1) The US has officially withdrawn from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) treaty with Russia.
2) Credit rating agency CRISIL lowered Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth forecast for India by 20 basis points to 6.9…
1) The US has officially withdrawn from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) treaty with Russia.
2) Credit rating agency CRISIL lowered Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth forecast for India by 20 basis points to 6.9 percent for this fiscal citing weak monsoon and slowing global growth.
3) Mindtree appointed S.N. Subrahmanyan as its non-executive vice-chairman. Subrahmanyan currently serves as L and T group’s managing director and CEO.
4) The Lok Sabha passed the Dam Safety Bill, 2019. The Bill aims to provide an uniform safety procedures for the specified 5,600 dams in the country.
5) West Bengal government launched an awareness campaign named ‘Save Green, Stay Clean’ for preserving the greenery and keeping the environment clean in the state.
6) NDTV journalist Ravish Kumar was awarded the 2019 Ramon Magsaysay Award. The award recognizes the greatness of spirit and transformative leadership in Asia.
7) Researchers from University of Warsaw released the most detailed three-dimensional map of the Milky Way.
8) The USA in clear terms that any talks to resolve the Kashmir dispute held between India and Pakistan invited to third-party mediation.
9) The Rajya Sabha passed the contentious the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Bill, 2019. The Bill was passed with 104 votes against it as compared to 85 in its favour.
10) Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman started the process of rolling out a slew of measures to boost industry’s access to credit, including opening a 10,000 crore liquidity window for home financiers.
11) GST collection in July surpassed the Rs.1 lakh crore mark after a slump in the June month. Centre’s data reported that the total disposal under Goods and Services Tax (GST) was reported to be Rs.1.02 lakh crore in July 2019.
12) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) allowed Bank of China to offer regular banking services in the country.
13) Government has launched the One Nation-One Ration Card scheme in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat.
14) Partition, a nagar kirtan (Sikh religious procession) carried out as part of the 550th birth anniversary celebrations of Guru Nanak.
15) President Donald Trump has announced that the US will impose an additional 10% tariff on USD300 billion in Chinese imports from 1 September.
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