1. London to host 9th Islamic economic forum
i. London will host the ninth World Islamic Economic Forum in Octoberiii. The ninth edition will be held at London's Excel Centre between 29th and 31st October.
iv. More than 1,500 delegates, including government and business leaders, as well as scholars, will descend on London for the three-day event which sets out to boost trade partnerships between Islamic and European markets.
v. Britain has the largest Islamic banking sector outside the Middle East and Asia
vi. The World Islamic Economic Forum is organised by the Kuala Lumpur-based WIEF Foundation -- a not-for-profit organisation.
vii. Previous forums have been held in Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Malaysia and Pakistan.
2. President signs food security ordinance
i. President Pranab Mukherjee Friday promulgated the national food security ordinance, which aims to provide subsidised food grain to around 67 percent of India's 1.2 billion people.ii. The measure is expected to be a game-changer for the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, coming ahead of the polls to five state assemblies this year-end, and the general elections of 2014.
iii. The food security bill, one of the big-ticket welfare initiatives of the UPA and a pet project of UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, is expected to provide subsidised food grains to around 800 million people.
iv. A penalty will be imposed on public servants or authority, if found guilty of failing to comply with the relief recommended by the District Grievance Redressal Officer.
v. The measure will guarantee 5 kg of rice, wheat and coarse cereals per month per person at a fixed price of Rs. 3, 2, 1, respectively
vi. However, about 2.43 crore poorest of the poor families covered under the Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) scheme under PDS (Public Distribution System) would continue to get 35 kg of foodgrains per family per month but with legal entitlement.
vii. The Food Security programme will be the biggest in the world with the government spending estimated at Rs. 1,25,000 crore annually on supply of about 62 million tonnes of rice, wheat and coarse cereals to 67 per cent of the population.
3. Kerala first All-women Post Office opens at PMG Junction in the capital
i. At PMG Junction in the capital city, Kerala’s first all-women post office has opened its doors to the public
ii. ts four employees, from the post master to the helper, are women. The post office will only be officially be inaugurated on Friday
iii. The post office is part of a national initiative to set up all-women post offices to empower women and encourage gender equality in various sectors.
iv. The first such office was inaugurated at Shashtri Bhavan in Delhi on March 8, International Women’s day.
v. Since then similar post offices were started in Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Punjab, and Uttar Pradesh.
4. Padma Shree Awardee Mahasundari Devi died
i. Madhubani painting artist Mahasundari Devi died at a private hospital in Ranti, near Madhubani on 4 July 2013.ii. Mahasundari Devi took to painting when she was a child and acquired proficiency in the art form under the guidance of her aunt, Devsundari Devi.
iii. She was renowned for her mastery over Sikki work, 'sujani' craft, clay work and paper mache apart from Mithila painting.
iv. She won the prestigious Padmashri and Shilp Guru award in year 2010.
5. FIFA banned Iraq from holding any Friendly Football Matches
i. World soccer body FIFA on 3 July 2013 again banned Iraq from holding any friendly football matches due to soaring violence, just three months after the ban was lifted. ii. FIFA has issued a resolution to prevent any friendly matches in Iraq after increasing attacks on playgrounds and an assault in which Mohamed Abbas, the coach of the Karbala football club, was killed
iii. The ban will be in force until further notice.
NOTE: i.FIFA decided on 21 March 2013 to lift a ban that had been imposed on Iraq to prevent it from hosting any friendly matches.
ii. Violent bomb attacks are still common in Iraq despite the dramatic decrease in violence since its peak in 2006 and 2007when the country was engulfed in sectarian killings.
iii. The UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) stated 761 Iraqis were killed and another 1771 were wounded in acts of terrorism and violence in June 2013.
6. Douglas Engelbart, Father of the Mouse died
i. Douglas Engelbart, the U.S. inventor who was known as the father of the computer mouse died at age of 88.
ii. He was a scientist and engineer who devoted himself to find ways to use computers to improve people's lives.
iii. Douglas Carl Engelbart was born on 30 January, 1925 in Portland to a radio repairman father and a homemaker mother.
iv. He resolved to change the world as a computer scientist after coming across a 1945 article by Vannevar Bush, the head of the US Office of Scientific Research, while scouring a Red Cross library in a native hut in the Philippines.
7. Lisicki, Bartoli in Wimbledon final
i. Lisicki, the 23rd seed, became the first German woman since 1999 to reach a Grand Slam final when she defeated Polish fourth seed, Agnieszka Radwanska, 6-4 2-6 9-7.ii. French 15th seed Bartoli, meanwhile, eased into her second Wimbledon final with a 6-1 6-2 demolition of Belgium's Kirsten Flipkens.
iii. Saturday's final will be only the 15th time in the Open Era to feature two players seeking their first Grand Slam title.
8. Gowda wins first gold for India in Asian Athletics
i. Ace discus thrower Vikas Gowda clinched the first gold for India as the home team won three medals on the second day to make their presence felt in the 20th Asian Athletics Championships in Pune on Thursday.
ii. Gowda threw the iron disc to a creditable 64.90m in his fourth attempt to win his first gold.
iii. He had won a silver each in the 2005 and 2011 editions.
iv. With this win, Gowda has booked a berth for next month's World Championships in Moscow as each of the winner in the ongoing Asian meet automatically qualifies for the global mega event.
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