1) Netherland banned face-covering clothing including the burqa and niqab worn by conservative Muslim women on public transport, in government buildings and at health and education institutions.
2) Flipkart launched Samarth, an on…
1) Netherland banned face-covering clothing including the burqa and niqab worn by conservative Muslim women on public transport, in government buildings and at health and education institutions.
2) Flipkart launched Samarth, an online selling platform. The initiative aimed to support artisans, weavers, etc, by on-boarding them and helping them in the process of selling on the internet.
3) Atish Dabholkar has been appointed as the new director of Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) in Trieste, Italy. He is a theoretical physicist from India.
4) Upon the successful implementation of Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM), rural India is to become Open Defecation Free (ODF) by 2 October, 2019.
5) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has further relaxed the norms related to external commercial borrowing (ECB).
6) Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, 54, took charge as the Director General (DG) of India Meteorological Department (IMD), New Delhi. He was appointed as DG by the Ministry of Personnel on 4 June 2019.
7) The Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance plans to conduct India’s first national Time Release Study (TRS) between 1st and 7th August, 2019. The study is a part of the department’s strategic commitment to improve the global trade.
8) Rajya Sabha passed the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2019 with 108 votes in favour and 13 against it. The amendment aims to improve road safety, enhance the penalty for traffic violations, facilitate citizens in dealing with transport departments and curb corruption.
9) Dr. Guruprasad Mohapatra, an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) Officer of 1986 batch charge of the office of Secretary, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPI) .
10) Ravi Capoor, an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of 1986 batch, assumed charge of the office of Secretary Ministry of Textiles in New Delhi.
11) Edelweiss Tokio Life Insurance partnered with payments platform Mobikwik to sell ‘miniature’ insurance plans.Sumit Rai, MD & CEO, Edelweiss Tokio Life Insurance covers of Rs 1 lakh, 3 lakh and 5 lakh with a premium of Rs 148, 443 and 738 per annum.
12) Morocco became a member of this group. Ethiopia is the first African nation to be part of this global coalition in 2017.
13) India is among 48 countries whose citizens have been exempted from visa fees for tourism purposes It is done by the Sri Lankan government. The decision was announced during a media conference in Colombo.
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