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Current Affairs ─ July 2017 Current Affairs ─ July 2017 Current Affairs ─ July 2017 This is a guide to provide you a precise summary and a huge collection of Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) covering national and international current affairs for the month of July 2017. This guide will help you in preparing for Indian competitive examinations like Bank PO, Banking, Railway, IAS, PCS, UPSC, CAT, GATE, CDS, NDA, MCA, MBA, Engineering, IBPS, Clerical Grade and Officer Grade, etc. Audience Aspirants who are preparing for different competitive exams like Bank PO, Banking, Railway, IAS, PCS, UPSC, CAT, GATE, CDS, NDA, MCA, MBA, Engineering, IBPS, Clerical Grade, Officer Grade, etc. Even though you are not preparing for any exams but are willing to have news encapsulated in a roll, which you can walk through within 30 minutes, then we have put all the major points for the whole month in a precise and interesting way. Copyright and Disclaimer Copyright 2017 by Tutorials Point (I) Pvt. Ltd. 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If you discover any errors on our website or in this tutorial, please notify us at [email protected] i Current Affairs ─ July 2017 Table of Contents Current Affairs ─ July 2017 ................................................................................................................................ i Audience........................................................................................................................................................... i Copyright and Disclaimer .................................................................................................................................. i Table of Contents............................................................................................................................................. ii APPOINTMENTS .......................................................................................................................... 1 AWARDS ..................................................................................................................................... 6 BOOKS & AUTHORS ..................................................................................................................... 9 COMMITTEES ............................................................................................................................ 11 DEATHS ..................................................................................................................................... 13 DEFENCE ................................................................................................................................... 17 ECONOMIC ............................................................................................................................... 21 ENVIRONMENT ......................................................................................................................... 32 FINANCE.................................................................................................................................... 34 IMPORTANT DAYS ..................................................................................................................... 48 INTERNATIONAL ........................................................................................................................ 51 MISCELLANEOUS ....................................................................................................................... 63 NATIONAL ................................................................................................................................. 66 PERSONS IN NEWS .................................................................................................................. 103 PLACES IN NEWS ..................................................................................................................... 105 ii Current Affairs ─ July 2017 REGIONAL ............................................................................................................................... 107 REPORTS ................................................................................................................................. 118 RESIGNATIONS & RETIREMENTS ............................................................................................. 121 SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY ........................................................................................................ 124 SPORTS ................................................................................................................................... 128 iii Appointments Current Affairs ─ July 2017 1. Shri Sanjay Gupta appointed as the Chairman of the Society and Board of Governors of IIM Amritsar Shri Sanjay Gupta, CEO & Whole Time Director, Jagran Prakashan Limited has been appointed as Chairman of the Society and Board of Governors of Indian Institute of Management Amritsar for a period of five years. Shri Sanjay Gupta is the Editor in Chief of Dainik Jagran since 2014 and has been associated with the Jagran Group for more than two decades. He also served as a Member of Board of Governors in Indian Institute of Management Lucknow from 2004 to 2009 and as Member, Board of Governors of Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad from 2003-2011. 2. Achal Kumar Joti appointed as new Chief Election Commissioner Election Commissioner Achal Kumar Joti has been appointed as the next Chief Election Commissioner,CEC. He will succeed Nasim Zaidi. He will continue as CEC till 17th of January 2018. He had joined the three-member poll panel as an election commissioner on 8th of May 2015. Mr Joti, a 1975-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, retired as the Gujarat Chief secretary in January 2013. He will be the 21st CEC. As per the law, a CEC or an Election Commissioner can have a tenure of six years or hold office till the age of 65 years, whichever is earlier. 3. DGP Sanjay Kumar appointed as new NDRF chief 1985-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Sanjay Kumar was appointed as new National Disaster Response Force chief director general, by Union Home Ministry. The post was vacant after incumbent R K Pachnanda was appointed as the chief of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP). Prior to this appointment, Sanjay Kumar was working as Himachal Pradesh’s director general of police. Sanjay Kumar is set to retire in December 2017. 1 Current Affairs ─ July 2017 Sanjay kumar has experience of working in central deputation earlier with the CISF, vigilance wing of the Railway Ministry and the Railway Protection Force. 4. Pradeep Kumar Rawat appointed as the new Ambassador of India to Indonesia Shri Pradeep Kumar Rawat, presently Joint Secretary of East Asia in the Ministry has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Indonesia. Mr Rawat succeeded Nengcha Lhouvum Mukhopadhaya, who retired from service. He is an Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer of the 1990 batch. He will have to represent India to Indonesia and improve bilateral relations between the two nations. Pradeep Rawat will have duties to enhance co-operation between the two nations. 5. Tata Global Beverages Limited appointed N Chandrasekaran as its Chairman Head of TATA Sons, Natarajan Chandrasekaran was appointed as the Chairman as an Additional Director of its board. Another appointment was of Siraj Azmat Chaudhry as Non-Executive Independent Director. Earlier, ousted Tata Sons Chairman Cyrus Mistry was voted out as chairman by the board of the Tata Global Beverages and Harish Bhat was appointed in his place. Tata Global Beverages Limited is an Indian multinational non-alcoholic beverages company headquartered in Kolkata, India. 6. Sandeep Chakravorty appointed as New York Consul General 1996 Indian Foreign Service officer, India’s Ambassador to Peru Sandeep Chakravorty was appointed as the head of the Indian consulate in New York, replacing Riva Ganguly Das. He has also served as India’s Deputy High Commissioner in Dhaka. He also served in India’s missions in Madrid and Bogota and on several desks including working as Press Relations Officer and to the minister of state for external affairs. He has experience of serving in Eurasia Division dealing with Central Asia and in the East Asia Division dealing with China, Japan, Koreas and Mongolia. 2 Current Affairs ─ July 2017 7. John Joseph appointed as chief of GST intelligence agency John Joseph, a 1983 batch, Indian Revenue Service officer, was selected as the Director General of Goods and Services Tax Intelligence (DG GSTI). Intelligence unit will have to check evasion of Goods and Services Tax. Mr Joseph has experience of working in the Finance Ministry's important departments, including the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI). Directorate General of Central Excise Intelligence (DGCEI) has been renamed as DGGSTI. Another appointment was assigned to 1985 IRS officer, Debi Prasad Dash as Director General of the DRI. DRI is agency
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