United Nation Environment has awarded Wildlife Crime Control Bureau with Asia Environment Enforcement Awards 2018 for its excellent work done in combating transboundary environmental crime. WCCB has been conferred this award in the Innovation category.
Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change - Harsh Vardhan
According to India Skills Report-2019, Andhra Pradesh has emerged on top in terms of employability among the states with the engg graduates having the highest level of employability. Employability level of engg students shot up to 63.11% from 42.08%.
The report is an initiative of Wheebox, PeopleStrong & CII.
HDFC ERGO General Insurance has set up a remote sensing lab for crop insurance. The lab will work on accurately assessing the risks of the insurers and will also be able to give early warnings about the losses.
PM Fasal Bima Yojana - A crop insurance scheme subsidized by GOI
India & Vietnam have decided to step up defence cooperation & oil exploration to boost bilateral ties. They also agreed to effectively implement the Joint Vision Statement on Vietnam–India Defence Cooperation for the period of 2015-2020.
Prime Minister of Vietnam - Nguyen Xuan Phuc.
12th World Congress on Mountain Medicine started in Kathmandu. The theme of the 4-day congress is “Mountain Medicine in the Heart of the Himalayas”. The event focuses on science and research aspects of high-altitude medicine.
Bidya Devi Bhandari is the President of Nepal.
State Bank of Mauritius has appointed Sidharth Rath as its new Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer. He was associated with Axis Bank as its Group Executive and Head of Corporate, Transaction Banking and International Banking.
SBM got a licence from RBI under Banking Regulation Act 1949.
SEBI has come out with new rules for re-classification of a promoter as a public investor, wherein an outgoing promoter will have to relinquish special rights as well as control over the affairs of the listed firm and not be allowed to hold over 10% stake.
SEBI was established in 1988.
Millie Bobby Brown has been named UNICEF's newest Goodwill Ambassador. She will be the youngest person to ever hold that title. She will be tasked with raising awareness around children's rights and issues such as violence, poverty, bullying etc.
She is a well-known actress for her role in Stranger Things.
ICC has partnered with Google to offer fans a great viewing experience of the semi-finals & final of the ICC Women’s World T20 2018 in West Indies. It includes allowing the casting of video content from the ICC mobile app on Cast-enabled devices.
International Cricket Council Chief Executive - David Richardson
The 10-day Sangai Festival has begun at Hafta Kangjeibung ground in Imphal. The festival has been organized to promote Manipur as a world-class tourism destination besides showcasing the uniqueness of the state’s picturesque beauties.
Dr.Najma Heptulla is the Governor of Manipur.