Daily 16 #OneLiners : 06 Aug 2018
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- ⭐️ India has been elected as the President of the Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development (AIBD) for a period of two years.
- US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo today pledged nearly $300 million in security funding for Southeast Asia at the US-ASEAN ministerial meeting in Singapore.
- Mughalsarai Junction railway station (Uttar Pradesh) today formally renamed as Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar Junction railway station after RSS ideologue Deen Dayal Uphadyay.
- Varanasi and Delhi are among 14 Indian cities dubbed most polluted by the World Health Organisation (WHO) on account of the air quality measured in terms of particulate matter (PM) at the high level of 2.5.
- Search Engine giant Google has rolled out a '3D Globe Mode' on Maps which shows the Earth as a globe rather than a flat "Mercator" projection as before.
- Social networking giant Facebook has launched “Digital Literacy Library” to help young people build skills they need to safely enjoy online technology.
- President Ram Nath Kovind today gave his assent to the Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill, 2018.
- 21 public sector banks (PSBs) and 3 Private Sector Banks collected ₹5,000 crore from depositors in the financial year 2017-18 as penalties for not maintaining required minimum balance in accounts.
- India today formally submitted a request to Antigua for the extradition of Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam accused Mehul Choksi.
- ⭐️ States are going to test a 20% cashback incentive for Digital transactions made through RuPay card and BHIM app on the total GST amount.
- India's envoy to Ireland Vijay Thakur Singh was today named Secretary (East) in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).
- The Russian Foreign Ministry has appointed Hollywood actor Steven Seagal as its Special representative for Russian-US humanitarian ties.
- ⭐️ Hindi Academy Delhi has given its highest Shalaka Samman Award for 2017-18 to lyricist and poet Javed Akhtar.
- India's ace badminton player P V Sindhu today won the Silver medal at the Badminton World Championships 2018 for the second straight year.
- After scoring 200 runs in the first Test against England, Indian captain Virat Kohli became the 1st Indian to top the ICC Test batsmen rankings since Sachin Tendulkar, who last topped the rankings in 2011.
- The 10th edition of the Gay Games being held in Paris.
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