WINSON COMPETITIVE GUIDE
• India has been placed at the 35th rank in the World
Bank’s 2016 Logistics Performance Index (LPI) among
160 countries.
• The first BRICS film festival has begun at the Sirifort
Auditorium Complex in New Delhi.
• The Union Government has notified National
Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS) for providing
apprenticeship training to over 50 lakh youngsters in
order to create more jobs.
• The annual socio-religious Solung festival of Adi tribe
has started in Arunachal Pradesh.
• Indian Railways has launched an insurance scheme
for passengers travelling on e- ticket. The insurance
cover will be upto 10 lakh rupees.
• The Gujarat government has inked a tripartite
memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the
Ministry of Civil Aviation and the Airport Authority of
India (AAI).
• India’s first international conference on cooking gas
has started in Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
• The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has
imposed penalties on 10 cement companies and their
umbrella association – Cement Manufacturers
Association (CMA) for cartelisation.
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