1. The Department of Posts is conducting a national level letter-writing competition on the theme, “Letter to My Motherland”.
- According to Senior Superintendent of Post Offices, Mumbai, under the competition, named as Dhai Akhar, letters should be handwritten in English or Hindi or a local language.
- The competition is for two age groups - up to 18 years and above 18 years, with two categories of inland letter card (ILC) & envelope in each age group.
- Candidates should write letters on A-4 sheets, in not more than 1000 words for the envelope category and in not more than 500 words for the ILC category.
- The prizes at the circle level include Rs 25,000 for the first prize, Rs 10,000 for the second and Rs 5,000 for the third. At the national level, the winner would get Rs 50,000, the runner-up Rs 25,000 and the second runner-up Rs 0,000.
- Letters have to be addressed to “Chief Postmaster General, Maharashtra, Circle, Mumbai - 400001” and should be sent before 30th September 2018.
- Participants have to attest their age on their letter saying - I certify that I am below/above the age of 18 as of January 1, 2018.
2. Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana Achieves 5 Crore Mark:- The Lok-Sabha Speaker Smt. Sumitra Mahajan here today handed over 5 crore LPG connection under Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) to Smt Takrdiran of Delhi in the Parliament House.
3. List of Winners: Parliamentarian Awards 2018.
1. Dr. Najma Heptullah (2013),
2. Hukum Dev Narayan (2014),
3. Ghulam Nabi Azad (2015),
4. Dinesh Trivedi (2016),
5. Bhartruhari Mahtab (2017).
4. NABARD has sanctioned Rs 772 crore in the rural areas of Haryana under 'Water Projects'.
5. Jalees Sherwani (screen-writer) passes away at the age of 70.
6. Apple Inc. became the 1st US-Based smartphone company with a market value of One Trillion Dollar, for last 4 decades.
