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Current Affairs Today – 2nd August 2019
IMPORTANT DAYS AND THEMES
143rd birth anniversary of Pingali Venkaiah who designed national flag
- Today on 2nd August Nation celebrated the 143rd anniversary of Pingali Venkaiah who designed national flag.
- Venkaiah’s design for the National Flag was finally approved by Mahatama Gandhi in a Congress meeting in Vijayawada in 1921.
- He was a Freedom Fighter who born on 2nd August in 1876, near Machilipatnam in Andhra Pradesh.
BUSINESS AND ECONOMY
Edelweiss Tokio Life partners with Mobikwik to offer miniature insurance
- Edelweiss Tokio Life Insurance partnered with payments platform Mobikwik.
- Purpose: to sell ‘miniature’ insurance plans
- There will be life insurance covers of Rs 1 lakh, 3 lakh and 5 lakh with a premium of Rs 148, 443 and 738 per annum. This will be a group insurance solution in the term segment.
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Edelweiss Tokio Life Insurance Company Limited:
- CEO: Sumit Rai
- Founded: 2009
- Headquarters location: Mumbai
- Parent organization: Edelweiss Capital
Vistara to launch Mumbai-Dubai flight services from August 21
- Vistara announced expansion of its overseas services with a daily flight to Dubai from Mumbai, starting August 21.
- Vistara will commence its operations on the international routes from 6th-7th August with a flight services to Singapore from Delhi and Mumbai.
- Vistara has added Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) as the second international destination to its network.
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Tata SIA Airlines Limited, operating as Vistara, is an Indian domestic full-service airline, based in Gurgaon, with its hub at Indira Gandhi International Airport.
- Founded: 2013, New Delhi
- CEO: Leslie Thng
- Founders: Singapore Airlines, Tata Sons
Airtel to shut down 3G networks across India by March 2020
Bharti Airtel will shut down its entire 3G network across India’s 22 telecom circles by March 2020.
Airtel is now focusing on providing focusing on providing 4G services to its subscribers.
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Bharti Airtel Limited, also known as Airtel, is an Indian global telecommunications services company based in Delhi, India. It operates in 18 countries across South Asia and Africa, and also in the Channel Islands.
- CEO: Gopal Vittal
- Headquarters: New Delhi
NATIONAL CURRENT AFFAIRS
India to become Open Defecation Free, thanks to Swachh Bharat Mission
- Upon the successful implementation of Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM), rural India is to become Open Defecation Free (ODF) by 2 October, 2019.
Swachh Bharat Mission :
- The Swachh Bharat Mission is pan India campaign plan to clean India by streets, roads,cities,towns. The mission aimed to clean during a period of 2014-2019.
- Swachh Bharat mission is one of the largest cleanliness drives in the world.
- It is an attempt introduced by the NDA-led government to initiate behavioural change.
STATE CURRENT AFFAIRS
West Bengal launches awareness campaign for preserving greenery and keeping environment clean
- The West Bengal Government has launched an awareness campaign for preserving the greenery and keeping the environment clean.
- The State Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee launched the campaign named as ‘Save Green, Stay Clean’ in Kolkata.
- The State Government will distribute more than 1 lakhs saplings throughout the state for spreading of greenery.
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West Bengal: Capital City (Kolkata) CM (Mamata Banerjee) Governor (Jagdeep Dhankhar)
Odisha govt to launch ‘Mo College’ initiative
- The Odisha government will launch ‘Mo College’ initiative.
- Objective: to create a platform where alumni of institutes can connect and contribute for the development of their alma mater.
- It was announced by Higher Education Minister Arun Sahoo in Odisha assembly.
- Mo College, which means my college, is a part of Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s 5T action plan.
- Note: The 5Ts aim at achieving progress through Transparency, Teamwork, Technology, Time and Transformation.
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Odisha: Capital City(Bhubaneswar) CM(Naveen Patnaik) Governor(Ganeshi Lal)
India and UK launch clean air initiative in Bengaluru
- India and UK jointly launched ‘The Innovation for Clean Air (IfCA)’ in Bengaluru.
- This two-year UK-India joint initiative provides Indian and UK stakeholders opportunities to test interventions related to air quality and EV integration.
- The initiative provides a unique measurement system for air quality by integrating satellite and sensor data and helping to support India’s transition to electric vehicles.
- The programme is led by Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), and is funded by the Newton Fund with matched resources from various partners in Karnataka and India.
INTERNATIONAL CURRENT AFFAIRS
Nigeria becomes fourth African nation to join global coalition to protect pollinators
- Nigeria became the fourth African country to join the Global Coalition of the willing on Pollinators on July 25, 2019
- Morocco became a member of this group. Ethiopia is the first African nation to be part of this global coalition in 2017. Burundi is the second African country to join this global group.
