• National

Justice Geeta Mittal appointed as the Chief Justice of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court.

• Justice Geeta Mittal appointed as the Chief Justice of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court, becoming the first woman judge in the history to head it.
• Justice Mittal was till now the Acting Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court.

• National

Indira Banarjee will be third woman judge of Supreme court.

• The Supreme Court is going to get its third woman judge.
• The law ministry cleared the appointment of Justice Indira Banerjee, 60, the Chief Justice of the Madras High Court as a Supreme Court judge.

• International

Japan has piped China as the world’s second-largest stock market.

• Japan has piped China as the world’s second-largest stock market.
• The Chinese market was worth $6.09 trillion next to Japan’s $6.17 trillion.

• Economy and Business

RBI has allowed non-fund-based umbrella organisations at State levels

• India’s co-operative banking sector is set to undergo a transformation with the concept of Umbrella Organization (UO) of Urban Co-operative Banks (UCBs) to look into the issues plaguing the sector.
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has allowed non-fund-based umbrella organisations at State levels.

• Economy and Business

Delhi has toppled Gujarat in the terms of investment potential

• Delhi has toppled Gujarat from the top spot in a list of 21 states and union territories with the most investment potential, according to a report by economic think-tank NCAER.
• Delhi is followed by Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Haryana, Maharashtra, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka and West Bengal.

• Sports

Rohit Kumar Paudel became the world most youngest international player.

• Nepal’s Rohit Kumar Paudel, at 15 years and 335 days, became the fourth youngest One-day International (ODI) cricket debutant.
• Pakistan’s Hasan Raza remains the youngest to play an ODI. Raza made his debut against Zimbabwe in 1996 aged just 14 years and 233 days.

• Appointments

Fayyaz Sheheryar elected as a new president of AIDB

• The Asia-Pacific Institute of Broadcasting Development (AIBD) on August 3, 2018 elected Fayyaz Sheheryar, Director-General of All India Radio, as its new President.
• This is the first time India has been elected for the position of president of AIBD.

• Sports

A bill has passed by Loksabha to established a National Sports University in Manipur

• The Lok Sabha on 3rd August, 2018 passed a Bill establishing a National Sports University in Manipur as part of a vision to enhance country’s standing in sports.
• The National Sports University Bill, 2018, which sought to replace an Ordinance promulgated on May 31, was passed by a voice vote.

• Science and Tech

The first single-chromosome yeast has created by chinese Scientist

• Chinese scientists claimed to have created the first single-chromosome yeast while not affecting the majority of its functions.
• Brewer’s yeast, one-third of whose genome is said to share ancestry with humans, has 16 chromosomes.

• Science and Tech

Sunita Williams has been named by NASA for its first human spaceflight programme.

• Sunita Williams is among the 9 astronauts named by NASA  for its first human spaceflight programme.
• The 8 active NASA astronauts and one former astronaut will launch on Boeing CST-100. Starliner and SpaceX Dragon capsules to the International Space Station beginning in 2019.

• States

Uttarakhand High Court banned the commercial use of elephants in Corbett Tiger Reserve

• The Uttarakhand High Court banned the commercial use of elephants in Corbett Tiger Reserve besides restricting the number of vehicles entering its ranges in a day to 100.
• The order came after the court was apprised that elephants were chained and ill-treated causing immense cruelty.

• States

Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur launched ‘horn not ok’ awareness campaign

• Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur launched ‘horn not ok’ awareness campaign and ‘shor nahin’ (no noise) mobile application.
• The ‘shor nahin’ mobile application can be used by the general public to report cases of noise pollution.

• Miscellaneous

Vikram Sood write its new book 'The Unending game'

• “The Unending Game: A Former R&AW Chief’s Insights into Espionage” has been written by Vikram Sood.
• Vikram Sood is the former head of India’s foreign intelligence agency, the Research and Analysis Wing from 2000 to 2003.

• Miscellaneous

IDEMIA has become the first company to be given the certification to manufacture and personalise RuPay chip

• French company IDEMIA has become the first company to be given the certification to manufacture and personalise RuPay chip contact and contactless cards on the qSPARC v2 platform.
• The qSPARC is a dual interface open loop payment specification, with the option of loading multiple payment applications on a single card.

• Agreements

• The Telangana State Information Technology, Electronics and Communication department (ITE&C) signed an MoU with Tech Mahindra

• The Telangana State Information Technology, Electronics and Communication department (ITE&C) signed an MoU with Tech Mahindra to launch India’s first Blockchain district.
• Tech Mahindra will provide the platform and technology assistance to all the incubators in blockchain disrict.