JUNE 13 2019
Shankar School of Banking
June 13 , 2019
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NATIONAL NEWS
IIT-M To install air quality monitoring equipment
- The Indian Institute of Technology-Madras will soon set up automatic air quality monitoring instruments at several locations in the city including at the chennai port.
- Recently an instrument was installed at Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust in Mumbai.
- The Department of Science and Technology and IIT-Madras have supported for Monitoring equipment.
Chandrayaan -2 to be launched on July 15 from Sriharikota at ISRO
- This Mission costs Rs. 603 crore for the space craft system and Rs 375 crore for the launcher a GLSV-MK III.
- The Lander and Rover will have the Tricolour painted on them.
- The Ashoka Chakara will be imprinted on the rover's wheel.
Prime Minister attending SCO Summit
- PM Narendra Modi attended the 19th Shangai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. This will be PM Modi's first visit to a multilateral summit after winning the Lok Sabha elections for the second term.
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
India accounts for 12% of the world's internet users
- According to the annual report on Internet trends by venture capitalist Mary Meeker, India accounts for 12% world's internet users.
AWARDS
Sitharaman and Jaishankar to get JNU's Distinguised Alumni AwardÂ
- The Jawaharlal Nehru University confers its Distinguised Alumni Award on Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Subramanyan Jaishankar.
- The Award will be Presented at JNU's third convocation to be held in August.
SPORTS
Badminton star Lee Chong Wei announces his retirement