International Affairs
Under the "Campus
Carry" law passed today, students in Texas over 21 years of age, with a concealed handgun license will be allowed to bring pistols into
classrooms.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott said the law could help prevent mass shootings in
colleges.
India’s Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB)has
reportedly requested the Nepali
citizens visiting India to carry
identity cards with them.
Those
without proper ID cards would be turned back from the border points.
Identification,
however, is not needed in the bordering markets like Jhulaghat, Dharchula and
Pithoragarh.
US
war
planes bombed Islamic State targets
in Libya today following a
request from the UN-backed government in the country, marking the start of a
sustained air campaign.
Libya's PM Fayez Sarraj said the air strikes targetted the IS-stronghold of Sirte.
National Affairs
The West Bengal State
Assembly today approved a proposal to
rename West Bengal as "Bengal"
in English and "Bangla/Banga"
in Bengali.
The
proposal will be forwarded to the Centre for approval.
This
was initiated after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee complained that state
officials had to wait a lot during Central meetings due to
alphabetically-ordered time slots.
The Parliament has passed Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Bill, 2016 to conduct of
uniform entrance examination for admission to all medical educational
institutions.
The
bill seeks to replace the Indian
Medical Council (Amendment) Ordinance, 2016 and its provisions will come
in to force retrospectively from May 24, 2016.
The Lok Sabha today
passed the Enforcement of Security
Interest and Recovery of Debts
Laws and Miscellaneous
Provisions (Amendment) Bill, 2016.
The
Bill aims to strengthen the debt recovery laws with an objective to improve the
ease of doing business in India.
Places in News
The only underground
museum in India will open at the Rashtrapati
Bhavan in Delhi on 2nd
October 2016.
The
museum will display British era paintings, gifts received by the Presidents and
daily life at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Indian
Railways has announced the commencement of the world's tallest girder rail bridge on the Jiribam-Tupul-Imphal railway line in Manipur.
The
bridge with a height of 141 metres will surpass the existing tallest bridge in
Europe which has a height of 139 metres.
Note :
The country’s longest rail tunnel will also be developed along the Manipur
railway line.
People in News
After the resignation of Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel, Cabinet Minister for
Health in the Government of Gujarat in India, Nitin Patel is likely to become the next CM.
General Knowledge
Nazi leader Adolf
Hitler became the absolute dictator of Germany on this day (2nd August) in the year 1934 under the title 'Führer' or
'Leader'.
The
German dictator is known for leading his country to the Second World War, which
ended with Germany's defeat in 1945.
Former American sprinter Michael Johnson became the
first man to win Olympic gold
medals in both 200-metre
and 400-metre men’s sprint, on
this day (2nd August) at the 1996 Atlanta Games.
Note :
Sprinter Usain Bolt broke Johnson’s 200-metre record at the 2008 Beijing
Olympics.
Science & Technology
Japan's largest
public broadcaster NHK has
started the world's first 8K resolution
regular TV satellite broadcast, which is 16 times as sharp as 1080p and
allows 22.2-channel audio.
The
'Super Hi-Vision' test channel
was launched today and broadcasts content in both 4K and 8K resolutions, and
NHK is installing viewing stations across Japan to showcase footage from Rio
Olympics.
Business and Economy
Large industrial companies can invest only up to 10% in
banks, and thus, cannot set up lenders, according to banking licenses' final
guidelines issued by the Reserve Bank of India today.
Entities
with total assets of at least ₹5,000 crore, where non-financial
business does not account for 40% or more of total assets are eligible, RBI
added.
The Ministry of
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises today announced that it has launched
a performance and credit rating scheme to
assess the capabilities and creditworthiness of industries in the sector.
The
'Performance and Credit Rating Scheme'
will provide "trusted" third
party opinion to create awareness about the strengths and weaknesses of
enterprises' existing operations.
IIM Bangalore's entrepreneurship summit 'Eximius 2016' is set to begin from August 6.
The
two-day summit would be a platform for entrepreneurs to showcase their ideas
through events including pitching to VCs, workshops and panel
discussions.
Author
and leadership consultant Devdutt
Pattanaik and actors Kunal
Kapoorand Piyush Mishra
will be attending the summit.
Books & Authors
A book titled R D
Burmania: Panchamemoirs authored by senior Bollywood film and music-biz
journalist Chaitanya Padukone
was released today.
The
book throws light on the life of legendary musician Rahul Dev Burman.
Awards & Honors
Madhya
Pradesh has received the first
prize in the 'Best State/Union
Territory for Comprehensive Development of Tourism' category, followed
by Gujarat and Karnataka respectively, at the National Tourism Awards for 2014-15.
While
Gujarat won the award for the 'Best Film Promotion Friendly State',Warangal in Telangana won the award
for 'Best Heritage City'.
Sports
Former Supreme Court judge Markandey Katju will head a legal panel which will advise and guide BCCI in adopting the Lodha
Committee recommendations.
Katju
will be assisted by three legal counsels, including BCCI legal advisor Abhinav
Mukerjee.
Note :
In a ruling in July, the Supreme Court had given BCCI six months to “reform” as
per the Lodha Committee recommendations.
Indian Martial artist Vivek Teja won the Martial Arts Championships in Sydney,
Australia, to become the World
Karate Champion.
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