By: D.K Chaudhary
1. PM Modi Inaugurates 3rd AIIB Meeting In Mumbai
i. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the third annual meeting of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) at Mumbai’s National Centre for the Performing Arts. The theme for this year’s meeting is “Mobilising finance for infrastructure: innovation and collaboration”.
ii. The Prime Minister met business leaders and captains of industry, for a discussion on issues such as economic growth, infrastructure development, policy initiatives, investment, innovation and job creation.
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank President- Liqun Jin.
AIIB Headquarters in Beijing, China.
In the past, AIIB annual meetings have been held in Beijing, China, in 2016 and in Jeju, South Korea, in 2017.
2. India, Bangladesh Navies Institute Annual Coordinated Patrol: CORPAT
i. India and Bangladesh have agreed to institute Coordinated Patrol (CORPAT) as an annual exercise between navies of two neighbouring countries.
ii. The first edition of CORPAT between two navies was inaugurated by Indian Navy’s Chief Admiral Sunil Lanba during his visit to Bangladesh. The aim Navy Chief’s visit was to consolidate bilateral defence relations between India and Bangladesh and to explore new avenues for naval cooperation.
Bangladesh PM- Sheikh Hasina, Capital- Dhaka, Currency- Bangladeshi Taka.
Indian Navy regularly conducts CORPATs with Indonesia, Thailand and Myanmar.
3. Power Discom BYPL Signs MoU With Finnish Company
i. Power distribution company BYPL (BSES Yamuna Power Limited) has signed an MoU with Business Finland, a Finnish government agency, for collaborative activities in different areas, including energy efficiency and electric vehicles.
ii. The three year MoU on ‘cooperation in the power distribution sector’ will encompass joint studies, pilot projects, knowledge-sharing and consultancy, research projects for inducting future and emerging technologies at the distribution utility level.
Raj Kumar Singh is the Minister of State (I/C) of the Ministry of Power.
4. Ministry of Health signs an MoU With IGNOU
i. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, signed an MoU with Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) to scale up the short term healthcare courses through its available robust platform. The signing ceremony was presided over by Shri J P Nadda, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare.
ii. The combined objective under this MoU is to scale up the health programs to create trained personnel in the healthcare sector and to set up a dedicated cell for developing, implementing and certifying the skill-based programs at IGNOU.
5. Tayyip Erdogan Wins 2nd Term As President of Turkey
i. Turkey’s long-standing leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan has won a new five-year term after securing outright victory in the first round of a presidential poll. Mr Erdogan got nearly 53% with almost all votes counted.
ii. His closest rival Muharrem Ince was on 31%. He will now assume sweeping new powers, won in a controversial referendum in 2017. The post of PM will be abolished.
Turkey Capital- Ankara, Currency- Turkish lira.