- Other non-African nations such as Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Dominican Republic, Ireland and Mexico had joined the global group last year.
- The coalition now has 28 signatories including 17 European countries, five from Latin America and the Caribbean and four from Africa.
Indian tourists exempted from visa fees by Sri Lankan govt
- India is among 48 countries whose citizens have been exempted from visa fees for tourism purposes by Sri Lankan government.
- Sri Lankan tourism minister John Amaratunga said visa fees, which ranged from 20 to 40 US dollars, will not be charged for grant of one month visa for tourism.
- The tourists can apply for electronic travel authorisations online or apply for visa on arrival.
- Indian tourist constitutes the maximum number with around one fourth of total tourist arrivals. Tourism is Sri Lanka’s third largest and fastest growing source of foreign currency last year, accounting for almost 5 percent of gross domestic product in 2018.
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Sri Lanka (Capital/Currency): Colombo, Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte/Sri Lankan rupee
- President: Maithripala Sirisena
SUMMITS AND CONFERENCE
President Kovind inaugurates exhibitions on Mahatma Gandhi and Khadi in Gambia
- To commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of the Mahatma President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated exhibitions on Mahatma Gandhi and Khadi at the Ebunjan Theatre in The Gambia on 1st
- Vice President of Gambia, Isatou Touray received the President at exhibitions.
- This exhibition is for two days.
- Khadi samples for the exhibitions have been provided by the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC), while that for the Gandhi exhibitions have been sent by the Gandhi Smriti.
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Gambia (Capital/Currency): Banjul/Gambian dalasi
- President: Adama Barrow
- President India and Gambia signed an MoU on Cooperation in the field of Traditional Systems of Medicine and Homeopathy.
- India has also offered a grant of 5 lakh dollar to the Gambia for skill development and cottage industry project.
- President Ram Nath Kovind – Three Nation Visit – West African Nations- (Benin , The Gambia, Guinea)
APPOINTMENT
Guruprasad Mohapatra took charge as Secretary DPIIT
- Guruprasad Mohapatra, an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) Officer of 1986 batch charge of the office of Secretary, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPI).
- The event is held in New Delhi. He served as Chairman of Airports Authority of India (AAI).
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DPIIT: The name of the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion has been changed to Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade vide Gazette Notification
AAI: The Airports Authority of India or AAI is a statutory body working under the Ministry of Civil Aviation, Government of India is responsible for creating, upgrading, maintaining and managing civil aviation infrastructure in India.
- Headquarters: New Delhi
- Founded: 1 April 1995
Ravi Capoor assumes Charge as Secretary Textiles
- Ravi Capoor, an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of 1986 batch, assumed charge of the office of Secretary Ministry of Textiles in New Delhi.
- He is in charge of Mines & Minerals, Forest & Environment, Act East Policy Affairs, and Public Enterprises Department.
Mindtree appoints Cognizant’s Debashis Chatterjee as new CEO
- Debashis Chatterjee has been named as the new managing director and CEO of Bengaluru-based IT services firm Mindtree Ltd. for a period of five years.
- Previous to this, he was the President of Global Delivery at Cognizant and was also the company’s global leader for digital systems and technology practice.
- The company also appointed SN Subrahmanyan as the company’s new non-executive vice chairman.
- Subrahmanyan currently serves as L&T group’s managing director and CEO.
- Chatterjee will be the first individual outside the 7-member founding team of Mindtree to be appointed as the CEO in the two-decade old firm.
AWARDS
Journalist Ravish Kumar among 2019 Ramon Magsaysay award winners
- Indian journalist Ravish Kumar has been awarded the 2019 Ramon Magsaysay Award for “harnessing journalism to give voice to the voiceless”.
- He is among five individuals who were declared winners of the award.
- Kumar, 44, who is NDTV India’s senior executive editor is one of India’s most influential TV journalists.
The four other winners of the 2019 Ramon Magsaysay Award are:
- Ko Swe Win (Myanmar): He is a human rights defender and the chief editor of Myanmar Noe news agency.
- Angkhana Neelapajit (Thailand): He is a human rights activist and a leading human rights defender in Southern Thailand.
- Raymundo Pujante Cayabyab (Philippines): He is a musician who has served as the music faculty of the University of the Philippines and has conducted free workshops for thousands of Students.
- Kim Jong-Ki (South Korea): He is an activist working with violence and mental health issues in youth.
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- The Ramon Magsaysay Award is named after former Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay who represented courage, integrity and idealism.
- It was established in 1957.
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