IPPB ties up with FSS to create payments network for unorganized retail

  • India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) has joined forces with Financial Software and Systems (FSS) to create a payments acceptance network for unorganized retail.
  • This would include small merchants and kirana stores where consumers can make payments.
  • FSS enables micro-merchants to accept payments online, or via unified payments interface (UPI), quick-response (QR) codes, Aadhaar and IPPB accounts.

Health Ministry implements HIV AIDS Act 2017

  • The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has announced the implementation of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) (Prevention and Control) Act, 2017.
  • As per the act, every HIV infected or affected person below the age of 18 years has the right to live in a shared household and enjoy its facilities.
  • The act criminalises any kind of discrimination against people suffering from AIDS.

Justice Om Prakash Mishra sworn in as new Chief Justice of Nepal

  • Justice Om Prakash Mishra has been sworn in as the new Chief Justice of Nepal.
  • The oath of office and secrecy was administered by President Bidya Devi Bhandari.
  • Justice Mishra has been serving as a justice of the Supreme Court since 2014.

India-Mongolia joint exercise ‘Nomadic Elephant 2018’ begins in Mongolia

  • The Indo-Mongolia joint exercise Nomadic Elephant-2018, has begun at Mongolian Armed Forces (MAF) Five Hills Training Area, Ullanbaatar, Mongolia.
  • Exercise Nomadic Elephant is an annual, bilateral exercise carried out since 2006.
  • It aims to strengthen the partnership between the Indian Army and the Mongolian Armed Forces.
  • The Indian contingent is represented by a contingent of 17 PUNJAB Regiment, while the Mongolian contingent is represented by Unit 084 of the Mongolian Armed Forces.

Haryana govt signs MoU with Indian Oil for ethanol plant

  • The Haryana government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) to set up an ethanol plant in Panipat.
  • The project will prevent straw burning in the state.
  • The initiative is being set up at Bohali village.
  • It will have a proposed capacity of 100 kilolitres of ethanol per day.
  • 10 cooperative and three private sugar mills in Haryana will provide raw fuel to the plant.

Hima Das appointed sports ambassador of Assam

  • Young Indian sprinter Hima Das has been appointed the Sports Ambassador of Assam.
  • The move aims to inspire young talented players of the northeastern state to take up sports seriously.

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