1. China Is Building The World's 1st Vertical 'Forest City'
China is building a forest city covered in tree to act like one giant air filter.
The complex will span about a kilometre along the Liujiang River, with office buildings, apartments, schools, and hotels, all engulfed by around 40,000 trees and more than a million plants.
The aim is to have the green towers soak up the air pollution in the area and produce clean oxygen, encouraging the growth of other local flora in the process.
2. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to Implement Energy Efficiency Programmes
Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), under the administration of Ministry of Power, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with National Energy Services Company, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to implement energy efficiency programmes and scale-up demand side measures in the Gulf country.
As per the MoU, EESL will provide consultancy and expand the capacity of the National Energy Services Company, which is instituted by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, to execute energy efficiency programmes.
The move comes in the wake of the Arab Kingdom working ardently towards reducing its power subsidies and introducing energy efficiency initiatives.
3. Dr Jitendra Singh launches new training programme ‘COMMIT’
The Minister of State for Development of North Eastern Region (I/C), Prime Minister’s Office, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh launched a new training programme Comprehensive Online Modified Modules on Induction Training (COMMIT) for State Government officials.
The objective of this training programme is to improve the public service delivery mechanism and provide citizen centric administration through capacity building of officials who interact with the citizens on day-to-day basis.
Dr. Jitendra Singh said that the new training programme will supplement the earlier training programme and the advantage of COMMIT is that it is cost effective and has the potential to cover about 3.3 lakh officials annually, compared to 10,000 officials under existing 12-Day Induction Training Programme (ITP).
4. National Statistics Day: 29 June
In recognition of the notable contributions made by Late Professor Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis in the fields of statistics, statistical system and economic planning, Government of India in 2007, designated 29thJune the birth anniversary of Prof. Mahalanobis. as the “Statistics Day” in the category of Special Days to be celebrated every year at the National level.
The objective of celebration of this Day is to create public awareness about the importance of statistics in socio-economic planning and policy formulation, to acknowledge the contribution of Prof. Mahalanobis and to pay homage to him.
‘Administrative Statistics’ is this year’s theme for the Statistics Day.
5. India 1st country to give to UN Tax Fund with $100,000 contribution
India has contributed $100,000 to a UN fund to help developing countries actively participate in the discussion of tax issues, becoming the first country to make the contribution.
The UN Tax Trust Fund aims to support the work of the Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters (the UN Tax Committee).
Voluntary contributions for the fund have been called for by the UN and the committee since its establishment in 2006.
6. India's largest container port JNPT hit by ransomware
The government has confirmed that one of the terminals at the Jawahar Lal Nehru Port has been impacted by the latest malware attack.
AP Moller-Maersk, one of the affected entities globally, operates the Gateway Terminals India (GTI) at JNPT, which has a capacity to handle 1.8 million standard container units.
New ransomware virus called Petya has hit 17 APM terminals, including two in Rotterdam and 15 in other parts of the world.
APM Terminals is a subsidiary of shipping giant Maersk, which has confirmed that it is suffering from a cyber attack.
7. TN to set up Rs 2350 cr solar photovoltaic power park
The Tamil Nadu government has proposed a series of new initiatives in various sectors, including energy and power, running into many thousands of crores of rupees.
Among the announcements made in the energy sector, the chief minister said the government will set up an Ultra Mega Solar Photovoltaic Power Park in Ramanathapuram district at an estimated cost of Rs 2350 crore.
8. Shamma Jain appointed Indian envoy to Greece
Senior diplomat Shamma Jain was appointed as India's ambassador to Greece.
A 1983-batch Indian Foreign Service officer, Jain is currently serving as Indian envoy to Panama.
Jain succeeds M Manimekalai as Indian envoy in Greece.
She had earlier served as ambassador to Cote d'Ivoire.
9. Hyderabad-based TS Vineeth Bhatt conferred with the 'best astrologer of world' award
Astrologer and numerologist TS Vineeth Bhatt has been conferred with the 'Best astrologer of the world' award at the 'Russian-Indian economic dialogue' round-table meet held in Moscow.
Bhatt, 37, is from Kerala and lives in Bowenpally. Three generations of his family have been practising astrology.
He is a personal astrologer to ministers, ambassadors, senators across the globe.
10. Singer Sabita Chowdhury passes away
Eminent singer Sabita Chowdhury died after a five-month battle with cancer. She was 72.
Many of her Bengali songs have retained their charm among the public through the decades.
She also did playback for a number of Bengali and Hindi films.
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