Modi's Visit to China
i. Prime
Minister Narendra Modi announced that India will grant e-visas to Chinese
tourists.
ii. Agreements
between India and China
1. Protocol
for establishment of consulates in Chengdu and Chennai
2. Cooperation
in vocational education and skill development and setting up of Mahatma Gandhi
institute on skill development in India
4. Cooperation
between Foreign Ministry and and Central Committee of Communist Party of China
(CCCPC)
5. Action plan
between national railway administration of China and Indian Railways
6. Memorandum
of Understanding on education exchange programme
7. Cooperation
in the fields of mining and minerals
8. Space
cooperation outline
9. Safety
regulations on importing Indian rapeseed meal
10.
Broadcasting agreement between CCTV and Doordarshan
11. Agreement
for cooperation in the field of tourism
12. Memorandum
of Understanding on establishing India-China think tanks forum
13. Memorandum
of Understanding between NITI Aayog and Development Research Centre
iii. Two MoUs
between Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) and Yunnan Minzu
University and another with Fudan University were signed on the establishment
of a yoga college and centre for Gandhian and Indian studies, respectively.
Rajyavardhan Rathore inaugurates
India Pavilion at 68th Cannes Film Festival
i. Minister of
State for Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore inaugurated
the India Pavilion at the 68th Cannes International Film Festival.
ii. The
government is channelising that objective through campaigns like 'Make in
India’ and ‘Skill India’, and realises that the film industry is an important
part of these campaigns given its tremendous potential towards job creation.
iii. The
session also saw unveiling of the 46th IFFI, 2015 regulations and ‘India Film
Guide’ by Rathore.
iv. The India
Film Guide is a comprehensive booklet with information on policy initiatives by
the government pertaining to film sector, the listing of Indian companies at
Cannes Film Market.
Google in talks with Arunachal
govt for Chromebook laptops in schools
i. Global tech
giant Google is in discussions with the Arunachal Pradesh government to run a
pilot for deploying Chromebook laptops for school students.
ii. The pilot
is proposed to be run in schools in two cities — Itanagar and Ziro.
iii. Chromebook
is a laptop running Google’s Chrome Operating System. The devices are designed
to be used primarily while connected to the internet with most applications and
data residing “in the cloud”.
SBI Launches NFC-Enabled
Contactless Debit and Credit Cards
i. State Bank
of India joined its private sector rivals to launch contactless cards using
latest near field technology (NFC).
ii. Called the
SBIinTouch cards, these contactless debit and credit cards are more secure and
hassle-free to use at merchant outlets or ATMs and use the NFC technology,
which enables users to make payments by waving or tapping the card near the
contactless reader instead of swiping or dipping it.
iii. Private
lenders ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank have already launched such NFC cards.
iv. Launching
the cards, SBI chairperson Arundhati Bhattachrya said the bank has already
issued 1.08 lakh new cards to its customers in the eight largest metros and the
remaining customers will get the cards in the following months.
RBI allows transactions upto Rs
2000 without second factor authentication
i. In a move
that will promote 'tap and pay' electronic payments, the Reserve Bank of India
(RBI) said that bank can allow customers to transact with contactless card upto
Rs 2000 without customers punching a separate PIN for authentication.
ii. The 'tap
and pay' refers to the use of near-field communication ( NFC) technology,
enabling users to make payments by waving or tapping the card near the
contactless reader instead of swiping it.
iii. Prior to
this relaxation, after tapping the card at a point of sale machines, the
customer had to punch their PIN number as an additional factor authentication
to avoid any chances of fraud.
iv. Tap and
pay refers to the use of near field communication technology in payment cards
where instead of the traditional swiping of the card and punching in payment
details, all the customer needs to do is wave a card in front of an acceptance
device for the bill to be settled.
MHRD Gave Nod For Setting Up IIIT
in Nagpur, Maharashtra
i. Union
Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) gave an in-principle approval for
setting up an IIIT (Indian Institute of Information Technology) in Nagpur,
Maharashtra.
ii. It will be
the first IIIT to be set up in the state.
iii. The IIIT
will join a batch of national institutes which are set to come up in the city,
namely the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and Indian Institute
of Management (IIM).
iv. The
setting up of these higher educational institutions in Nagpur is aimed at
improving educational infrastructure in the backward Vidarbha region.
Tejaswini Sagar wins gold at
Under-15 World School Chess Championship
i. Talented
Indian youngster Tejaswini Sagar won her maiden world title bagging the gold in
the under-15 category of World School Chess Championship that concluded in
pattaya.
ii. Needing a last round win and one favourable result, the Aurangabad-girl defeated Kavinya Miyuni Rajapaksa of Sri Lanka in the ninth and final round.
iii. Tejaswini was aided by the result on the top board as overnight leader Irina Barbayeva of Russia lost to Alisa Kozybayeva of Kazakhstan in the final clash.
iv. For the record, Tejaswini scored seven points out of a possible nine, winning six, drawing two and losing one game.
ii. Needing a last round win and one favourable result, the Aurangabad-girl defeated Kavinya Miyuni Rajapaksa of Sri Lanka in the ninth and final round.
iii. Tejaswini was aided by the result on the top board as overnight leader Irina Barbayeva of Russia lost to Alisa Kozybayeva of Kazakhstan in the final clash.
iv. For the record, Tejaswini scored seven points out of a possible nine, winning six, drawing two and losing one game.
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