(DAILY NEWS INDIA)
1. PM MODI INAUGURATES APJ ABDUL KALAM’S MEMORIAL IN RAMESWARAM,
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i. PM Narendra Modi inaugurated APJ Abdul Kalam’s memorial in Rameshwaram
in Tamil Nadu on the 2nd death anniversary of the former president. PM Modi
also hoisted the national flag at the memorial.
ii. The memorial has been designed and built by the Defence Research and
Development Organisation. It has been build at a cost of 20 cr and blends
Mughal and Indian architecture.
iii. PM Modi also distributed sanction letters to the beneficiaries of
long liner trawlers under the ‘Blue Revolution’ scheme and also flagged off a
new express train from Ayodhya to Rameswaram .Later PM Modi released a synopsis
of the ‘Green Rameswaram’ project.
2. RECENT APPROVALS BY CENTRAL GOVERNMENT: JULY 27 2017
i. Union Cabinet chaired by PM Narendra Modi approved following bilateral
agreements and initiatives:
ii. Cabinet gives ex-post facto approval for amendment of the Constitution
(Application to Jammu & Kashmir) Order, 1954. Cabinet apprised of the MoU
signed between Palestine and India on cooperation in the field of youth affairs
and sports.
iii. Cabinet apprised of the Joint Declaration of Intent between Germany
and India on Indo German-Centre for Sustainability.
iv. Cabinet approves revision of cost of Socio Economic and Caste Census
2011. Union Cabinet cleared a new Minimum Wage Code Bill that will integrate
four different wage legislations on 27 July.