Vijay Rupani to be new Chief
Minister of Gujarat
§ BJP
state President Vijay Rupani (60-year) has been named the new Chief Minister of
Gujarat after a meeting of the BJP legislators at State Party headquarter
“Shree Kamalam” Gandhinagar.
§ Nitin
Patel will be the deputy chief minister.
Nita Ambani elected as the
first Indian woman member of IOC
§ Chairperson and
founder of Reliance Foundation, Nita Ambani (52-year) has been elected as
an individual member of International Olympic Committee(IOC).
§ She became the first
Indian woman to join the prestigious body which governs Olympic sports in
the world.
Corporation Bank launches group insurance
scheme for borrowers
§ Managing Director and
Chief Executive Officer of Corporation Bank Jai Kumar Garg has
launched “group credit life insurance scheme” of Life Insurance
Corporation of India (LIC) in Mangaluru.
§ The scheme has been
made available initially at all the branches of Mangaluru Zone which would
later be extended to all branches.
§ The Scheme is
available to bank’s customers in the age group of 18 to 60 year who have taken
term loans.
IBJA announces awards for Indian medal
winners at Rio 2016 Olympics
§ India Bullion and
Jewellers Association (IBJA) has announced Sovereign Gold Bonds and
silver to the Indian medal winners at the Rio 2016 Olympics.
§ According to IBJA,
Sovereign Gold Bonds of 500 gms will be awarded to the Gold Medal winners and 1
kg silver will be awarded to Silver Medal winners.
Assamese Litterateur Mahim Bora passes away
§ Assamese litterateur
Padma Shri Mahim Bora (92-year) has passed away due to old age problems.
§ He had received the
Sahitya Akademi award for his most popular work ‘Edhani Mahir Hanhi’ in 2001
and the Assam Valley Literary award in 1998.
IOC approves five new sports for Olympic
Games Tokyo 2020
§ The International
Olympic Committee (IOC) has agreed to add Baseball-Softball, Karate,
Skateboard, Climbing Sports and surfing in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
§ This decision was
taken by the 129th IOC session at Rio de Janeiro.
§ The new sports will
add 18 events and 474 athletes to the program.
IOC approves 271 Russian athletes to
compete in Rio Games
§ The International
Olympic Committee (IOC) has approved 271 Russian athletes to compete in the Rio
Games.
§ 118 Russians are still
barred from competition, thus the Russians will field their smallest Olympic
team since 1912.
Rangana Herath takes maiden Test hat-trick
against Australia
§ Rangana Herath claimed
his maiden test hat-trick to consign Australia to their lowest total against
Sri Lanka on the second test.
§ Herath becomes only
the second Sri Lankan cricketer to claim a test hat-trick after seamer
Nuwan Zoysa.
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