Indian shooter Saurabh Chaudhary, 16 claimed gold in the Asian Games (AG) 2018. He also set a Games record with his sensational effort. His last two shots were a 10.2 and 10.4, giving him the decisive lead.
Abhishek Verma shot secured bronze.
He is only the 5th Ind. shooter to claim a gold in AG history.
President Ram Nath Kovind appointed seven new governors-
Satya Pal Malik - J&K, Lalji Tandon- Bihar, Satyadev Narayan Arya -Haryana, Baby Rani Maurya -Uttarakhand, Ganga Prasad- Sikkim, Tathagata Roy- Meghalaya & Kaptan Singh Solanki- Tripura.
The appt. is crucial for the J&K as it is under President’s rule
Chhattisgarh is set to name Naya Raipur, the upcoming capital city of the state, as 'Atal Nagar' in memory of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. His statue will be installed at Naya Raipur as well as in all 27-district headquarters of the state.
Chhattisgarh CM- Raman Singh, Governor Anandiben Patel.
The Centre has unveiled a draft scheme for extending the affordable air travel programme UDAN to international circuits. The draft International Air Connectivity (IAC) scheme envisages to increase the international ticketing to 20 crores by 2027.
UDAN was launched in 2016 to make air travel affordable.
Payment solutions provider AGS Transact Technologies has filed preliminary papers with capital markets regulator SEBI to mop-up ₹1,000 crore through an initial public offer. Earlier, It filed initial papers with SEBI in 2015 to raise up to ₹1,350 crore.
The equity shares of the company will be listed on BSE and NSE.
China defence minister meets Indian PM as ties warm further, it is targeted to strengthen the relations between the countries, which has taken a steady improvement after the Wuhan informal summit between PM Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping in April.
Chinese Defence Minister- Lieutenant General Wei Fenghe.
The Uttar Pradesh Cabinet cleared a long-awaited Bill proposing to restore the provision of anticipatory bail. The Bill will be sent to the Centre for ratification after being passed by the state Assembly in the upcoming Monsoon Session.
The bill has been restored after 42 years.
The CII will launch a new index to judge the quality of fiscal deficit ,starting from 2004-05. It will be based on 6 factors that include fiscal deficit, revenue deficit, revenue expenditure, capital expenditure, tax revenues & debt payment or servicing.
Confederation of Indian Industry, President-Rakesh Bharti Mittal
UltraTech received an approval from the fair-trade regulator Competition Commission for the acquisition of the cement business of Century Textiles and Industries. CCI approved the proposal- under sub-section (1) of section 31 of the Competition Act, 2012.
UltraTech - Aditya Birla Group firm.
Uri Avnery, an Israeli journalist, politician and peace activist who riled the establishment by exposing national scandals and conferring with Yasir Arafat, the father of the Palestinian cause ,passed away. He was 94.
Israel Capital- Jerusalem, PM -Benjamin Netanyahu.