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  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced to name a Jewish Settlement in the Golan Heights after US President Donald Trump, who officially recognised the disputed area as Israeli territory.
    • Israel has also stated that in appreciation of the U.S. president, it intends to name a proposed train station near Jerusalem’s Western Wall after him.
  • Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) has hired the services of a private firm Network Intelligence, to provide cybersecurity services to its members in line with the cybersecurity framework set by Securities and Exchange Board of India.
    • Network Intelligence will be using its own platform BlueScope to offer 24x7 cybersecurity operations to the members.
  • SBI General Insurance has launched the product “cyber defence insurance” to protect businesses from financial and reputational losses due to cyber attacks.
  • Fabio Fognini became the first Italian to win an ATP Masters 1000 title at the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters. He defeated Dusan Lajovic of Serbia.
  • Reliance retail has become the first Indian retail company to clock more than Rs 1 lakh crore in annual revenues.
    • It reported an income of Rs 1,30,556 crore for 2018-19, 89% more than the previous year’s Rs 69,198 crore.
  • North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and Russian President Vladimir Putin held summit talks for the time ever in the Pacific port city of Vladivostok.
  • Recently the Reserve Bank of India has sold its entire stake in the National Housing Bank (NHB) and the National Bank for Agriculture & Rural Development (Nabard) to the Union Government for Rs 1,450 crore and Rs 20 crore, respectively.

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