Honours & Awards
1. Radhika Menon: First woman to receive Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea
- Radhika Menon will become the first woman in the world to receive the Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea for 2016, from the International Maritime Organisation.
- Captain Menon was nominated by the Government of India, for the rescue of all seven fishermen from the fishing boat Durgamma, which was adrift following engine failure and loss of anchor in severe weather.
- The Awards ceremony is set to take place at IMO Headquarters in London, on 21 November.
- She is the first woman captain of the Indian Merchant Navy and will be the first female to receive the Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea.
National Affairs
2. Centre constitutes cyber cell to check online abuse
- Centre has constituted a cyber cell to check the online abuse and harassment of women and children on social media platforms.
- Women and Child Development Ministery has taken the decision as it has got several complaints from women.
- The Ministry will not be policing the internet and it will only examine the complaints.
- The move came in the wake of reported increase in abuse or harassment of women on social media.
- The complaints received by the Ministry, which are of a grave nature, will be reported to Twitter India for necessary action.
3. Union Government launches KVK portal for monitoring of farm centres
- Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Radha Mohan Singh has launched Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) portal “http://ift.tt/29XxGJ6in New Delhi.
- The portal aims to provide information and advisory to the farmers and facilitate online monitoring of the KVK activities.
- At present there are 645 KVKs operational in the country.
4. Kerala Government imposes 14.5% fat tax on junk food
- The Kerala government has announced to impose 14.5 % tax on junk food on the lines of ‘Fat Tax’ imposed on such food items.
- This will make food items like burgers, pizzas, pasta costlier.
- The need for the so-called ‘fat tax’ is explained by the fact the state currently has the second-highest obesity rate for children in India.
- Kerala authorities are also looking to earn over 100 million rupees as a result of the levy.
5. Govt to clean 10 iconic places under ‘Swachh Bharat Mission’
- The government will carry out a drive to clean ten iconic places in the country as part of a pilot project under the ‘Swachh Bharat mission’.
- The places which have been selected are Vaishno Devi temple in Jammu and Kashmir, Taj Mahal in Uttar Pradesh, Tirupati temple in Andhra Pradesh, Golden Temple in Punjab, Ajmer Sharif in Rajasthan, Jagannath temple in Orissa, Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus in Maharashtra, Manikarnika Ghat in Uttar Pradesh, Meenakshi Temple in Tamil Nadu and Kamakhya Temple in Assam.
- Once this pilot project is completed, the govt will carry out a similar cleanliness drive at the remaining 90 places.
- Earlier,100 places has been chosen under this drive.
6. West Bengal to set up three biotechnology hubs
- The West Bengal Government has taken up a project to set up three biotechnology hubs across the state to bring in more biotechnology innovations to the State.
- The three proposed biotechnology hubs will come in Bardhaman, Kalimpong and Medinipur districts.
- They will help in the coordination of various departments with the Biotechnology Department in a better way.
Science & Defence
7. DRDO inks pact with IITs for Centre for Propulsion Technology
- The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has signed an agreement with IIT-Bombay and Madras to establish a bi-nodal ‘Centre of Propulsion Technology’ (CoPT) at the two institutions.
- The initiative is aimed at achieving synergy between DRDO and IITs for channelising the research efforts towards developing products and technologies.
- The Centre will evolve mechanisms to facilitate execution of programmes related to propulsion technology and will engage both IITs as primary research nodes.
- It will also undertake advanced collaborative research in the areas of critical defence technologies.
National & International Appointment
8. Vishal Kapoor to be the new CEO of IDFC MF
- IDFC Mutual Fund has announced the appointment of Mr. Vishal Kapoor as its chief executive officer.
- Kapoor will be responsible for driving the accelerated growth of IDFC AMC.
- He will take charge from September this year.
- At present, He is working with Standard Chartered Bank as the managing director and head of wealth management for India business.
Obituaries
9. Pakistani philanthropist Abdul Sattar Edhi passes away
- Noted Pakistani philanthropist, social activist, ascetic and humanitarian Abdul Sattar Edhi (92-year) has passed away in Karachi.
- He was born at Bantvain Gujarat to a family of memon traders in 1928 .
- Edhi was the founder and head of the Edhi Foundation in Pakistan and known as Angel of Mercy, Pakistan’s ‘Father Teresa’ and was considered country’s most respected figure.
- He received numerous accolades including Nishan-e Imtiaz (highest civilian honour), Pakistan Civil Award, International honours include Ramon Magsaysay Award, International Balzan Prize, 2007 UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Prize and 2011 London Peace Award.
- He wrote the book – Abdul Sattar Edhi, an autobiography: A mirror to the blind.
Sports
10. Milos Raonic beat Roger Federer to reach Wimbledon final
- Milos Raonic (25-year) of Canada has entered the Men’s Singles final of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships.
- He upset seven-time champion Roger Federer in five sets 6-3, 6-7, 4-6, 7-5, 6-3.
- India’s campaign has ended in the tournament, with the defeat of defending mixed doubles champions Leander Paes and Martina Hingis.
- They lost to Britain’s Heather Watson and Finland’s Henri Kontinen in three sets 6-3, 3-6, 2-6..
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