a 1,320 megawatt (MW)
coal fired power plant near Sundarbans.
The
agreement was signed between Bangladesh-India Friendship Power Company (Pvt)
Limited (BIFPCL), the joint venture enterprise and Bharat Heavy Electricals
Limited (BHEL).
Note :
BHEL was selected under an open international tender for constructing the super
thermal plant at Bangladesh’s southwestern Rampal near the Sundarbans.
The State Bank of
India (SBI) today signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
(SINE) at IIT Bombay to promote innovation by start-ups in the financial
sector.
Note :
The SINE is IIT Bombay’s technology business incubator to promote innovation by
startups in the financial sector.
National Affairs
The Arunachal
Pradesh government today decided to set up 21 Women Police Stations across the state and create 400 new posts
to run these police stations.
This
comes three years after the first all-women police station was established in
the state in 2013.
Indian
Navy has
commissioned INS Karna, an
independent base of Marine Commandos
(MARCOS) at Bheemunipatanam Naval Base, Visakhapatnam, Andhra
Pradesh.
It
was commissioned by Chief of Naval
Staff Admiral Sunil Lanba at the commissioning ceremony held at
Bheemunipatanam Naval Base.
Important Note :
Captain Varun Singh will be the Commanding Officer of INS Karna.
Business & Economy
The Cabinet today agreed to a proposal for transfer of
shares by communications equipment manufacturer Indian Telephone Industries (ITI), to Special National Investment Fund to meet SEBI’s minimum public
shareholding requirement.
The
government, with 90% stake in the company, had approved a proposal in 2014 to
offer assistance of ₹4156.79 crore for the company's revival.
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs today approved disinvestment of 15% paid-up equity in
National Buildings Construction
Corporation India, of the government's 90% holding.
The
disinvestment will be through Offer For Sale route and is expected to raise ₹1,706 crore.
Note :
The government has set a ₹56,500 crore PSU disinvestment target for 2016-17.
New Appointments
Theresa
May,
the new Conservative Party leader, today became Britain’s second female prime minister.
Vijay
Ghadge,
the former chief operating officer of ecommerce logistics company Go-Javas, has
joined Vulcan Express, the
captive logistics unit of Snapdeal, as itsCOO.
K
V R Murthy has been appointed as Chairman-cum-Managing
Director of the Jute Corporation
of India Limited.
Minority
Affairs Minister Najma Heptulla today resigned and
President Pranab Mukherjee assigned the ministry's independent charge to MoS Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi.
Following
the resignation of MoS for Heavy
Industries and Public Enterprises GM Siddeshwara, Babul Supriyo was given the portfolio
and was relieved as the MoS of Urban Development Ministry, and Housing &
Urban Poverty Alleviation Ministry.
Awards & Honors
Dubai-based airline Emirates
has been named the 'World's Best
Airline' by consumer aviation website Skytrax.
The
Philippines' Palawan province has
been voted the World's Best Island in
a survey by Travel + Leisure magazine for the second time after winning in
2013.
Three
beaches from the Philippines have made it to the top ten list this year -
Palawan, Boracay, and Cebu.
Santorini in Greece and Ischia in Italy were also included
on the list.
Books & Authors
Shahrukh and Salman Khan will relaunch tennis player Sania Mirza’s autobiography ’Ace Against Odds’,
which was released last week.
Shahrukh
will launch the book on July 13 in Hyderabad, while Salman will launch it in
Mumbai on July 17.
Deaths
Italian mafia boss Bernardo
Provenzano (83), the undisputed head of the Sicilian Cosa Nostra Mafia, has died in a prison hospital.
Dubbed
'The Tractor' for 'mowing down enemy
clans', Provenzano had evaded authorities for 43 years.
He
was captured and sentenced to life imprisonment for several murders including
the 1992 killings of two anti-Mafia judges.
William
H McNeill (98), the prize-winning scholar who wove the stories of
civilizations worldwide into the landmark “The Rise of the West” and helped pioneer the history of disease
and epidemics in “Plagues and People,” has passed away.
Sports
The first FIFA World
Cup match was played on this day (13th July) in the year1930, in Uruguay.
India
played
its first ever One Day International
in a 55-overs-a-side match against England on this day (13th July) in the year
1974.
The US Tennis Association today announced that the total prize money for the 2016 US Open will
be around $46.3 million, the
biggest prize in the history of the game.
The
men's and women's singles champions will each earn a record $3.5 million, up
from $3.3 million in 2015.
The
tournament will run from August 29 to September 11.
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