1.Flipkart launches new platform, named 2Gud, will easily buy old stuff :-
India’s leading e-commerce company Flipkart announced its new platform ‘2 Good’ on Wednesday. This will be the first such platform where old goods will be sold. Along with Flipkart, this new platform will increase competitiveness between platforms that sell older goods.
If you talk about 2 Good product portfolios, then in the beginning it will be selling laptops, tablets and electronic accessories. Later it will include other categories of products in it. This information is given by Flipkart CEO Kalyan Krishnamurthy. He said, “With the launch of 2 good, Flipkart will take its affordable and unmatched values to the refurbished (old stuff) market.” He also spoke about the serious problem related to trust and convenience here.
He further said that this platform will be first made available on the mobile web. But soon it will be brought to other channels including desktop and mobile apps. Krishnamurthy said that there will be a special and separate platform for 2 good value buyers. While Flipkart will remain the preferred online shopping platform for new goods.
2.UIDAI has instructed to provide free print-out to flood-affected Kerala-based agencies including banks and post offices :-
Indian Unique Identification Authority- UIDAI has instructed the agencies of Aadhaar enrollment, including banks and post offices, to recover the 12 digit number and provide free print out to Aadhaar number holders in flood affected Kerala. This facility is for those Aadhaar number holders whose base documents have been lost in the flood.
UIDAI Chief Executive Ajay Bhushan Pandey said in an interaction with AIR, that many people have lost their base cards in the flood. He said that these people can take e-base print out by identifying their names and biometric identities from enrollment centers. He also said that the Indian Unique Identification Authority is issuing instructions to the enrollment centers in Kerala.
3.Chhattisgarh government decides to change name of new Raipur to Atal Nagar :-
Chhattisgarh government has decided to change the name of the new Raipur, the capital city of Atal Nagar in memory of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
After the Cabinet meeting, Chief Minister Raman Singh said that the new capital of the state will be developed as a modern Smart City. It will cost about one trillion rupees. It has also been decided to construct the Atal Memorial in five acres of new capital. Bilaspur University and Rajanandgaon Medical College will be named after Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee. A battalion of the state police will be named Pokhran Battalion. Statue of former Prime Minister will be installed in the state capital and all 27 district headquarters.
4.Governor of many states changed- Governor of Bihar Satyapal Malik will be Governor of Jammu Kashmir :-
Bihar Governor Satyapal Malik will be new Governor of Jammu and Kashmir They will replace Mr. N.N. Vohra. According to a release issued from Rashtrapati Bhavan, Senior BJP leader Lalji Tandon has been appointed as the new Governor of Bihar in place of Mr. Satyapal Malik. Apart from this, Shri Satyadev Narayan Arya has been appointed as Governor of Haryana in place of Mr. Captain Singh Solanki. Shri Solanki will now be the Governor of Tripura. Ms. Baby Queen Maurya has been made the Governor of Uttarakhand. Meghalaya Governor Gangapasad will now be the new Governor of Sikkim while Tripura Governor Tathagat Roy will replace him in Meghalaya.
5.President Ramnath Kovind will inaugurate the International Buddhist Conference, 2018 in New Delhi on August 23 :-
President Ramnath Kovind will inaugurate the International Buddhist Conference , 2018 in Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi on August 23 . Minister of State for Tourism (Independent Charge) J. Alfonz will chair the inaugural ceremony. The conference was organized by the Ministry of Tourism in collaboration with the governments of Maharashtra , Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.
The Ministry of Tourism and the State Governments will present their presentations at the conference. There will be discussions between scholars and monks and meetings between foreign and Indian tour operators. The Ministry has planned to hold an investor conference during the conference to attract investment to build world class Buddhist sites.
The conference will run till August 26. The Ministerial delegation from Bangladesh , Indonesia , Myanmar and Sri Lanka will participate in the conference .
6.Meeting between World Bank representatives and State Tourism Department in Assam regarding adventure tourism project worth Rs 780 crore :-
Government sources of World Bank representatives and officials of state tourism department in Assam told that Assam Government had sent a proposal to the World Bank to promote adventure and rural livelihood. With this proposal being approved, there is a possibility of huge improvement in rural livelihood in Assam. A meeting was held in connection with the Rs 780 crore adventure tourism project.
7.Asian Games: India defeated Hong Kong in men’s hockey :-
Running in Indonesia 18 th fourth day of Asian Games: Indian men’s hockey team at the Hong Kong 25-0 to win. This is the second consecutive victory of the previous champion India in Group A.
Earlier, India had beaten the United States 24-1 in the 1932 Olympics 86 years ago . Pakistan had a record 17-0 record in Asian Games, but India, leaving behind it a lot, set a new record and set a new history.
8.PM Modi to be in his home state today, launch many projects of Gujarat :-
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be on a one-day tour of Gujarat today. During this time, they will distribute certificates to the beneficiaries of the Prime Minister’s Housing Scheme in Valsad district. They will also address a rally. At the same time, the PM also has a program to launch several development projects in Junagadh district.
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Prime Minister dedicates 1.15 lakh houses to his beneficiaries under the ‘Prime Minister’s Housing Scheme’ at a cost of Rs. 1,727 crore in the Jujwa region of the district. In addition, PM Modi will send 5,000 ‘skill certificates’ and 5000 women to industrial units under ‘Chief Minister Gramodaya Yojana’ by giving them the appointment letter. For the benefit of the remote villages of Valsad, the PM Modi also laid the foundation for ‘Estal water supply scheme’ worth Rs 586 crore. They will also address a public meeting here.
PM Modi ‘s program will reach Junagadh district at around 2 pm on Junagadh’s program Valsad. Where they inaugurate a government hospital at a cost of Rs 275 crore This hospital is equipped with modern facilities of 300 beds. Here he will launch a public welfare schemes of Rs. 450 crore overall. With all,
After this, he will attend the convocation function in ‘Gujarat Forensic Science University’ in Gandhinagar in the evening and distribute certificates and medals to the passed students.
9.Noted country’s renowned journalist Kuldip Nayar, PM Modi condoles mourning :-
The country’s leading journalist Kuldip Nayar passed away at Escort Hospital in Delhi on Wednesday night. He was 95 years old. According to family sources, a funeral will be performed on Lodhi Ghat at 1 pm on Thursday. It is being told that Kuldeep Nayyar was admitted to ICU in Delhi hospital for the last four days. For a long time his health was also bad. Recently he had a pneumonia complication.