NATIONAL NEWS

Conference of Governors

• President, Smt. Droupadi Murmu presided over a two-day Conference of Governors held at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi.

President’s three-nation visit

• President Droupadi Murmu will be on a three-nation visit to Fiji, New Zealand and Timor Leste.

VIRAASAT

• National Handloom Development Corporation Ltd (NHDC) is organising “VIRAASAT”, a fortnight long exhibition in New Delhi to celebrate 10th National Handloom Day.
• This year, the 10th National Handloom Day will be celebrated on 7th August.

International Hospitality Expo 2024

• 7th Edition of India International Hospitality Expo 2024 was organised in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh.

Article 311

• The Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant-Governor invoked Article 311 of the Constitution and terminated the services of six government employees, five of them policemen, based on reports filed by security agencies for alleged involvement in narcotics smuggling and terrorist activities.
• Article 311 deals with the dismissal, removal, or reduction in rank of civil servants without a departmental inquiry after informing them of the charges against them and giving a reasonable opportunity to be heard.

Jammu Kashmir

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Civil Servants of Sri Lanka

• National Centre for Good Governance (NCGG) successfully concluded the 4th Capacity Building Program for the Civil Servants of Sri Lanka in New Delhi.

Sri Lanka

ECONOMY & BANKING

5th AITIGA

• The 5th AITIGA Joint Committee and related meetings for review of the ASEAN-India Trade in Goods Agreement (AITIGA) were held in the ASEAN Secretariat, Jakarta, Indonesia.
• The review of AITIGA, signed in 2009, will help create further opportunities for businesses on both sides to enhance the level of India-ASEAN trade.

ASEAN

Tata's Assam chip facility

• The Bhumi pujan (groundbreaking ceremony) for Tata Electronics' ₹27,000-crore semiconductor assembly and test facility was held at Jagiroad in Morigaon district of Assam.

Assam

Manuguru Geothermal Field

• Singareni Collieries Company Ltd. (SCCL), the State-owned coal company, inked a tripartite memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. (ONGC) and the Telangana Renewable Energy Development Corporation Ltd., (TGREDCO) for exploration and development of the Manuguru Geothermal Field in the Pranahita Godavari (PG) basin in Telangana.

Telangana

PERSON IN NEWS

Yamini Krishnamurthy

• 83 year old, Renowned classical dancer Yamini Krishnamurthy passed away after a prolonged illness.
•   She is credited with popularising Bharatanatyam in north India.

Bharatanatyam

IMPORTANT DAYS

14th Indian Organ Donation Day

• 14th Indian Organ Donation Day (IODD) ceremony was organised by the National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organization (NOTTO) in New Delhi.
• IODD is observed annually since 2010 to augment awareness about organ donation but from 2022 it is observed on 3rd August.

NOTTO

Bahmani Empire Foundation Day

• The Bahmani Foundation organisation celebrated the 677th Bahmani Empire Foundation Day by paying a floral tribute at the tomb of founder and first king Alauddin Hasan Bahman Shah in Kalaburagi city.

Bahmani Kingdom

ENVIRONMENT + SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Workshop on AEISS

• Council Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)’s National Physical Laboratory (NPL) hosted a three-day workshop on Aerospace, Electronics, Instrumentation & Strategic Sector (AEISS) theme from 2nd to 4th August at the NPL campus, as part of its 'One Week One Theme' initiative with participating labs CSIR-CSIO, CSIR-CEERI, and CSIR-IIP.

CSIR

DEFENCE

INS SHALKI

•  Indian Navy’s submarine INS Shalki, is in Colombo, Sri Lanka on a two day visit.
•   INS Shalki is a Shishumar class diesel-electric submarine and first ever submarine to be built in India.

Indian Navy

Daljit Singh Chawdhary

• Director General of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) Daljit Singh Chawdhary has taken over the additional charge of Director General, Border Security Force.

BSF