| 1. ISRO has earned 6.1 mn euros through launch of 29 foreign nano satellites. The government today said Antrix Corporation Limited (Antrix), the commercial arm of ISRO has earned foreign exchange of about 6.1 million Euro through launching of 29 Nano satellites. Replying to questions in the Lok Sabha, minister of state in the Prime Minister’s office, Dr Jitendra Singh said 29 Nano satellites were from 14 foreign countries and were launched under commercial arrangement. ISRO has taken measures to protect its operational satellites from space debris by carrying out collision avoidance studies for all launch vehicles of ISRO to clear lift off time. |
| 2. TR Zeliang appointed as Chief Minister of Nagaland by Governor PB Acharya. This will be the second term for Zeliang, his earlier term was from 2014 to 2017. Zeliang's appointment came after Nagaland Chief Minister Shurhozelie Liezietsu and nine ruling Naga People’s Front (NPF) legislators failed to appear for the floor test. Zeliang was asked to prove his majority on the floor of the House on or before 22 July 2017. |
| 3. Arunachal Pradesh State Civil Secretariat has become the first secretariat in india to be fully under wireless coverage. This Wireless coverage enabling end-to-end wireless connectivity. Chief Minister Pema Khandu today inaugurated the Wi-Fi Local Area Network (LAN) at the State Civil Secretariat in Itanagar in a small function. Mr. Khandu said that this was a positive step towards fulfilling the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a ‘Digital India’ and is a big contribution from Arunachal Pradesh by becoming the first to have a secretariat with this digitalized facility. |
| 4. U.S. Navy has tested the world's first-ever active laser weapons system. Laser weapons system is now deployed and ready for war. The system has special materials that release photons and at the speed of light, it silently hits an object, burning it to a temperature of thousands of degrees. |
| 5. The Maharashtra government has approved a revised policy of the 'Majhi Kanya Bhagyashree' scheme. According to which families who have a yearly income of upto Rs 7.5 lakh will be benefited. The scheme was launched by the state government on April 1, 2016 in place of 'Sukanya' scheme. Read more » |
| 6. UIDAI, which issues Aadhaar numbers, has launched mAadhaar app for mobile users. mAadhaar app will allow users to carry unique identification profile on mobile. A user can download Aadhaar number profile through their smartphones and will therefore not require hard copies of the card, wherever applicable. |
| 7. Digital transactions 'leapfrogged' by 3 yrs post note ban. State Bank of India has said that India has leapfrogged three years of digitisation in just seven months post demonetisation and the government's drive to promote use of debit and credit cards at point of sale or PoS terminals. According to a SBI research report, the volume of digital transactions has crossed the 70,000 crore rupee level in last seven months. It informs that banks have installed 11.8 lakh additional POS terminals to facilitate this movement. |
| 8. HDFC Bank has launched digital-only marketing campaign. the bank has released its digital-only marketing campaign, #StartDoing, which focuses on savvy spenders. “In the early days of marketing in our space, word of mouth worked the best. Today, with social media and various digital platforms, we are able to target better. Also, it helps us to monitor engagement levels very closely |
| 9. Delhi government has launched 'merit cum means' scholarship scheme. The Delhi government on Tuesday announced a 'merit cum means' scholarship for students from low and middle-income groups studying in state universities. The scheme has three categories based on the students' family income and will provide fee waivers up to 100%. However, students will need a minimum of 60% in the class they passed to qualify for the scheme. |
| 10. Bharat Arun appointed Team India bowling coach. BCCI’s acting Secretary Amitabh Chaudhary announced that the cricket body has also decided to retain Sanjay Bangar as an assistant coach and R Sridhar as fielding coach till the 2019 ODI World Cup. The confirmation of their appointment came after newly appointed Indian coach Ravi Shastri met the four-member committee comprising of acting president CK Khanna, acting secretary Amitabh Choudhary, BCCI CEO Rahul Johri and Committee of Administrators member Diana Edulji in Mumbai. |
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