➤Sudha Balakrishnan
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has appointed Sudha Balakrishnan as the first Chief Financial Officer (CFO). She will be the 12th executive director of the RBI and will have tenure of three years.
➤India’s first smart and green highway
Eastern Peripheral Expressway was recently inaugurated by PM Modi.
About Eastern Peripheral Expressway:
The 135- km expressway connects National Highway 1 and 2 from the eastern side of Delhi and aims to decongest and de- pollute the national capital by diverting traffic.
It commences near Kundil in Haryana and terminates near Palwal by passing through Sonepat, Baghpat, Ghaziabad, Noida, Faridabad and Palwal.
It is India’s first highway to be lit by solar power besides provisions of rain water harvesting on every 500 metres on both sides and would showcase 36 national monuments and 40 fountains.
➤Man Booker International Prize 2018
Olga Tokarczuk wins Man Booker International Prize 2018
Man Booker International Prize is counterpart to Man Booker Prize for English-language novels presented by the Man Group. It is open to books in any language that have been translated into english.
It carries monetary award of £50,000 award which is split evenly between writer and translator.
➤Cochin International Airport
world's 1st Fully Solar Energy-Powered Airport.
The United nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has recognised Coachin International Airport ltd(CIAL) in kerala as the world's first fully solar energy-powered airport.
CIAL is private-partnership model in 1999
➤New President of NCDRC
The Appointment Committee of Cabinet(ACC) has appointed former supreme court judge justice R K Agrawal as President of national consumer Disputes,Redressal Commission (NCDRC)
About NCDRCNCRDC is quast-judicial commission set up under consumer protection Act of 1986.It was established in 1988 and HQ in new Delhi.
➤Patanjali Tied up BSNL
Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali has tied up with state owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) to launch Swadeshi Samriddhi SIM cards.
➤Global Wind Summit
The first edition of Global Wind Summit will be held in Hamburg, Germany from September 25 to 28, 2018. It will be largest and most important meeting of the wind industry world wide.
india is fourth largest country after china.the US and Germany,in terms of wind energy installation capacity.
➤New Governors President Ram nath has appointed Kummanam Rajesekhran as Governor of mizoram and Prof Ganeshi Lal as Governor of Odhisha under Article 153 of the Constitution.
Article 153: It says that there shall be Governor for each state. But 7th Constitutional Amendment Act, 1956 facilitated the appointment of the same person as a governor for two or more states.
Article 156: Governor is appointed by President and hold office during the pleasure of President. It should be also noted that this article also mentions tenure of governor .
➤Sangeeta Bahi Becomes Oldest Indian Woman to scale Mount Everest.
Shibangi pathak from haryana recently bacame india's youngest woman to cliimb the everest from nepali side.
➤NIC Launces india's 4th Data Centre in BhubaneswarBhubaneswar becomes the fourth National data centre OF National informatics Centre(NIC) after delhi,hydrabad and pune.NIC established in 1976.it headquarters in New Delhi.
Ravi Shankar Prasad is the Minister of Law & Justice,Electronics & Information Technology.
➤Denial Ricciardo Wins Monaco Grand Prix 2018
Australian Formula One recer Daniel Ricciardo handed red bull a victory in their 250th race in the formula one at monaco GP.
Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel last year winner at the Monaco GP,finished secound while Mercede's Lawis Hamiliton was third.
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NASSCOM - National Association of Software and Services Companies
NATO - Nerth Atlantic Treaty Organization
UAV - Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
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