RAJASTHAN
- Khadi plaza to come up in Jaipur, Bikaner and Jodhpur
- Rajasthan Khadi and Village Industries Board plans to set up three ‘khadi plazas’ with hi-tech facilities in the state to promote khadi products.
- The board plans to set up a khadi plaza each in Bikaner, Jaipur and Jodhpur
- At khadi plaza, buyers can look forward to items such as khadi cloth, wood craft, terracotta, stone craft, handloom, jewellery, bamboo craft, metal craft, jute and traditional paintings among other items, which will be on display for sale, Bishnoi said. The exhibition-cumsale of khadi and village industries products will increase the participation of artisans, craftsmen, khadi institutions and rural employment generation programme units.
INTERNATIONAL
- Hamburg to host 2018 Global Wind Summit
- The first edition of the Global Wind Summit will be held in Hamburg from September 25-28, 2018.
- The organisers of the four-day event are expecting speakers from about 100 countries, including India, China, the US, Spain and Denmark.
- The conference on wind is the largest and most important meeting of the wind industry worldwide.
· PMs Of India And Bangladesh Inaugurate Bangla Bhavan In Shantiniketan
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasinajointly inaugurate Bangladesh Bhawan at Shanti Niketan in West Bengal.
- The two leaders then paid floral tributes to Rabindra Nath Tagore.
- This is the first time in Indian history, that two prime ministers attended a convocation ceremony.
NATIONAL
· DAC Approves Procurement Of Equipment For Defence Forces
- The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), chaired by Defence Minister Smt Nirmala Sitharaman, met in New Delhi and accorded approval for the procurement of equipment for the Defence Forces valued at over Rs. 6900 crores.
- The DAC approved procurement of Thermal Imaging (TI) Night Sights for the Rocket Launcher (RL) used by the Army and the Air Force under ‘BUY (Indian) IDDM’ category through established Indian Vendors.
· Prime Minister Narendra Modi Launches Survey On NaMo App
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a survey on the NaMo App,asking people to rate the performance of the government at the Centre and MPs and MLAs in their constituencies.
- He launched the initiative, to mark the completion of four years of the NDA government, which came to power at the Centre in 2014.
· Sangeeta Bahl Becomes Oldest Indian Woman To Scale Mount Everest
- Sangeeta Bahl, a 53-year-old former model become the oldest Indian womanto conquer Mount Everest.
- Bahl, who currently resides in Gurugram, scaled the peak with the help of two Sherpas and was felicitated at the Indian embassy in Kathmandu.
- She already conquered six out of the seven highest peaks in the world.
· E-Way Bill System For Intra-State Goods Movement Comes Into Force In Seven More States, UTs
- E-Way Bill systemfor intra-State movement of goods will be implemented in seven more states and Union Territories from 27th May 2018.
- The States are Maharashtra, Manipur, Chandigarh, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu and Lakshadweep.
- With this, the number of States, where the system is being implemented, will go up to 27.
- As per the decision of the GST Council, e-Way Bill system has been rolled out from 1st of April this year.