Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yediyurappa on Friday boarded the maiden flight to ‘Sun City’ Kalaburagi (formerly known as Gulbarga) in northern Karnataka
Mayank Pratap Singh from Jaipur has made history by cracking the Rajasthan judicial services 2018 exam at just 21 years of age, which is set to make him the youngest judge in the country.
The apex food regulator Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) on Friday issued show cause notices to McDonald’s for contravening the provisions of Food Safety and Standards (Advertising and Claims) Regulations, 2018.
Government plans to merge2 Union TerritoriesDaman and Dui and Dadar and Nagar Haveli.
Indian Government has revised Indian map, has shown Amrawati as Andhra Pradesh capital
Actor Manoj Bajpayee has been awarded the best actor at Asia Pacific screen awards for Bhonsle. This is Bajpayee’s second best actor award at APSA after his performance in Aligarh in 2016.
International
The first-ever Prosperity & Inclusion City Seal and Awards (PICSA) Index, was released in Bilbao in northern Spain. Zurich ranked the number one, and scored highest in all measures, particularly in quality of life, work, housing, leisure, safety, and education. From India, Bangalore ranked 81, Delhi at 101 and Mumbai at 107 are the other Indian cities to make at the index. A total of 113 countries were listed in the ranking.
Banking / Business / Science
Accenture launches CaaS to help fintech companies to combat financial crime. CaaS stands for Compliance-as-a-service offering provides an end-to-end capability that leverages SynOps — Accenture’s human-machine operating ‘engine’ that synergizes data, applied intelligence, digital technologies and exceptional talent — to help financial institutions manage the scope and complexity of the ever-changing regulatory and compliance environment
Mahindra Susten, the renewable business arm of Mahindra group, has got binding offers from CLP India and the Piramal Group for its 160 megawatts (MW) solar assets.
Sports:
Virat Kohli becomes the fastest captain to score 5000 runs in test cricket. He took 86 innings to reach there, marching ahead of Australian skipper Ricky Pointing who took 97 innings to achieve the feat
Indian boxing star Vijender Singhdemolished Ghana’s former Commonwealth champion Charles Adamu to claim his 12th successive win in professional wrestling.
Bangladesh becomes to 1st team to have 2 concussion substitutions in the same match. ICC allowed concussion replacements in all international matches from August 1, 2019. Mehidy Hasan and Taijul Islam are the 2 replacements players and will play the remainder of Pink Ball Test