One Liners
BY ANUJ JINDAL
- Government has announced the launch of a new MicroDot Technology that would help check on vehicle thefts.
- Punjab tourism and cultural affairs minister Navjot Singh Sidhu finalized a blue print to further develop Virasat-e-Khalsa, a museum of the Sikhs, at Anandpur Sahib, Punjab.
- Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu launched ‘e-Pragati core platform’ at Undavalli, Andhra Pradesh.
- The Ministry of Defence announced that the Indian Air Force for the first time is participating with fighter aircraft in Exercise Pitch Black 2018 (PB-18), which is to be held in Australia.
- According to The Australian Census and Migrants Integrated Dataset (ACMID), India tops list of skilled visa immigrants according to official figures with nearly 3 lakh Indians who migrated from 1 January 2000 to 9th August 2016.
- The Union Home Minister, Shri Rajnath Singh launched The Student Police Cadet (SPC) Programme nationally.
- The Tamil Nadu government has set a 24-hour helpline to assist and protect inter-caste couples.
- Himachal Pradesh government has approved implementation of Market Intervention Scheme (MIS) for procurement of apple.
- Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb inaugurated the 7 day long “Kharchi Puja” at Puran Habeli, in Tripura.
- Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has said that, he has planned to make London, the world’s most walkable city in the world by launching ‘Walking Action Plan’.
- NASA launched an online toolkit “Remote Sensing Toolkit” to help users analyse satellite data.
- With Rajya Sabha clearing the bill of State Banks (Repeal and Amendment) Bill, 2017, Parliament officially approved of the bill to merge SBI with its subsidiaries.
- FICCI (Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry) said that, India’s economic growth remains intact and India’s GDP is expected to grow at 7.5 % in the current financial year.
- The National Olympic Committee (IOC) in its Tokyo 2020 Olympics schedule announced that it had added 7 medal event to its 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.
- 28th Meeting of Shooting Hopes junior International Championship was held between July 11 – 15, 2018 in Pilsen, Czech Republic.
- Former and first finance minister of Chhattisgarh, Ramchandra Singhdeo, had passed away.