National Affairs
UP
Cabinet approves a Metro Rail project for Allahabad
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Akhilesh Yadav led cabinet meeting
of Uttar Pradesh government approved
a Metro Rail project for Allahabad on August 17.
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This metro trainWork is already
underway on the Metro Rail in Lucknow and the Detailed Project Report for Varanasi and Kanpur have already been
approved Akhilesh Yadav.
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Uttar Pradesh was the lone state in
which Metro Rail projects were underway in four major cities, and Ghaziabad as well as Noida were already
linked to the Delhi Metro.
Jharkhand
ratifies GST bill following the states of Assam and Bihar
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The Jharkhand Assembly passed the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill and
became the third state to ratify the bill after Assam and Bihar on august
17.
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The Bill was ratified unanimously during the
one-day extension of the Monsoon Session convened to discuss and ratify it.
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It is noted that the GST Bill,
described as India’s biggest tax reform, needs to be ratified by at least 15 state legislatures before the President
can notify the GST Council which will decide the tax rate.
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It is noted that Assam was the first state to ratify the bill
and Bihar became the first non-NDA state to ratify the Constitution
Amendment Bill on GST after Chief Minister Nitish Kumar counted virtues of the
tax reform.
India,
B’desh to jointly make films on 1971 war, Sheikh Mujibur
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India and Bangladesh jointly set to
produce a documentary on the 1971
War of Independence of Bangladesh to mark the 100th birth
anniversary of its Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in 2020.
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Indian archival material available
with Films Division, DD and other media units of will be used for the purpose
the movie direction, the movie also comes as commemoration of the 50th year
of Bangladesh Independence in 2021.
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This comes after Bangladesh
Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu met Information and Broadcasting Minister
M Venkaiah Naidu in New Delhi. After discussions both sides agreed to
strengthen cooperation in the field of information and broadcasting.
Gujarat
HC partly quashes ordinance abolishing all NRI quota in medical courses
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The Quota bound Gujarat comes with
another news that its High Court partly quashed a government ordinance
abolishing all NRI quota in
colleges offering medical courses offered in the state.
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The High court bench comprising
Chief Justice R Subhash Reddy and Justice V M Pancholi said it is
unconstitutional move by the government to cancel quota for genuine NRIs seeking admission in colleges,
However the bench upholding its decision to abolish quota for dependent NRIs.
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Earlier this year Gujarat had issued
an ordinance, called the Gujarat
Professional Medical Educational Colleges or Institutions (Regulation
of Admission and Fixation of Fees) (Amendment) Ordinance, 2016 which abolishes
the entire quota for NRIs in medical colleges.
Gujarat:
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Capital: Gandhi Nagar
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Governor: Om Prakash Kohli
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Chief Minister: Vijay Rupani
Government
allowed Online Authentication of the New mobile connections using Aadhar Card
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The central government has allowed
online authentication using Aadhar for new mobile connections.
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The guidelines for Aadhaar
Electronic-Know Your Customer e-KYC, were
issued to make the online process of application and
authentication faster and simpler for subscribers.
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Customers can now walk in with their
Aadhar card to get new mobile connections with instant activation, with the government clearing
electronic-Know Your Customer (e-KYC) rules for using the biometric
identification.
India
offered an aid of $1 million to Zimbabwe to cope up with the El Nino Effects
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In response to an appeal by the
African nation for help to deal with severe drought caused by El Nino
phenomenon, India has provided an
aid of USD one million to Zimbabwe.
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Zimbabwe is facing worst drought in
two decades induced by the El Nino
phenomenon, a warming of sea surface temperatures in the Pacific Ocean that
devastated its agricultural sector.
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The Indian Ambassador to Zimbabwe R
Masakui had handed over the grant to Dr Misheck Sibanda, Chief Secretary
to President Robert Mugabe.
International Affairs
World’s
longest, highest glass bridge to open in China
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The 430-metre long and six metre wide Glass Bridge set to be
the world’s longest and highest
glass bridge will open to visitors in Hunan province of China.
Besides it set 10 world records spanning its design and construction.
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The bridge concreted with 99 panes of three-layer transparent glasses,
hangs between two steep cliffs 300 metres altitude is maintained from the
ground.
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The bridge constructed last December
that will pave the way for 8,000 visitors to cross the bridge which is the
permissible limit of the bridge.
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Earlier the bridge was tested with 2
tons load carrying truck this year before it is set to open for show.
