National News
1. PM Inaugurates India’s 1st Global Mobility Summit
a) Prime Minister Modi inaugurated India’s first Global Mobility summit ‘MOVE’ in New Delhi. Comprehensive
discussions along 5 themes took place ranging from electrification and alternative fuels and reinventing public
transport. The two-day meet of stakeholders has been organised by the NITI Aayog.
b) The summit deliberated on 5 themes, comprehensive: electrification & alternative fuels, reinventing public
transport, goods transport & logistics and data analytics and mobility. The main focus of the summit is to make
cities of India pollution free.
2. Piyush Goyal Launched ‘AAPOORTI’ App Of ‘Indian Railways e-Procurement System’
a) Ministry of Railways & Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS) organised a seminar on “Leveraging IT for
Mobility” in New Delhi.
b) Minister of Railways & Coal, Shri Piyush Goyal graced the occasion as the Chief Guest. Shri Goyal also launched
a new app – “AAPOORTI’ mobile App of ‘Indian Railways e-procurement system’ (IREPS).
c) About Aapoorti (IREPS Mobile App) :
This App provides information and data related to e-tendering and e-auction related activities of Indian
Railways.
For e-tendering activities, users can see details related to tenders published, tenders closed, purchase orders
placed.
3. 6th Edition of Bengaluru Space Expo Inaugurated
a) The 6th edition of the biennial Bengaluru Space Expo was inaugurated by ISRO Chairman Dr.K Sivan in Bengaluru,
Karnataka. The three-day event showcased industry participation in Indian space programme.
b) ISRO Chairman Dr K Sivan addressed that the ISRO wants to offer manufacturing of PSLV and small satellite
launch vehicles along with small satellites to private industries.
c) A sum of 10,400 crore rupees is earmarked for manufacturing of PSLV launch vehicle out of which 9000 crore
rupees worth production will be given to private industries.
