Inaugural ‘2 + 2 dialogue’ between India & the US will be held on September 6 in New Delhi. India & US will discuss strengthening of strategic, security & defence cooperation as both nations jointly address challenges in the Indo-Pacific region & beyond.
Dialogue was postponed last month due to unavoidable reasons.
LS has passed Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill. Bill empowers special courts to direct government to confiscate all the assets belonging to fugitive economic offender, including those assets that are proceeds of crime and that do not belong to offender.
₹ 100 crore limit was placed to tackle big offenders quickly.
An anti-corruption bill (Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill) that seeks to punish bribe givers for the first time with imprisonment of up to a maximum of 7 years was passed by RS.
Punishment for bribe takers: Min 3 years of imprisonment & fine.
India & Japan held 4th round of Maritime Affairs Dialogue in New Delhi in which issues related to Indo-Pacific region & maritime security was discussed, followed by 7th round of Bilateral Consultations on Disarmament, Non-Proliferation & Export Control.
Next round of the dialogues will be held in Japan.
Foreign minister of Singapore Vivian Balakrishnan said- Freedom of navigation is an existential necessity for Singapore while addressing 10th edition of Delhi Dialogue (DD) between India & Southeast Asian countries.
DD- provides platform for discussion to ASEAN countries & India.
Retaliatory tariffs being imposed by countries like India & China are having an adverse impact on US agricultural products. Millions of dollars export contracts have been cancelled by imposing tariffs by EU, China, Mexico, Canada, Turkey, Russia & India.
US impose tariffs on Al & steel imports - triggered a trade war.
Hindi poet Gopal Das Neeraj passed away. His famous poetic works include Asawari, Lahar Pukare and Paran Geet. Born in Etawah, UP in 1925. He also created name for his lyrics for films like Prem Pujari, Tere Mere Sapne, Chanda Aur Bijli & Sharmili.
Conferred with Padma Shri (1991) & Padma Bhushan (2007)
RBI will soon issue new ₹100 notes in lavender colour having motif of ‘Rani ki vav' - a stepwell located on the banks of Saraswati river in Gujarat's Patan. All 100 rupees banknotes issued earlier will also continue to be legal tender.
Dimension of the banknote will be 66 mm × 142 mm.
India continues to be fastest growing economy in Asia & is on track to meet current fiscal year's projected growth of 7.3%. Indian economy's growth will further accelerate to 7.6% in 2019, as measures taken to strengthen banking system & tax reform- ADB.
ADB Chairman-Takehiko Nakao
Chief Economist-Yasuyuki Sawada
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s flagship project Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) is set to provide 50 million free cooking gas connections by August 15, seven months ahead of the March 2019 target it had set earlier.
PMUY- launched on May 1, 2016 at Ballia district, Uttar Pradesh