UK
approves for the establishment of the Second Phase of the World’s biggest
offshore Wind Farm
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United Kingdom Ministers approved
the second phase of the world’s
biggest offshore wind farm. Hornsea Project Two will include 300
turbines spread across 300 square miles, 55 miles off the cost of
England in the North Sea. With an estimated energy capacity of 1.8
gigawatts, the project could provide enough power for 1.6 million homes.
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The Hornsea Project Two farm should
have up to 300 turbines and a capacity of up to 1.8 gigawatts. It could produce
enough energy to power 1.6 million homes.
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It is an extension of the
1.2GW Hornsea Project One which
was in itself being trumpeted as the world’s biggest offshore wind farm.
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The development would represent a
large boost to the UK’s wind energy industry, with Dong Energy pledging to invest £6bn in the UK and create more
than 2,500 jobs. However, the company has yet to make a final investment
decision on Hornsea Project Two and a spokesman said it could be two years
before it is signed off.
Banking & Finance
Federal
Bank joins hand with MMTC for the distribution of IGC – Indian Gold Coins
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Federal
Bank ties up with MMTC for distribution of Indian Gold Coins (IGC), the first-Ever National Gold offering
by the Government, which was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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Kerala based private sector lender,
Federal Bank has tied up with MMTC
for distribution of Indian Gold Coins (IGC), the first-Ever national gold
offering by the government.
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It is noted that Federal Bank has
become the first private sector bank to start distributing gold coins made by government-controlled Metals and
Minerals Trading Corporation of India.
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These coins were launched by the
government of India last year. The first-ever national gold offering by the
Government was launched by Prime
Minister Narendra Modi In November 2015.
Awards &
Recognitions
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Sursagar Society of Dilli Gharana
has announced that Santoor maestro
Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma will be conferred upon with the
annual Sangeet Martand Ustad Chand
Khan Lifetime Achievement Award 2016.
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Shivkumar Sharma is the master
instrumentalist of the Santoor, after some years as avocalist. He is credited with making the Santoor a popular
Classical Instrument.
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He composed the background music for one of the scenes in Shantaram’s
Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baje in 1956. He recorded his
first solo album in 1960.
America
Tamil Sangam awarded A.R. Rahman with Tamil Ratna Award
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Oscar-winning music maestro A.R. Rahman has been honoured by the America
Tamil Sangam with its Tamil Ratna Award.
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Allah-Rakha
Rahman is an Indian composer,
singer-songwriter, music producer, musician and philanthropist. A. R. Rahman’s
works are noted for integratingEastern classical music with electronic music,world music and traditional orchestral arrangements.
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Among his awards are
two Academy Awards, two Grammy Awards, a BAFTA Award,
a Golden Globe, four National Film Awards, fifteen Filmfare
Awards and thirteen Filmfare Awards South.
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Rahman’s body of work for film and
stage has given him the nickname of“the Mozart of Madras”, and Tamil commentators and fans call him Isai
Puyal.
Appointments &
Resigns
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President Pranab Mukherjee appointed
four new governors on 17th August . The appointment includes
i. State of Manipur – Najma Heptulla
ii. State of Punjab – V.P.
Singh Badnore, and
iii. State of Assam – Banwarilal Purohit.
iv. Lieutenant- Governor of Andaman and Nicobar
Islands –Jagdish Mukhi.
Obituary
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Prominent
Punjabi writer and Jnanpith awardee Gurdial Singh passed away in Bathinda on August 16, when he was under treatment
in a private hospital in Bathinda for the last about 10 days.
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Gurdial
Singh Rahi was a Punjabi
language writer and novelist from Punjab, India. He started his
literary career in 1957 with a short-story, Bhaganwale.
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He became known as a novelist when
he published the novel Marhi Da Deevain 1964. The novel was later adapted
into Punjabi films Marhi Da Deeva in 1989 which was directed by
Surinder Singh.
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His novel Anhe Ghore Da
Daan was also made into a film of same name in 2011 by
director Gurvinder Singh. Singh was honoured with the Padma Shri in
1998 and Jnanpith Award in 1999.
Joao
Havelange, Former President of FIFA, Dies at Age 100
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Former FIFA President João Havelange
has passed away at Samartino Hospital, Rio de Janeiro.
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He was 100 years old.
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He was 7th head of international football’s governing body
FIFA from 1974 to 1998.
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The Brazil hailed man had served as
the FIFA head nearly two and half decades who was a predecessor of Sepp
Blatter.
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His tenure as head is the second
longest in FIFA’s history, behind only that of Jules Rimet.
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He headed the body when Brazil when
they won first three World Cups also the World Cup’s expansion
from 16 to 32 teams, with six competitions held under his tenure.
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