NATIONAL NEWS
India's first highway corridors for e-vehicles expected by March 2020 India's first highway corridors with charging stations for electric vehicles are expected to come up along the Delhi-Jaipur and Delhi-Agra highways by 2020.- The combined stretch of the corridors on the Yamuna Expressway(between Delhi and Agra) and the National Highway 48 (between Delhi and Jaipur) will be 500 km, and 18 charging stations will be setup near toll plazas on the two routes.
- The sanitation coverage in the rural areas of the country has increased to more than 99 per cent, which was over 38 per cent on 2nd October 2014.
- Also, 632 Districts, 30 States, over 2.50 lakh Gram Panchayats and five lakh 67 thousand 498 villages have been declared open defecation Free.
- TSK in Odisha's Jajpur district is the first and the only Indian manufacturing plant to be included in the WEF's Lighthouse Network.
- The grants will benefit around 45,100 victims of "Fani cyclone" and will be used to provide hygiene kits, kitchen kits, water, education, household items and shelter kits.
- The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Act will be amended to give the RBI powers to regulate the HFC sector.
- NHB was part of the RBI till April this year when the government decided to take it over.
BANKING & FINANCE
Punjab & Sind Bank sets up centralised hub Cen-MARG to process retail, MSME loans State-owned Punjab & Sind Bank has set up a centralised hub for processing retail and MSME loans for better efficiency of branches in business acquisition.- The Centralised MSME & Retail Group (Cen-MARG) will be housed at its head office in New Delhi.
SPORTS
Shoaib Malik announces retirement from ODI cricket Pakistan cricketer Shoaib Malik announced his retirement from ODI cricket after his country's final league clash against Bangladesh in World Cup 2019.APPOINTMENTS
Nalin Shinghal appointed CMD of BHEL State-owned engineering firm BHEL (Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited) said that Nalin Shinghal has been appointed its chairman and managing director for five years. Harideesh Kumar appointed as Director of Institute of Banking Personnel Selection B Harideesh Kumar has been appointed as director of Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) for a period of three years.- Earlier, he was Executive Director of Canara Bank and brings with him a lot of domain related experience in the banking sector.
OBITUARIES
Formner Uttarakhand Governor Sudershan Agarwal passes away Former Uttarakhand Governor Sudershan Agarwal passed away after prolonged illness. He was 88.- Agarwal had served as the second Governor of the hill state between 2003 and 2007 during which he also established a Him Jyoti School in the Sahastradhara area
IMPORTANT DAYS
International Day of Cooperatives: 6 July 2019 The United Nations observes first Saturday of July every year as International Day of Cooperatives. The day is celebrated to increase the awareness of cooperatives. The event underscores the contributions of the cooperative movement in resolving the major problems addressed by the United Nations.- The theme of the International Day of Cooperatives 2019 (CoopsDay) is COOPS 4 DECENT WORK.
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