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1. Communications and IT Minister Kapil Sibal launches "National Cyber Security Policy 2013" in New Delhi today. This policy will prevent cyberattacks and crimes and reduce national vulnerability to such attacks.
2. The Reserve Bank has directed lenders not to discriminate between their home & non-home branch customers and follow a uniform, fair and transparent pricing policy.
3. Sujata Singh, currently envoy to Germany, will be India's next Foreign Secretary following an approval of her appointment by PM Manmohan Singh, ending months of speculation on who will head the foreign services.
4. Former Delhi Police commissioner K K Paul was appointed Meghalaya governor replacing Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary.
5. Jamia Millia Islamia vice-chancellor Najeeb Jung was on Monday appointed Delhi lieutenant-governor replacing Tejendra Khanna.
6. Tata Sons, India's biggest business group, and firms controlled by billionaires Anil Ambani and Kumar Mangalam Birla are among the 26 companies that have applied for a licence to open banks.
7. In a landmark journey into a new era of space application, India successfully launched its first dedicated navigation satellite using the PSLV which blasted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.
8. ISRO’s Master Control Facility at Hassan in Karnataka has assumed control of IRNSS-1A navigation satellite after its successful launch from Sriharikota last night.
9. Sunil Soni, 1981 Maharashtra cadre IAS officer appointed as Director General of Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS).
10. Uttarakhand Government decides to set up Rehabilitation and Re-construction Authority to develop the areas destroyed by flash-floods.
11. Income Tax Department and NIA seize four trucks carrying over 150 bags of cash in Mumbai, to be taken to Gujarat ; More than 40 people detained.
12. India's Leander Paes and Rohan Bopanna breezed into the quarters and pre-quarterfinals of the men's and mixed doubles events with their respective partners at the Wimbledon.
13. Serena Williams eliminated from Wimbledon.
14. India beat Australia by 47 runs in U-19 tri- nation series.
15. India ranked 66th in the Global Innovation Index 2013, published by Cornell University, INSEAD, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and Confederation of Indian Industry(CII) as a knowledge partner.
16. Bangalore set to get first blast-proof building by 2014: In a first for Bangalore, a building resistant to blasts, floods and earthquakes will be ready by early 2014. It will house a vital data hub of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI).
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1. Communications and IT Minister Kapil Sibal launches "National Cyber Security Policy 2013" in New Delhi today. This policy will prevent cyberattacks and crimes and reduce national vulnerability to such attacks.
2. The Reserve Bank has directed lenders not to discriminate between their home & non-home branch customers and follow a uniform, fair and transparent pricing policy.
3. Sujata Singh, currently envoy to Germany, will be India's next Foreign Secretary following an approval of her appointment by PM Manmohan Singh, ending months of speculation on who will head the foreign services.
4. Former Delhi Police commissioner K K Paul was appointed Meghalaya governor replacing Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary.
5. Jamia Millia Islamia vice-chancellor Najeeb Jung was on Monday appointed Delhi lieutenant-governor replacing Tejendra Khanna.
6. Tata Sons, India's biggest business group, and firms controlled by billionaires Anil Ambani and Kumar Mangalam Birla are among the 26 companies that have applied for a licence to open banks.
7. In a landmark journey into a new era of space application, India successfully launched its first dedicated navigation satellite using the PSLV which blasted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.
8. ISRO’s Master Control Facility at Hassan in Karnataka has assumed control of IRNSS-1A navigation satellite after its successful launch from Sriharikota last night.
9. Sunil Soni, 1981 Maharashtra cadre IAS officer appointed as Director General of Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS).
10. Uttarakhand Government decides to set up Rehabilitation and Re-construction Authority to develop the areas destroyed by flash-floods.
11. Income Tax Department and NIA seize four trucks carrying over 150 bags of cash in Mumbai, to be taken to Gujarat ; More than 40 people detained.
12. India's Leander Paes and Rohan Bopanna breezed into the quarters and pre-quarterfinals of the men's and mixed doubles events with their respective partners at the Wimbledon.
13. Serena Williams eliminated from Wimbledon.
14. India beat Australia by 47 runs in U-19 tri- nation series.
15. India ranked 66th in the Global Innovation Index 2013, published by Cornell University, INSEAD, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and Confederation of Indian Industry(CII) as a knowledge partner.
16. Bangalore set to get first blast-proof building by 2014: In a first for Bangalore, a building resistant to blasts, floods and earthquakes will be ready by early 2014. It will house a vital data hub of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI).
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