HEADLINES @ GLANCE
Date: July 01, 2016
# BRICS Youth Summit 2016 at
Guwahati [July 01 - 03, 2016]; theme: "Youth
as bridge for Intra - BRICS Exchange"
# ‘Prashikshak’, the teacher
education portal for District Institutes of Education and Training (DIETs) was
launched
# Rashtrapati Bhavan to open
three new tourist circuits (Main Building, Museums and the Gardens) which the
visitors can see singly or in combination
# Medium Range
Surface-to-Air Missile (MRSAM) was successfully test-fired for the second time
from the Integrated Test Range off Odisha Coast; MRSAM is jointly developed by
DRDO and IAI of Israel for the Indian Air Force
# Navy inducts Indigenous
Heavyweight Torpedo 'Varunastra'
# Union Home Ministry has
informed the PMO that it is against allowing business visitors and tourists
from 18 countries (including China) without visa
# LGBs (Lesbians, Gays,
Bisexuals) are not third genders: Supreme Court
# Railway Ministry launched
NIVARAN portal (an online system for redressal of service related grievance of
serving and former railway employees)
# Exercise RIMPAC is the
largest multilateral naval exercise in the world and is held biennially in the
Western Pacific Ocean; Ex RIMPAC - 16 to be held in Hawaii; INS Satpura to
particpate
# Interim Administrative
Cell of the International Solar Alliance (ISA Cell) and the World Bank signed
declaration for promoting Solar Energy
# Pakistan seeks more proof
for 26/11 Mumbai terror attack
# Renovation of five
granaries at Srirangam temple (known as Tirukottaram) was completed at a cost
of Rs. 51.36 lakh
# Tiruchi Government
Hospital to get geriatirc ward (separate ward for elderly people) soon
# Businessmen Gautam Adani
made a "courtesy call" on Chief Minister, Ms. Jayalalithaa
# California based broadband
services and technology company ViaSat opens new R&D centre in Chennai
# Brexit Leader, Mr. Boris
Johnson declares that, he is not in PM race
# Taliban kills 27 in attack
on police cadets in Afghanistan
# China slams USA over
remarks on NSG and South China Sea
# President of World Bank,
Dr. Jim Yong Kim met Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi
# World Bank offers $1
billion aid for India's solar projects
# Core sector growth slows
to 2.8% in May
# 3 - year term is short for
RBI Governor: Mr. Raghuram Rajan
# External debt rises to
$485.6 billion
# Argentina Women won 2016
Champions Trophy Hockey title
# July 01: Doctor's Day
# Sharmila Tagore, Freida
Pinto and Deepa Mehta are among Indian and Indian-origin film personalities
invited by the prestigious Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to be
its members
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