EC has installed a small hood on the contrast sensor to avoid VVPAT machines malfunctioning, even if it is placed under direct light.The ECIL which manufactures the machines suggested that EC to procure paper which do not soak humidity.
Voter-Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT), CEC- O.P Rawat.
According to a FICCI survey, Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) has put the debt recovery process on fast track and improved the position of banks.
It has also increased promoters' willingness to come forward for resolution at an early stage of default.
FICCI President- Rashesh Shah.
A strategically important 280-ft-long bridge at Hussainiwala, destroyed during the 1971 Indo-Pak war, was dedicated to the nation by Defence Minister. It connects Ferozpur with Hussainiwala Barrage on River Sutlej on the old Ferozpur-Lahore Highway.
Nirmala Sitharaman-Defence Minister.
Acc. to CRISIL’s report, India will not be able to achieve its ambitious target of generating 100GW solar power by 2022, it will touch 78-80 GW. Additional 56-58GW of solar capacity addition between fiscals 2019 and 2023 is expected.
Current solar capacity- 21.65 GW, CRISIL HQ -Mumbai.
Viraj Madappa ,20 became the youngest Indian to win the Asian Tour Title, ending one shot ahead of Zimbabwean Scott Vincent. He broke the record held by Gagandeep Bhullar who won the Indonesia Invitational when he was 21.
Tournament held at the Karnataka Golf Association, Bengaluru.
According to projections from IMF, the global casino hub Macau’s economy will reach the equivalent of about $143,116 per person by 2020 putting it ahead of Qatar. Macau has become a gambling mecca since returning to Chinese control two decades ago.
Macau known as Vegas of China.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Parker Solar Probe, mankind’s first mission to ‘touch’ the Sun, was launched on a seven-year long journey to unlock the mysteries of our star’s fiery outer atmosphere and its effects on space weather.
NASA HQ-Washington D.C.,United States.
The government plans to have a pre-determined tariff structure linked to inflation for airports as it seeks to address issues hindering investments in the fast-growing Indian aviation sector.The state-owned AAI manages more than 120 airports.
Airports Authority of India (AAI) Chairman Guruprasad Mohapatra.
Reserve Bank of India continued to remain net seller of the US currency for the third consecutive month in June, after it sold $6.184 billion of the US dollar in the spot market. It bought $4.020 billion of the US dollar, while sold $10.204 billion.
RBI Headquarter- Mumbai
Former Lok Sabha Speaker and veteran communist leader Somnath Chatterjee passed away, he was 89. He held the post of Speaker from 2004 to 2009 during the UPA-I regime & was a ten-time Lok Sabha MP.
First Lok Sabha Speaker- G.V. Mavlankar, May 1952.