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Daily Current Affairs 4th July 2019
NATIONAL UPDATES
Railways to install CCTV cameras in over 7,000 train coaches by 2021
- The railways have set a target to install CCTV cameras in more than 7,000 coaches of mainline passenger trains by March 2021.
- CCTV cameras have already been installed in coaches of premium, mail, express and suburban trains.
- The cameras have also been installed in one thousand 300 coaches of mainline passenger trains.
- The provision of CCTV cameras in the remaining coaches will be taken up thereafter.
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- Railway Minister – Piyush Goyal
PM Modi announces an ex-gratia for Banjar mishap victims
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced an ex-gratia of two lakh rupees each for the families of those killed in the Banjar bus accident.
- Financial help of 50,000 rupees has also been sanctioned for each of the injured in the accident.
- The ex-gratia was sanctioned out of the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund (PMNRF).
- An overloaded private bus had fallen into a deep gorge near Banjar in Himachal Pradesh’s Kullu district on June 20 in which about 45 persons were killed and 33 were injured.
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- Himachal Pradesh: Capital City (Shimla) CM (Jai Ram Thakur) Governor (Acharya Dev Vrat)
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi flags off 1st batch of Haj pilgrims
- Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi flagged off the first batch of Haj pilgrims from Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi.
- 419 Haj pilgrims including 202 women left from Delhi in the first flight.
- These Haj pilgrims are from Aligarh, Agra, Meerut, Rampur and Bulandshahar in Uttar Pradesh.
- A total of 2,340 Muslim women from the country will go for Haj without Mehram this year, while 1180 women had performed Haj last year without Mehram.
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- Minority Affairs Minister- Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
First investors’ summit to be held in J&K
- Jammu and Kashmir will host it’s first-ever investor summit in September-October of this year in Srinagar, to attract investment and counter perceptions about the State.
J&K: 50 Lakh trees to be planted by June 2020
- In Jammu and Kashmir, the Governor’s Administration has approved the launch of Green Jammu and Kashmir drive from July 8, 2019.
- Under this major environment-friendly initiative 50 Lakh trees will be planted by June 2020.
- The massive plantation drive shall be organized by the Forest, Environment & Ecology Department by involving Panchayats, Civil Society and other Institutions.
- The massive plantation drive shall be organized by the Forest, Environment & Ecology Department by involving Panchayats, Civil Society.
- Similar drive shall be undertaken as part of Green J&K Initiative in the month of November-December in Kashmir region and winter zones of Jammu region and thereafter in March-April.
Jagannath Rath Yatra begins
- The world-famous Jagannath Rath Yatra began today at Puri in Odisha.
- Puri Jagannath Rath Yatra dedicated to Lord Jagannath, brother Balabhadra and sister Subhadra begins.
- The Rath Yatra marks the journey from Jagannath temple to Gundicha temple.
- This journey covers a distance of 17Km in Puri.
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- Odisha : Capital City (Bhubaneswar) CM (Naveen Patnaik) Governor(Ganeshi Lal)
BANKING & FINANCE
RBI sets up panel to review CICs
- The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has set up a working group which is headed by Tapan Ray, non-executive chairman, Central Bank of India and former Secretary in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs.
- The objective of this group is to review the regulatory and supervisory framework for core investment companies (CIC).
- The panel will examine the current regulatory framework for CICs in terms of adequacy, efficacy and effectiveness and suggest changes.
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- RBI – The Reserve Bank of India is India’s central banking institution, which controls the issuance and supply of the Indian rupee.
- Founded: 1 April 1935, Kolkata
- Headquarters: Mumbai
- Governor: Shaktikanta Das
SPORTS
Hima Das wins women’s 200m gold in Poznan Athletics Grand Prix
- Indian sprinter Hima Das won the women’s 200m gold in the Poznan Athletics Grand Prix in Poland.
- National record holder shot putter Tajinder Pal Singh Toor bagged a bronze.
- V K Vismaya finished third with a personal best time of 23.75 seconds in the race at Poznan.
OBITUARIES
AIR’s former newsreader Barun Haldar passes away
- Former Newsreader of All India Radio Barun Haldar passed away in Kolkata at an age of 87.
- He was a popular presenter of Western Music in AIR Kolkata before shifting to AIR Delhi as English Newsreader.
- He retired as Chief Newsreader of AIR in 1990.
EXAM RELATED NEWS
Exam for Regional Rural Banks to be conducted in 13 regional languages
- The government today announced that recruitment examination of Regional Rural Banks, RRBs will be conducted in 13 regional languages in addition to English and Hindi.
- The candidate has the option to choose the regional language of the State, they have opted for the examination. The decision will be implemented from this year onwards.
- The regional languages are Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Konkani, Malyalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu.
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