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| 1 | Centre to set up e-waste recycling unit in Bengaluru | The Centre has announced a state-of-the-art e-waste recycling unit for Bengaluru, India’s technology capital which produces an estimated one lakh tonne of electronic waste a year. The Chemicals and Fertilizers Ministry, which is setting up the facility, said this is also India’s first such unit in the government sector.
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04-Jul-2018 | News in Details |
| 2 | NRL becomes 1st oil PSU to introduce online legal compliance | Numaligarh Refinery Ltd (NRL) in Assam has become the first oil public sector undertaking (PSU) to adopt an online legal compliance system by introducing 'Legatrix'. 'Legatrix' is a It encompasses the requirements of laws like labour, taxation, IT, commercial, export-import, corporate laws and other industry-specific laws, it said. This initiative augments the NRLs contribution towards the Digital India Mission and induces greater transparency in its operations, the release said. |
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03-Jul-2018 | News in Details |
| 3 | JHARKHAND TO SET UP COUNTRY'S FIRST KHADI MALL: CM Jharkhand to set up country's first Khadi mall: CM | RANCHI: The first 'Khadi Mall' of the country will be opened here soon, Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das announced on Sunday.
Noting that handicrafts were being accorded priority in the state, Das said: "People in the villages are talented and so far 1.13 lakh artisans have been registered to be trained to make goods as per the needs of the market." |
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03-Jul-2018 | News in Details |
| 4 | Do not appoint police officer as acting DGP, SC tells States, UTs | The Supreme Court on Tuesday passed a slew of directions on police reforms in the country and ordered all States and Union Territories to not appoint any police officer as acting Director General of Police (DGP). A Bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra also directed all the States to send names of senior police officers to the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) for being considered as probable candidates to be appointed as DGPs or Police Commissioners as the case may be. The UPSC, in turn, will prepare a list of three most suitable officers and the States will be free to appoint one of them as police chief, the Bench, also comprising A.M. Khanwilkar and D.Y. Chandrachud, said. The Bench also said that endeavour should be made that a person, who had been selected and appointed as DGP, has |
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03-Jul-2018 | News in Details |
| 5 | Pakistan's 'all-weather' friend China approves $1 billion aid despite grey list | China's one billion dollar loan to Pakistan has come at a time when the South Asian country has been officially placed on a terrorism financing watchdog’s grey list. The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), while taking the decision, argued that Pakistan failed to act against terror financing on its soil. The FATF is a global body that tightens the noose on terrorists by combating their financing and money laundering. The idea behind putting Pakistan in the FATF grey list is to deplete its economy and eventually pull the plug on terror groups. But several experts believe, China's loan to Pakistan in distress times like According to an article published in The Diplomat, the FATF verdict might make Islamabad tighten its belt, but will not significantly affect its coffers, which are inextricably enmeshed with a nexus of non-state actors. |
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03-Jul-2018 | News in Details |
| 6 | Pakistan Hub of Terrorism, Spreads False Narrative About Kashmir: India at UN | United Nations: Pakistan is a 'hub of terrorism' in South Asia and beyond and its 'cynical' attempts to spread a false narrative about Kashmir have always been unsuccessful, India has said at the UN. India's remarks came after Pakistan again brought up the Kashmir issue in its Right of Reply The representative of Pakistan said that the High Commissioner for Human Rights has identified many violations in Kashmir and added that repeating groundless accusations
A farce can only go so far, the Pakistani representative said, according to the information about the session available online.
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03-Jul-2018 | News in Details |
| 7 | Artist Anjolie Ela Menon conferred the Kalidas Award | Noted artist Anjolie Ela Menon, 78 on Saturday received the National Kalidas Samman in Delhi for visual arts from the Madhya Pradesh government. The award was conferred in recognition of her insightful and sensitive portrayal of the identity and spirit of women through her meaningful paintings in a variety of media. With her first solo exhibition being held in Delhi in 1958, Menon is counted among India’s most accomplished artists and is the recipient of numerous national and international awards including the Padma Shri. She recently received a doctorate from Rabindra Bharati University. |
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03-Jul-2018 | News in Details |
| 8 | López Obrador, winner of Mexican election, given broad mandate | MEXICO CITY — When Andrés Manuel López Obrador assumes the presidency later this year, he will have the broadest mandate in Mexico’s recent history, a possible majority in the National Congress and allies in state governments across the country. What he will do with that mandate could alter the direction not just of Mexico’s internal politics, which have been transformed with the ruling party’s devastating defeat in Sunday’s election, but also the course of U.S.-Mexico relations. Although López Obrador struck a conciliatory tone in his acceptance speech, asking for “friendship and mutual respect” with the United States, he will now face the difficult task of reconciling his promises of compassion for migrants and the peasants drawn into Mexico’s drug trade with his interest in building a constructive relationship with President Trump. |
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03-Jul-2018 | News in Details |
| 9 | Vijay Srinivas appointed Director & GM of United India Insurance |
Prior to taking up the new role, he was serving National Insurance Company Ltd as its Chief Marketing Officer and General Manager, a press release said Srinivas, in his 37 years of service, has also contributed articles in journals of insurance, tax and other subjects. A recipient of many awards, Srinivas is also an associate member of Insurance Institute of India, it added. |
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02-Jul-2018 | News in Details |
| 10 | Austrian Grand Prix: Max Verstappen’s win, Kimi Raikkonen’s podium, Mercedes’ double DNF and other talking points | Red Bull F1's Max Verstappen redeemed himself after commandeering the lead mid-way through the Austrian Grand Prix and finishing atop the podium. Despite an all-Mercedes front row at the beginning of the race, Verstappen capitalized on Valtteri Bottas' and Lewis Hamilton's tribulations to gain his first GP victory since Mexico in 2017. Upon the race start, Hamilton quickly overtook his teammate Bottas, who started on |
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02-Jul-2018 | News in Details |