Current Affairs

  L&T Technology Services has been selected as a strategic partner by United Technologies Corporation for Collins Aerospace, a subsidiary of UTC. Collins Aerospace is one of the leading providers of intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defense industries. L&T Technology Services has been a long-standing engineering partner for UTC.
Source: The Hindu

  Life Insurance Corporation of India has agreed to offer Rs 1.25 trillion Line of Creditby 2024, to fund highway projects. LIC has offered Rs 25,000 crore in a year and Rs 1.25 trilion in five years. The borrowings will be in the form of bonds to be issued by the National Highways Authority of India.
Source: The Business Standard

 “Inter-Ministerial Committee” on legality of cryptocurrencies and blockchain has submitted its report to the Finance Ministry.
The Committee recommends that:
  • All private cryptocurrencies, except any cryptocurrency issued by the state, be banned in India.
  • It has also drafted a law, the ‘Banning of Cryptocurrency & Regulation of Official Digital Currency Bill, 2019’, which mandates a fine and imprisonment of up to 10 years for offences.
The committee was set up under the Chairmanship of Economic Affairs Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg in 2017.
Source: The Hindu

Indian sprinter Hima Das extended her sensational run by claiming her fifth gold of the month as she returned to her pet 400m competition with a season-best time of 52.09 seconds in Nove Mesto, Czech Republic. She is fondly called the ‘Dhing Express’.
Source: The Economics Times

Shiva Thapa became India’s first gold-medallist at the President’s Cup boxing tournament after getting a walkover in the finals in Astana, Kazakhstan. Making his international debut in the newly-introduced Olympic category of 63kg. Thapa was to fight Kazakhstan’s Zakir Safiullin in the summit clash.
Source: The Hindu

  Indian bodybuilder Ravinder Kumar Malik has clinched Mr. South Asia title. He has crowned the overall champion at 12th South Asian Bodybuilding and Physique Sports Championship in Kathmandu. Malik, the winner of 80 kg category, Afghanistan won team championship by securing a top position with 535 points. Host Nepal finished second with 445 points, while Indiaremained third with 380 points.
Source: The News on AIR

  Shooting Junior World Cup, Aishwarya Pratap Singh Tomar clinched gold with a junior world record in the final of rifle 3-position event in Suhl Germany. India finished the ISSF tournament on top of the table with 10 gold, nine silver and five bronze for a total of 24 medals.
Source: The News on AIR

Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi wins Indonesia Open BWF Tour Super 1000 tournamentheld in Jakarta, Indonesia. She defeated India’s P.V. Sindhu in the title clash by 21-15, 21-16.
Source: The Hindu

Filipino legend Manny Pacquiao claimed the WBA welterweight championship after scoring a split-decision win against Keith Thurman. He ended the American Keith Thurman’s undefeated run at the MGM Grand, where two judges had the fight 115-112 in favour of the 40-year-old Pacquiao.
Source: The Hindu

 
Irishman Shane Lowry wins British Open to claim his first major golfing title at Royal Portrush. He became the 2nd player from the Republic of Ireland, after Padraig Harrington in 2007 and 2008, to lift the Claret Jug.
Source: The India Today


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