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- Five railway stations in Tamilnadu under Salem Railway Division – Salem, Karur, Erode, Tiruppur and Mettupalayam have received ISO 14001:2015 certification for their environment management systems and performance.
- CBI Director Rishi Kumar Shukla inaugurated the 1st National Conference on Cyber Crime Investigation and Cyber Forensics at CBI Headquarters in New Delhi.
- Union Ministry of Consumer Affairs Food and Public Distribution has announced a ‘blanket ban on all types of single use plastic products’ in various departments of Ministry and all its Public Sector Units including Food Corporation of India starting from 15 September 2019.
- The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has released the “Report of the Task Force on the Development of Secondary Market for Corporate Loans” for comments. It was headed by TN Manoharan, Chairman of Canara Bank.
- US President Donald Trump has nominated Indian-American Shireen Mathews as a judge of the US District Court for the Southern District of California.
- Unlike India, Article III of US Constitution says “judges hold their office during good behaviour". They have a lifetime appointment, except under very limited circumstances.
- Nobel Laureate from Bangladesh Professor Muhammad Yunus was conferred the 'Lamp of Peace of Saint Francis' award by the Vatican for his contribution towards establishing peace and harmony.
- The award is a recognition for distinguished work by an individual for promoting peace and dialogue among people.
- Jharkhand’s 17-year-old Komalika Bari became the third Indian to win the gold medal at the World Archery Youth Championships held at Madrid.
- She is India’s second world champion (under–18) after Deepika Kumari who won the title in 2009.
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