1) Harsh
Vardhan inaugurated "First Aid Post" at Shastri Bhawan: nion
Minister for Health and Family Welfare Dr Harsh Vardhan along with the Union
Minister for Human Resources Development Smriti Irani inaugurated the
"First Aid Post" at Shastri Bhawan, on 2 July 2014. In a bid to
expand the network of health care of its beneficiaries, Central Government
Health Scheme (CGHS) is opening this post at the premises of Shastri Bhawan.
This unit will provide first aid service like BP Monitoring/Dressing and other referral
services to about 15000 employees of various ministries posted at Shastri
Bhawan and other nearby Government offices.
2)
Maria Sharapova sparked controversy saying she does not know who Sachin
Tendulkar is- Sachin Tendulkar may be the greatest cricket batsman in
history and one of the legends on the sporting world. But French Open champion
Maria Sharapova admitted that she did not know who he was during her press
conference at Wimbledon on Saturday. Tendulkar, who retired from cricket last
year after a glorious career that spanned more than two decades, was in the
Royal Box on Saturday along with many other sportsmen including footballer
David Beckham and golfer Ian Poulter. But Sharapova, a five-time Grand Slam
champion, said that while she has met Beckham on a few occasions, she was not
familiar with the Indian cricket legend.
3) Onions
now an essential commodity: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs
(CCEA) on Wednesday approved the inclusion of onion and potato under the
purview of stock holding limits under the Essential Commodities Act, 1955.
4) Infosys'
Vishal Sikka is the highest paid IT CEO; to get annual salary of $5.08 million: Infosys will pay big money, a little more
than $5 million or about Rs 30 crore as it tasks Vishal Sikka to take the reins
of chief executive, making the Indian-born US citizen the highest paid
professional CEOs running not just domestic information technology firms but
companies across sectors.
5) Centre
extends validity of industrial licences: The Modi Government, on Wednesday,
announced its first step towards greater ease of doing business by addressing
the industry’s demand on the simplification of the process for the extensions
of industrial licences. In a new Press Note, the government extended the period
of validity of industrial licences from two years to three years and relaxed
the requirement for companies to have to go back to the Licensing Committee for
the extensions. The extensions will now be done with the approval of the Joint
Secretary concerned of the administrative ministry, it said.
6) India
ratified Marrakesh Treaty for visually impaired: India has become the first
country to ratify the Marrakesh Treaty to facilitate access to published works
for persons who are visually impaired, or otherwise print disabled. The Treaty
was adopted by 79 member countries of the World Intellectual Property
Organisation (WIPO) on June 27, 2013, and India ratified it on June 24 this
year.
7) Bank
of Maharashtra bags best bank award: Bank of Maharashtra was conferred
“Best Bank – Public Sector” award in BFSI Awards-2014 by World HRD Congress in
recognition of its performance in Banking category, the bank said in a
statement. The award focuses on the best practices of the BFSI Industry based
on the Strategy, Security, Customer Service and the Future Technology
Challenges and Innovations.
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